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Djibouti, Somaliland
Zeilah, a port in two storms

Abiy Ahmed's renewed focus on Ethiopia's access to the sea has set coastal communities near Zeilah in Somaliland against each other and fuelled the rivalry between his country and Djibouti, through whose port most Ethiopian imports and exports flow. [...]

Published on 15.12.2023 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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