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Mohamed Haji Ingiriis, Visiting Professor at African Leadership Centre, King's College London, University of Oxford

Alarm bells as Somalia's new president sours relationship with Ethiopia

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (centre) is hosted in Cairo by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in June, 2022. Egyptian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

The new government in Somalia that won elections held in May has got off to a rocky political start in its relations with the relatively powerful and influential neighbour, Ethiopia.

Ethiopia enjoyed warm relations with the previous government in Somalia. But recent incidents have soured relations. First was that Somalia’s new president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, bypassed his Ethiopian counterpart Abiy Ahmed during visits to regional capitals in May, June and July.

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