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Melissa Chemam with RFI

Somalia recalls envoy in anger over Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal

Ethiopia's deal with Somaliland opens the port of Berbera, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden, an African gateway to the sea and further north to the Suez Canal. AFP - ED RAM

Somalia has recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia and vowed to defend its territory after the breakaway region of Somaliland struck a controversial deal allowing Ethiopia access to the Red Sea.

The surprise memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Somaliland's leader Muse Bihi Abdi in Addis Ababa.

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