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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Fred Harter Addis Ababa

‘We are ready for a war’: Somalia threatens conflict with Ethiopia over breakaway region

A Somali police officers stands guard during a march against the Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal.
A Somali police officers stands guard during a march against the Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal. Photograph: Feisal Omar/Reuters

Somalia is prepared to go to war to stop Ethiopia recognising the breakaway territory of Somaliland and building a port there, a senior adviser to Somalia’s president has said.

A memorandum of understanding signed on 1 January allowing landlocked Ethiopia to develop a naval base on Somaliland’s coast has rattled the Horn of Africa, one of the world’s most volatile regions.

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