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Al Jazeera
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Shola Lawal

Why is Somalia so angry about Ethiopia’s new Red Sea port deal?

A ship is docked at Berbera, a port Somaliland has agreed to lease to Ethiopia [File: Feisal Omar/Reuters]

A deal under which Somaliland has agreed to lease a Red Sea naval port to Ethiopia has sparked anger in Somalia. Somaliland is a self-governing breakaway state that Somalia says is part of its own northern territory.

Mogadishu recalled its ambassador from Ethiopia on Tuesday to hold “deliberations” on the issue, stating that the port agreement signed a day earlier would increase tensions and endanger stability in the wider Horn of Africa region.

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