Ethiopia Requests Regional Summit to Discuss Red Sea-Access Plan
- Somaliland plans to grant sea access in return for recognition
- Proposed deal has increased tensions in Horn of Africa
The request by Ethiopia comes days after Somaliland’s president said his government will proceed with a deal allowing Ethiopia to build a naval base on its coast.
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Ethiopia requested a summit of East African leaders to “explain itself on current regional matters,” after it announced plans to mull the recognition of the breakaway region of Somaliland as a sovereign state in return for access to the Red Sea.