Red Sea Access Stirs Controversy in Volatile Region: Next Africa

Boats moored at Somaliland’s Berbera port.

Photographer: Mustafa Saeed/ AFP/Getty Images

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Landlocked Ethiopia’s determination to gain direct passage to the Red Sea has put it on a collision course with neighboring Somalia.