Agence France Presse published on 26 September 2024 an article titled "Rising Somalia-Ethiopia Tensions Threaten Horn of Africa."
Egypt delivered this week a second shipment of arms to Somalia, causing Ethiopia to increase its concern about the Somali-Egyptian relationship. Ethiopian troops remain in Somalia as part of the African Union force to combat al-Shabaab. If Ethiopia continues with plans to establish a naval base on the coast of Somaliland, Somalia will almost certainly demand that it withdraw its forces from the country, possibly leaving a vacuum for al-Shabaab to fill.
