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Ethiopia, Somalia
Abiy goes behind Hassan Sheikh's back to talk border security

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed talks to Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh during his inauguration in Mogadishu, Somalia June 9, 2022. © Feisal Omar/Reuters

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is going behind new Somali president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's back in discussing the threat from Al-Shabaab directly with state governors. [...]

Published on 24/08/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Ethiopia, Somalia
Abiy goes behind Hassan Sheikh's back to talk border security

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Galmudug governor hires US lobbyist

East Africa
Adam Smith consultancy to tackle border insecurity in Horn

Somalia
AU mission under pressure to up its game

Somalia
Mogadishu seeks to defer ATMIS withdrawal as it contends with al-Shabaab

Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia
Hassan Sheikh torn between Cairo and Addis Ababa

Kenya, Somalia
South-West State leader cuts Hassan Sheikh out of diplomatic loop

Somalia
Somali officials apologise to ousted UN envoy Haysom in political ploy

Ethiopia
Stifled by rising oil prices, Ethiopia's private sector turns to solar

Egypt
Egypt's top GERD specialist heads to Abu Dhabi

Somalia
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