Somalia’s lawmakers have approved a 10-year defence deal with Turkey, at a time when the Horn of Africa nation is locked in a dispute with Ethiopia over a maritime deal that Addis signed with Somaliland.
Somalia’s lawmakers have approved a 10-year defence deal with Turkey, at a time when the Horn of Africa nation is locked in a dispute with Ethiopia over a maritime deal that Addis signed with Somaliland.
The deal between Turkey and Somalia came on the same day Molly Phee, the top US diplomat for Africa, encouraged the leaders of Somalia and Ethiopia to de-escalate tensions following thein Addis Ababa and then went to Mogadishu to see President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. She said the US offered to help them “communicate better”.
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