Ethiopia-Somalia

Mogadishu (AX) - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud revealed that the Ethiopian government has sought Turkey’s help to mediate between Somalia and Ethiopia. There's no sign Ethiopia is backing out from its MoU deal with North Western of Somalia.On Tuesday, in Mogadishu, President Mohamud noted that Ethiopian and Somali envoys hadn't engaged in direct talks. Turkey played the middleman.Prime Minister Hamse Abdi Barre stressed Ethiopia’s real intent: not port investments, but seizing Somali land."Ethiopia aims to set up a…

On May 9, 2024, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan sits down with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Taye Atske Selassie in Ankara. - X/Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs Taye Atske SelassieThis Monday, Ethiopia and Somalia decided to keep talking under Turkey's mediation to resolve their beef, after Ethiopia's eyebrow-raising agreement with North Western of Somalia earlier this year had them on the edge of skirmishes.After meeting Somali and Ethiopian counterparts Ahmed Moallim Fiqi and Taye Atske Selassie in Ankara, Turkish…