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Somalia president to visit Ethiopia in latest peace push

Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty (centre), his Eritrea counterpart Osman Saleh Mohamed (left) and Somalia's Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, after addressing a press conference in Cairo on January 11, 2025. [Egyptian Foreign Ministry / AFP]

Somalia's president will visit Ethiopia on Saturday, his office said, as the two countries look to build on a recent peace deal that aims to defuse mounting tensions in the Horn of Africa.

Land-locked Ethiopia's desire for access to the sea has deepened long-standing grievances with its neighbours in the volatile region.

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