What’s Happening Inside Ethiopia | Is Ethiopia Heading Towards Crisis | The Blueprint

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Ethiopia is facing problems from the inside and now, it might be on the verge of triggering an all-out regional war. While internal conflicts and clashes with ethnic militias continue across northern Ethiopia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed made a high-stakes geopolitical move, signing a controversial coastline deal with Somaliland to escape the prison of geography. With over 130 million people, Ethiopia is the world’s most populous landlocked country, spending up to $2 billion annually on port fees via Djibouti. But Ethiopia’s quest for a naval base and sea access in the Gulf of Aden has set off a massive chain reaction. Somalia viewed the deal as a direct violation of its sovereignty and called in Ethiopia’s fiercest rival, Egypt. Now, with Egyptian military cargo planes landing in Mogadishu, heavy artillery deployed on Ethiopia's borders, and long-standing tensions over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) boiling over, the Horn of Africa faces a dangerous military encirclement. R

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