Somaliland’s defense minister resigns over deal to give Ethiopia access to the region’s coastline

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somaliland’s defense minister has resigned to protest his government signing an agreement to allow landlocked Ethiopia to access Somaliland’s coastline. “Ethiopia remains our number one enemy,” Abdiqani Mohamud Ateye said in an interview with local television on Sunday. Somalia has protested the deal as a threat to its sovereignty by Somaliland, which … Read more