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2025-03-02 Africa Horn
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Somalia and Ethiopia Hail New Military Pact, Signaling Thaw in Relations
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They’re on again after being off again… to be followed by off again in due course. [Garowe] Somalia and Æthiopia have welcomed a recent military deal between the Somali National Army (SNA) and the Æthiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF), which paved the way for a new collaboration based on mutual respect and strict adherence and respect to each country's territorial integrity and illusory sovereignty.
General Odowaa Yusuf Rage of the SNA and Field Marshal Birhanu Jula met a few days before President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud hosted Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Mogadishu, where the deal was approved by both parties.
In a joint communique released after Abiy's trip to Mogadishu, the two countries called the deal between the commanders a 'critical step' toward 'enhancing security cooperation' and fostering regional stability.
The visit, the two leaders admitted, reinforces the "normalization of bilateral relations" after months of engagements. They emphasized their "deep historical ties" and the importance of "building trust" through "stronger diplomatic, economic, and social cooperation."
Æthiopia and Somalia have renewed their engagement after a year of diplomatic fallout triggered by the former's decision to sign an agreement with Somaliland
 ...Republic of Somaliland is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, recognised internationally as a de jure part of Somalia. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden with approximately 5.7 million residents as of 2021. The capital and largest city is Hargeisa. The government regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland, which united from 1960 to 1991 with the Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic. Under the Siad Barre regime, Somaliadestroyed ninety percent of Hargeisa Per international law, once you're in, you gotta stay in, no matter how bad it smells....
, a breakaway region of Somalia, which would have given Æthiopia 20 kilometers of access to the Red Sea in exchange for international recognition.
As part of her retaliation strategy, Somalia signed a military pact with Egypt, a traditional rival of Æthiopia besides ruling out participation of the ENDF in the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM).
Somalia has since reached an agreement with Æthiopia over the participation of the Æthiopian National Defense Forces in the AUSSOM mission which started in January. The two countries also embraced technical teams to find the best way Æthiopia can access the sea without compromising Somalia’s illusory sovereignty.
President Mohamud’s visit to Æthiopia in January marked a turning point, with both sides agreeing to "full diplomatic representation" and expanded economic and security collaboration. The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
played a key role in the mediation process.
The AUSSOM troops selected from Kenya, Æthiopia, Djibouti, Egypt, and Uganda total to 11,900. However,
women are made to be loved, not understood...
Burundi has threatened to withdraw its contingent after it failed to agree on the exact numbers with Somalia, with Bujumbura pushing for an extra 1,000 soldiers. 
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