President Hassan Sheikh’s Diplomatic Powerplay Isolates Both Ethiopia and Somaliland Over Illegal Port Deal

[Deeq A.]

Due to its strategic location, the Horn of Africa region remains a geopolitical hotbed pitting the US and its Western European allies against Russia, and China while over the last decade, middle powers and Gulf countries, the likes of Turkey, Iran, Egypt, UAE, and Saudi Arabia have entered the fray in bid to gain a foothold on the world’s busiest shipping lanes stretching along the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Suez Canal.

Source: Hiiraan Online