Ethiopia is seeking greater access to the Red Sea, but indoing so, it is repeating past behaviours that have destabilised the region,writes Yohannes Woldemariam.
In its renewed campaign for access to the Red Sea, Ethiopia is threatening to further destabilise the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia already has port access for trade via Berbera in Somaliland as well as in Djibouti. If it wants more of the same, its neighbours would line up to compete to provide access in a mutually beneficial give-and-take arrangement. What is spooking Ethiopia’s neighbours however is its quest for a naval base, and the expansionist mindset and hostile force that is accompanying that drive.
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