Italian court upholds migration funding to IOM for Libya crisis
Italy's Lazio regional court upheld a 2019 government decision to allocate 2 million euros ($2.1 million) from
Somalia's president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud will visit Ethiopia on
Saturday, his office said, as the two countries look to build on a recent
peace deal that aims to defuse mounting tensions in the Horn of Africa.
Land-locked Ethiopia's desire for access to the sea has deepened
long-standing grievances with its neighbors in the volatile region.
Somalia was outraged when Ethiopia signed a deal one year ago with its
breakaway region of Somaliland, reportedly to recognize its independence in
exchange for a port and military base on the Red Sea.
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