Leaders of Horn of Africa states meet amid regional tensions

The Somali president has visited Eritrea to discuss bilateral ties and issues of mutual concern, including Ethiopia’s sea access ambitions

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has paid an official visit to Eritrea for talks with the country’s leader, Isaias Afwerki, amid tensions in the Horn of Africa over Ethiopia’s plans to gain access to the Red Sea through a controversial deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland.

President Mohamud arrived in Eritrea’s capital...