‘We are ready for a war’: Somalia threatens conflict with Ethiopia over breakaway region

Somaliland declares port deal with landlocked Ethiopia void in bid to be recognised as a country

Somalia is prepared to go to war to stop Ethiopia recognising the breakaway territory of Somaliland and building a port there, a senior adviser to Somalia’s president has said.

A memorandum of understanding signed on 1 January allowing landlocked Ethiopia to develop a naval base on Somaliland’s coast has rattled the Horn of Africa, one of the world’s most volatile regions.