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Ethiopia renews demand for Red Sea access
Original: Ethiopia again demands access to the Red Sea as tensions with neighbors escalate
Ethiopia has once again publicly demanded direct access to the Red Sea, a demand Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government has framed as an existential economic necessity for Africa's second-most-populous country. The renewed call, which is landlocked since Eritrea's independence in 1993, comes as tensions rise with neighbors including Eritrea, raising fears of a new conflict in the already unstable Horn of Africa region.
Why now: Rising rhetoric from Ethiopia over sea access is heightening fears of regional conflict in the Horn of Africa.
EthiopiaEritreaRed SeaAbiy Ahmed
Evidence
- Ethiopia again demands access to the Red Sea as tensions with neighbors escalate · The Washington Post
- Ethiopia again demands access to the Red Sea as tensions with neighbors escalate · Newsday
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