Somalia ‘nullifies’ port agreement between Ethiopia and Somaliland, as US rejects international recognition for breakaway region

The deal, which would see Ethiopia recognise Somaliland in return for sea access, has inflamed tensions across the region

Somalia’s president signed a bill on Saturday voiding a preliminary agreement for Somaliland to provide landlocked Ethiopia with port access to Somaliland’s coast, in a largely symbolic move intended to rebuke the parties involved over a deal that has inflamed tensions across the Horn of Africa.

In a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday Hassan Sheikh…