Somali president rejects land deal granting Ethiopia coastal access
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Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Tuesday rejected an agreement that would have granted landlocked Ethiopia access to the coast of breakaway Somaliland.
Somaliland, a region strategically located by the Gulf of Aden, broke away from Somalia in 1991 as the country collapsed into warlord-led conflict. The region has maintained its own government despite its lack of international recognition.
On Monday, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi signed a memorandum of understanding to allow Ethiopia to lease a 12.4-mile stretch of coastline to establish a marine force base.
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