Ethiopia signs agreement to use Somaliland’s Red Sea port as strong opposition emerges from Somalia, terror group al-Shabaab condemns it too

The deal will pave the way for the landlocked country to use the port of Berbera.

Landlocked Ethiopia has signed an initial agreement with Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland to use its Red Sea port of Berbera, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office says.

The Horn of Africa country currently relies on neighbouring Djibouti for most of its maritime trade.

Ethiopia was cut off from the coast after Eritrea broke away from Addis Ababa and…