Egypt delivers military aid to Somalia amid Horn of Africa tensions
Egypt delivered military equipment to Somalia this week amid rising tensions in the Horn of Africa following a controversial deal struck between neighboring Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland earlier this year. Reuters, citing diplomatic and Somali government sources, says that two Egyptian military planes carrying weapons and ammunition landed at Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu on Tuesday morning. Abdi Ismail Samatar, professor at the University of Minnesota and a senator in the Somali parliament, tells VOA’s Douglas Mpuga, if these tensions are not resolved, then war is likely
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