Why is Ethiopia risking war for a port?
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Published 2024-01-09
00:00 - a new dispute in the Horn of Africa
01:00 - the historical context
01:29 - the implications of the new deal
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All Comments (21)
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You should do a video on South Africa’s submission to the ICJ on Israeli Genocide. What do you think of their 84 page report? Do they have a legal and scholarly case for Genocide? Strange the economist is ignoring this!
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Could Djibouti lose a lot of money and influence because of this deal?
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The fact you omit Djibouti from the analysis is baffling
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Have you played Settlers of Catan? Ports are pretty great
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It is a win-win deal for Somaliland and Ethiopia.
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It is a win win deal
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حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل
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Somalia is backed by the US, Egypt, Turkey, EU, Eritrea, Sudan & South Sudan. Who does Ethiopia have? UAE! Ethiopia is a regional pariah. But I want to thank the fool in Addis Ababa. Thank you for uniting us.
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Interesting.. Thanks!
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The economist should know better that what used to be Somaliland is now gone due to 3 regions breaking away from Somaliland and becoming part of the Federal government of Somalia.
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Am from Somaliland region and I don’t except the deal we are part of somalia ❤❤❤and the president is Hassan sheikh mahamud
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I belong to where the port is located, and we will never allow that so called deal, we are somalians 🇸🇴 and no one can do that, and who ever dreaming about giving our territory to another country is a treason, he will also face the justice one day.
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"After you pay me a couple of "C" notes for taking it in the rear port, you have to call me your girlfriend."
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1:02 Problem reason
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is nothing to do with somilia two spilt country like sudan and south sudan the deal is with somilaland
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Win win solution. May be a solution for the longstanding security problem in the region.
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You've ignored the former French Somaliland, today the independent nation of Djibouti
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North Somalia has 4 states. 1/4 wants secretion while the 3 which conclude 99% of the land and 99% of the population refused to secede. That makes Somalia 🇸🇴 one nation
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exactly small prize
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No one has the power to stop this win-win deal between the two countries the Republic of Somaliland and the federal Republic of Ethiopia.
