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Rising Tensions in the Horn: Ethiopia, Egypt and Somalia on a Collision Course
Ethiopia's foreign policy priorities in the Horn of Africa on maritime access and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam have fuelled tensions with both Somalia and Egypt.