Ethiopia is set to build a naval base in Djibouti a move that will give the landlocked East African nation a navy. The Ethiopian government announced last year that it would re-build a strong navy that would have a presence in the Red Sea, despite the country being landlocked.
Ethiopia’s main Navy base will be in their country at Bahir Dar and will get its funding from the French government. Once the bilateral talks between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his Djiboutian counterpart, president Ismaïl Omar Guelleh the naval base will be a go for Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian Navy was disbanded after the country lost access to its base in Massawa in 1996, due to Eretria seceding from Ethiopia in 1991. Ethiopia is reviving is a naval force as part of its reform measure to the Defense Department.
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