Weekly Security & Geopolitical Review: Kenya’s Back-Channel Diplomacy Attempts to Ease Ethiopia-Somalia Tensions

A surprise memorandum of understanding between Ethiopia and Somaliland has continued to aggravate tensions in the Horn of Africa, a region already in turmoil. Somaliland, a former British colony lying along the Gulf of Aden, proclaimed independence from Somalia in 1991. Its independence is not recognised by any country, but it has attracted significant foreign...