Somalia's president to visit Ethiopia in boost to strained relations


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  • Saturday, 11 Jan 2025

FILE PHOTO: Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during an interview with Reuters, in his office in Mogadishu, Somalia February 20, 2024. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's president will visit Ethiopia on Saturday, his office said, the strongest sign yet of improving relations between the two neighbours after a year of tensions over Addis Ababa's plans to build a naval base in a breakaway Somali region.

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud will fly to Ethiopia from Uganda where he travelled earlier on Saturday to attend a summit on African agriculture, his office said in a statement posted on the X platform.

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