Somaliland’s Defence Minister, Abdiqani Mohamoud Ateye has resigned in protest over a deal allowing Ethiopia to use a port in the breakaway Somali region.
The African Union on Thursday joined the United States in appealing for calm in the Horn of Africa after regional tensions soared following a contested deal between Ethiopia and the breakaway region
Clashes have forced more than 185,000 people to flee their homes in a contested border town in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland, the UN's emergency response agency said.