Somalia and Ethiopia said they would work together to resolve a dispute over Addis Ababa’s plan to build a port in the breakaway region of Somaliland, which had drawn in regional powers and threatened to further destabilise the Horn of Africa.

Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has welcomed the peace deal reached on Wednesday in Ankara, Türkiye between Ethiopia and Somalia. The Executive Secretary of IGAD, Workneh Gebeyehu has commended the landmark Ankara Agreement reached between the two East African nations.

A Türkiye-facilitated meeting between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud ended yesterday with promises to reach a

Ethiopia and Somalia agreed to lower tensions over a deal that would allow Addis Ababa to build a military base on the coast of the breakaway region of Somaliland in exchange for a stake in its national airline.

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the president of Somalia, and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, his Ethiopian counterpart, are scheduled to meet in Ankara, Turkey, to discuss the ongoing dispute over Somaliland. The meeting was initiated by Ethiopia,

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was heading to Ankara, Turkey, to attend the third round of talks aimed at defusing tensions with Ethiopia, the state news agency reported on Tuesday, in a row that threatens to destabilise the region.

Turkiye’s President Erdogan announced the breakthrough after talks between the Ethiopian and Somali leaders in Ankara.

The dispute between began January 1 when Somaliland’s president, Muse Bihi Abdi, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed a "historic" memorandum of understanding to lease 20 kilometers of seafront to Ethiopia for 50 years,

Somalia and Ethiopia have reached a deal to end a nearly year-old bitter dispute following hours of Turkish-brokered talks in Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.Hailing it as a "historic agreement",