SOMALIA has accused Ethiopia of supplying weapons to its northeastern Puntland region amid growing tensions between the Horn of Africa neighbours, reports Agence France-Presse.
'Somalia strongly condemns the unauthorised arms shipments from Ethiopia to Somalia's Puntland region, violating our sovereignty and threatening regional security,' the foreign ministry in Mogadishu said on X.
Stormy relations exist between Ethiopia and somalia - a fragile jigsaw of federal states, whose instability already includes long-running insurgency by Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab.
Somalia's security forces already have to contend with a jihadist insurgencySomalia's security forces already have to contend with a jihadist insurgency.
Tensions increased on January 1 when Addis Ababa signed a deal with another northern region of Somalia - the breakaway territory of Somaliland - which gives landlocked Ethiopia access to the ocean.
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'Somalia strongly condemns the unauthorised arms shipments from Ethiopia to Somalia's Puntland region, violating our sovereignty and threatening regional security,' the foreign ministry in Mogadishu said on X.
Stormy relations exist between Ethiopia and somalia - a fragile jigsaw of federal states, whose instability already includes long-running insurgency by Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab.
Somalia's security forces already have to contend with a jihadist insurgencySomalia's security forces already have to contend with a jihadist insurgency.
Tensions increased on January 1 when Addis Ababa signed a deal with another northern region of Somalia - the breakaway territory of Somaliland - which gives landlocked Ethiopia access to the ocean.
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