On Thursday, Somalia declared that there is no room for mediation in its dispute with Ethiopia unless Addis Ababa cancels a controversial deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland. Tensions in the Horn of Africa heightened after Ethiopia, which is landlocked, reached a memorandum of understanding with Somaliland on January 1, granting it access to the sea.

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