{"id":23167,"date":"2026-01-14T15:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/23167\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T15:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:39:07","slug":"ethiopias-spy-chief-visits-somalia-amid-horn-of-africa-tensions-report-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/23167\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia\u2019s spy chief visits Somalia amid Horn of Africa tensions: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> 30 minutes ago<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-author-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768405146_281_bd57dd5ca533dd2824ba750146d9ab489d41d22beb96b9cd6c9b0588f8b65320.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-40 photo\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\" decoding=\"async\"\/>Posted by: Horseed Staff<\/p>\n<p>Redwan Hussein brings message from Ethiopian prime minister to Somali president, local media report.<\/p>\n<p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ethiopia-Redwan-spy-chief-140126-1200x675.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-418009\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ethiopia\u2019s intelligence chief Redwan Hussein made an unannounced visit to Somalia, where he met with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, amid heightened tensions in the Horn of Africa, Somali media reported.<\/p>\n<p>Hussein met Mohamud at the presidential palace, Villa Somalia, to deliver a message from Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, though the contents were not made public, according to Somali local media.<\/p>\n<p>He also held talks with Mahad Salad, head of Somalia\u2019s National Intelligence and Security Agency, at the agency\u2019s headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Neither the Ethiopian nor Somali governments issued an official statement on the visit or disclosed details of the meetings.<\/p>\n<p>The visit comes against the backdrop of renewed regional tensions following Israel\u2019s announcement on December 26 recognising Somalia\u2019s breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state, a move that made\u00a0Tel Aviv the only country in the world to formally recognise\u00a0the breakaway region.<\/p>\n<p>Ankara declaration<\/p>\n<p>Somaliland has operated as a de facto self-governing entity since declaring independence from Somalia in 1991, but it has not received international recognition as a sovereign state.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s decision drew sharp criticism internationally, with opponents describing it as illegal and a threat to international peace and security.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2024, Ethiopia sought new maritime access options by signing a deal with Somaliland to use the port of Berbera, prompting Somalia to accuse Addis Ababa of violating its sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>T\u00fcrkiye later mediated talks between Somalia and Ethiopia,\u00a0resulting in the Ankara Declaration in December 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Under the agreement, both sides committed to working toward bilateral arrangements that would allow Ethiopia access to the sea under Somali sovereign authority.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:AA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"30 minutes ago Posted by: Horseed Staff Redwan Hussein brings message from Ethiopian prime minister to Somali president,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[65],"class_list":{"0":"post-23167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ethiopia","8":"tag-ethiopia"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}