Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived in Ethiopia’s capital on Saturday, exactly a month to the day since the two countries’ leaders reached an agreement aimed at ending a bitter, yearlong dispute. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said he received Mohamud at the Addis Ababa airport.

Somalia and Ethiopia are set to restore full diplomatic relations after a visit by Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to Addis Ababa, as efforts intensify to heal a year-long rift that threatened further instability in the Horn of Africa.

They have yet to work out the fate of the MoU Ethiopia had signed with Somaliland, leading to a freeze in relations.

In a major diplomatic breakthrough, Somalia says the obstacles to Ethiopia's participation in the African Union mission were overcome

Somalia's president visited Ethiopia on Saturday, his office said, the strongest sign yet of improving relations between the two neighbours after a year of tensions over Addis Ababa's plans to build a naval base in a breakaway Somali region.

A landmark visit by Somalia's president to Ethiopia was followed by two countries announcing that they would restore full diplomatic relations.

The two countries are looking to build on a recent peace deal that aims to defuse mounting tension in the Horn of Africa.

The rift began when Ethiopia signed a controversial agreement with Somaliland, Somalia’s breakaway region, reportedly offering to recognise its independence in exchange for a Red Sea port and a milita

Tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia had been mounting following reports of an agreement earlier in 2024 between Ethiopia and Somaliland. ・Ethiopia and Somalia has pledged to restore and strengthen bilateral relations.