Egypt-Ethiopia hostilities are playing out in the Horn – the risk of new proxy wars is high

Ethiopian soldiers deployed in Somalia as part of the African Union peacekeeping mission.

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Egypt recently deepened its involvement in the war-weary Horn of Africa by arming Somalia and deploying its troops in the embattled country.

To Ethiopia’s growing alarm, Egypt is also set to join the multinational force supporting the Somali army against the jihadist threat by al-Shabaab.