President Says No Egypt-Ethiopia Clash

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said Egyptian and Ethiopian peacekeepers will not clash in Somalia, despite tensions over the Nile dam and Ethiopia’s Somaliland pact. He noted the troops under the African Union Support Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) will be stationed hundreds of kilometres apart. Mohamud stressed there will be no proxy war on Somali soil. AUSSOM now fields about 11,900 personnel from five African countries, including Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, and Egypt.