Analysis: Egypt's growing military alliance with Mogadishu is causing alarm in Ethiopia, with fears Somalia could become the theatre for a proxy conflict.
![Somali Defence Minister Nur looking at the docked Egyptian naval vessel carrying the 2nd arms delivery to the African nation in a month. [X]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2024-09/Somali%20Defence%20Minister.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=rsRpZcjq)
![Somali security forces are engaged in continued conflict with Al Shabaab militants [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2023-12/GettyImages-1616041906.jpg?h=881fb769&itok=cunPS58f)
