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)
![Somaliland declared independence in 1991 but has not been recognised by any other state [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2022-07/GettyImages-1235886343.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=mPxhCX9K)
![US soldiers patrol near Camp Victory Base, in Somalia in 1993. [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2021-07/GettyImages-1187902422.jpg?h=f44feb0e&itok=XA4Pfqmu)
