Horn of Africa Ablaze, Adding to the Red Sea Shipping Crisis

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed looks on at the House of Peoples Representatives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Nov. 30, 2020. Amanuel Sileshi/AFP via Getty Images

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Much of the Horn of Africa—Somalia, Ethiopia, and Sudan—was ablaze with conflict in February 2024, just as the Yemen crisis, just across the Red Sea, was also jeopardizing the security of one of the world’s most important trade routes through that sea and the Suez Canal.