Arab regional rivalries are being played out in the Horn of Africa. Africa editor Mary Harper reports.
(Picture: A ship docked in Berbera port.
Credit: Reuters)
A crisis in the Gulf has had an unexpected consequence - a rush to build ports all down the Somali coast. But, as Mary Harper writes, some fear it could tear the Horn of Africa apart. Somaliland's port town of Berbera is sleepy and somewhat scruffy. Paintings of fish, crabs…
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