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Ethiopia's Red Sea Access Push
Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed has renewed demands for Red Sea access as a national security priority, a push complicated by Egypt's El-Alamein Declaration that would restrict Red Sea governance to coastal states.
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed began a new five-year term in early October 2026 by renewing his demand that landlocked Ethiopia secure access to the Red Sea, framing it as a matter of national security to be pursued through "give-and-take" (Arab News opinion, Oct 31). The demand came shortly after the Egypt-sponsored El-Alamein Joint Declaration, which seeks to leave Red Sea governance exclusively to littoral states, complicating Addis Ababa's ambitions since Ethiopia is not a littoral state (Arab News opinion, Oct 31).