NAIROBI, (HAN) – Kenyan opposition politician Farah Moalim has urged Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti, and Sudan to form a joint defense alliance to counter what he described as Ethiopia’s “territorial expansionist ambitions.”
In a series of posts on X, Maalim accused Ethiopia’s leadership of engaging in “arrogant bargaining” based on “fabricated history and unlimited Western backing.”
He also warned that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed risks accelerating Ethiopia’s “collapse” through reckless expansionist policies.
“Ethiopia is a landlocked country, but so are Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and South Sudan,” Moalim noted. “Landlocked states do not secure seaports by seizing territory. They must negotiate with their neighbors to gain access.”
Maalim also recalled historic regional confrontations, from Somalia’s defeat in the 1978 war against Soviet-backed Ethiopian forces to Addis Ababa’s military intervention in Mogadishu in 2006, which he said resulted in heavy losses for Ethiopia. “No rational Ethiopian leader would ever invade Somalia,” he asserted.
His warning came shortly after Abiy, during the launch of his latest book Medemer in Addis Ababa on Tuesday, dismissed claims that Ethiopia was destined to remain a “geographic prisoner” without access to the sea.
