Somaliland opens new container port to boost exportation of goods
By: Abara Blessing Oluchi
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 || Somalia,
Friday- 25th June, 2021: A new port has been officially opened in the self-declared republic of Somaliland which should help boost exports between the Horn of Africa and the Gulf Region.
The container port is also potentially of huge benefit to land-locked Ethiopia, which is currently reliant on Djibouti for shipping its exports and imports.
Last month the Addis Ababa government and Dubai’s DP World - one of the world's largest port operators – agreed a $1bn (£720m) deal to create a trade and logistics corridor between Ethiopia and Berbera.
President Muse Bihi Abdi of Somaliland also tweeted about the new port:
