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Global powers scramble for a stake in the Horn of Africa

A Turkish cargo plane delivers medical supplies to Somalia on May 2, 2020. Turkey has put up the largest embassy in Africa in Mogadishu. PHOTO | SADAK MOHAMED | ANADOLU AGENCY

By  Tesfa-Alem Tekle

Correspondent in Addis Abba, Ethiopia

Nation Media Group

When the Saudi-led military coalition involving the US intervened in the Yemen war in 2015, the Horn of Africa became a strategic region.

This is despite the existence of the Coalition, established in 2015 to help beat down Houthi rebels (who are sponsored by Iran), involving nine countries in the Middle East, West and North Africa, and the US.

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