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☸ ETHIOPIA & ACCESS TO THE SEA
According to this declassified CIA document, #Djibouti (formerly known as French Somaliland) served as Ethiopia’s primary outlet to the sea.
The document also notes that Emperor Haile Selassie once declared Djibouti an integral part of Ethiopia. However, #Ethiopia ultimately lost control of Djibouti due to the influence of a militarily "powerful" Somalia.
Ethiopia gained direct access to the sea for the first time in its history when it forcibly annexed #Eritrea in 1952, but that privilege ended when Eritrea gained independence in 1991.