Tornado Alley (PROG)

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Been following this unfolding story in Somaliland with cold war and colonial residue

They have done a good job just look at the progress pic.twitter.com/slqrSsvTPW

— Greatest Africa (@TheGreatChange1) January 3, 2024

In the coming days, Bihi will be flying to UAE alongside 2 other unnamed nations in order to seek support for his recognition bid.

These countries are seen by Bihi as key allies of Somaliland and he expects to return home with good news. pic.twitter.com/3IegAWM54G

— Ahmed Cadde (@AhCadde) January 3, 2024

Egypt a no (for now)

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has pledged his support for Somalia, following a deep disagreement between Ethiopia and Somaliland over maritime access.

Ethiopia signed an agreement on Monday to use one of Somaliland's seaports, prompting criticism and annoyance pic.twitter.com/XnVwr5gqci

— Swahili Nation Network (@1swahilination) January 3, 2024

Although Somaliland has often been seen as a beacon of stability in the chaotic Horn of Africa, its quest for statehood has gone unrecognised internationally, leaving it poor and isolated.
Egypt: weèll blow the dam up.
"We have successfully completed the first dam filling without bothering and hurting anyone else. Now the dam is overflowing downstream".[62
As of April 2023, Ethiopia's Office of National Coordination announced that 90% of constructions had been completed.[69]
https://e360.yale.edu/features/vanishing-nile-a-great-river-faces-a-multitude-of-threats-egypt-dam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Ethiopian_Renaissance_Dam
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/02/somalia-defend-sovereignty-ethiopia-somaliland-deal-port

The Ogaden War, also known as the Ethio-Somali War (Somali: Dagaalkii Xoraynta Soomaali Galbeed, Amharic: ?????? ???? ????, romanized: ye’itiyop’iya somaliya t’orinet), was a military conflict fought between Somalia and Ethiopia from July 1977 to March 1978 over the Ethiopian region of Ogaden. Somalia's invasion of the region, precursor to the wider war,[30] met with the Soviet Union's disapproval, leading the superpower to end its support of Somalia and support Ethiopia instead.
 
Ethiopia was saved from defeat and permanent loss of territory through a massive airlift of military supplies worth $1 billion, the arrival of more than 12,000 Cuban soldiers and airmen sent by Fidel Castro to win a second African victory (after his first success in Angola in 1975–76),[26] and 1,500 Soviet advisors, led by General Vasily Petrov. On 23 January 1978, Cuban armored brigades inflicted the worst losses the Somali forces had ever taken in a single action since the start of the war.[27]
 
The Ethiopian-Cuban force (equipped with 300 tanks, 156 artillery pieces and 46 combat aircraft)[23] prevailed at Harar and Jijiga, and began to push the Somalis systematically out of the Ogaden. On 23 March 1978, the Ethiopian government declared that the last border post had been regained, thus ending the war.[31] Almost a third of the regular SNA soldiers, three-eighths of the armored units and half of the Somali Air Force had been lost during the war. The war left Somalia with a disorganized and demoralized army as well as a heavy disapproval from its population. These conditions led to a revolt in the army which eventually spiraled into the ongoing Somali Civil War.[32]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogaden_War

In addition to Soviet funding and arms support provided to Somalia, Egypt sent to the country millions of dollars' worth of arms shipments.[6] Though the United States had offered Somalia arms support prior to the 1977 invasion, the offer was withdrawn following the news of Somali troops operating in the Ogaden Region.[50]

https://www.fpri.org/article/2021/11/the-african-union-should-resolve-somalilands-status/