China’s extensive interests in the Horn of Africa include the Ethiopia-Djibouti railway, funded and built by Chinese interests. Photo: Xinhua
China’s extensive interests in the Horn of Africa include the Ethiopia-Djibouti railway, funded and built by Chinese interests. Photo: Xinhua

China unites with Somalia against growing Taiwanese-Somaliland ties

  • Friendship between the two largely unrecognised governments is regarded by Beijing as a threat to its strategic interests in the Horn of Africa
  • Somalia’s foreign minister promises Beijing that Mogadishu will resist Taipei’s relationship with breakaway Somaliland

China’s extensive interests in the Horn of Africa include the Ethiopia-Djibouti railway, funded and built by Chinese interests. Photo: Xinhua
China’s extensive interests in the Horn of Africa include the Ethiopia-Djibouti railway, funded and built by Chinese interests. Photo: Xinhua
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