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 tweeted about the new port:

https://twitter.com/musebiihi/status/1408142126995619844?s=20