Somalia's president has said his country will do "everything it can" to defend itself if Ethiopia goes ahead with a deal to establish a naval base in Somaliland
![A Somali woman gestures after filling water cans tied to a donkey at a traditional cistern for harvesting rainwater, called a berkad, made by the Irish charity Concern-Worldwide as the Horn of Africa faces severe drought in Carro-Yaambo, a village 20 miles west of the capital Hargeisa, Somalia [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2021-11/GettyImages-817537864.jpg?h=69f2b9d0&itok=7bwLXE73)
![A policeman marches holding a Somali flag during a parade in Mogadishu, 11 December 2007. [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2021-08/GettyImages-78381756.jpg?h=ac3016ab&itok=hgGYywy2)
![A woman leans on the wall of a damaged house which was shelled as federal-aligned forces entered the city, in Wukro, north of Mekele, on 1 March 2021. [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2021-07/GettyImages-1231741254.jpg?h=d41cdcab&itok=Y5z14Gpd)
![Abiy Ahmed [Anadolu ]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/147EFE5C-BE16-41AE-B717-3CF4207BDCAA.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=-0qGoolk "Abiy Ahmed [Anadolu ]")