By Dawan Africa - --
MOGADISHU, 29 September 2026 - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud will travel to Addis Ababa on Tuesday for talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed before making a one-day visit to Djibouti on Wednesday, Somali government officials told Dawan Media.
The visit to Ethiopia comes as fighting has intensified in the north of the country following the formation of an alliance of seven armed groups, including the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which has announced its opposition to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government.
Tigrayan forces have expanded their offensive into neighbouring Afar and Amhara regions, with the renewed fighting raising concerns about a wider conflict and its potential impact on regional security and trade routes.
A senior Somali government official told Dawan that Hassan Sheikh’s visit to Addis Ababa would last one day. The agenda for his meeting with Abiy has not been publicly disclosed.
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The Somali president will then travel to Djibouti on Wednesday for another one-day visit, according to the officials. The agenda for the Djibouti visit has also not been announced.
The visits are expected to focus on regional security and developments in the Horn of Africa, although the Somali government has not publicly detailed the issues to be discussed.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh met in Djibouti last week, where regional security developments were among the issues discussed.
The visits come amid heightened tensions in the Horn of Africa, with renewed fighting in Ethiopia raising concerns over its potential impact on neighbouring countries, regional stability and trade routes linking Ethiopia to Djibouti.