(AFP – Agence France Presse)- Somalia’s president will make a surprise visit to Ethiopian capital on Saturday, his office said, as the two nations work to strengthen a recent peace deal aimed at easing tensions in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia’s desire for access to the sea has deepened long-standing grievances with its neighbours in the volatile region. Somalia was outraged when Ethiopia signed a deal one year ago with its breakaway region of Somaliland, reportedly to recognise its independence in exchange for a port and military base on the Red Sea. The diplomatic furore was defused by a peace…

Prior to the trip to Addis Ababa, Mohamud visited Uganda for a continental summit on agricultural development