https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/ethiopia-s-abiy-demands-access-to-red-sea-as-tensions-with-neighbours-riseContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/ethiopia-s-abiy-demands-access-to-red-sea-as-tensions-with-neighbours-risehttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/ethiopia-s-abiy-demands-access-to-red-sea-as-tensions-with-neighbours-rise#u113383Sat, 10 Oct 2026 08:26:42 +0000Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is reiterating demands for sovereign access to the Red Sea, directly challenging neighboring coastal nations who maintain that governance of the sea belongs strictly to its littoral states. This dispute compounds multiple overlapping crises in the Horn of Africa, including renewed fighting between federal troops and Tigrayan rebel forces in northern Ethiopia, separate disagreements with Egypt over dam construction on the Nile, and broader security challenges across the region. Neighboring coastal states have pushed back against the maritime push, warning of