East Africa, already a fragile region, could now become even more unstable. And the world must care: the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea connect Asia with Europe and America. What happens if a new war breaks out in Africa? Why is Ethiopia interested in it, and how will it affect other countries? Professor Afyare Abdi Elmi and researcher Yusuf Hassan (University of Mogadishu, Somalia), discuss this in a column for The New York Times.
The coming war nobody is talking about
Why what's happening in Africa is more dangerous than it seems