DP World: the winner in Ethiopia's Somaliland port play

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Everywhere you look across supply chains, one geopolitical play after another is forcing hands, calling bluffs, always bringing consequences, intended or otherwise.

The latest is the signing of an MoU between Ethiopia and Somaliland, essentially exchanging official recognition of the latter as an independent state in return for control of a parcel of land at Somaliland’s port of Berbera, which is operated by DP World.

Details of the deal remain vague.

The Guardian reported Ethiopia was to be granted a 50-year lease on ...