Ethiopia: One Corridor, Too Much Risk - Why Berbera Matters More Than Ever As Bab-El-Mandeb Crisis Exposes Ethiopia's Maritime Vulnerability
Ethiopia's heavy reliance on Djibouti for maritime trade has become a critical economic vulnerability due to the ongoing security crisis in the Bab-el-Mandeb strait. Experts argue that Ethiopia must diversify its port access, specifically through Berbera, to ensure long-term economic security.
Why it matters
The concentration of trade through a single corridor creates a single point of failure that threatens the economic stability of a nation of 120 million people.
Addis Abeba - The current crisis around the Bab-el-Mandeb has transformed Ethiopia's maritime vulnerability from a long-term strategic concern into an immediate economic-security question. The latest Houthi advances along Yemen's Red Sea coast and around strategic positions near the Bab-el-Mandeb have intensified concerns over the security of one of the world's most important maritime chokepoints .
But the Houthi crisis did not create Ethiopia's maritime vulnerability. It exposed it.
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