Somalia's president visited Ethiopia on Saturday, his office said, the strongest sign yet of improving relations between the two neighbours after a year of tensions over Addis Ababa's plans to build a naval base in a breakaway Somali region.

The rift began when Ethiopia signed a controversial agreement with Somaliland, Somalia’s breakaway region, reportedly offering to recognise its independence in exchange for a Red Sea port and a milita

The two countries are looking to build on a recent peace deal that aims to defuse mounting tension in the Horn of Africa.

A year-long rift between the neighboring countries threatened further instability in the Horn of Africa.

Ethiopia and Somalia agreed to work together on a multinational force battling Islamist insurgents, signaling a further reduction of diplomatic tensions between the neighboring countries.

Ethiopia’s External Affairs Ministry said that talks between senior government officials in the Somalian capital of Mogadishu resulted in an agreement to “collaborate” on the so-called African Union S