In exchange for a 50-year lease of a military base for the Ethiopian navy, Ethiopia will become the first foreign country to officially recognize Somaliland.

Al-Shabaab terrorists attacked a hotel located near the presidential complex in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. Several officials, deputies and journalists were injured in the explosions and shootings. There are also dead people.

In Mali, militants attacked a detachment of the Russian private military company "Wagner". The fighting lasted for 5 days and the last report said three people were resisting, the statement said. Sources reported that 12 prisoners of war were captured and 53 were killed. In particular, it was said that Prigozhin's deputy, Anton Elizarov, who headed the Communist Party after his death, was also captured.