The political situation in the Horn of Africa continues to be dominated by tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea . Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed leaves little doubt about this: During a television appearance earlier this week, he emphasized that it is "not feasible at any time" to continue viewing Ethiopia as a landlocked country. The country lost its access to the Red Sea when Eritrea gained independence in 1993 after decades of war. Initially, an agreement allowed Ethiopia to import goods duty-free through the Eritrean port of Assab.  But a renewed border conflict in the late 1990s ended this arrangement. Today, a large portion of Ethiopia's trade passes through Djibouti — a costly undertaking for the landlocked nation. Resistance to Ethiopian expansion Abiy Ahmed wants to reduce this dependence, according to political analyst Abduraham Sayed. "The reason he is pushing for this right now is not because there is no access to the Red Sea or to ports near Ethiopia," he tells DW.…