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Bab-el-Mandeb: international trade under threat

Maritime incidents, Operation Aspides and land conflicts around the Bab-el-Mandeb strait.

Map of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden showing maritime incidents, shipping routes and land conflicts in Ethiopia, Yemen and Somalia.

This map combines 2023-2024 maritime incidents with the land conflicts surrounding the strait: territory held or contested by non-state groups, recent fighting, international military presence (the European Aspides operation, the Djibouti bases) and Ethiopian claims on the port of Assab.

Sources: ACLED, ASAM, OSINT, French Ministry of the Armed Forces, AFP.

Date
October 2026