Eli5 Why didn’t the Ottoman Empire expand more into Africa?

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Eli5 Why didn’t the Ottoman Empire expand more into Africa?

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Ottomans were particularly interested in trade routes and as a result controlled both sides of the red sea plus inland territories in Ethiopia

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