Bloomberg | By Simon Marks and Mohammed Omar Ahmed Somali lawmaker has asked president to investigate issue Claim follows reports that Eritrea forces deployed in Ethiopia Ethiopia’s government denied that Somali soldiers fought alongside federal troops in the ongoing conflict in its Tigray region. The head of Somalia’s parliamentary committee on foreign affairs on Jan. […]
Source: Defence Web Ethiopia’s military appears to have acquired a number of mobile bridges from China. Photos posted on Twitter last month show at least three truck-mounted mobile bridges being transported along a road in Ethiopia. They appear to be Norinco GQL-111 scissor-type bridges transported and launched over the rear of an 8×8 cross-country truck […]
©FT | UK, US and EU push for humanitarian relief to get to the war-ravaged Tigray region Ethiopia’s reputation is “being tarnished” by the military conflict, UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab has said, ahead of his visit to the east African country on Friday to urge Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to allow unrestricted humanitarian access […]
MEMO | The UK Ambassador to Sudan, Irfan Siddiq, said on Tuesday that his country understands Sudan’s position on the negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Anadolu News Agency reported. Mr. Siddiq added during a meeting in Khartoum with the Sudanese Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, Dr Yasir Mohamed, that London would support the dam negotiations […]
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Source: The Conversation | Dorothee Baumann-Pauly Ethiopia has long been considered one of Africa’s economic wunderkinds. Until recently, it had relative political stability in comparison to other countries on the continent. And, with an average GDP growth rate of 10% in the past decade and a government that instituted policies friendly to foreign investors, the country was able to […]
© 2021 AFP Outside a centuries-old stone church in the northern Ethiopian city of Gondar, a drama troupe performed skits hailing the military defeat of the former leaders of the country’s Tigray region. As rifle-toting actors danced around chanting actresses, an audience cheered when the troupe denounced the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) as a […]
Source: Ecofin Agency | Following an emergency meeting of its Security and Defense Council on Jan 17, Sudan called on the Ethiopian government to withdraw its forces from the Al-Fashaqa region, which the two countries have been disputing on for years. “Despite the military mobilization and build-up carried out by Ethiopia in the areas facing […]
Europe External Programme with Africa is a Belgium-based Centre of Expertise with in-depth knowledge, publications, and networks, specialised in issues of peace building, refugee protection and resilience in the Horn of Africa. EEPA has published extensively on issues related to movement and/or human trafficking of refugees in the Horn of Africa and on the Central Mediterranean […]
‘Swift action’ needed in Tigray to save thousands at risk, UNHCR warns. UN News Starvation crisis looms as aid groups seek urgent Tigray access. Al Jazeera Can Ethiopia heal after the TPLF killings? The African Report ‘No Somali soldier killed in Ethiopia-Tigray conflict’ Anadolu Agency Anthony Blinken | Actions of the Ethiopian federal government could […]