Ethiopia’s gambit for a port is unsettling a volatile region – The Economist 14:24
Middle East and Africa | A storm over a port Ethiopia’s gambit for a port is unsettling a volatile regionAbiy Ahmed is doing a deal for a stretch of Somaliland’s coastimage: afp Jan 2nd 2024Share Geopolitics in the Horn of Africa are off already to a combustible start in the new year. On January 1st, Abiy […]
Shabaab says it rejects Red Sea access deal between Ethiopia and Somaliland – The Long War Journal 14:12
BY CALEB WEISS January 2, 2024 | @Caleb_Weiss7 Shabaab, through its official spokesman Ali Mohamud Rage, vehemently rejected a recent agreement signed between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland. The landmark deal gives Ethiopia access to Somaliland’s Red Sea port in Berbera. In releasing a statement, Shabaab is playing up Somali nationalism to garner support. According to […]
Abiy races for funds after debt default – Africa Confidential 13:38
2ND JANUARY 2024 Prime Minister under pressure to conclude restructuring talks with IMF and international creditors as Addis Ababa’s finances remain under severe strain The failure of Abiy Ahmed‘s government to make a US$33 million coupon payment on its only international government bond in late December confirmed Ethiopia’s status as the third African state to default […]
Sudan’s RSF open to talks on immediate ceasefire with army: official – TRT World 12:47
By signing the so-called Addis Ababa Declaration, which is intended to serve as the basis for further negotiations and a political settlement, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has made its clearest commitment to ending the war so far. Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has said it was open to an immediate, unconditional ceasefire […]
El-Sisi’s struggles: Egypt faces a widening set of challenges – Jewish News Syndicate 12:37
ANALYSIS Middle East Should the country’s troubles deepen further, the peace treaty with Israel which has held strong for 45 years could be in danger. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo on Oct. 15, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, POOL/U.S. Embassy in Egypt. SMADAR PERRY Smadar […]
The Thirty-Year Hiatus In The Somalia State – OpEd
January 2, 2024 By Dr. Suleiman Walhad And we are in the second day of the first month of the new year and it should have represented for Somalis, like all the people of the world, a day of joy and not one of shedding crocodile tears over the signing of a peaceful potential leasing of […]
Somalia dismisses Ethiopia-Somaliland coastline deal, says it compromises sovereignty – ABC News 12:10
Somalia’s president has rejected an agreement signed between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland to give landlocked Ethiopia access to its coast ByOMAR FARUK Associated Press January 2, 2024, 11:58 AM MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s president on Tuesday rejected an agreement signed between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland to give landlocked Ethiopia access to its […]
Development bank pulls staff out of Ethiopia after “serious diplomatic incident” – Global Construction Review 11:43
02.01.24 Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed, shown here addressing the 2019 African Union Summit, must fulfil his promise to investigate the arrests, the bank said (Office of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia/Public Domain)The African Development Bank (AfDB) has withdrawn all its international staff from Ethiopia after two of its employees were arrested, physically assaulted, and […]
የሱማሌላንድ ውጭ ጉዳይ ሚንስቴር ኢትዮጵያ ለሱማሌላንድ የአገርነት እውቅና ለመሰጠት መስማማቷን አረጋግጧል።
January 2, 2024 የሱማሌላንድ ውጭ ጉዳይ ሚንስቴር በሱማሌላንድና ኢትዮጵያ የባሕር በር የመግባቢያ ስምምነት መሠረት ኢትዮጵያ ለሱማሌላንድ የአገርነት እውቅና ለመሰጠት መስማማቷን አረጋግጧል። ፕሬዝዳንት ሙሴ ቢሂ፣ ሱማሌላንድ ከኢትዮጵያ የአገርነት እውቅና ለማግኘት ለረጅም ጊዜ ስትጥር መቆየቷን መግለጣቸውን ሚንስቴሩ ጠቅሷል። በመግባቢያ ስምምነቱ መሠረት፣ ሱማሌላንድ ለኢትዮጵያ 20 ኪሎ ሜትር የባሕር በር በ50 ዓመት የሊዝ ኪራይ ለመስጠት መስማማቷንም ሚንስቴሩ ገልጧል። ስምምነቱ፣ […]
አየር መንገዱን አደራ! ( ኤሊያስ መሰረት )
January 2, 2024 አየር መንገዱን አደራ!( ኤሊያስ መሰረት ) ሀገራችንን ከአትሌቲክስ እና ከታዋቂው ቡናችን እኩል በአለም ደረጃ የሚያስጠራ እና የሚያስተዋውቅ አየር መንገድ አለን። ተደጋግሞ እንደሚነሳው አየር መንገዱ በአፄው ስርዐት እና በደርግ ጭምር እምብዛም የፖለቲካ ጣልቃ-ገብነት ሳይኖርበት በአፍሪካ ቀዳሚው፣ በአለምም አሉ ከሚባሉ አየር መንገዶች ተርታ ተሰልፏል። ይህ የሀገር ብቻ ሳይሆን የአፍሪካ ኩራት የሆነ አየር መንገድን በሼር […]