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Eritrea: Ona Massacre by the Ethiopian Colonial Army
ASMARA (HAN) December 6.2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. By Simon Weldemichael. Many villages suffered devastating losses during the 30- year war of the Eritrean liberation. Following the dictum of their emperor that “it’s Eritrea’s land that we want, not its people”, successive Ethiopian governments committed untold atrocities to exterminate…
Russian-Eritrean cooperation Getting Stronger
About the meeting of Russian Ambassador A. Yarakhmedova with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea O. Salehom December 3, 2020 Russian Ambassador held a meeting with Eritrea Foreign Minister Osman Salekh. The focus was on further strengthening of Russian-Eritrean cooperation. Separately A. Yarakhmedov and O. Saleh discussed the situation in neighboring Ethiopia in connection with…
Ethiopia: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s First Interview to Western News Media
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Abiy: ‘All of My Intention and Action Is Aimed at Elevating Ethiopia’ By Salem Solomon, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed he gave his first interview to a Western news organization (VOA) in late May, when he spoke to the Voice of America’s Horn of Africa service reporter Eskinder Firew, in Addis…
Muse Bihi Favours Maintaining Regional US forces Presence in Somaliland
Hargeisa (HAN), December 6th, 2020. Regional Security and maritime initiates for the Red Sea.The government of Somaliland promptly welcomes the opportunity to strengthen partnership with upcoming United States administration, since US President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of nearly all US troops from Somalia by 15 January, 2021, while also President Trump has issued similar orders to…
Ethiopian forces have killed and captured TPLF leaders
Fighting between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s federal army and forces loyal to the region’s former ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), began on November 4. Conflicting reports were coming out of Ethiopia on Saturday about the month-long war in the mountainous Tigray region bordering Eritrea. Ethiopia says it’s captured or killed most commanders of…
Ethiopia: Ezra Meko Opinion “Hire Good English Reporters ETV”
Harar (HAN), December 6th, 2020. Disinformation on Social Media about the Ethiopian TV English Newsreel. Opinion & viewpoints note to the Office of the prime minister About the Ethiopian TV english program Listeners, by Ezra Meko: Please, please, please, hire competent reporters/journalists that ARE GOOD IN ENGLISH. It is shocking to listen to the female…
Somalia Crisis Viewpoint: Hirshabelle State Meltdown
Djibouti (HAN) December 6th, 2020. Crisis Viewpoint and Regional Security. Opinion by Mohamed Mohamud Adde. There are dark clouds of civil war hanging over Somalia once again, if the International Community does not act quickly and hold accountable those people who are working on Somali political melt down. Somali people can NOT afford and will…
Somalia: UN extends Mission to fight Piracy
MOGADISHU – UN Security Council on Friday extended the mandate of the international forces fighting piracy off Somalia coast by a year. Unanimously adopting resolution 2554 (2020), the Council decided, for a further period of 12 months from the date of the resolution, to renew the authorizations, as set out in paragraph 14 of resolution 2500…
Ethiopia Working With Sudan To Return Refugees, Displaced People
Addis Ababa, December 5, 2020 -Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia held a phone conversation with Jeppe Kofod, Foreign Minister of Denmark. In their conversation, Demeke addressed the Danish Foreign Minister’s concerns over the situation in Tigray and the humanitarian activities there. Demeke told him that the operation in…
Sudan: Army regains control of border after 25 years
The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) have reportedly taken control of the area of Khor Yabis in eastern El Gedaref on the border between Sudan and Ethiopia. The Radi El Fashaga Committee said in a statement on Wednesday that the army recovered Khor Yabis in El Fashaga El Sughra, off Barakat Norein, after 25 years of…
