East Africa

Ethiopia's prime minister mentioned on Thursday that the military had been ordered to maneuver on to the battered regional capital of Tigray within the north of the nation after his 72-hour ultimatum for Tigray's leaders to surrender and he warned his half one million residents to remain indoors and disarm. The army offensive "has reached its last stage" after three weeks of preventing, mentioned Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's workplace, the Related Press (AP) reported. Which means that tanks and…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A high CIA officer was killed in a latest operation in Somalia, experiences the New York Instances, including that the officer sustained critical wounds and later succumbed to one of many setbacks recorded by the U.S.-African command within the Horn of Africa nation. . The precise date of the loss of life and the officer's identify haven't but been decided, however round September, U.S. forces had been attacked by al-Shabaab militants on the Janay Abdalla base close to Kismayo, the place a U.S.…

Ethiopia's prime minister stated on Thursday that the military had been ordered to maneuver on to the battered regional capital of Tigray within the north of the nation after his 72-hour ultimatum for Tigray's leaders to surrender and he warned his half 1,000,000 residents to remain indoors and disarm. The navy offensive "has reached its last stage" after three weeks of combating, stated Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's workplace, the Related Press (AP) reported. Which means tanks and different weapons may…

ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia has denied allegations that troops have been withdrawing from Somalia within the midst of an ongoing army offensive within the Tigray area, calling the reviews "inaccurate and deceptive" regardless of a number of senior army officers admitting such an motion was taken by the federal government. For over a decade, Ethiopia has supported peacekeeping processes within the Horn of Africa with at the very least 4,000 Ethiopian nationwide protection forces. troops serving in AMISOM. There are…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Senate Vice President Abshir Ahmed has as soon as once more pushed for President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, whom he accuses of getting failed the nation after the continuing controversial election points in Somalia, which have threatened to dissolve unity within the nation. President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is more and more underneath stress from opposition members, who accuse him of disrespecting the rule of legislation in appointing members of the nomination committee, amongst different…

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Somalia Must Be taught to Stand Alone. In March 1977, Ethiopia and Somalia edged in path of wrestle over the realm of Ogaden, which each and every claimed.

AL-MUKALLA: Seven Yemeni fishermen died when their boat was destroyed by storm winds as tropical cyclone Gati buzzed Somalia. The seven fishermen had been sleeping on the ship in a protected breakwater in Xaafuun within the northeastern nation when the storm - Somalia's strongest within the document - hit early Sunday morning. Omer Gambet, head of the Fisheries Cooperative Union in Al-Mukalla, the capital of Yemen's southeastern province of Hadramout, advised Arab Information that fishermen, all from the village of…

In Ethiopia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's ultimatum expires on Wednesday. Humanitarian and politicians fear a bloodbath when the region is cut off from the world. Diplomats, international institutions and foreign powers try to encourage dialogue. But the Ethiopian authorities are still deafening the ear. From our correspondent…

Ethiopia's prime minister rejects growing international consensus on dialogue and a halt to deadly fighting in the Tigray region as "interference", saying his country will handle the conflict on its own. "We respectfully urge the international community to refrain from any unwelcome and illegal interference," said the statement from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office on Wednesday, quoted by the Associated Press (AP), as government forces surrounded the capital, Tigray, Mekele. "The international…