Diplomat

U.S. Envoy Stands Firm with Somalia, Urges Peaceful Solutions Amid Regional Strife ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — U.S. Special Envoy Mike Hammer made it unequivocally clear: Washington backs Somalia's territorial sovereignty. From within the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, Hammer's words carried weight, "Hear this plainly, the United States stands with Somalia's sovereignty and unity, firmly and clearly." The backdrop to Hammer's declaration involves a contentious Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ethiopia and…

AU drops high diplomat from Somalia's mediation crew over hyperlinks to NISA ADDIS ABABA - The African Union dropped one in all the highest diplomats from Somalia's mediation crew following protests from members of the Nationwide Salvation Discussion board , a conglomerate of a number of opposition events within the Horn of Africa, Axadlehas discovered what might rejuvenate…

Completion of mission for an essential character from Bamako. After five years in Mali, Chadian Mahamat Saleh is leaving Annadif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Mali. At the end of one last field visit he has just made in northern Mali, our correspondent went to Mali to meet him to take stock of his mission.…

Ethiopian government forces launched an offensive to capture the regional capital of Mekelle in the rebellious northern Tigray region on Saturday, a diplomat said in direct contact with residents and the leader of Tigray's forces. Debretsion Gebremichael, leader of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), told Reuters in a text message that Mekelle was under "heavy bombardment". The Ethiopian military uses artillery in the attack, he said in a subsequent text message. The diplomat said explosions…