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After ten months of battle in Tigray, Washington is once more elevating its tone concerning Addis Ababa. The United States is threatening to take away Ethiopia from its record of privileged buying and selling companions - generally known as Ago - if Ethiopia doesn't finish human rights abuses in that province. A menace with US Trade Representative Katherine Tai in half phrases throughout an interview…

United States Announces Extension and New Designation of Somalia for Temporary Protected Status MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalis living in the United States of America have received a reprieve from the Home Office, following the announcement of an extension and a new designation for temporary protected status. . Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Somalis residing in the United…

Thousands of interpreters who helped US and NATO forces in Afghanistan will be evacuated beginning in late July, Washington said on Wednesday as Taliban insurgents captured a strategic crossing at Pakistan's border with government forces. In what the White House called Operation Allies Refuge, interpreters and their families…

More than a week after the fall of the regional capital Tigray, Mekele, the military situation in the province is still uncertain. Part of the territory is still at war and Western diplomacy is trying to prevent it from spreading beyond regional borders. The United States and the European Union have intensified their efforts in this regard over the past 24 hours.…

The US Secretary of State met with his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, in Paris. The issue of the fight against terrorism in the Sahela was raised in particular, while President Emmanuel Macron announced the in-depth transformation of Operation Barkhane in Mali. A change that should not call into question US support for the region.…

WASHINGTON, United States - US Believes Sexual Violence Against Women And Girls Is Used As New Tool Of War In Tigray Region, With Ethiopian National Defense Forces , with Eritrean troops and Amhara regional forces cited as usual suspects. Several reports by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other global rights groups indicate that thousands of women have been raped, others killed since November 2020, when Ethiopia launched operations in Tigray in the continuation of the Popular Front for the Liberation of…

According to the US press, the Pentagon is considering sending several dozen special forces to fight the Islamic Shebab terrorists. A decision that would abolish the sudden return of the 700 US troops permanently based in Somalia, until former President Trump decided on a total withdrawal in January. as reported from Nairobi,…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - In what aims to degrade Somalia-based Al-Shabaab, the United Nations Security Council slapped three Al-Shabaab operatives with sanctions, following the latest coordinated efforts to end militant domination in parts of Somalia. The chairman of the Security Council sanctions regime on Monday announced a measure intended to help the Somali federal government fight the militants, who control large swathes of rural areas in central and southern Somalia, but have steadily continued to lose ground. ground.…

The United States is leading partners in celebrating Somalia's political pact before the election WASHINGTON, USA - The United States has described the latest election pact in Somalia as "on time" just hours after the political leadership signed the agreement, which would ensure that the country holds elections within the next two months, in addition to conducting a number of local issues. Prime…

US announces visa restrictions for Ethiopian and Eritrean officials over Tigray conflict WASHINGTON - An unspecified number of officials from Eritrea and Ethiopia will not be able to obtain visas for the United States over what Washington links to atrocities committed in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, in a war that has left thousands dead, according to unverified reports. Since November 2020,…