Ethiopia Successful in Preventing Al-Shabab’s Attacks

Over the past five years, Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti and the self-declared republic of Somaliland have all been attacked by Somalia-based Al-Shabab militants. Ethiopia, which invaded Somalia in 2006 to fight Al-Shabab, has since evaded a large-scale attack. According to Tewolde Mulugeta of Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the country’s secret to preventing attacks is public

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Ethiopia Successful in Preventing Al-Shabab’s Attacks

Over the past five years, Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti and the self-declared republic of Somaliland have all been attacked by Somalia-based Al-Shabab militants. Ethiopia, which invaded Somalia in 2006 to fight Al-Shabab, has since evaded a large-scale attack. According to Tewolde Mulugeta of Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the country’s secret to preventing attacks is public

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EPRDF praises Sudan for repatriating Ethiopian rebels

ADDIS ABABA- The Ethiopian security service on Sunday announced the return of a dissident Ethiopian general to the country with 800 rebel fighters, and praised the neighbouring Sudan for securing their repatriation to the country. The official Ethiopian TV broadcast a statement welcoming the return of the Tigray People’s Democratic Movement (TPDM) fighters from Eritrea

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EBAC calls on the Ethiopian people to reject re-drawing of border with the Sudan

Press Statement On August 28, 2015, the Governor of Sudan’s Gedaref State, Merghani Salih “called for redrawing borders between the Sudan and Ethiopia.” This call is intended to finalize secret deals that EBAC, in collaboration with Ethiopian opposition political and civic organizations, has rejected numerous times over the past decade. Once again, we are obliged

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EBAC calls on the Ethiopian people to reject re-drawing of border with the Sudan

Press Statement On August 28, 2015, the Governor of Sudan’s Gedaref State, Merghani Salih “called for redrawing borders between the Sudan and Ethiopia.” This call is intended to finalize secret deals that EBAC, in collaboration with Ethiopian opposition political and civic organizations, has rejected numerous times over the past decade. Once again, we are obliged

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Eritrea – Paths out of isolation

By Annette Weber, SWP Berline Two decades after achieving independence from Ethiopia, Eritrea is back in the European headlines above –all for a wave of refugees arriving in Europe. At the same time, a recent United Nations Commission on Human Rights report accuses the Eritrean regime of gross human rights violations. President Isayas Afewerki sees

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Sudan says students with Western passes believed on way to Syria to join ISIS

By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Twelve Sudanese medical students, most carrying Western passports, are believed to have travelled to Turkey with the intention of crossing into Syria to join Islamist militant groups, the university’s dean of students said on Sunday. If confirmed by authorities, the group would be the second of its kind from

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Egypt to receive detailed technical studies on GERD construction consequences

Studies by international consultant reveal GERD’s social, economic and environmental threats on Egypt and Sudan Egypt’s Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources received on Monday two international studies on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The two studies were conducted by two European offices, one in the Netherlands and one in France, and thoroughly outlined

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SA soldiers held ‘hostage’ in Sudan as guarantee for Al-Bashir’s safe return

“Only after Al-Bashir safely touched down in Khartoum on Monday, were Sudanese troops withdrawn. While the fiasco around President Omar Al-Bashir’s possible arrest in Johannesburg escalated, the Sudanese troops held about 1 400 South African soldiers in Darfur “hostage,” according to a report. The South African National Defence Union’s Pikkie Greeff on Tuesday told EWN

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SA soldiers held ‘hostage’ in Sudan as guarantee for Al-Bashir’s safe return

“Only after Al-Bashir safely touched down in Khartoum on Monday, were Sudanese troops withdrawn. While the fiasco around President Omar Al-Bashir’s possible arrest in Johannesburg escalated, the Sudanese troops held about 1 400 South African soldiers in Darfur “hostage,” according to a report. The South African National Defence Union’s Pikkie Greeff on Tuesday told EWN

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