Dozens of security officials have been arrested in the Amhara region of Ethiopia in a massive crackdown. The crackdown, launched last week, is aimed at uncovering and stopping the support Amhara Fano militias receive from the regional government officials. Since last year, the Ethiopian military has been conducting an operation against Fano militias across the…
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud has denied Egyptian military personnel presence in Somalia. He accused Ethiopia of attempting to seize Somali lands and establish a naval base in the Gulf of Aden. In an interview with Qatar’s Al Jazeera on Saturday evening, he vowed not to allow this to happen. He stated that there is…
Hamza Abdi Barre, the Prime Minister of Somalia, lashed out at Ethiopia addressing the 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday. He fiercely criticized Ethiopia over the latter’s deal with the self-declared republic of Somaliland to lease a strip of coastline in return for recognizing Somaliland as a country. Somaliland is internationally…
A major commander of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) has split with the main group led by Kumsa Dirriba, popularly known as Jal Marroo, Sanyi Negasa has announced that he has separated himself from Jal Marroo led OLA. “We are ready to resolve the conflict in Oromia peacefully; we have separated ourselves from the Oromo…
Tigray President Getachew Reda on Thursday extended an olive branch to his rival TPLF faction. Getachew Reda, the interim President of Tigray, is heading a splinter group of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), Tigray’s strongest and largest political party. The other TPLF group is led by chairman Debretsion Gebremichael. On Thursday, Getachew Reda attended…
Somalia today responded to the concerns expressed by the Ethiopian authorities about arms shipments delivered to Somalia by Egypt. Earlier this week, Taye Atske Selaissie the Ethiopian Foreign Minister, in a meeting with UN officials, said that weapon shipments supplied by Egypt to Somalia could end up in the hand of Al Shabaab fighters. He…
Ethiopian military chief General Berhanu Jula is under fire for his controversial remarks about ethnic groups in Ethiopia. A video of the General was uploaded on You Tube channel Fayida two days ago. The General was seen talking to the the channel host. He passed some remarks about the contribution of Oromo ethnic group in…
by Yohannes Aberra, PhD The Political Backdrop The war in Tigray has ended; but the post war ugly scars, of the untold death and destruction, are visible in every square kilometer of the land and in the psyche of millions. Implementation of the Pretoria-agreement, that ended the war, is stalled as a logical consequence of…
Ethiopian military is reportedly upgrading airstrips in Somalia. The military is in control of key airports and airstrips on Somalia-Ethiopia border. Pictures circulating in social media show Ethiopian military officials conducting expansion work on Bardhere airstrip in Gedo zone. The zone is situated in the Jubaland regional state of Somalia. In recent months, Somali leaders…
by Yohannes Tesfaye As Egypt Bolsters Somalia’s Military, A Regional Power Struggle Unfolds Amid Sudan’s Civil War, Ethiopia’s Insecurity, and Eritrea’s Strategic Ambitions Egypt’s recent decision to send heavy military equipment to Somalia has raised eyebrows across the region and beyond. While the move might seem like a routine gesture of military support, it carries…