Tag: ethiopia
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Ethiopian forces take over airports in southern Somalia
Various reports have confirmed that the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) has taken over airports in southern Somalia in the Gedo region of the Jubaland and Hirshabelle states. Ethiopia has made this move to prevent the further airlifting of Egyptian army forces into Somalia. The reports can be read here and here. Meanwhile, the Ethiopian…
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Arab states gang up against Ethiopia at the Arab League summit
The Arab League has held a summit in Cairo where it issued a statement against Ethiopia’s support to Somaliland, a breakaway region from Somalia. This is not the first time that the Arab League has issued condemnations against Ethiopia for its support of Somaliland, condemnations, which Ethiopia rebuts by asserting that the Arab League should…
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The Ethiopian National Defense Force loses battles to separatists in the Amhara region
The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) have lost several battles and up to 200 of their men captured or dead in clashes against Fano separatists in the Amhara region that borders with Sudan. The Ethiopian army has been battling separatist forces in the region since 2019. Clashes have increased last week with Egypt’s sabre-rattling against…
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Egypt and Turkey sign new energy, trade and military deals
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was in Ankara, Turkey, yesterday, signing new energy and trade deals with Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan. Egypt also signed agreements for new military and drone purchases from Turkey and appealed to Turkey to mediate with Ethiopia in its dispute over the Grand Renaissance Dam. Both Turkey and Egypt praised Somalia’s…
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Ethiopia and Egypt mount forces on Somalia’s border over Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam
Ethiopia is taking no chances with Egypt and is massing troops on its border with Somalia after Egypt announced that its army would deploy there to secure its national interests in the ongoing dispute with Ethiopia over the Grand Renaissance Dam. Ethiopia is nearing completion the construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam that it started…
