Somalia’s President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, took a decisive step by signing a law late Saturday that annuls the agreement between the breakaway Somaliland region and Ethiopia, which aimed to provide Ethiopia access to the Red Sea in exchange for acknowledging Somaliland’s independence. “This evening, I signed the law nullifying the illegal MoU between the governments Read More…
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Aerial strike at Ethiopian Church kills eight, sparks controversy in Oromiya Region
A devastating aerial strike targeting a church compound in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region resulted in eight fatalities and five injuries, eyewitnesses and an opposition political party reported. Dismissing these claims, government spokesperson Legesse Tulu labelled the reports of the air strike as “an absolute lie.” The attack occurred at the Baro Full Gospel Church in the Read More…
Tigray-Ethiopia: Writing a bloody peace in hopelessness
Ethiopia, which along with Liberia were the only two African countries Europe was unable to colonise, has been bathed in blood many times in the last six decades until a bloody peace was written on November 2, 2022. A civil war with Eritrea which was then part of Ethiopia exacerbated the 1983-85 Ethiopian Famine resulting Read More…
Drought and hunger leave Ethiopia in difficult humanitarian situation
Stephane Dujarric, UN spokesperson says 17 million people are being targeted for humanitarian assistance, amidst deteriorating levels of malnutrition and Ethiopia’s worst drought in 40 years. “Ethiopia is facing a very difficult humanitarian situation to say the least,” He told journalists at UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday. He stated that over 24 million Read More…