Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud accused Ethiopia on Saturday of trying to annex part of his country’s territory by signing a sea access deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland. The agreement between Ethiopia and Somaliland signed Jan. 1 “is nothing more than annexing part of Somalia to Ethiopia, and changing the borders of Somalia,” … Read more
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somaliland’s defense minister has resigned to protest his government signing an agreement to allow landlocked Ethiopia to access Somaliland’s coastline. “Ethiopia remains our number one enemy,” Abdiqani Mohamud Ateye said in an interview with local television on Sunday. Somalia has protested the deal as a threat to its sovereignty by Somaliland, which … Read more
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Landlocked Ethiopia took the first steps toward gaining access to the sea on Monday, signing an agreement in the capital of Addis Ababa with the breakaway Somali region of Somaliland to access the Somaliland coastline. The memorandum of understanding was signed by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali and Somaliland President Muse … Read more
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s peace minister has been fired and arrested for having alleged links to an outlawed rebel group after he made a series of social media posts criticizing the government. Federal police released a statement Tuesday accusing Taye Dendea of “collaborating with anti-peace forces that are trying to destroy Ethiopia” and of … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave The United States will resume supplying food aid to millions of Ethiopians next month, a senior U.S. official told The Washington Post on Tuesday, following a five-month suspension after alleging that a widespread and coordinated campaign was stealing large amounts of food aid. A U.S. official confirmed … Read more
NAIROBI, Kenya — The European Union has pledged assistance worth 650 million euros to Ethiopia, nearly three years after it cut direct aid to the East African country over atrocities committed in a bloody civil war. Jutta Urpilainen, the EU commissioner for international partnerships, announced the agreement during a press conference with Ethiopian Finance Minister … Read more
Kocho, a meals produced utilizing enset, served with honey and pink pepper sauce. Mwayout | Istock | Getty Pictures Earlier this 12 months, consumers within the U.Okay. confronted a scarcity of contemporary fruit and greens, with a few of the nation’s grocery shops rationing produce like tomatoes, lettuce and peppers. The explanations behind the shortage … Read more