Ethiopia defends MoU with Somaliland Toronto – Ethiopia has been mostly silent about the Memorandum of Understanding it signed with Somaliland while Somalia delved into garnering military, diplomatic and military support from the region on alleged grounds that the agreement violates its sovereignty. Now Ethiopia is openly defending the agreement and did so at the U.N....
Ethiopia dominated Sunday’s Berlin marathon, with winners in both the men’s and women’s races and runners in five of the six podium places. Milkesa Mengesha, 24, beat Kenya’s Cybrian Kotut by just five seconds in the men’s event, pulling clear in the final stretch to finish in two hours, three minutes 17 seconds. Fellow Ethiopian...
Mohamed Samir Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, addressing the General Debate of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, highlighted Egypt’s concerns over the Nile River water crisis and condemned unilateral actions that threaten Somalia’s sovereignty. Addressing the Nile River issue, Abdelatty emphasised that Egypt’s vision for resolving the water crisis was based...
Lebanon’s Hezbollah group has confirmed that its leader and one of its founders, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike By BASSEM MROUE and MELANIE LIDMAN BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed on Saturday that its leader and one of its founders, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut the previous day. A statement said...
By Ashenafi Endale Revenues down 55 percent since 2021 Ethiopia’s lucrative khat exports to neighboring Somalia have gone completely underground as the trade reels from the effects of the diplomatic fallout between the two countries and cumbersome taxes levied by regional administrations. Somalia, which has long been the largest export destination for Ethiopian khat traders,...
Somalia’s prime minister on Friday accused Ethiopia of actions that “flagrantly violate” Somalia’s territorial integrity after Addis Ababa’s shock announcement it would lease a stretch of coastline from the breakaway region Somaliland. The region has been on alert since January when Ethiopia said it intended to build a naval base and commercial port on the...
By Timothy Obiezu Abuja, Nigeria — Nigeria has joined the growing calls by Africans leaders for permanent representation on the United Nations Security Council. On the sidelines of the 79th U.N. General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, Nigerian Defense Minister Mohammed Badaru said such a change would promote fairness and inclusivity. “We have been in 41...
Shafaq News/ Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani met, on Tuesday, with the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hamza Abdi Barre, on the sidelines of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly. According to a statement by Al-Sudani’s media office, “During the meeting, the two leaders discussed several international issues of...
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU, (Reuters) – An Egyptian warship has delivered a second major cache of weaponry to Somalia including anti-aircraft guns and artillery, port and military officials said on Monday, in a move likely to stoke further friction between the two countries and Ethiopia. Ties between Egypt and Somalia have grown this year over their...
(ERGO) – Cilmi Bile Maxamed oo ah 26 jir la nool xannuunka Albiinada, noloshiisu way ka fiican tahay sida ay ahayd sanad ka hor. Wuxuu shaqo joogto ah ka helay hay’adda Qaramada Midoobay u qaabilsan socdaalka. Ninkan oo nolosha ka rajo dhigay ayay Raadiyow Ergo baahisay sheekadiisa 31 bishii May 2023. Tani waxay sahashay in bishii Juun ee...