A prominent Minneapolis business owner has told Mayor Jacob Frey he’s banned from his premises because Frey vetoed a contentious City Council resolution over the Israel-Hamas war — but Frey says the gesture is an example of a new wave of antisemitism. Basim Sabri, a prominent — and controversial — local real estate magnate, emailed...
Djibouti’s President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh stated that his country is closely following recent developments in the Bab el-Mandeb region and the Gulf of Aden. He emphasized his country’s commitment to securing the Red Sea and the strategic strait, and to facilitating international trade. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Guelleh mentioned cooperation with major powers...
Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid commented on statements made by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed before the parliament regarding the negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Abiy Ahmed confirmed Ethiopia’s readiness to negotiate on the GERD during the inquiries of the House of People’s Representatives in its fourteenth regular session held on...
Analysts split on possibility of escalation A milestone sea access-for recognition deal inked between Ethiopia and breakaway Somaliland has pushed a wedge between Addis Ababa and Mogadishu. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been busy with shuttle diplomacy, mobilizing allies against what Mogadishu calls a violation of Somalia’s sovereignty. Meanwhile, the Prosperity Party reaffirmed its...
(ERGO) – An outbreak of Diphtheria in Garowe has led to the deaths of 130 children in the last three months, according to Somali doctors working in private and public hospitals in this district of Puntland. Many more patients have been hospitalised with the disease and numbers are said to be rising. Four local hospitals have...
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has warned Ethiopia against taking steps to implement a controversial port deal it brokered with the breakaway region of Somaliland. Under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed on January 1, Somaliland leased landlocked Ethiopia 20km (12 miles) of its coastland around the port of Berbera, on the Gulf of Aden, for 50...
By David Gelles Here at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the most revealing discussions often happen not on the main stage, but at the myriad side events that transform this Swiss ski town into a high-minded networking event. Case in point: the annual luncheon hosted by Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff, who is plowing...
Civilians Bear Brunt of Global Inaction on Wartime Atrocities, Humanitarian Crises (Nairobi) – Horn of Africa governments grappled with rampant wartime atrocities and humanitarian crises throughout 2023 with meager international assistance, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2024. Unaddressed historical grievances and impunity for serious crimes continued to spur widespread violations against civilians...
The recent agreement struck between Ethiopia and Somaliland continues to reverberate across the region, while Somalia, which claims Somaliland as part of its territory, reaches out to regional countries to mobilize support. Last week, landlocked Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland reached an agreement that would give Addis Ababa access to the Red Sea...
Nigeria says it will extend the suspension of degrees accreditation to more countries, including Kenya and Uganda. This comes days after the West African country suspended the accreditation of degrees from Benin and Togo. “We are not going to stop at just Benin and Togo,” Education Minister Tahir Mamman said on Wednesday during an interview on...