The Ethiopian army’s offensive is fierce, and the Russian observers are very emotional: so many advanced Eastern weapons
NetEase | According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on January 21, the Ethiopian army’s offensive was very fierce. Russian observers were very impressed by the fact that so many advanced Eastern weapons appeared.
Ethiopia…
The UAE supports Ethiopia and dispatched drones to fight the rebels
UAV Network | Tencent QQ | Ethiopia: the price is too good
According to a report by TASS News Agency on December 3, the UAV deployed by the UAE in Eritrea recently participated in the Ethiopian civil war and achieved "impressive" results.…
Ethiopias military offensive in Tigray accompanied by atrocities and internal repression
Source: IPIS Research Briefing | Arms Trade Bulletin November – December 2020
On 4 November 2020 the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) launched a military offensive against the Tigray regional government. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister…
Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 64 – 23 January 2021
Europe External Programme with Africa is a Belgium-based Centre of Expertise with in-depth knowledge, publications, and networks, specialised in issues of peace building, refugee protection and resilience in the Horn of Africa. EEPA has published…
Silencing of guns in Africa remains a pipe dream
IOL | The African Union set itself a goal of silencing guns on the continent by 2020 but has failed to achieve that goal dismally. Guns are still blazing in the DRC, CAR, Libya, South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Ethiopia,…
On ‘Rooftop of Africa,’ Ethiopia’s Troops Hunt Fugitive Former Rulers
NYT | Politicians and military commanders who once led Ethiopia are being tracked down, caught and sometimes killed by their own country’s soldiers in the war in the Tigray region.
By Simon Marks and Declan Walsh
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia —…
Søreide bekymret over meldinger om voldtekter i Tigray
Framtid i Norge | FN har mottatt urovekkende meldinger om bruk av voldtekt som våpen under konflikten i Etiopias Tigray-region.
FNs spesialutsending for seksuell vold i krig, Pramila Patten, har blant annet mottatt rapporter om menn som har…
U.S. Withdrawal from Somalia — SOF
Source: SOF News | John Friberg
U.S. Africa Command has announced the formation of Joint Task Force Quartz to oversee Operation Octave Quartz – a mission designated to reposition forces from Somalia and continue the assistance effort in Somalia.…
In Somalia, mothers fear sons were sent to Ethiopia conflict
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP | Washington Post) — Pressure is growing on Somalia’s government amid allegations that Somali soldiers have been sent to fight in neighboring Ethiopia’s deadly Tigray conflict.
Mothers have held rare protests in…
‘We don’t want war with Ethiopia,’ Sudan’s Sovereign Council says
Ahram Online | The spokesperson argued the only way the border conflict can be solved is through resorting to technical committees that will handle the demarcation process.
The spokesperson of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, the transitional civilian-military…