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 years for military and commercial purposes. In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera on Tuesday, Mohamud said Ethiopian assets would have to cross into Somalia’s territory in order to reach the leased area and warned Addis Ababa against taking such a step. “So far Ethiopians haven’t come into Somalia. If they will, then […]
The fighting in Ethiopia has been going on for a year now. The front lines keep shifting and millions of civilians are caught up in it. Who are the main groups involved and why are they fighting? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains. Check out our other Start Here episodes https://bit.ly/3o0BEIW Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ #Ethiopia #Ethiopians #AJStartHere And let us know in the comments if there’s a topic you find confusing and would like Start Here to cover ⤵️
Ethiopian forces have recaptured the strategic towns of Dessie and Kombolcha from Tigrayan fighters, the government said, the latest sign of the government retaking territory it recently lost. Forces aligned with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) had taken control of the towns, in the Amhara region, just more than a month ago. Martin Plaut. He is a Horn of Africa analyst and a Senior Research Fellow at the University of London’s Institute of Commonwealth Studies. He joins on Skype from London for the latest updates. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Ethiopia #TigrayCrisis #AljazeeraEnglish
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is a Nobel Peace Prize winner who now finds himself facing a potential civil war. The government is fighting opposition forces in Tigray and has closed off the region. What impact is the battle having on people there? Why did the fighting start? And why might Eritrea be drawn in? – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Ethioia #Ethiopia_Conflict #Al_jazeera_English
