by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 30, 2019) The remains of 30 bodies have so far been recovered after two boats carrying 130 African migrants capsized off the coast of Djibouti on Tuesday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said the tragic accident happened off Godoria, a locality in the Obock region of northeast Djibouti. The IOM quoted witnesses as ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 26, 2018) Eighteen people have been killed in the past two days of fighting between the Afar and Issa pastoral communities as Afari officials accused the government of Djibouti, special forces of the Somali region, the Issa and Gurgura Liberation Front as well as TPLF of igniting the conflict. Thousands have also been displaced ...

ESAT News (December 6, 2018) Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki will visit Djibouti ‘soon’ as relation between the two countries thaws. The report by Anadolu news agency quoted Djibouti foreign minister, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, as saying that although there is no set date for the visit, the leaders of the two countries will exchange visits ‘soon.’ Speaking on the sidelines of ...

  by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (November 14, 2018) The United Nations Security Council has today lifted a nine year old sanction on Eritrea in a unanimous vote. The arms embargo and other targeted sanction on Eritrea was imposed in 2009, accusing the East African country of aiding a Somali jihadist group, al-Shabaab. The sanction involves an arms embargo, travel ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (September 26, 2018) The United Nations Secretary General says he was hopeful that peace efforts in the Horn of Africa would continue to be consolidated so that the people in the region would turn the page on war and conflict. Speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York, Antonio Guterres, who described today’s world ...

By Engidu Woldie ESAT News (September 6, 2018) Djibouti has agreed to Ethiopia’s proposal to end its dispute with neighboring Eritrea over a territory on the Red Sea. The breakthrough has come after the leaders of Somalia and Ethiopia met Eritrea’s leader Isaias Afwerki in Asmara yesterday and the foreign ministers of the two countries met Djiboutian leaders today. According ...

ESAT News (August 13, 2018) Over 30,000 Ethiopian migrants have been displaced from Djibouti after an attack by ethnic Somalis, a ripple effect of the ethnic clashes in the Eastern part of the country. Speaking from West Hararghe, a witness told ESAT that the majority of the 30,000 Ethiopian migrants were ethnic Oromos who were targeted by the ethnic Somalis. ...

ESAT News (March 23, 2018) Over 600 migrants from the Horn of Africa have reportedly been detained in a warehouse-cum-jail in Southern Yemeni city of Aden, according to a report by the Reuters. The migrants, mostly from Somalia, Djibouti and Ethiopia are faced with dwindling provisions of food and drinking water. The report by the Reuters said authorities in Yemen ...