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 (September 6, 2018) A tripartite declaration has been signed in Asmara today by leaders of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia to strengthen economic, security and political cooperation in the Horn of Africa. A statement issued by Eritrea’s Ministry of Information said considering the three countries share common “geography, history, culture and religion as well as vital common interests,” they ...

ESAT News (September 5, 2018) Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed and Somalia president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, are in Eritrean capital Asmara for talks on tripartite issues. “The three leaders will hold a tripartite Summit this evening on enhancement of regional ties of friendship/partnership,” tweeted Yemane G. Meskel, Eritrea’s Minister of Information. Details of talks were however not revealed. Abiy Ahmed ...

ESAT News (August 17, 2018) Ethiopian Airlines is to resume flights to Somalia 41 years after it stopped its route to Mogadishu when war broke out between the two countries in the 1970s. The Inside Travel report said Mogadishu-based Radio Dalsan quoted Hussein Hosh, manager at the Ethiopian Airlines as saying that the airline will operate a thrice-weekly return service ...

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 ...

ESAT News (November 20, 2017) A Somali parliamentary inquiry found that the rendition to Ethiopia of a leader of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) in August was unlawful. The Parliament also declared that the ONLF is not a “terrorist” organization. The Ethiopian regime, which declared ONLF a terrorist organization, had sent its security forces to Mogadishu in August and ...

ESAT News (November, 14, 2017) The United States and Ethiopia should jointly sponsor a Security Council resolution to lift arms embargo imposed on Eritrea in 2009, according to a former U.S Ambassador for Africa and a former Assistant Secretary of State. “In view of UN report clearing #Eritrea of all charges related to al-Shebab, US and #Ethiopia should jointly sponsor ...

ESAT News (November 2, 2017) Hundreds of Ethiopian troops have crossed into Somalia to help new offensive by the Somali government against Al-Shabaab militants. The VOA report quoted residents in the border town of Dolow, in Somalia’s Gedo region, as saying that they saw at least 30 vehicles carrying Ethiopian troops crossing into Somalia late Tuesday. The locals estimate that ...

ESAT News (October 12, 2017) Somalia’s defense minister and army chief have resigned as the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab group steps up attacks on army bases across south and central Somalia, Associated Press reported quoting an official in the prime minister’s office. Defense Minister Abdirashid Abdullahi Mohamed has resigned, citing lack of consultations on issues related to his ministry. The official says ...

ESAT News (September 27, 2017) Ethiopian regime officials confirmed reports of the killing of hundreds of people in ethnic clashes in the Eastern parts of the country while close observers of the crises blame security forces of the regime for having a hand in the death and displacement of ethnic Oromos and Somalis. Spokesperson of the regime Negeri Lencho told ...