BY TESFANEWS * The African Union has invited both leaders of Ethiopia’s federal government and the country’s embattled Tigray People’s Liberation Front to take part in peace talks scheduled for this weekend in South Africa.
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BY ANDREW MELDRUM | AP Ethiopia took “legitimate” military action in its Tigray province to preserve the country’s unity and stability, the chairman of the African Union Commission said. Moussa Faki Mahamat, speaking after the conclusion of a meeting of regional leaders on Sunday evening, said Ethiopia’s military campaign in its Tigray province was “legitimate […]
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BY THOMAS C MOUNTAIN The recent peace deal being implemented in Sudan was brokered by African leaders without any interference or even input by non-African players ie the UN or western countries. As a matter of fact, the deal was made in Asmara, Eritrea where the head of the Sudanese military that had overthrown the […]
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BY SHABAIT A senior delegation of Eritrea composed of Mr. Osman Saleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Presidential Adviser, Mr. Yemane Gebreab delivered massage from President Isaias Afwerki to Let. Gen. Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan, Chairman of the Transitional Military Council of Sudan, today 24 June in Khartoum.
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“There is a rising incident of crimes in Addis Ababa and caution should be exercised.” BY DAWIT ENDESHAW | ETHIOPIA REPORTER Following the increasing number of criminal activities in Addis Ababa targeting its staff members, the African Union (AU) issued a security alert notice telling its employees to take extra precautions, The Reporter has learnt.
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Expulsion would last ‘until the effective establishment of a Civilian-led Transitional gov’t’ BY TESFANEWS* The African Union has suspended Sudan’s membership “with immediate effect”, amid an upsurge of violence in the capital that has seen dozens killed and growing fears that splits among the ruling military regime could lead to civil war and anarchy.
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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The U.N. Security Council welcomed Africa’s campaign for “Silencing the Guns” on the continent by 2020 and called Wednesday for international support to achieve peace in every country.
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The leaders have described as ‘unrealistic’ any attempts to withdraw their troops under AMISOM by 2020 despite a resolution by the UN Security Council. BY HALIMA ATHUMANI | VOA NEWS The five East African nations contributing troops to the AMISOM peacekeeping mission in Somalia have called on the U.N. Security Council to keep troops slated […]
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