Ex-UN Peacekeepers from Tigray Battle for Control of Key Border Town

Elite unit close to hotly contested Western Tigray area that may provoke Eritrea’s military response BY SIMON MARKS & MOHAMMED ALAMIN | BLOOMBERG Hundreds of ethnic Tigrayans from Ethiopia who served in a United Nations peacekeeping force have joined a battle for a strategic town in the northwest of the country, according to people familiar […]

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Fresh Headache for Museveni as Rival Ethiopian Army Enters Juba

President Kiir and rebel leader Machar are expected to form a transitional government of national unity with in sixty days. It seems that both leaders have lost appetite on the peace process altogether. Ethiopia needs to play a neutral force and not be seen to side with Dr. Machar, since Uganda has declared support for President Kiir […]

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