BY STRATFOR As Ethiopia’s leaders push for the country to become a significant international trade player, Addis Ababa will need to protect its trade routes in the years ahead — something that necessitates a maritime presence.
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Top officials from Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Yemen, Sudan and Djibouti attended the Egyptian government sponsored conference BY EGYPT TODAY Egypt launched an initiative to establish a framework of cooperation between the Arab and African countries bordering the Red Sea, to face foreign interests threatening Red Sea countries on Monday December 11.
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BY JONATHAN SAUL | REUTERS Yemen’s worsening conflict is contributing to a spike in piracy in the region, with Somali pirates taking advantage of a reduced international naval presence and more readily available weaponry to carry out attacks. “The regional instability caused by Yemen is important,” Colonel Richard Cantrill, chief of staff with the European […]
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By The Filipino Times, Filipino fishermen based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA have been warned against crossing into Eritrean waters, and becoming victims of piracy and detention. The Blas F. Ople Policy Center, a non-profit organization that assists distressed migrant workers, issued the warning while welcoming home nine Filipino fishermen who were deported […]
Continue ReadingAFP Four British citizens have been detained in Eritrea, the Foreign Office in London said Friday, amid reports that the men were former soldiers guarding a merchant ship from pirates. A statement said Britain was “deeply concerned” that authorities in the Horn of Africa nation had not allowed consular officials to speak to or visit […]
Continue ReadingUK Press Association (UKPA) The detention of four Britons in Eritrea has been “massively blown out of proportion”, a private security firm has said.
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