BY MINISTRY OF INFORMATION As it will be recalled, the fabricated news of “the deployment of Egyptian troops in Sawa”, and the subsequent closure of the border by Sudan that “this event ostensibly triggered” was recycled and amplified with high drama recently. But the story did not end there.
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BY AL ARABIYA Qatar’s alleged support of terrorist organizations, which has already frayed its relation with Saudi Arabia, the UAE and other Gulf states, is also destabilizing East Africa. Qatar’s withdrawal of its peacekeepers on June 14 from the Djibouti-Eritrea border was a form of punishment to the disputing countries which supported the quartet of […]
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President Farmaajo withstood significant pressure in staying out of Saudi Arabia’s feud with Qatar. But it may pay a cost for its neutrality. BY MUHYADIN AHMED ROBLE | AFRICAN ARGUMENTS Six months since President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed took office, Somalia is at the centre of an international and domestic political storm. This June, the president known as “Farmaajo” […]
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Somali defense minister says military base will open in September BY TESFANEWS Turkey is set to open the largest military training camp in the Somali capital Mogadishu next month, where locals are battling an Islamist militant group in addition to drought. Somali Defense Minister Abdirashid Abdullahi Mohamed said in a statement that the camp which […]
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BY SIMON HAGOS * African Union (AU), formerly known as Organization of African Unity (OAU) is an intergovernmental organization established in 2002 to promote unity and solidarity of African states. OAU was founded on May 25, 1963 on grounds of building economic development and international cooperation between African countries. It is worth noting that OAU […]
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BY PAULOS NETABAY Dear Mr. Al Anstey, CEO of Al Jazeera Media Network , I refer to a derogatory article: “Eritrea: Anecdotes of indefinite anarchy” that was posted in Al Jazeera’s website on Thursday (July 6) last week. The article in question essentially dwells on a barrage of vitriol against Eritrea by a notorious author who […]
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BY AMANUEL BIEDEMARIAM The Golf Cooperation Council comprised of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia (SA), Oman, Qatar and Kuwait, and Yemen is facing dark moments in its history. Swiftly, Saudi Arabia, United Arab of Emirates, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, Yemen, The Maldives and others cut ties and imposed embargos on Qatar. The Saudi led […]
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BY SUDAN TRIBUNE The Saudi Ambassador to Khartoum Ali bin Hassan Jaafar has urged Sudan to take “clear stance” on the ongoing Gulf crisis, accusing Qatar of seeking the backing of two states with regional ambitions, Turkey and Iran. Last month, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and Bahrain cut ties with Qatar over allegations that […]
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