<p>January 17, 2021 (GADAREF) - Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) on Sunday handed over to the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) eight soldiers who were captured during border clashes between the two sides last December.</p>
The Horn of Africa continues to be enflamed by violence amid a military crisis in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region. For the past two and a half months,
GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Ethiopia’s military chief and the president of Oromia state where PM Abiy Ahmed hails from secretly visited Mogadishu on Friday where they held talks with President Mohamed Farmaajo as Somalia heads to elections.
Goobjoog News can authoritatively report that General Birhanu Jula Gelalcha, the chief of general staff of Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) and the president of Oromia state Shimelis Abdisa travelled held closed-door with Farmaajo Friday.
The substance of the talks was not immediately clear but sources close to Villa Somalia told Goobjoog News the issue of elections and ENDF forces in Somalia was the main subject matter. Farmaajo and Abiy have forged a political relationship in the last two years that has seen them visit each other’s countries.
Addis Ababa, Jan. 13, 2021 The Ethiopian National Defence Force on Wednesday afternoon announced the death of former Ethiopian foreign minister, Seyoum Mesfin during a battle in the country’s northern Tigray regional state.
Brig.- Gen. Tesfaye Ayalew, Head of the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) Deployment Department, said Mesfin was killed alongside Asmelash Woldeselassie, former Ethiopia parliament Chief Whip and Abay Tsehaye, former Ethiopian Minister of Federal Affairs during a battle earlier on Wednesday.
Ayalew said five other civilian officials and army officers were captured in the military operation, reported state media outlet of Ethiopia’s News Agency.
Ethiopia’s federal government has been carrying out military operations in the country’s northernmost Tigray regional state since Nov. 4, against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which used to rule over the region, following the TPLF’s apparent attack on the Northern Command of the ENDF.