The Egyptian government has been stepping up its long-standing policy of destabilizing and weakening Ethiopia by “providing full support to anti-peace elements” and pitting neighbors against it, according to a top Ethiopian diplomat.
The official, who holds a high position in the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry and asked for anonymity, told Anadolu Agency that “Egypt has intensified its destabilization efforts against Ethiopia and the volatile Horn of Africa region.”
Ethiopia’s administration led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who took office in 2018, has faced multiple domestic and external security challenges.
Last November, Ahmed told parliament that since he became premier, Ethiopia had witnessed 114 ethnic and religious conflicts, resulting in the deaths of thousands and displacements of millions of people.
Egypt working to destabilize Ethiopia, East Africa
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The Blue Nile Dam Conundrum Agreement fails Ethiopia,Sudan and Egypt
Three neighbours-Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt-have so far failed to come to any agreement about the functioning of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile. This despite mediation by the USA, the World Bank and the African Union and occasional announcements that the three countries are about to reach agreement- something that still remains elusive.
Ethiopia had broken ground in 2011 to build the dam, costing $4.6 billion, on the Blue Nile which joins the White Nile in Sudan to become the Nile river – the world’s longest and a lifeline supplying water and electricity to the 10 countries it traverses. About 85 percent of the river’s flow originates from Ethiopia. According to officials the dam, reportedly being built by an Italian company, was expected to reach full power-generating capacity in 2023. Nearly 1.8 billion dollars of the cost had come from China in the form of loans for infrastructure
Ethiopia Denies Somalia Forces Involved in Fighting in Tigray
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January 21, 2021
(Bloomberg) Ethiopia’s government denied that Somali soldiers fought alongside federal troops in the ongoing conflict in its Tigray region.
The head of Somalia’s parliamentary committee on foreign affairs on Jan. 18 asked Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed to investigate complaints by family members that their sons had gone missing while fighting in Ethiopia. Somalia’s former deputy spy chief said in an interview this week with local broadcaster GoobJoog TV that hundreds of Somali soldiers may have died in the clashes.
The use of Somali troops would provide more evidence that the war in Tigray, which the Ethiopian government has characterized as a domestic issue, has grown into a regional confrontation. Tigray’s leaders last year alleged that troops from neighboring Eritrea were also involved in the conflict, prompting the U.S. to call for their withdrawal.
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