By Siyanne Mekonnen
Addis Abeba, February 19/2021 – Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a strong statement in which it said Ethiopia “strongly believes that the conflict being trumpeted by the Sudanese government’s military wing could only serve the interests of a third party at the expense of the Sudanese people.”
The Ministry also condemned “in the strongest possible terms the escalation and provocative behavior of the Government of the Sudan regarding the boundary issue between Ethiopia and the Sudan.”
The Statement came two days after the Sudanese Foreign Ministry summoned Gamal al-Sheikh, Sudan’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, home for “consultations about the border and the Great Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD)”, according to the spokesperson for the Sudanese Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Mansour Boulad.
The Ethiopia Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned that Ethiopia might resort to self-defense to resolve a long running border dispute with Sudan, its northwestern neighbor.
Reporter Dawit Kebede Araya shot and killed in Ethiopia
By Committee to Protect Journalists - Africa LISTEN
JAN 29, 2021
A truck s broken windshield if seen near Alamata, Ethiopia, on December 10, 2020. Journalist Dawit Kebede Araya was recently killed in Mekelle. (AFP/Eduardo Soteras)
Nairobi, January 28, 2021 Ethiopian authorities must conduct a thorough and independent investigation into the killing of journalist Dawit Kebede Araya, determine if it was motivated by his work, and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
In the evening of January 19, unidentified attackers shot and killed Dawit, a reporter with the state-owned broadcaster Tigray TV, and his friend, Bereket Berhe, while they were driving near Dawit’s home in Mekelle, the capital of the northern state of Tigray, where conflict broke out in late 2020, according to news reports and four people familiar with the case who spoke to CPJ on the condition of anonymity, c
addisstandard 2020-12-31
MoFA spokesperson Ambassador Dina Mufti gave his last press briefing on Tuesday December 30 but the official statement from the Ministry did not include Egypt as his talking point
By Siyanne Mekonnen
Addis Abeba, December 31/2020 – The office of the Spokesperson at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied reports that are widely circulating saying that Egypt’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Ethiopia’s envoy in Cairo over comments on Egypt by Ambassador Dina Mufti, the Spokesperson of the Ministry.
On December 30, Egypt’s leading newspaper Ahram Online reported that Egypt’s foreign ministry summoned Ethiopia’s chargé d’affaires on comments made by Ambassador Dina during his biweekly press briefing. The news was also reported by Reuters.
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