⚡️🇸🇴🇪🇬 According to the State Information Service, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi receives a phone call from Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, discussing bilateral relations between the two countries, ways to develop joint cooperation, and continuing and deepening coordination in various fields, consistent with the historical nature of relations between the two countries. The call also touched on regional situations, as the President stressed that Al-Sisi affirmed Egypt’s firm position to stand by brotherly Somalia and support its security and stability.

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The Somali President started the initiation by calling the Egyptian President first, the Somali government is obviously concerned with the flagrant violation of sovereignty that Ethiopia has committed, a response must be made and a plan must be laid out.

@themediterraneanman

⚡️🇪🇬🇸🇴🇪🇹❗️ The Foreign Ministry of the Arab Republic of Egypt has issued an urgent statement regarding the events in the Horn of Africa.

In Essence, the statement states :

1) Egypt does not recognize Somaliland or any other breakaway region of Somalia

2) The Federal Republic of Somalia is an independent sovereign nation with borders that must be respected

3) The Arab Republic of Egypt stresses that there must be respect towards the African Union charter, especially for articles regarding self-defense, national sovereignty, and the unity and undividable nature of countries in the African continent.

4) Internal Somali affairs must not involve any foreign nation, and immediate dialogue and negotiation is required to achieve peace.

@themediterraneanman

⚡️🇸🇴 The Arab League has released a statement affirming their support for the Federal Republic of Somalia against Ethiopia and the secessionist movement of Somaliland, as Ethiopia has trespassed against the sovereign borders of Somalia.

@themediterraneanman

🇪🇹 🇸🇴 🇦🇪 Ethiopia's deal to gain access to the Red Sea with the de facto independent Somaliland Republic could weaken regional counterterrorism cooperation against al Qaeda–affiliate al Shabaab and will affect the geopolitical balance among East Africa and Gulf states.

🔶️ The rupture of Ethiopian-Somali relations would weaken regional counterterrorism cooperation and almost certainly affect the continued legal presence of Ethiopian soldiers in Somalia, which are fighting al Shabaab.

🔶️ Al Shabaab will likely increase its attacks against Ethiopian forces in the Horn of Africa to capitalize on anti-Ethiopian sentiment among Somalis to boost funding and recruitment.

🔶️ Ethiopia’s African Red Sea neighbors in Djibouti, Egypt, and Eritrea will likely view an Ethiopian base as an economic and security threat within the context of their individual geopolitical rivalries with Ethiopia.

🔶️ An Ethiopian port will likely strengthen the UAE’s position in its regional rivalry with other Gulf countries, such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar, due to its strong ties with the Ethiopian government.

https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/salafi-jihadi-movement-update-special-edition-ethiopia-somaliland-port-deal-strains-horn-of-africa-counterterrorism-cooperation-and-alters-red-sea-geopolitics

#Nigeria 🇳🇬: #ISWAP (#ISIS - West Africa) ambıshed Nigerian soldiers in #Borno.

Militants used #Bulgarian 🇧🇬 MG-1M machine gun and #Chinese 🇨🇳 Type 56-1 rifle.

Also captured RPG-7, Bulgarian RTB-7MA thermobaric rocket, #Romanian 🇷🇴 PG-7M rocket, OG-7V rocket and an AKM rifle.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1744119538856194366

🇸🇴🇪🇹 Somalia rejects Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal and summons ambassador

Somalia said a pact its breakaway region of Somaliland has signed with Ethiopia allowing it to use the Red Sea port of Berbera had no legal force and threatened regional stability.

Somalia also summoned its ambassador to Ethiopia for deliberations over the port agreement signed by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi.

The agreement would allow landlocked Ethiopia to set up commercial operations at a leased military base in Berbera. It also included recognizing Somaliland as an independent nation in due course.

"It is a violation and an open interference with Somalia's sovereignty, freedom and unity. The so-called a memorandum of understanding and agreement of cooperation is null and void," Somalia's cabinet said.

Somalia President Hassan Sheik Mohamud stated that not an inch of Somalia can or will be signed away by anybody.

#Somalia #Somaliland #Ethiopia

@africaintel

🌍🇺🇸🇸🇴 AU, US urge respect for Somalia's sovereignty amid row

The African Union and the US have called for the respect of Somalia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, in response to a controversial sea access deal that Ethiopia struck with the self-declared republic of Somaliland.

Somaliland seceded from Somalia in 1991 but is not internationally recognised as an independent state.

US Department of State spokesperson Matthew Miller on Wednesday said that "the United States recognises the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Somalia within its borders".

AU Commission chair Moussa Faki has also urged for the respect of the "unity, territorial integrity and full sovereignty of Somalia and Ethiopia".

Both the US and AU have also asked the involved parties to pursue diplomatic dialogue to peacefully resolve the row, amid concerns that the deal could escalate tensions in the Horn of Africa region.

#AU #USA #Somalia

@africaintel

🇸🇴🇪🇹 Somalia president signs law nullifying Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud signed a law nullifying an agreement by the breakaway Somaliland region to grant Ethiopia access to the Red Sea in return for recognition as an independent nation, he said.

Somalia, which considers Somaliland part of its territory, rejected the New Year's Day deal that would allow landlocked Ethiopia to lease 20 km around the port of Berbera, on the Gulf of Aden with access to the Red Sea, for 50 years for its navy and commercial purposes.

"This evening, I signed the law nullifying the illegal MoU between the government of Ethiopia and Somaliland," Mohamud said. "This law is an illustration of our commitment to safeguard our unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity as per international law."

#Somalia #Ethiopia #Somaliland

@africaintel

Ukrainian blogger Roman Kravets “joker”that works for the office of president of Ukraine treats the families of “draft dodgers” with real estate expropriations

“January 9.

On January 9, a law on mobilization will be adopted.

In 2 days.

In many families, men began to transfer property to their wives, mainly cars.

Fearing seizure of property.

Since one of the norms of the law that they want to adopt is the arrest of the property of a person hiding from the army commissars.

First of all, congratulations to the women.

Secondly, I have bad news for you, arrest may be imposed on the entire family, and not just on the person hiding from the army commissars

Guys, get a divorce.”

https://yangx.top/joker_ukr/12056