The United Arab Emirates is withdrawing at least some of its forces from a base it established in 2015 at Assab airport in Eritrea to support operations in Yemen and the Red Sea, satellite imagery published by the Associated Press on 18 February indicates. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS The United Arab Emirates is dismantling parts of […]
Continue ReadingBY SHABAIT The Eritrean Air Force graduated yesterday, 31 May, 250 cadets on aircraft technology, air defense missile, and radar systems, aviation theories and pilots for different fighter aircraft in the presence of President Isaias Afwerki.
Continue ReadingIn Somalia, which already lacks a strong central government, the foreign military presence risks aggravating matters and contributing to the country’s disintegration BY MUSTAFA SALAMA | MIDDLE EAST EYE Late last month, Somalia called on the United Nations Security Council to halt the construction of a UAE military base in Somaliland. Somalia’s ambassador to the […]
Continue ReadingBY BEREKET KIDANE Since 2003, Eritrea has been an observer state at the Arab League, headquartered in Cairo. But has the time come for Eritrea to upgrade its observer status to a full-member at the Arab League? The Arab League is a regional organization with 22 members at present. All of Eritrea’s neighbors on the […]
Continue ReadingBY JONATHAN SAUL | REUTERS Yemen’s worsening conflict is contributing to a spike in piracy in the region, with Somali pirates taking advantage of a reduced international naval presence and more readily available weaponry to carry out attacks. “The regional instability caused by Yemen is important,” Colonel Richard Cantrill, chief of staff with the European […]
Continue ReadingBY THE NATIONAL - SOMALILAND The government of the Republic of Somaliland [not yet recognized] has officially responded to statements made by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn last week during a joint press conference with Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, who was in the country on a state visit.
Continue ReadingBy Mohamed Farah Abdi, As the Iran Press TV broadcasted, Somalia’s government is reportedly planning to file a legal case against the rulers of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for setting up a military base in the unrecognized breakaway republic of Somaliland.
Continue ReadingSomaliland’s parliament has overwhelming approved a deal to allow the United Arab Emirates to establish an air and naval base in the port town of Berbera. By Abdi Guled | AP News, Somalia’s breakaway northern territory of Somaliland has said the United Arab Emirates can establish a military base in its territory. The Emirati government […]
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