Tensions on the Poland-Belarus border are rising as thousands of migrants are trapped in the location, pushed back by over 15,000 Polish soldiers deployed at the location. The European Union, United States and NATO are accusing Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus President, of manufacturing a migrant crisis on the EU’s eastern front as retribution for sanctions over... Continue Reading →
MIGRANT CARAVAN MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH SOUTHERN MEXICO
A massive caravan of migrants are making their way north across Mexico, more than 1,100 miles away from the U.S. border. More than 2,000 migrants are leaving southern Mexico on Saturday and heading to Mexico City where they will protest for better treatment. The migrants are mostly from Central America and have been stuck in... Continue Reading →
VIOLENCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN ETHIOPIA
Condemning all violence and human rights abuses in Ethiopia, and calling on the Government of Ethiopia and the Government of the State of Eritrea to remove all Eritrean troops from Ethiopia, and for all belligerents in the conflict, including the Ethiopian National Defense Forces, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, and Amhara regional forces, and other... Continue Reading →
FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ETHIOPIA, BIWEEKLY PRESS BRIEFING
The spokesperson of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, H.E. Ambassador Dina Mufti, gave the Ministry’s biweekly press briefing today (30 September 2021) to the media. In his presentation, the Ambassador focused on political diplomacy, particularly on the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H.E.Demeke Mekonnen participation in UNGA76, Economic diplomacy, and citizen cantered diplomacy. Please find... Continue Reading →
MIGRANTS HAVE CAMPED BENEATH AN INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE
Migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. walk in the Rio Grande river near the international bridge between Mexico and the U.S., in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, September 17, 2021. U.S. officials have closed traffic at the only border crossing in Del Rio, Texas, as the Biden administration is reported to be preparing for the wide scale... Continue Reading →
EXECUTIVE ORDER IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS IN ETHIOPIA
President Joseph R. Biden JR. Signs Executive Order on Imposing Sanctions on Certain Persons With Respect to the Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis in Ethiopia By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et... Continue Reading →
THE POPULATION OF GOMA AND NYIRAGONGO HAS NO HELP
The State decided to evacuate the population of Goma and Nyiragongo without any help. The well off left for Bukavu and expatriates for Rwanda. Most of the poulation that made an exodus to Sake, don't have acess to government support. Experts from the Goma Volcanological Observatory (OVG) presented new data on the current situation of... Continue Reading →
THE NUMBER OF PEACE OPERATIONS DEPLOYED TO AFRICA
Since 1999 there has been a proliferation in the number of peace operations deployed to Africa. The majority of these peace operations have been deployed into situations where there is little peace to keep and to situations where belligerents are actively targeting civilians. The changing security environment and the changing expectations regarding the capacities and... Continue Reading →
