The East African
Tuesday March 09 2021
Women mourn victims of a massacre allegedly perpetrated by Eritrean soldiers in Dengolat village, North of Mekele, the capital of Tigray on February 26. PHOTO | AFP
Summary
What started as a law enforcement operation, according to PM Abiy Ahmed, to tame remnants of former ruling party has become a humanitarian crisis.
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And historians and political analysts who spoke to
The EastAfrican this week say the crisis in Ethiopia’s northern region is very much a result of a mismanaged ethnic diversity in the country, rather than revenge attacks on the Tigray as some rights watchdogs have claimed.
The East African
Monday March 08 2021
Police officers of the African Union s peacekeeping mission in Somalia (Amisom) gather before their night patrol on September 17, 2019. In December 2016, Amisom may have lost more than $24,000 in payments made to excess troops for every contingent. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Summary
Amisom which has been in Somalia for the past 13 years includes troops from Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Uganda and Burundi.
Soldiers serve for one year which may be extended by a few months or cut short depending on the situation and the financial operations.
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The internal operations of the African Union Mission in Somalia have come under scrutiny after an audit report flagged payments to soldiers no longer serving the mission, double payments and faulty personal information, pointing to unreliable record keeping and weak controls in the Mission’s system of accountability.
The East African
Monday February 15 2021
Somalia under Farmaajo faced some challenges but it progressed on crucial economic fronts, halving its debts to about $5.3 billion. PHOTO | FILE
Summary
The United States and the European Union, two of Mogadishu’s biggest state-rebuilding donors, warn that an impasse could slow down its recovery.
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Somalia is under pressure to hold elections and put the country on track to economic recovery, a peaceful political transition and save it from uncertainties that would embolden al Shabaab.
Mogadishu was a subject of emergency meetings both at the African Union Peace and Security Council and the UN Security Council this past week, where it was agreed that leaders must find consensus and address crucial sticking points, with a warning against “parallel” processes that will not attract universal support.