Political row worsening Somalia crisis
Press Tv
Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:31:05
A political row between Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
and the Banadir Region Commissioner has escalated the
country's crisis.
A 250-member delegation led by the Banadir Region Commissioner
traveled to Baido on Sunday, ...
After the row, President Ahmed ordered his security guards to
throw the commissioner out of the palace. |
Ethiopian
aircrafts 'carpet-bomb' Ogaden
 region: rebels
By Bogonko Bosire AFP -
Sunday, November 18 10:07 pm
NAIROBI (AFP) -
Ethiopia's air force has been "carpet-bombing"
villages and nomadic settlements in its oil- and gas-rich Ogaden region, leaving a trail of casualties, separatist
rebels in the restive eastern area said Sunday."
...Since Friday the Ethiopian air force has carried out continuous
air sorties on the area of the lakes called in Somali Haro Digeed,"
Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) spokesman Abdirahman Mahdi
said. |
 The
Governments of Sri Lanka and State of Eritrea have established
formal diplomatic relations,
Saturday, 17 November 2007
The Governments of Sri Lanka and State
of Eritrea have established formal diplomatic relations and an
Agreement to this effect was signed by
Ambassadors of both countries in Cairo on Thursday.
It has been decided that Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Egypt be
concurrently accredited as Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Eritrea
with residence in Cairo. |
 Eritrean
Mission to the UN: United Nations Report Disregards Ethiopia's
Failure to Cooperate with the EEBC,
Wed Nov 14 2007
Press Release
The Permanent Mission of Eritrea to the United Nations
attaches great importance to the reports from the United
Nations Secretary-General. As a result, numerous efforts have
been made in the past, to emphasize more attention to
demarcation, which is the cardinal issue surrounding the
Eritrean-Ethiopian border issue. Unfortunately, the 1 November
2007 Report on Ethiopia and Eritrea (S/2007/645) is biased, as
it fails to provide an accurate and detailed account of both
the progresses and setbacks encountered throughout the
reporting period. |
 Security
Council Statement
Distr.: General, 13 November 2007
Original:
English
Statement by the President of the Security Council
At the 5778th meeting of the Security Council, held on 13 November
2007, in connection with the Council’s consideration of the item
entitled “The situation between Eritrea and Ethiopia”, the
President of the Security Council made the following statement on
behalf of the Council:
“The Security Council underscores the acceptance without
preconditions by both Ethiopia and Eritrea of the final and
binding delimitation decision of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary
Commission (EEBC). |
 Ethiopia
- Statement from the Office of the Spokesperson
On the President of the UN Security Council's Statement on
Ethiopia and Eritrea
The Presidential Statement noted the necessity
to comply “fully with the Algiers Agreements and prior
Security Council resolutions”. It also underscored the need to
provide UNMEE with all necessary access, assistance, support
and protection to fulfill its mandate. The Secretary-General,
in his latest report earlier this month, drew attention to the
violations of the Algiers Agreements by Eritrea in its
deployment of troops into the Temporary Security Zone and in
the restrictions imposed on UNMEE. These points were
underlined by Ethiopia in its Notification to Eritrea in
September. . |
 Mr.
FLETCHER: It was a reckless, reckless
move by the Bush administration, describing
Eritrea as potentially
sponsoring terrorism. There's absolutely no foundation for this.
But what it does is that it gives militaristic elements in
Ethiopia, the idea that they have the green light to potentially
attack
Eritrea and have the
support of the United States. It was the most idiotic move that
anyone could imagine, where you have a situation that could blow
up at any moment. (Bill Fletcher discusses
escalating violence in Somalia, rising political tensions between
Ethiopia and Eritrea, and the latest on the North-South dispute in
Sudan.) |
News & Notes,
November 13,
2007 · This week, Bill Fletcher
discusses escalating violence in Somalia, rising political
tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea, and the latest on the
North-South dispute in Sudan. Fletcher is the senior scholar
with the Institute for Policy Studies and former president of
TransAfrica Forum.
Transcript at Meskerem Forum
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S omali
leader dismisses former PM mediation offer
Xinhua General News Service November 13, 2007
Tuesday 7:10 AM EST
Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf on Tuesday dismissed
ex-premier's mediation offer, saying the latter failed during
this tenure to unify the country. |
Somalia: Opposition groups reject
mediation offer by ex-premier
BBC Monitoring Africa - Political
Text of report by Somali Union of Islamic Courts website
Qaadisiya.com on 14 November
Everyone is aware of the crimes committed by Ali Muhammad Gedi
as well as his role in the massacre that took place in
Mogadishu. Mr Gedi has recently said he would mediate between
the Mbagathi group [Somali transitional government] and the
Alliance of Reliberation of
Somalia.
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 Somalia:
Former Somali PM 'ready to mediate' between govt, opposition, even
will to go to Asmara.
11
Nov 11, 2007 - 5:11:24 PM
NAIROBI, Kenya Nov 11 (Garowe Online) -
Somalia's former Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi said on Sunday
that he is "ready to mediate" between the |
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 Sudan:
Darfur - UN And AU Envoys Head to Eritrea for Talks With Regional
Partners
UN News Service (New York)
13 November 2007
Posted to the web 13 November 2007
The United Nations and African Union envoys tasked with
spearheading the peace process in Darfur are meeting tomorrow with
countries in the region to discuss the progress made so far and
how to chart a way forward.
...The UN's Jan Eliasson and the AU's Salim Ahmed Salim will hold
the meeting in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, according to a
press release issued today by the UN-AU Joint Mediation Support
Team (JMST). |
Security
Council Statement
Distr.: General, 13 November 2007
Original:
English
Statement by the President of the Security Council
At the 5778th meeting of the Security Council, held on 13 November
2007, in connection with the Council’s consideration of the item
entitled “The situation between Eritrea and Ethiopia”, the
President of the Security Council made the following statement on
behalf of the Council:
“The Security Council underscores the acceptance without
preconditions by both Ethiopia and Eritrea of the final and
binding delimitation decision of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary
Commission (EEBC). |
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.Political
will, outside intervention key to end of hostilities
,
ZACHARY OCHIENG,
November 12, 2007
 ..The
Council needs to support publicly the confidential US initiative
proposed above through adoption of a resolution that contains
elements designed to give the parties — particularly Ethiopia —
support for the Boundary Commission decision; a request to the
commission that it continue to hold itself available to complete
its task by demarcating the border; and a statement that even
without such demarcation the border as found by the commission is
acknowledged as the legal boundary between the two countries and
will be so regarded by the Council in its consideration of an
appropriate response in the event that it is not respected by
either party. |
. Security
Council calls on Ethiopia and Eritrea to resolve boundary dispute
 13 November
– The Security
Council today urged Ethiopia and Eritrea to implement without
delay a 2002 ruling on the delimitation of their common border...
..In a statement read out by Ambassador Marty Natalegawa of
Indonesia, which holds the rotating Council presidency this month,
the 15-member body urged the parties to take concrete steps to implement
immediately and without preconditions the delimitation decision of
the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission, as well as the
Algiers Agreements which ended the war between the two countries.
FULL STORY>> |
The Moment of Truth!
Will justice prevail in next week's meeting of the Security
Council?
Will it act on the basis of the Commission's report?
 |
Bolton exposes Frazer
Bolton Reveals Frazer Worked to Reopen Eritrea/Ethiopia Boundary
Decision in Favor of Ethiopia
11 November 2007,
PRESS RELEASE
 ...In
his recently published memoir – “Surrender Is Not an Option:
Defending America at the United Nations and Abroad” (Threshold
Editions) – former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Bolton states that
in February 2006, Frazer informed him that she wanted him to
“reopen” the 2002 EEBC decision, “which she had concluded was
wrong, and award a major piece of disputed territory to Ethiopia”
(Page 347). Bolton describes his surprise at Frazer’s position,
because in January 2006, he had gotten the Security Council to
agree to a Frazer-led “U.S. initiative” on the border issue on the
basis that this initiative would be solely focused on rapid
implementation of the EEBC decision. |
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