U. S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has indicated that Egypt may make peacekeeping contributions in regions like South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. During a joint news conference with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aty in Cairo, he highlighted the potential for Egyptian involvement in stabilizing these conflict areas.
During his visit to Cairo, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks with senior Egyptian officials, including President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, focusing on several key regional issues, such as the ongoing crises in Libya, Gaza, and Somalia.
“We discussed how we can enhance longstanding security cooperation – whether that’s Egypt’s major peacekeeping contributions in places like South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or, as the minister mentioned, the fight against ISIS and other extremists in the Sinai Peninsula,” Blinken stated.
Just days before Blinken’s visit to Egypt, the United States announced it would provide Egypt with its full $1.3 billion allocation of military aid.
Last month, Egypt signed a military agreement with Somalia and is reportedly planning to send troops to the country. Egypt is expected to deploy up to 5,000 soldiers to join a restructured African Union (AU) force in Somalia by the end of the year, with an additional 5,000 troops to be deployed separately. These forces are set to replace Ethiopian troops currently serving as part of the AU mission, reflecting Egypt’s increasing involvement in regional peacekeeping efforts.
Ethiopia, for its part, expressed concerns, stating it is “vigilantly monitoring developments in the region that could threaten its national security” and accused Somalia of “colluding with external actors” to destabilize the region. The Egyptian government has continued to strengthen its military and security ties with Ethiopia’s neighboring countries. Just a week earlier, the Head of the General Intelligence Service, Abbas Kamel, and Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aty delivered a message from President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki during a meeting in Asmara.
Egypt and its allies seem to be pursuing a strategy to corner Ethiopia, particularly amidst recent developments in the Horn of Africa. Their military actions and diplomatic engagements suggest an effort to increase pressure on Ethiopia, especially concerning ongoing tensions over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
In other words, America is once again creating chaos in the region. Egypt is being awarded $1.3 billion more, in addition to $3 billion per year to profit from Palestinian genocide, to pursue its satanic plan against Ethiopia. Simply incredulous.
Well said. Ethiopia should be on high alert and tighten its helmet.
This is a very dangerous time. Not taking sides in the murder and mayhem that has been now been taken to Lebanon will be difficult.
Egypt is unpleasant ! Shameless
South sudan is a peaceful country
Why don’t You go to North Sudan , they need help
NO MORE
South sudan is a peaceful ccountry
It is clearly indicating that ,haw Egyptian and the American are manipulating Sub-Sahara Africa and the Palestinian
No more.
America and Egypt should send their peace keeping military to the middle east
South Sudan peace is much better than the middle east and Ukrainian
Pls leave alone
If the deployment is purely for peacekeeping, there should not be any reason to be wary about it. I am a strong believer that USA will never allow Egypt to wage war on Ethiopia due to unfounded concern about the GERD dam. Please note that the dam has already started paying its useful dividends supplying cheap and affordable electricity to Djibouti and Kenya with a power line being constructed to reach Tanzania. If the halawa drunk el-Sisi tries to do harm to the dam, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo may start harnessing their own water resources affecting the flow of water into the Nile River. Above all, if the GERD is blown up(I don’t know how what will be possible) by the super power wannabe Sisi, the Blue Nile may end up flowing in the opposite direction. Then the megalomaniac can kiss and say good bye to the Blue Nile forever. If that happens, then what? Sisi will send his fat cats to ‘colonize’ those black folks? Don’t make me laugh. Just try to picture a lard tubby Sisi soldier going boing boing in the highlands of Western Hararghe, the mountains of Sidama, Amhara, the entire Southern and Western Ethiopia, the escarpments of Tigray, the lowlands of Somalia and Afar. Boing, boing!! Easy pick, right?
I also read latest news coming out of Mogadishu about a ship docking there with shipment of heavy military arms from Egypt. The concern about this shipment of multi grade weapons is understandable. The Horn of Africa is awash with all sorts of military hardware already. Egypt’s proliferation of military grade weaponry to the region is not new. It goes back to the early 1960’s; call it attention grabber or some kind of act of intimidating black folks. My question is what does the AU think about this? It is too obvious that Somaliland’s citizens will never accept someone from Mogadishu to tell them how to run their 33 years old self-governance. The leaders of Ethiopia seem to be hell bent in acquiring a port come what may. What I just heard is they have already begun creating a corps of naval force starter with France’s assistance. The officials camping out at Villa Mogadishu are equally committed to recreate the years between 1969 and 1978. Who is going to incarnate Siad Barre and who is going to be the Galmudug’s own son Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke is something to be left to anyone’s imagination. Beside all this wiggling and machination, there is one possibility that has started depriving me of sleep. These connivers may be able to pitch the youth of Somalia against its contemporary in Ethiopia leading to another senseless and destructive bloodshed. If that happens I will be holding both PM Abiy and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud responsible for any loss of lives and property. They can move their jaws all day and all night long calling each other names but they should not even think about leading the current issues into stupid and senseless violence. Don’t you dare, you two!!!! Don’t you dare!!!!
One more development is of a serious concern is the escalation and spread of the conflict in the Middle East. The war has now spread between the terrorist group in Southern Lebanon and Israel. I am being told that there thousands of Ethiopian women who live Lebanon as domestic workers including in the area where the fighting is raging now. Let’s have our daughters and sisters in our thoughts and try to help them in every legal way possible. May The Good Lord Watch Over Them!!!
Folks, I just returned from a trip to the old country. When I was there, I spent the whole time in Amhara and Oromia regions doing extensive investigations. This is what I found out. Remember my findings are not to be questioned and must be taken as facts.
1) Amhara Region: I was able to get the list of names of the government’s soldiers who are fighting the rebels there. They are all pure, 100% Oromos. There is not a single soldier of Tigre, Afar, Amhara, Somali, Sidama or any other ethnicity. I also got the names of officials who rule that region. The chief administrator, Arega Kebede, is 100% Oromo born and raised in Western Hararghe at the village where I was born. He and everyone under him are all 100% Oromos from my Itu clan.
2) Oromo Region: To start off, I discovered that the president of the region, Shimelis Abdisa, is 100% pure Amhara. Even his last name is not actually Abdisa. I found out he was born in Gondar and his father’s name was Abebe. So his real name is Shimelis Abebe. I was also able to get the list of names of soldiers who are fighting the rebels in Oromia. They are 100% pure Amharas. There are no Tigres, Afar, Somali or of any other ethnicity among those government soldiers. Every official under Shimelis ruling Oromia is 100% pure Amhara. I have already told you about Abiy and Jula. Abiy was born to a Filipina mother and a Maori father in Manila, the Philippines. Jula was born to Tutsi parents in Kigali, Rwanda in 1991.
There you have it. I have presented the results of my investigative trip to the old country to the connivers and bigots in Minnesota, Toronto, Tennessee, Michigan, Oslo and Down Under and they were all ecstatically satisfied with it. You can see my reports on every website of the bigots and connivers. They all told me they will make sure that I will be awarded with a Pulitzer’s Prize. Am I so good or what?!!!
The situation in the old country is getting weirder and weirder. In one part of the country, there is a bloody conflict that disrupted the economy of the area and the area next to it has a booming economy. For example, in western part Oromia and in parts of Wellega, the economy has been in shambles for more than 4 years now. But in several areas nearby the economy is still functioning very well. The same scenarios exist in the Amhara region also. If you look at the regional level you can hear a pin drop and the economy is booming red hot in Somalia region while next door in Oromia things are not so rosy. What a strange country!!! The situation in the old country is getting weirder and weirder. In one part of the country, there is a bloody conflict that disrupted the economy of the area and the area next to it has a booming economy. For example, in western part Oromia and in parts of Wellega, the economy has been in shambles for more than 4 years now. But in several areas nearby the economy is still functioning very well. The same scenarios exist in the Amhara region also. If you look at the regional level you can hear a pin drop and the economy is booming red hot in Somalia region while next door in Oromia things are not so rosy. What a strange country!!!
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