Monitoring Defense and security from Dec. 14 to 21, 2020-CC
Monitoring Defense and security from Dec. 14 to 21, 2020-CC
‘Slaughtered like chickens’ : Eritrea heavily involved in Tigray conflict, say eyewitnesses
Despite denials by Ethiopia, multiple reports confirm killings, looting and forcible return of refugees by Asmara’s forces. In early December, Ethiopian state television broadcast something unexpected: a fiery exchange between civilians in Shire, in the northern Tigray region, and Ethiopian soldiers, who had recently arrived in the area. To the surprise of viewers used to wartime propaganda, the…
Uganda to roll out antigen tests for coronavirus
Prof. Pontiano Kaleebu, the executive director of Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), said use of the antigen tests has also been approved by the research and ethics council and the national council for science and technology. Uganda will in January 2021 roll out two World Health Organisation (WHO) approved antigen rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for…
Igad Summit in Djibouti, devoted to Ethiopia, the Kenya-Somalia dispute
The leaders of the Igad countries, a grouping of seven East African countries, met on Sunday in Djibouti for an extraordinary summit devoted in particular to the situation in Ethiopia and the recent tensions between Kenya and Somalia. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) comprises Djibouti – where it has its headquarters – Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Somalia…