News: #Ethiopia rejects latest attempts by #Egypt, #Sudan to involve #UNSC on #GERD matters; calls on the Council to encourage #AU-led process

The letter stated that since the commencement of the AU-led negotiation over the GERD, both of the lower riparian countries have disrupted the process nine times undermining the genuine efforts of the union and blocking a productive discussion.

The two countries have tried to suffocate the AU-led process by injecting unrelated issues in the discussions, by unnecessarily securitizing and internationalizing the matter, and dragging the Arab league into the situation to further complicate the issue.
https://addisstandard.com/news-ethiopia-rejects-latest-attempts-by-egypt-sudan-to-involve-unsc-on-gerd-matters-calls-on-the-council-to-encourage-au-led-process/

According to Lammi, the security forces then took Abdi and Two other members of the party, including a member of OLF’s executive committee to a police station in Alemgena town. While the two were released shortly after, Abdi’s whereabouts are unknown. “We don’t know the reason behind his rearrest,” Lammi said. 
https://addisstandard.com/news-olfs-abdi-ragassa-re-arrested-shortly-after-release-his-whereabouts-remain-unknown/

After hearing both sides, the court sentenced Private Mesafint to life in prison for ‘assassinating the nation’s defender of sovereignty’ and putting into consideration the possible consequences of his actions on the country.
https://addisstandard.com/news-sergeant-guilty-of-assassination-of-army-chief-retired-general-sentenced-to-life-imprisonment/