#Ethiopia expects deliveries of Sputnik V in near future, Ambassador to Russia says

Ethiopia hopes to receive a batch of the Sputnik V vaccine in the near future after resolving some technical details, Ethiopian Ambassador to Moscow Alemayehu Tegenu Aargau said in an interview with TASS.

In response to a corresponding question, the ambassador said that he expected the "supplies of the Russian vaccine in Ethiopia in the nearest future." "I hope, the technical issues will be finalized soon," he added.

The diplomat noted that the Ethiopian government made a decision to acquire the Russian vaccine and he had no doubts with regards to that.

Source: Russian News Agency

#Somalia, #AU agree to extend #AMISOM’s mandate.
***AMISOM troop contributing countries include: #Ethiopia #Kenya, #Djibouti, #Uganda, and #Burundi.
Somalia and AU agreed to accelerate the implementation of the Somali Transition Plan [STP], which will lead to operational forces handing over responsibility for security to the Somali National Army [SNA] that will gradually be implemented.

Previously, STP was scheduled to be implemented in December 2021. Also, the two sides agreed that since terrorist group remains a serious threat to the country and therefore needed to work together to combat it altogether.
A clear map has been provided of how this can be achieved in the coming months.


Under the agreement, AMISOM command control will be improved; It also calls for greater joint operations with the police to ensure urgent address to threats to security.

https://mustaqbalmedia.net/.../somalia-au-agree-to.../

A joint task force was established by the Ethiopian Federal Police Criminal Investigation Bureau unit with the aim of upholding “the rule of law by arresting, and prosecuting, suspects dispatched by the TPLF and are involved in organized crimes.”

The joint task force is led by the Federal Police Criminal Investigation Bureau and includes police forces from all regional states, according to the Federal Police Commission.

https://addisstandard.com/news-analysis-amid-concerns-over-arbitrary-detention-of-tigrayans-ethiopia-forms-joint-police-task-force-to-arrest-prosecute-terrorists-dispatched-by-tplf/

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in a series of tweets on the account of the US Embassy in Addis Abeba, responded to accusations levied against it on social media platforms of obstructing aid delivery to the people of Tigray in collaboration with Tigray People’s Liberation.

https://addisstandard.com/news-analysis-days-after-usaid-accused-it-of-obstructing-aid-delivery-into-tigray-fed-govt-accuses-aid-agencies-of-colluding-with-tplf-usaid-rejects-accusation/

“He appreciated the riparian countries that have signed and ratified the Comprehensive Framework Agreement (CFA) and called on others to follow suit,” the statement from MoFA further said.

MoFA quoted the ambassadors as saying that cooperation was needed to jointly invest in cross-border resources and solve African problems through African initiatives
https://addisstandard.com/news-ethiopia-says-tunisias-ongoing-preparation-to-support-egypt-on-nile-issues-puts-all-riparian-countries-in-a-difficult-position/

At a hearing conducted today, judges at the Southern Command First Instance Military Court have sentenced former members of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (E.N.D.F) with prison terms.

The sentences handed down today range from eight years to 18 years in prison, state media EBC reported. The judges passed a guilty verdict on the defendants during a hearing conducted on August 25.

https://addisstandard.com/news-southern-command-military-court-sentences-army-members-accused-of-direct-links-with-t-p-l-f-from-eight-to-eighteen-years-in-prison/

The U.N. Security Council will convene today in person for an open briefing and closed consultations on the situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia under the “Peace and Security in Africa” agenda item.

On April 22, following a meeting held on April 14 at a closed door meeting at the request of the US under Any other Business (AOB), members of the SC reached at a consensus and issued a statement calling for “a scaled up humanitarian response and unfettered humanitarian access to all people in need, including in the context of the food security situation” in Tigray regional state.

https://addisstandard.com/news-u-n-s-c-convenes-today-for-open-briefing-closed-consultations-on-tigray/

“The main perpetrators of the attack were members of Shane who opened fire on both Oromos and Amharas. There are also armed Amhara militias. The conflict has now stopped.”
https://addisstandard.com/news-analysis-conflicting-narratives-as-violence-hits-east-wollega-again-claiming-hundreds-of-civilian-lives/