Article

2025-01-22 Africa Horn

[Garowe] Æthiopia has started the process of reducing the presence of the Æthiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) in various parts of the country, a strategy meant to increase its presence in its borders amid rising security challenges within the Horn of Africa.

For decades, the country has invested in the deployment of the military to handle local security challenges, including the recent interference in the Tigray region which sparked sharp differences with regional authorities, leading to deadly festivities.

Typically, there are ENDF soldiers in all states, almost assuming the role of the police, who are mandated to take care of law and order. There are also thousands of local militias, thus affecting the chain of command in terms of execution.

Lieutenant General Alemshet Degife, Military Advisor to the Chief of Staff of the Æthiopian National Defense Force and Chief of the Fire Command, announced plans to reduce the military’s involvement in policing and transfer these responsibilities to regional police forces and local militias.

Speaking in a two-part interview with ENDF Media, he emphasized, "It is not sustainable for the national defense force to be deployed in every village, woreda, kebele, and city."

General Alemshet reflected on the challenges posed by prolonged military deployments over the past five to six years, particularly in the Tigray, Oromia, and Amhara regions. He outlined a strategy to withdraw troops to their camps and prioritize training, a move geared towards resolving internal conflicts.

"We are planning to return the military to its camp and focus on training. In this regard, we believe we will succeed, and our forces will get the necessary rest."

Æthiopia is facing security challenges, with the fallout with Egypt also being on the radar. The two countries have failed to agree on filling the Grand Renaissance Dam along the Blue Nile, with Egypt saying Æthiopia's actions risk the reduction of water supplies downstream.

Also, Æthiopia had sharp differences with Somalia after signing an illegal agreement over access to the Red Sea with Somaliland

...Republic of Somaliland is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, recognised internationally as a de jure part of Somalia. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden with approximately 5.7 million residents as of 2021. The capital and largest city is Hargeisa. The government regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland, which united from 1960 to 1991 with the Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic. Under the Siad Barre regime, Somaliadestroyed ninety percent of Hargeisa Per international law, once you're in, you gotta stay in, no matter how bad it smells....
. However,
there's more than one way to stuff a chicken...
~~The Sick Man of Europe~~ Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
has since mediated the conflict between Addis Ababa and Mogadishu leading to the resumption of talks.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-01-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

12:11 Skidmark
12:01 Crusader
11:55 Grom the Affective
11:52 Crusader
11:50 Crusader
11:40 swksvolFF
11:11 HeavyG
11:10 Angstrom
11:07 HeavyG
11:07 Angstrom
11:06 DarthVader
11:05 HeavyG
10:58 alanc
09:43 Mullah Richard
09:27 Warthog
09:11 Mercutio
09:07 AlmostAnonymous5839
08:52 Matt
08:24 Matt
08:20 SteveS
07:43 Procopius2k
07:42 BrerRabbit
07:42 Procopius2k
07:39 Procopius2k