Addis Ababa, February 27, 2007 (WIC) – Ethio-Sudanese bilateral relations have further been bolstered by the Sana'a forum, Ethiopian Ambassador to Sudan said.
Ambassador Ali Abdo told WIC yesterday that various commercial, social, political, security and infrastructure agreements reached between the two countries are being implemented.
In addition to the regular trade relations of the countries, business transactions along the border are in particular increasing due to the prevalent peace and security, he said.
In order to beef up the trade relations between the two countries attention has been given to the construction of Gedarif-Metema-Gondar, Gedarif-Humera and Assosa roads, the ambassador said, adding that the Gedarif-Gondar asphalt road construction has already been completed.
Relations in the spheres of electric power supply, telecommunications and air transport have reached high level and the stretching of ''tele fabric'' has been finalized while Ethiopia has started negotiations on the sale of electric power, it was indicated.
As the economy of Sudan grows, Sudanese investors will undoubtedly prefer Ethiopia for investment, Ambassador Ali said, adding that there is also an encouraging start.
Currently Sudanese investors have started coming to Ethiopia to engage in industrial and agro-industry sectors and the embassy has given due attention to introducing alternative investments in the country.
According to him, efforts are also well underway to realize the agreements of the countries in conserving natural resources, preventing desertification and eradicating communicable diseases.
The relationship between the two countries has now reached such a high level as to be exemplary for the countries of the region thanks to the efforts of the leaders, Ambassador Ali stated.
Source: Walta Information Center
U.S. and Ethiopia teamed in Somalia (Michigan Daily)
U.S. struck al-Qaeda targets from eastern Ethiopia
By Michael R. Gordon and Mark Mazzetti, The New York Times
WASHINGTON - The U.S. military quietly waged a campaign from Ethiopia last month to capture or kill top leaders of al-Qaida in the Horn of Africa, including the use of an airstrip in eastern Ethiopia to mount airstrikes against Islamic militants in neighboring Somalia, according to U.S. officials.
The close and largely clandestine relationship with Ethiopia also included significant sharing of intelligence on the Islamic militants' positions and information from U.S. spy satellites with the Ethiopian military. Members of a secret U.S. Special Operations unit, Task Force 88, were deployed in Ethiopia and Kenya, and ventured into Somalia, the officials said.
The counterterrorism effort was described by U.S. officials as a qualified success that disrupted terrorist networks in the East African nation, led to the death and capture of several Islamic militants and involved a collaborative relationship with Ethiopia that had been developing for years.
But the tally of the dead and captured does not as yet include some Qaida leaders - including Fazul Abdullah Mohammed and Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam - whom the United States has hunted for their suspected roles in the attacks on U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. With Somalia still in a chaotic state, and U.S. and African officials struggling to cobble together a peacekeeping force for the war-ravaged country, the long-term effects of recent U.S. operations remain unclear.
It has been known for several weeks that U.S. Special Operations troops have operated inside Somalia and that the United States carried out two strikes on Qaida suspects using AC-130 gunships. But the extent of U.S. cooperation with the recent Ethiopian invasion into Somalia and the fact that the Pentagon secretly used an airstrip in Ethiopia to carry out attacks have not been previously reported.
The secret campaign in the Horn of Africa is an example of a more aggressive approach the Pentagon has taken in recent years to dispatch Special Operations troops globally to hunt high-level terrorism suspects. President Bush gave the Pentagon powers after the Sept. 11 attacks to carry out these missions, which historically had been reserved for intelligence operatives. [for more story read here...]
By Michael R. Gordon and Mark Mazzetti, The New York Times
WASHINGTON - The U.S. military quietly waged a campaign from Ethiopia last month to capture or kill top leaders of al-Qaida in the Horn of Africa, including the use of an airstrip in eastern Ethiopia to mount airstrikes against Islamic militants in neighboring Somalia, according to U.S. officials.
The close and largely clandestine relationship with Ethiopia also included significant sharing of intelligence on the Islamic militants' positions and information from U.S. spy satellites with the Ethiopian military. Members of a secret U.S. Special Operations unit, Task Force 88, were deployed in Ethiopia and Kenya, and ventured into Somalia, the officials said.
The counterterrorism effort was described by U.S. officials as a qualified success that disrupted terrorist networks in the East African nation, led to the death and capture of several Islamic militants and involved a collaborative relationship with Ethiopia that had been developing for years.
But the tally of the dead and captured does not as yet include some Qaida leaders - including Fazul Abdullah Mohammed and Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam - whom the United States has hunted for their suspected roles in the attacks on U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. With Somalia still in a chaotic state, and U.S. and African officials struggling to cobble together a peacekeeping force for the war-ravaged country, the long-term effects of recent U.S. operations remain unclear.
It has been known for several weeks that U.S. Special Operations troops have operated inside Somalia and that the United States carried out two strikes on Qaida suspects using AC-130 gunships. But the extent of U.S. cooperation with the recent Ethiopian invasion into Somalia and the fact that the Pentagon secretly used an airstrip in Ethiopia to carry out attacks have not been previously reported.
The secret campaign in the Horn of Africa is an example of a more aggressive approach the Pentagon has taken in recent years to dispatch Special Operations troops globally to hunt high-level terrorism suspects. President Bush gave the Pentagon powers after the Sept. 11 attacks to carry out these missions, which historically had been reserved for intelligence operatives. [for more story read here...]
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