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#UNGA 79th session, General Debate

#Kenya's president William Ruto has regretted that "the world's most powerful states" are increasingly choosing "unilateralism and militarization", an obvious sting against #Russia.

He underlined his own country's initiatives, ranging from Kenya's participation in #ATMIS (#Somalia) and MSSM #Haiti to the Tumaini initiative meant to bring peace to #SouthSudan.

https://gadebate.un.org/en/79/kenya

#UN #Africa #Ukraine

#Ethiopia and #Somalia edge closer to war

After reports of troops movements near the Somali border, Ethiopian troops have taken control of all airports in Gedo — a region of #Jubaland at the Ethiopian and Kenyan border. The move is intended to prevent Egypt from deploying troops in the region. This comes a day after the Somali representative warned #ATMIS troops against any infringement of his country’s sovereignty, which would be considered “an act of aggression”.

https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/ethiopian-troops-take-control-of-airports-in-somalia

The signal to the international community is disastrous amid doubts on the future of Somali security, in the context of the total lifting of the #UN #Somalia sanctions regime and the projected end of #AU mission #ATMIS at the end of the year.

The only upside of this looming conflict is the reinforcement of Djiboutian-Somali solidarity in the face of #Ethiopia, #Somaliland and Al #Shabaab. #Djibouti will be a key player of #Somalia’s post-#ATMIS future, despite its limited size. Elders of the #Gadabuursi clan had first seeked support in Mogadiscio before turning to their immediate neighbour.

#Somalia then surprised observers by announcing a rather mild decision in an inflammatory manner, which led many to describe it as yet another “ultimatum”. It had been in fact only the logical consequence of the end of #ATMIS’ mandate and of the obvious lack of a bilateral agreement on #Ethiopia’s continued military intervention from 2025 onward, that Ethiopian troops should leave by December 2024.

#Somaliland