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There Will Be No Airlift: U.S. Urges Americans to Leave Ethiopia Now
by Dave Lawler
November 15, 2021

https://www.axios.com/us-urges-american ... adce7.html

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(Axios) The Biden administration is warning Americans in Ethiopia to evacuate immediately or risk being trapped if the civil war spreads to the capital.

What they're saying: State Department spokesperson Ned Price said U.S. passport holders should not expect a Kabul-style airlift if the fighting reaches Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa. That's not going to happen, Price told Axios, calling the Afghanistan withdrawal a "unique and extraordinary situation."
  • "Right now, Addis is calm, and it has been calm since the conflict started to spread," Price said. There are flights leaving daily with excess capacity, and financing is available through the U.S. Embassy for Americans who can't afford tickets, Price added.
  • But there's a possibility the conflict could reach Addis Ababa and that commercial carriers wouldn't be able to get out, he said. There are a significant number of U.S. passport holders in the Ethiopian capital, most of whom are dual citizens.
Between the lines: The State Department's message is that U.S. citizens must get out now, or risk being trapped in a war zone.
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International Religious Freedom Group Decries Biden Administration Letting Nigeria Escape Countries of Particular Concern List
by Mark Wingfield
November 18, 2021

https://baptistnews.com/article/interna ... cern-list/

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(Baptist News Global) The nation’s top bipartisan watchdog for international religious freedom praised one addition by the U.S. State Department to its 2021 list of Countries of Particular Concern for religious freedom violations but expressed astonishment that another country was dropped from the list.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Nov. 17 this year’s list of the most egregious violators of religious liberty. Notably absent from this year’s list is Nigeria, where religious violence untamed by the government has left hundreds of people murdered this year. Nigeria had been added to the list last year, and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom had urged the State Department to keep Nigeria on the list.
Meanwhile, Blinken announced the addition of Russia and Algeria to the list — welcome news to the USCIRF and other international religious liberty advocates.

U.S. ‘will not waver’ on cause of religious liberty

“The United States will not waver in its commitment to advocate for freedom of religion or belief for all and in every country,” Blinken said. “In far too many places around the world, we continue to see governments harass, arrest, threaten, jail and kill individuals simply for seeking to live their lives in accordance with their beliefs. This administration is committed to supporting every individual’s right to freedom of religion or belief, including by confronting and combating violators and abusers of this human right.”

He named 10 countries the State Department currently designates as Countries of Particular Concern for having engaged in or tolerated “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom.” Those are Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
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Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Situation in Burundi
Executive Order 14054 of November 18, 2021

https://www.federalregister.gov/documen ... in-burundi

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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. ) (NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,

I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, find that the situation that gave rise to the declaration of a national emergency in Executive Order 13712 of November 22, 2015 (Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Burundi), with respect to the situation in Burundi, including the killing of and violence against civilians, unrest, incitement of imminent violence, and significant political repression, which threatened the peace, security, and stability of Burundi, has been significantly altered by events of the past year, including the transfer of power following elections in 2020, significantly decreased violence, and President Ndayishimiye's pursuit of reforms across multiple sectors. Accordingly, I hereby terminate the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13712, and revoke that order, and further order: (see full Executive Order by clicking link above quote box)
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Ethiopia is on the Brink as Crisis Threatens ‘Peace and Stability’ of the Region
An Interview With Gloria Emeagwali

https://theconversation.com/ethiopia-on ... nse-171785

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(The Conversation) How could all-out civil war affect the region?

A lengthy and bloody conflagration in Ethiopia would likely have ripple effects in neighboring Eritrea, Sudan and Kenya, with a steady flow of refugees, weapons and displaced population groups.

Any further instability is likely to embolden terrorist organizations such as Al-Shabab, which could spread westward into Ethiopia and even Sudan from its base in Somalia. This would shatter the effective containment model put in place by the previous and current Ethiopian governments.

More peaceful regions of the Horn – such as Djibouti and Somaliland – could attract terrorists seeking prisoners of war or forced recruits. A civil war could also worsen instability in Sudan, which itself is currently embroiled in a standoff between pro-democracy activists and the military.

As for Ethiopia itself, all-out civil war could be catastrophic, igniting tensions in a country that consists of more than 80 ethnic groups, and potentially leading to the breakup of the country into unviable political entities and enclaves.

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As for the role of the U.S., the visit to the region by Secretary of State Blinken is long overdue. Rising anti-Americanism in Ethiopia resulting from the Biden administration’s stance on the Tigray conflict has helped push Ethiopia toward closer military and trade ties with Russia and Turkey.
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Women Have Always Been on the Front Lines of Sudanese Resistance
by Shadia Abdel Moneim
November 28, 2021

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021 ... resistance

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(Common Dreams) Today, just over two years later, a military coup carried out on 25 October is threatening to roll back the gains of the 2019 revolution. What can we learn from the history of struggles against the previous regime in Sudan? And how are the groups that made the revolution possible two years ago, especially women’s groups, reacting to the coup?

Sudanese opposition against al-Bashir’s regime dates back to the first day of his rule in 1989. For 30 years, the regime met any dissent with brutal repression in efforts to prevent any organized resistance. It targeted trade and professional unions, and worked to weaken and divide political parties.

As a feminist who was part of the struggles against al-Bashir’s rule from the outset, I remember that women made their minds about the regime early on. It was their unity of purpose and experience from the long confrontation with the regime that helped prepare them to be among the most important factions that led the 2019 revolution.

If in 2019, women were already more organized and ready to topple the regime than many men, today, given the coup and the threat to the revolutionary gains in Sudan, we can say that the last two years of ‘transition’ have helped all revolutionary factions, including women’s groups, become more organized and able to network.

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The path towards the 2019 revolution was long. In order to understand it, we need to look back decades.
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Uganda Launches Air and Artillery Raids against Allied Democratic Forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
November 30, 2021

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/ ... ngo-on-adf
(Al Jazeera) The Ugandan military has launched air and artillery raids against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) armed group in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in an operation agreed with Congolese forces.

“This morning, we have launched joint air and artillery strikes against ADF camps with our Congolese allies,” a spokesperson for the Uganda People’s Defence Force said in a Twitter post on Tuesday.

For his part, Patrick Muyaya, the DRC’s government spokesman and communications minister said “targeted and concerted action with the Ugandan army started today with air strikes and artillery fire from Uganda against positions of the terrorist ADF in the DRC”.

Ugandan authorities have blamed the ADF for deadly suicide bombings in the capital, Kampala, earlier this month. The armed group has been accused of carrying out dozens of attacks in the eastern DRC.

‘Concerted actions’

The DRC’s government on Monday had said the two armies have been exchanging information for many months, and that no Ugandan troops were currently in the country.
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And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future
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Yuli Ban wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 11:56 pm
That tweet was proven false. The Ugandan Aviation Authority even responded himself to say that its BS.
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Government Claims Ethiopian Forces Have Recaptured Two Key Towns from Rebels
December 6, 2021

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/ ... yan-rebels

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(Al Jazeera) Ethiopian forces have recaptured the strategic towns of Dessie and Kombolcha from Tigrayan fighters, the government said, the latest sign of the government retaking territory it recently lost.

Forces aligned with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) had taken control of the towns, in the Amhara region, just more than a month ago.

“The historic Dessie city and the trade and industry corridor city, Kombolcha have been freed by the joint gallant security forces,” the government communications service said on Twitter, the latest in a round of territorial gains claimed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s administration.

The state-run Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation quoted Abiy as saying the rebels had sustained “heavy losses and (were) unable to cope with the strike by allied forces”, AFP news agency reported. “The enemy will be hit and the victory will continue,” he said.

TPLF spokesman Getachew Reda did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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