📍Egypt & Saudi Arabia Deepen Red Sea Security Ties Amid Horn Crisis.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan agreed to intensify diplomatic and security cooperation in the Red Sea region. They discussed activating the Council of Arab and African States Bordering the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and building a broader regional security framework.
📍Mass Diaspora Alliance Plans Major Protest in Washington.
Protesters from across the United States are expected to gather outside the State Department on November 16 against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government. The rally unites different Ethiopian ethnic groups with diaspora networks from Somalia, Sudan and Eritrea.
📍Protests Erupt in Jimma
Protests broke out in Oromia’s Jimma Zone after local militia members killed a young man. Demonstrators chanted slogans accusing the militia of theft and demanding their removal. Security forces reportedly fired shots to disperse the youth.
📍Tigray Forces Claim Equipment Capture
Tigray forces announced that their Sudan-based Army 70 captured modern multiple rocket launcher System (BM-21 Grad) equipment during a recent offensive against Ethiopian government troops.
📍Rift Grows Inside Tigray Peace Forces
Tensions have emerged among Tigray Peace Force leaders over appointments and promotions in the interim administration. Critics allege nepotism, while further divisions are developing over plans by a senior commander to form a new armed faction.