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Ethiopian Official Claims Egypt Linked to “Destabilization” Campaign
The Egyptian government has been stepping up its long-standing policy of destabilizing and weakening Ethiopia by “providing full support to anti-peace elements” and pitting neighbors against it, according to a top Ethiopian diplomat. The official, who holds a high position in the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry and asked for anonymity, told Anadolu Agency that “Egypt has intensified its destabilization efforts against Ethiopia and the volatile Horn of Africa region.” Ethiopia’s administration led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who took office in 2018, has faced multiple domestic and external security challenges. Last November, Ahmed told Parliament that since he became premier, Ethiopia had witnessed 114 ethnic and religious conflicts, resulting in the deaths of thousands and displacements of millions of people. According to Ahmed, all those conflicts were manufactured, instigated and led by Ethiopian armed and unarmed forces bent on thwarting his administration’s political, social, and economic reform agenda in order to trigger a regime change or failed state. The diplomat said that for more than half a century the Egyptian establishment has been providing financial, military and diplomatic assistance to armed and unarmed Ethiopian forces in its bid to destabilize and weaken Ethiopia and thwart its ambition to utilize the resources of the Nile River. Despite strong opposition from Egypt and Sudan, Ethiopia is planning to begin the second phase of defense this August. Early power generation is slated to start this January or February. “It is in light of this development that Egypt has intensified its covert and overt anti-Ethiopian activities over the past couple of years,” he said. The armed Gumuz militia has been unleashing brutal ethnic attacks on ethnic minorities in Ethiopia’s western Benishangul-Gumuz state, where the dam is located. Hundreds of civilians have been massacred and tens of thousands displaced. According to the Ethiopian government, the sole aim of the Gumuz militia, which has been trying to block the main road leading to the dam, is to trigger a civil war in the region and beyond and eventually delay or thwart the dam’s construction. “We have credible intelligence that Egypt has been assisting the Gumuz militia,” the diplomat said. “Egyptian security agents have been in touch with the leaders of the rebel group, and they are working on enhancing their support.” Sudan and Ethiopia have maintained peaceful relations for decades despite a long-standing border dispute over the agricultural area known as al-Fashaqa, which is adjacent to Ethiopia’s northwest Amhara region. But last November, while the Ethiopian army was busy battling TPLF rebels, the Sudanese army took control of the contested area. Weeks after the move, Sudanese officials declared that the Sudanese army had managed to regain about 90 percent of the al-Fashaqa area and demanded that the Ethiopian army vacate the remaining two localities. Last week, Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesman Dina Mufti accused Sudan of deploying its army further into the contested region and warned that Ethiopia’s “peaceful approach to the dispute has limits.” Tensions remain high between the two countries, with thousands of heavily armed troops amassed along the disputed areas. WI
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Dionisio D’Aguilar, Bahamas Minister of Tourism and Aviation, warned on Friday, Jan. 1, that the new US quarantine requirements are “simply devastating” for the Bahamian tourism industry’s rebound, adding: “This keeps us on the edge that much longer.” D'Aguilar told The Tribune, one of The Bahamas’ leading newspapers, that President Joe Biden’s executive order on COVID-19 restrictions relating to international travel are yet another “significant deterrent” that will hit every aspect of The Bahamas tourism sector. In a bid to contain skyrocketing U.S. infection rates that have resulted in 24.5 million COVID-19 cases and 414,229 total deaths as of Jan. 22, President Biden has implemented a policy that requires all returning American citizens and foreign travelers to “comply” with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines that include “recommended periods of self-quarantine or self-isolation.” These guidelines, according to the CDC’s website, include getting tested for COVID-19 within three to five days after arriving back in the U.S. from “higher risk activities” during international travel. They advise persons to “stay home” for seven days after travel, even if they test negative for the virus, while those who elected not to have the test are told to stay home for ten days after returning. Tourism Minister D’Aguilar said “higher risk” international travel was defined as coming from countries that presently have a ‘Level 2’, ‘Level 3’ or ‘Level 4’ Health Travel Notice from the CDC. The Bahamas is presently in ‘Level 4’ and, while the minister argued that this risk rating should be much lower due to the decline in COVID-19 cases in The Bahamas, the country falls squarely within the new quarantine measures. “It’s devastating. It’s simply devastating,” D’Aguilar told The Tribune. “This is a significant deterrent to travel…This is potentially economically devastating. COVID-19 took us to the edge, and this will keep us on the edge that much longer.” WI
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