Ethiopia accuses Somaliland of fueling clan conflicts”The two countries had reached an agreement to provide landlocked Ethiopia with a sea outlet and a military base, although this agreement has yet to advance.”
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Hargeisa (ANN)-The Ethiopian media reported the incident in the Dawaley area in a wrong and inappropriate way.
The reports that they have spread about the violence in the area in the past few days have written in Ethiopian media in big letters and published headlines that Somaliland is behind the incident in Dawacaley area on the border between the two countries which has been peaceful since Somaliland regained its independence on May 18, 1991.
The reports that do not conform to the impartiality and credibility of news reporting, and seem to inflame the situation, are quoting individuals who say they are among the local officials of the Somali Autonomous Region of Ethiopia, but the reports seem to be aimed at the local conflict of the people. and the police forces who are using the police for political interests and special purposes to make the relationship between the two countries of Somaliland and Ethiopia, which have lived in peace and stability together, but the Ethiopia media published to be create become a conflict at they two side moment between the two countries that started in the border area of the two countries.
The Capital News paper as well as The Reported, one of the newspapers in Ethiopia, have similarly written reports about the event in Dawacaley that are not based on the facts and do not reflect what happened in Dawacaley.
The Capital Dawacaley report titled, “Ethiopia accuses Somaliland of fueling clan conflicts”
Ethiopia has accused the Somaliland government’s security apparatus of involvement in clan conflicts within the country. During a meeting in Jigjiga, security officials from both nations discussed the current situation.
Reliable sources from the Somali region report that clashes between two Somali clans have occurred in recent weeks in the Yoale kebele (district), near the Somaliland border in the Harshin woreda of the Jigjiga zone.
What began as disputes over grazing territory has escalated into deadly confrontations in recent days.
Sources indicate that Mohamed Abdulahi Gedi, the security commander of Harshin woreda, was killed, and his deputy was injured earlier this week while attempting to mediate tensions in the kebele. Following this incident, the security situation has reportedly worsened over the first four days of the week.
Senior officials from the Somali region, one of the largest in the country, informed Capital that soldiers from neighboring Somaliland participated in the clashes that erupted earlier this week.
After the death of the woreda security commander, Somaliland troops reportedly attacked the police forces that had responded to defuse the situation, causing serious injuries to the regional security personnel.
Local sources have reported that many were killed during the raid by Somaliland troops.
In total, around 50 civilians have either been killed or injured, along with approximately 30 Somali police officers, according to regional reports. Additionally, they noted that numerous vehicles and properties were destroyed.
Sources say that Somaliland security authorities have claimed that the armed individuals from Somaliland are not affiliated with the government, but rather part of a non-governmental security apparatus supporting their clan in the conflict within Ethiopian territory. However, Somali region officials assert that there is substantial evidence indicating that the fighters are members of the Somaliland army disguised as civilians.
This official, who requested anonymity, noted that a meeting between Ethiopian and Somaliland security officials took place in Jigjiga, the capital of the Somali area, on Thursday, December 26.
The meeting, chaired by Hussein Hashi, president of the Somali region, was held in the office of the regional president to assess the situation along the border. Officials confirmed the attendance of the heads of the Somaliland military and the internal security chief, along with senior generals from the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) and Commissioner General Demelash Gebremichael of the Ethiopian Federal Police.
According to sources, the head of the Federal Police strongly emphasized that clan-based disputes should be resolved amicably.
“Demelash asserted that the Ethiopian side possesses sufficient evidence of Somaliland’s military involvement in the conflict, citing instances where members of the Somaliland military have apprehended Ethiopian security forces,” a source revealed. “He urged Somaliland officials to promptly withdraw their troops from the Ethiopian border,” the source added.
Sources allege that the current situation stems from a plot orchestrated by former Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi, who stepped down from office a few weeks ago to allow for the election of Abdirahman Mohamed Irro.
Despite his denials that he still had any responsibilities with the government, sources indicate that he was instructed to cease his engagements.
While Somaliland soldiers remain in the area, sources report that the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) began to assert control on Friday.
Since its declaration of independence in 1991, Somaliland has been one of Ethiopia’s peaceful neighbors.
A year earlier, the two countries had reached an agreement to provide landlocked Ethiopia with a sea outlet and a military base, although this agreement has yet to advance.”