*Over 200 bus full soldiers head to Northern Ethiopia
By Derese Tariku special for De Birhan Media
Addis Abeba
07-12-11
Over 200
buses that carried soldiers have been seen heading to the Northern part of
Ethiopia at dawn. Sources close to De Birhan stated that they have seen
buses filled with Ethiopian soldiers in places like Semen Hotel, Sululta and Dejen early in the morning. The
destination of the buses has not yet been established however, eyewitness say it is towards the Northern border between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
It is to
be recalled that the U.N. Security Council on Monday passed resolution 2023 (2011)
that put additional sanctions on Eritrea for allegedly providing support to
armed groups seeking to destabilize Somalia and other parts of the Horn of
Africa.
"This resolution underscores
the international community's condemnation of Eritrea's destabilizing behaviour
... and its support for terrorism," said Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to
the United Nations.
"The U.N.'s Somalia and
Eritrea Monitoring Group has documented Eritrea's support for terrorism,
including an appalling, planned attack on the January 2011 African Union Summit
in Addis Ababa," she said. "According to the monitoring group,
Eritrea is financing all of these activities through illicit means, including
threats and the extortion of a 'Diaspora tax' from people of Eritrean descent
living overseas." Thus, the resolution puts sanctions and restrictions on is
mining investment and Diaspora tax.
The Eritrean
Ministry of Information responded to the resolution saying, “the resolution is
yet another injustice perpetrated on the Eritrean people and it will heighten
tensions and stoke an already explosive situation in the Horn of Africa”.
As the
tension between the two countries intensifies, a Peace and Security analyst fears
a new border war between the two countries as Eritrea is being alienated from
the international community and neighbouring countries and is sanctioned with successive
embargos that would compel the Eritreans to resort to war.
