{"id":7422,"date":"2014-02-15T18:09:13","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T23:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/?p=7422"},"modified":"2014-02-15T18:10:37","modified_gmt":"2014-02-15T23:10:37","slug":"ethiopia-and-somalia-sign-cooperation-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/7422","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia and Somalia Sign Cooperation Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Ministers from Ethiopia and Somalia have signed an agreement to promote collaboration between the respective nations on security, business and information.<\/p>\n

The agreement was signed on Friday, at a meeting attended by the Somali President Hassan Shiekh Abdiweli and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n

Somali officials have revealed that Ethiopian security agencies will provide training for Somalia’s police force.<\/p>\n

The agreement will reportedly also result in collaboration between Somalia’s National News Agency (SONNA) and Ethiopian News Agency (ENA).<\/p>\n

President Abdiweli extended his gratitude to the government of Ethiopia for her contribution towards peace keeping efforts in Somalia.<\/p>\n

He noted that “the battle against the terrorists will continue until we eradicate all of them from the country.”<\/p>\n

Last month, Ethiopian forces in Somalia officially joined the African Union peace keeping mission in the country, bringing the total AU force to about 22,000.<\/p>\n

This agreement between the two nations is seen as a positive development between the historically antagonistic neighbors.<\/p>\n

The Somali government continues to grapple with several challenges as it attempts to establish law and order in a nation which has been in a semi-anarchic\u00a0state for close to 20 years.<\/p>\n

Reports indicate that clan heads in the Baidoa and Bay region, northern Somalia, have lodged a petition with the government over plans to create a separate administrational unit.<\/p>\n

Currently, there are four semi-autonomous regions in the federal Somali state; Puntland, Jubaland, Somaliland and Galmudug.<\/p>\n

Photo from the Somali PM’s Twitter account: Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom and Somali President Hassan Shiekh Abdiweli in Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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