RACHAEL OKONKWO ADVOCATES FOR UZO-UWANI COMMUNITY DURING GOVERNOR PETER MBAH VISIT. (PHOTO).

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 Rachael Okonkwo Advocates for Uzo-Uwani Community During Governor Peter Mbah Visit Nollywood actress Rachael Okonkwo has publicly called on Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah to address pressing infrastructural challenges in her home local government area of Uzo-Uwani. The appeal came shortly after her official appointment as the Senior Special Adviser to the Governor on Film and Creative Industry Development. During a campaign flag-off event in Uzo-Uwani, the popular movie star took the stage to voice the concerns of her constituents directly to the state chief executive. Standing before community members and government officials, Okonkwo highlighted urgent local issues, specifically emphasizing the deteriorating state of roads and the long-standing absence of reliable electricity in the area. Addressing Key Community Needs Okonkwo, who also serves as the Director of the Campaign Council for Creative and Entertainment, shared a video of her address on social media, describing the mo...

ETHIOPIA DEFENCE MINISTER VISITS SOMALIA AS TENSIONS EASE. (PHOTO).


 Ethiopia defence minister visits Somalia  as tensions ease


Ethiopia's defence minister travelled to Somalia on Thursday, a senior official in Mogadishu said, the first bilateral visit since relations nosedived a year ago over an Ethiopian plan to build a naval base in a breakaway Somali region.


Somalia's state minister for foreign affairs, Ali Omar, confirmed Ethiopian defence minister Aisha Mohammed Mussa's visit in a message to Reuters but did not say what she was there to discuss.


Ethiopia's government spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.


Ethiopia has up to 10,000 troops in Somalia to fight militants from the al Shabaab group, but Mogadishu has threatened to expel them if Addis Ababa did not renounce an agreement it reached a year ago with the breakaway Somaliland region.


The preliminary deal called for Somaliland to lease a stretch of coastline for an Ethiopian naval base and commercial port in exchange for possible recognition of Somaliland's independence.


Somaliland has had effective autonomy since 1991 but its independence has not been recognised by any other country. Mogadishu considers it an integral part of its territory an d called its deal with Ethiopia an act of aggression.


After months of escalating rhetoric and inconclusive international mediation efforts, Somalia and Ethiopia agreed on December 11, after talks in Türkiye, to work together to resolve the dispute and begin technical negotiations by the end of February.


The Ethiopian troops in Somalia are there as part of an African Union peacekeeping mission and on a bilateral basis. Regional powers fear their withdrawal would severely weaken the fight against al Shabaab, an al Qaeda affiliate that has been waging an insurgency since 2007.


The dispute has also raised concerns about wider instability in the Horn of Africa, with Somalia responding to the Somaliland deal by drawing closer to Ethiopia's traditional rivals Egypt and Eritrea.

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