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HEADLINE:
Ethiopia's military preparations |
SECTION:
POLITICS & POWER/ON THE LINE
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has just
admitted to Parliament in Addis Ababa that
his government had increased the military
spending budget by 16.7%, to reach $54
million, in preparation for a resumption of
war with Eritrea. According to information
obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter,
Ethiopian military preparations include the
construction of an airport with a two-kilometre
runway at Adi Daro in the Tigray Regional
State (in the north of the country). This
work has been directly supervised by the
general chief of staff of the armed forces,
General Samora Yunis. Furthermore, three
large depots for munitions and military
material have been discreetly installed at
Wukro, Tembien and Shire. When General
Abebaw Tadesse inquired of Samora Yunis as
to why the ministry of defence had not been
given prior information about the
construction of these depots, Yunis sent him
packing.
The Indian
Ocean Newsletter |
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