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Israel's New Aviation Rules Hit Crew Members From Over Ten African Countries; Security Review Spills Over into Collective Restrictions on States Without Diplomatic Ties
According to Africanews, Israel has banned pilots and cabin crew from countries with which it has no diplomatic relations from operating commercial flights into and out of the country, citing an incident in which an Omani co-pilot allegedly attacked the captain. The affected list covers at least 10 African countries, with dual-nationality crew members also restricted, leaving airlines scrambling to reassign staff.
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsTigray Standoff Escalates as Ethiopia and Eritrea Trade Sovereign Red Lines; Four-Corner Bloc Takes Shape in the Horn of Africa
Citing anonymous security sources, AFP reported that up to 8,000 Eritrean troops are stationed in Tigray, while Ethiopia has written to the UN Security Council demanding their withdrawal; Eritrea hit back with hard-line rhetoric framed in terms of "blood and law." In parallel, the leaders of Sudan, Egypt, Eritrea and Somalia issued a joint statement defining governance of the Red Sea as the "exclusive responsibility of littoral states." After securing re-election, Abiy Ahmed reaffirmed sea acces
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsAfter the Fall of Perim Island: Houthi Conflict Spillover and the Cascading Costs Borne by the Horn of Africa
Iran-backed Houthi forces occupied Yemen's Perim Island in September. The island commands the narrowest point of the Bab el-Mandeb strait, just about 20 kilometers from Djibouti. More than 3,700 refugees poured into a country with no groundwater, while Ethiopia—roughly 95 percent of whose imports and exports depend on the shipping route—came under pressure as maritime insurance costs nearly doubled. When five major powers maintain densely packed military bases in Djibouti, a nation of barely a m
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