CAIRO: Egypt will not allow any threat to Somalia or its security, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said on Sunday, according to a statement from the presidency, after Ethiopia said it would consider recognizing an independence claim by Somaliland.
Trying to “jump on a piece of land” to try to control it is something that no-one will agree to, El-Sisi said in a news conference with Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Cairo.
In a memorandum of understanding signed on Jan. 1, Ethiopia said it would consider recognizing Somaliland’s independence in return for gaining access to the Red Sea. Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but it has not won recognition from any country.
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President El-Sisi says Egypt will not allow any threat to Somalia or its security
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President El-Sisi says Egypt will not allow any threat to Somalia or its security
- Ethiopia said it would consider recognizing an independence claim by Somaliland
Lebanon’s Tripoli building collapse kills 14
The death toll from the collapse of residential buildings in the Lebanese city of Tripoli rose to 14 after search and rescue operations ended, Lebanon’s National News Agency said on Monday citing the civil defense chief.
Civil defense director general Imad Khreiss said rescue teams recovered 14 bodies and rescued eight people from the rubble of the collapsed buildings in the northern city’s Bab Al-Tabbaneh neighborhood.
Officials said on Sunday that two adjoining buildings had collapsed.
Abdel Hamid Karameh, head of Tripoli’s municipal council, said he could not confirm how many people remained missing. Earlier, the head of Lebanon’s civil defense rescue service said the two buildings were home to 22 residents.
A number of aging residential buildings have collapsed in Tripoli, Lebanon’s second-largest city, in recent weeks, highlighting deteriorating infrastructure and years of neglect, state media reported, citing municipal officials.
Civil defense director general Imad Khreiss said rescue teams recovered 14 bodies and rescued eight people from the rubble of the collapsed buildings in the northern city’s Bab Al-Tabbaneh neighborhood.
Officials said on Sunday that two adjoining buildings had collapsed.
Abdel Hamid Karameh, head of Tripoli’s municipal council, said he could not confirm how many people remained missing. Earlier, the head of Lebanon’s civil defense rescue service said the two buildings were home to 22 residents.
A number of aging residential buildings have collapsed in Tripoli, Lebanon’s second-largest city, in recent weeks, highlighting deteriorating infrastructure and years of neglect, state media reported, citing municipal officials.
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