AFRICA, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, HORN OF AFRICA

Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 81 – 10 February 2021

10/02/2021

Reported war situation (as confirmed per 09 February)

–       Unconfirmed report received that a payment of 500mln US dollars was made by Ethiopia to President Esayas of Eritrea and that Eritrea was provided with weapons for its participation in the war in Tigray.

–       Unconfirmed report that when the National Security director of Eritrea visited Addis, he requested that the Ethiopian government would make the second additional payment of 500 mln USD so that Eritrean troops could do the ‘final offensive’ in Tigray.

–       The understanding is that reportedly PM Abiy promised 1 billion USD to President Esayas from Eritrea, to be paid in two parts.

–       In exchange, President Esayas from Eritrea offered his Indefinite National Service recruits to serve in the war in Tigray.