Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) says it has started operation Against Eritrea
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It is indicated in the statement that the force is trained for “guerrilla, special operation and conventional warfare.”
Also, RSADO disclosed that it has been training for three months.
The Eritrean government did not remark on this at the time of this writing. Some Eritrean activists active on social media are ridiculing RADSO for claiming to have the capacity to hit deep inside Eritrea.
Haroon Ibrahim, Chairman of the Organization, said the next chapter is to “establish a navy”
RSADO story came at a time when to senior officials of Abiy Ahmed’s Administration – Getachew Reda, the prime minister’s advisor on Horn of Africa Affairs, and Redwan Hussien, a head of the country’s intelligence – are visiting Bure – Ethio-Eritrean border area in eastern parts of Ethiopia.
The organization claims that its “Red Sea Afar land was taken by force by Isaias Afeworki Administration.” The organization’s raison d’etre is “self-determination up to secession,” according to the statement it released.
This rebel group is said to be operating from within the Afar region of Ethiopia.
It has openly thanked Afar regional state in Ethiopia and Afar people for their support “during ethnic based attack.” It has also expressed interest to continue to collaborate.
Ethiopia and Eritrea are on the brink of war. The former alleges that the latter has been wagging a proxy war in Ethiopia. More recently, the government filed a formal complaint to the United Nations alleging that Eritrea is supporting the TPLF and Fano forces. Eritrea has denied the allegation.
The renewed tension between the two countries is over Abiy Ahmed’s government push to regain access to the Red Sea through the port of Assab which Eritrea sees as a violation of its sovereignty and international law.
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