🇸🇴🇪🇹⚡- BREAKING: Ethiopia officially recognizes Somaliland as independent.

🇸🇴🇪🇹⚡- "We urge Somalia to stop political conspiracy in the Horn of Africa region," – Taye Atske-Selassie, Foreign Minister of Ethiopia.

🇸🇴🇪🇹⚡- "They have forgotten the sacrifice of the Ethiopian National Defense Force in Somalia [combating al-Shabaab] over the past couple of years and it is painful for the Government of Ethiopia," – Taye Atske-Selassie, Foreign Minister of Ethiopia.

🇸🇴🇪🇹⚡- ""Ethiopia cannot remain silent as the peace and harmony of its neighbors are turned into a playground for terrorists and anti-peace elements," – Taye Atske-Selassie, Foreign Minister of Ethiopia.

🇸🇴🇪🇹⚡- "People of the Horn of Africa are united by strong friendships and community ties and are no longer bound by past hostilities," – Taye Atske-Selassie, Foreign Minister of Ethiopia.

🇸🇴🇪🇹⚡- "Provocative comments from certain individuals and hostile forces could undermine peace efforts," – Taye Atske-Selassie, Foreign Minister of Ethiopia, referring to the Turkey-Somalia talks.

🇸🇴🇪🇹⚡- "Ethiopia needs to know that the crisis in the region was triggered by attempts to invade Somalia, thereby violating the territorial integrity, sovereignty and unity of Somalia," – Abdulkadir Nur, Somalia's Minister of Defense.

🇺🇦🇲🇱⚡- Mali has cut all diplomatic relations with Ukraine, labelling the country as a "sponsor of terrorism". Earlier Burkina Faso and Senegal made similar statements however did not end relations.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have captured Sinkovka, Kupyansk direction.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have captured northern Galitsinovka – Kurakhovo direction. Ukrainian troops withdrew south of the Volcha river.

🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- A Chinese and Philippine vessel collided with each other at the Sabina Shoal. Both sides are blaming each other for the collision which has left the Philippine vessel significantly damaged.

🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- A Chinese Coast Guard vessel has once again collided with a Philippine vessel at the Sabina Shoal.

🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- "Chinese Coast Guard vessels deliberately rammed and collided with the BRP Teresa Magbanua three times," – Jay Tarriela, Philippine Coast Guard Spokesman,

🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- A Chinese Coast Guard vessel has once again collided with a Philippine vessel at the Sabina Shoal.

🇦🇲🇷🇺⚡- "Those responsible are those who formed this bubble-like bloc, whose members, it turns out, instead of fulfilling their obligations to protect bloc partners, were planning a war against Armenia together with Azerbaijan." – Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol…