In May 2019 Satenaw relayed a column in which a Somali Regional State advisor accused Ethiopia’s embassy in London of using colonial-style tactics to divide the diaspora and meddle in regional politics.
Embassy politics abroad often mirror fights at home. When federal and regional elites clash over identity, security, and money, diaspora halls in London and elsewhere become another arena.
Somali Region’s relationship with Addis Ababa was already raw after years of conflict, repression, and later reform appointments. Accusations that diplomats were picking winners among exiles fit that longer pattern.
As Horn geopolitics archive, the file keeps a dated regional charge against federal diaspora diplomacy rather than treating embassies as neutral passport offices.
Sources: Satenaw News