{"id":277207,"date":"2019-05-27T06:32:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T10:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiLmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmJiYy5jb20vbmV3cy93b3JsZC1hZnJpY2EtNDg0MjE0MTbSATJodHRwczovL3d3dy5iYmMuY29tL25ld3MvYW1wL3dvcmxkLWFmcmljYS00ODQyMTQxNg?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-23T11:55:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:55:24","slug":"bbc-said-ethiopia-apologized-after-a-ministry-map-erased-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/277207","title":{"rendered":"BBC said Ethiopia apologized after a ministry map erased Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2019 the BBC reported that Ethiopia\u2019s foreign ministry apologized after a map of Africa on its website showed neighboring Somalia absorbed into Ethiopian territory while still marking Somaliland.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-493684\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Somalia-Ethiopia.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BBC said Ethiopia apologized after a ministry map erased Somalia\" \/>\n<p>The ministry said it regretted confusion over how the map had \u201ccrept in,\u201d at a time when Abiy Ahmed was otherwise trying to calm Horn rivalries after years of border tension with Mogadishu.<\/p>\n<p>Cartographic insults travel fast on social media, and the apology showed how quickly a website graphic can become a diplomatic incident between neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as Horn diplomacy archive, the erased-Somalia map episode is a dated soft-power blunder from May 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-48421416\">BBC News<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopia apologises for map that erases Somalia&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC NewsIt appeared on the foreign ministry website, showing its neighbour incorporated within its borders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":493684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Somalia-Ethiopia.jpg?fit=460%2C438&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1a75","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277207"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":754925,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277207\/revisions\/754925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}