Ethiopia has apologized for wrongly incorporating neighbouring Somalia within its borders on a map of Africa published on its official website.
Briefing the media on Tuesday , the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nebiat Getachew said that the ministry is sincerely regretted for any confusion and misunderstanding the incident might have caused.
He said that it removed the map from the website, which caused much fuss on social media, right away it became aware of it.
“As soon as we have noticed that a wrong and image of the Map of Africa has crept in on the Website of the Ministry of Foreign of Affairs, we have immediately removed it from our Website,” he noted.
He assured that the ICT Team is working to secure the security of the Website and the Ministry is also investigating issues related to the error.
“We earnestly regret for any confusion and misunderstanding this incident might have caused,” he said in his briefing.
Meanwhile, 134 Ethiopian returnees will arrive from Yemen Tuesday afternoon.
Nebiyat further stated that around 2044 Ethiopians have been in temporary shelter in Aden due to the crisis in Sana’a.
In collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the returnees will arrive home in the coming two weeks, according to the spokesperson.
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