I am extremely concerned about the conditions of Eritrean refugees in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Since the outbreak of hostilities in November 2020, they have been deeply affected by the violence and insecurity that has engulfed the region. They have been caught up between warring groups, two refugee camps have been completely destroyed, and…
By Martin Plaut Speaking to the US Senate On Monday the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a closed meeting to hear a report-back from President Biden’s Horn of Africa Special Envoy, Jeffrey Feltman and other top officials. The session is entitled: “Challenges and Opportunities for the United States in the Horn of Africa.” Since it…
Source: Human Rights Concern – Eritrea 17 May 2021 The Eritrean regime announced on 13th May 2021 that “His Reverend Abune Qerlos has been elected as 5th Patriarch of Eritrea’s Orthodox Tewahdo Church in an election conducted today in Asmara… The official consecration of Abune Qerlos will take place on June 13th.” The announcement justified this event…
By THE NATIONAL INTEREST By choosing unilateralism over negotiation, Abiy may have cemented his legacy not as a Nobel Peace Laureate, but rather as the man who ended a country whose history dates back millennia.by Michael Rubin The war in Ethiopia’s Tigray Province is now more than six months old. Jeffrey Feltman, the Biden administration’s special envoy,…
By Martin Plaut The European Union has finally accepted that it’s attempt to improve relations with Eritrea by providing aid would fail. The document below, signed by Eritrean human rights groups in 2014, warned them this was inevitable. Back in 2014 we argued: “As we shall show, attempts at a ‘new engagement’ have been tried before –…
By Haile Gebretensae ድሓን ኩን!!! ክቡር ወዲ ክቡራት!!!!! ኣኽበሮም ገብረመስቀል እምባየ!!!!!!! ሎንዶን ፡ ዓዲ እንግሊዝ ወየ!!!!ወየ!!!!ወየ!!!! ወየ ኣነይ!!!! ወየ ኣነየ!!!!ወየ ኣነየ!!!! ኣኽበሮም፡ ኣኽበሮም፡ ኣኽበሮም!!! ከም ሽሙ ንኹሉም ዘኽብሮም ንዝጠመየ!! ደጋጊሙ ዝዕንግሎም ንዝዓረቑ ዘምዉቕ ዝኸድኖም ንዝጸምኡ ርውየቶም፡ ዘጽግቦም ንዝተሰነፉ ዘደልድል ምርኩሶም ንተስፋ ዝቖረጹ ሓቦ ዝኾኖም ቕርሺ ንዝበለ ደሪቡ ዝህቦም ንዝገይሽ ዘስንቕ ዘሕቑፎም ንዝምከር ኣዕሚቑ ዝመኽሮም እንክምድር ዘስሕቕ…
Source: The Guardian Eritrea will pull its troops out of the Tigray region, Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, has said, a potential breakthrough in a conflict in which both countries have been accused of abuses against civilians. Abiy, winner of the 2019 Nobel peace prize, faces mounting pressure to end fighting in the drawn-out conflict in which…
Source: AFP Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed admitted Tuesday that troops from neighbouring Eritrea were present in the conflict-torn Tigray region and suggested they may have been involved in abuses against civilians. The admission comes after months of denials from Addis Ababa and Asmara, and accusations from rights groups and residents mounted that Eritrean soldiers…
Source: Bloomberg March 24 2021, 6:12 PM — Eritrean forces are present inside disputed territory that straddles the border between Ethiopia and Sudan, according to the United Nations. The deployment in the so-called al-Fashqa triangle comes amid escalating tensions between Ethiopia and and Sudan, according to the United Nations. The deployment in the so-called al-Fashqa…
