By African ArgumentsIn barely the blink of an eye, Eritrea’s unpredictable president has completely reversed his rhetoric of the past two decades. In just a few weeks, relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea have not just shifted dramatically but – in many ways – turned upside down. For two decades, President Isaias Afwerki had demonised Ethiopia, seeing it as an…
Written by: The American InterestSham elections in Egypt, a controversial Ethiopian dam, and an international base race in the Red Sea make greater East Africa one of the most significant geopolitical hotspots in the world today. The Nile River and the Red Sea are two bodies of water that have played a crucial…
By: Staff ReporterAugust 21, 2018 – In any renewed relations like that happening between Ethiopia and Eritrea, every decision with economic, diplomatic, trade and people to people interactions should be handled with at most care and governed by win-win agreements. With the election of Dr. Abiy Ahmed as Prime Minister of Ethiopia in April this year,…
NAIROBI (REUTERS) – Eritrean authorities detained hundreds of perceived opponents this month after a school director who defied government orders died in custody, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Most of those arrested were males and some were as young as 13, Sheila B. Keetharuth, the U.N.’s Special Rapporteur for human rights in Eritrea told a…
BY:Andrew Thompson While the humanitarian crisis created by the Syrian conflict and the plight of the Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar have been widely reported, many other issues received far less media attention last year. According to a new report released by CARE International — titled Suffering In Silence: The 10 most under-reported humanitarian crises of…
ኣብ ሃገርና ብርክት ዝበሉ ዜጋታትና ብጥርጠራ ጥራይ ግዳያት ማእሰርትን ስደትን ይኾኑ ምህላዎም ዓለም ምሉእ ዝመስክሮ ዘሎ ሓቂ እዩ። ከም ሕሱም ዝጉሕጓሕ ዘሎ ሃብቲ ሃገር ኣብ ክንዲ ኣብ ረብሓ ኤርትራውያን ዝውዕል ብስም ውሑዳት መራሕቲ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ካብ ሃገር ወጻኢ ኣብ ባንክታት ይግዕዝ፤ መሬት ደቂ ሃገር ንሰብ ሃብቲ ይሽየጥ፤ ብስም ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት ጉልበት መንእሰያት ኤርትራ ይምዝመዝ ወዘተ…
BY BBC NEWSawarded disputed territories, including the town of Badme, to Eritrea. This will end a dispute with Eritrea that sparked Africa’s deadliest border war in 1998. Tens of thousands of people were killed in two years of fighting. The two sides have remained on a war footing as Ethiopia had, until now, refused to…
Mr President please accept my most cordial salutations. In these difficult times there are three issues that need to be addressed: a) the minimisation of loss of civilian life and the mass dispersal of our people, b) the avoidance of military defeat, and c) the acceptance of an imposed peace. Let us now discuss these…
ሕቶን፡ ርእይቶን ንክቡር ዶክተር ተስፋ ገርግስ ገርብረ መድህን ወስት ቪርጂንያ!!!!!! (ዕባይ ዓድ ወግሪ)!!!!!! “ዘየደቅስ ነጊሮም ድቅስ ይሓድሩ” ስለ ዝኾነኒ ኣብዚ እዋን ክጽሕፍ ተገዲደ፡ እዚ ዘለናዮ እዋን ዘበነ ጸነተ፡ ዘበነ ድንቁርናን፡ ዘበነ ማአሰርትን፡ ዘበነ ስደትን፡ ዘበነ ባርነትን፡ ዘበነ ዕብሰትን፡ ዘበነ ጥምየትን፡ ዘበነ ሕሰምን መከራን፡ ዘበ ዉርደትን፡ ዘበን ዓመጽን…ወዘተ። ኣብ ጓል ዘረባ ዝእቶ ግዜ ኣይኮነን። ክቡር ዶክተር ተስፋይ፡ ኣብ…
ኣብ ትሕቲ ”ምህናጽ ሃገራዊ ደሞክራስያዊ ምንቅስቓስ ንፖለቲካዊ ስግግር” ዝብል ኣርእስቲ ኣምባሳደር ዓንደብርሃን ምስ ገዳይም ተጋደልቲ እቶ ሕሩይ ተድላ ባይሩን መሓመድ ብርሃን ብላታን ዝመርሖ ኣኼባ መድረኽ ብዕለት 16 ታሕሳስ 2017 ኣብ ከተማ ስቶክሆልም ሽወደን ተኻይዱ ነበረ። ኣኼባ ነቲ ኣብ ፍራንክፈርት ኣብ 20-22 ጥቅምቲ ዚተኻየደ ዋዕላ መቐይሮኣዊ ምትሕብባር ብዝብል ኣርእስቲ ንወከልትን ኣባላትን 42 ፖለቲካዊ ውድባትን በርገሳዊ ማሕበራትን…