May 25, 2024 Toronto – As Eritrea celebrates its 33rd anniversary of Independence, Eritrean President Isaias Afeworki – in a speech to his people on the occasion – said what he called “hegemonic powers” are plotting to trigger another war in the region. “Hegemonic powers’ interest in triggering another round of war has become a public…
By Dr. Suleiman Walhad The world of today composes of some 196 countries of which some 194 are recognized as full members, including Palestine which was voted for full membership recently. However these countries, although independent of each other are connected through hundreds of complex groupings, which may sometimes overlap such as the EAC whose members…
February 29, 2024 GENEVA — Human rights experts warn Eritrea maintains an iron grip on its people through repression and widespread, systematic impunity for grave human rights violations. At the U.N. Human Rights Council Wednesday, the experts presented what they call “credible reports” of grave human rights violations by the Eritrean ruling elite. “The state…
ባህላዊ ፈስቲቫል ኤርትራ ስካንዲናቭያ ካብ 1990ታት ኣትሒዙ ኣብ ያርቫ ፈልተት ዝብሃል ናይ ሕርሻ ቦታ ክካየድ ዝጸንሐ ኮይኑ፡ ኣብዚ ፈስቲቫል ንስርዓት መንግስት ኤርትራ ዝድግፉ ብምዕዳም ድማ ክንቀፍ ጸኒሑ እዩ። ክሳብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት ምምሕዳር ከተማ ስቶክሆልም ነዞም ኣዳለውቲ ፈስቲቫል ናይ መብራህትን ማይን ኣገልግሎት ክጥቀሙ ኣፍቂድሎም ከም ዝጸንሐ ድማ ይፍለጥ። ኣብዚ ዓመት እዚ ግን ኣካየድቲ ያርቫ ፎልክ ንበዓል…
29 February 2024 Thank you Mr Vice-President, The UK thanks the speakers for their interventions, and we share their concerns, including on Eritrea’s continued policy of indefinite national service, which affects the lives of thousands, and is the reason many young Eritreans give for leaving their country. Eritrea should take steps to regularise the duration…
A peace that is formal, transparent and of tangible benefit to the peoples of both countries is required Friday, December 15, 2023 The historically fraught relationship between Ethiopia and Eritrea is deteriorating once again. A seemingly momentous peace deal that brought the two sides together in 2018 now appears to have been a brief interlude…
The Economist 2 Jan 2024 Abiy Ahmed is doing a deal for a stretch of Somaliland’s coast Geopolitics in the Horn of Africa is already off to a combustible start in the new year. On January 1st Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime minister, and Muse Bihi Abdi, his counterpart in the would-be state of Somaliland next door,…
The Guardian 13 Nov 2023 Eritrea’s football federation withdrew its men’s team from 2026 World Cup qualifying owing to fears that players would attempt to seek political asylum during trips abroad, according to sources close to the squad. A joint statement from Fifa and the Confederation of African Football (Caf) on Friday said that “all of Eritrea’s…
ALZAZEERA Ethiopia’s tone on access to a seaport is seen as either a distraction from domestic policy failures or the start of another regional war. By Zecharias ZelalemPublished On 7 Nov 20237 Nov 2023 Since 1991 when Eritrea gained independence from neighbouring Ethiopia, one of the world’s oldest countries and Africa’s second most populous country, has…
PRESS STATEMENT MATTHEW MILLER, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON DECEMBER 12, 2023 Twenty-three years ago today, Ethiopia and Eritrea, with the support of the international community, concluded the Algiers Agreement and committed to demarcate a common border. In 2018, in a historic peace agreement, both countries recommitted to respect the borders as established. On this anniversary, it is…
