ANALYSISBy Martin Plaut The war against the TPLF will not be quick or easy, and it already looks to be going badly for Eritrea’s president. There is little doubt now that Eritrean forces are participating in the war in Tigray. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has denied it and Eritrea’s foreign minister has insisted “we are not part of…
ሃይለ ገብረ ትንሳኤዘብሄረ ሰራየኢንድያናፖሊስ ኢንድያና 31 ታህሳስ 2020መልቀስድሓን ኩን!!! ፍቁር፡ ሓወቦይ ብርሃነ!!!!ወየ!!!ወየ!!!ወየ!!!!ወየ ኣነ!!!ወየ ኣነ ወየ ኣነ!!እዚ ፍቁር ሓወቦይ ሞይቱ!!ኣርኪብዎም፡ ነቶም ኣቦታቱኣርኪብወን፡ ነተን ኣደታቱኣርኪብዎም፡ ንዝፈትዎም ኣሕዋቱኣርኪብዎም፡ ዘፍቅሮም ኣዕርኽቱኣቐዲሞም፡ ከይዶም መዓልልቱኣይንበር እዩ፡ በንኻ ከተዘንቱ።ወየ!!!ወየ!!!!!ወየ!!!!!ሃለቃ ብርሃነ ብዓል ዳምባዓደ ቦኻ ዝተኸበት ብእምባዓዲ ማስ ኣቶኻ ሽሻይ ጸባገልገለ መስቀል ዝመልኦ ዕንባባ።ሃለቃ ብርሃነ ብንእሱዳዊት ተሓንገጠ ኣብ ንእሱናብ ገዳም ከደ ገስጊሱበርኻ ለሰ፡ ጠሓሒሱእንዳ…
The New York Times Forces from neighboring Eritrea have joined the war in northern Ethiopia, and have rampaged through refugee camps committing human rights violations, officials and witnesses say. By Declan Walsh and Simon Marks Dec. 28, 2020 NAIROBI, Kenya — As fighting raged across the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia last month, a group of soldiers arrived…
PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE DECEMBER 23, 2020 The United States is providing more than $18 million in assistance to respond to the growing humanitarian needs caused by conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. This assistance will help our international humanitarian organization partners respond to the needs of more than 52,000 new refugees in Sudan, refugees and displaced persons in Ethiopia, and possible…
written by Aljazeera Gov’t says it is now safe to bring back refugees who fled monthlong fighting to the northern region’s camps but the UN calls the move ‘absolutely unacceptable’. Ethiopia’s government has said it is returning Eritrean refugees to camps in the northern Tigray region, a move criticised by the United Nations refugee agency…
Written by AlJazeera UN’s refugee agency says it received large number of reports of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopian region being killed, abducted and forcibly returned to Eritrea. The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said it has received an “overwhelming” number of reports about Eritrean refugees in Tigray being killed, abducted or forcibly returned to Eritrea…
I would like to convey my appreciation to Ambassador Andeberhan and his Eri-Platform colleagues, for organizing this important symposium, and for inviting me to partake in it. INTRODUCTION For purposes of focus and parsimony, I have limited my approach to the following headings: The Colonial Past Italian colonialism was founded and maintained…
Once More on Negotiating Strategy Mr President, please accept my cordial salutations. Multiple signals are indicating that the Yemeni fiasco is revisiting us! 1. Accepting the arbitration method of conflict resolution means accepting the instrumentality of bargaining. What is Eritrea going to give in the game of give and take? …
Thank you for your fax/letter of 15-06-00. Friends of Eritrea in Europe are worried that the present negotiations have taken a dangerous turn. All are agreed that the intention is to divest Eritrea of its sovereignty by legal means. The ploy being applied in consummating this central objective is to pressure Eritrea into accepting the…
Introductory Remarks The Pillars of Peoples Diplomacy Let us explore two aspects of people’s diplomacy in Eritrea. The internal aspect of people’s diplomacy is born from the desire of the Eritrean people to live together in unity and internal peace. The dynamics of this desire is expressed in the debate surrounding the draft constitution. The…
