By Helen Berhe, From day one he left Eritrea, Kiros Asfha, the singer, by birth Eritrean, currently lives in Ethiopia, is in a mission working with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF.) Before he left Eritrea to his ancestral country, he has been singing in lowly clubs and bars due to his quality, but mostly…
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Possible scenarios of hybrid wars in the Horn of Africa By Andrew Korybko | for Global Research, Because of the unpredictability of the Eritrean government and the opaqueness of the information environment within the country, it’s very difficult to tell exactly what sort of plans might be brewing in the Red Sea state. It can…
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By Keffyalew Gebremedhin, Already for more than a decade, Eritrea has carried itself as a proud nation. Among others, against TPLF fabrications it has stood on its feet and under sanctions. International aid and trade could not mediate its opening up to international investors. Eritrean leaders claim from time to time that has been the…
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Given the high stakes in the Horn of Africa, and very low level of effort that would be required to set the stage for a much better relationship in the future, it is surely in Washington’s interest to try. By Dimetros Birku, For over seven years, Eritrea was treated more like a pariah state.The UN…
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Miss some news this week? Catch up on a few of the stories with this quick weekly news digest. Ethiopia: Top US Official Arrives for Rights and Political Dialogue (AfricaNews) – Tom Malinowski, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Affairs is in Ethiopia for a four day working visit. Malinowski will be in…
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By Zegabi, A Kenyan tech engineer, who had been imprisoned in Ethiopia since 2015 when he was arrested on charges of telecommunication fraud, has died in prison. Zak Muriuki worked for Intersat, one of Africa’s largest Internet providers before his arrest on January 10, Addis Standard reported. Mr. Jedrick Mugo, a Kenyan radio frequency engineer…
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By Middle East Observer, Media sources said that Ahmed Al-Khatib, the adviser of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, has paid a visit to the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam within the framework of his current presence in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to find out the possibility of renewable energy generation. The Ethiopian source, that accompanied the…
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By TesfaNews, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi arrived on Sunday morning to Uganda in an official one-day visit. The visit comes after Al-Sisi received an official invitation from his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni, according to a statement issued by the presidency. During the one-day visit, Al-Sisi met with senior Ugandan officials and discussed ways to enhance…
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By ESAT News, Three police officers and a prisoner have reportedly been killed in a shootout between the federal police and prison police in a dispute to take custody of Colonel Demeke Zewdu, the leader of the movement in the Amhara region. The Amhara region has been hit by anti-government protests since this summer after…
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President Al-Sisi invited President Ismail Omar Guelleh. Egypt-Saudi tension bubbling over planned Djibouti base. By TesfaNews, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt will receive on Monday President of Djibouti، Ismail Omar Guelleh، to conduct bilateral talks between the two countries. The summit is due to be followed by a joint press conference to talk to…
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Amid congestion at a facility in neighboring Djibouti, landlocked Ethiopia wanted 30% of its trade to go via Berbera. By Walta Info, The Republic of Somaliland has said that it will open the old port of Berbera, which is currently undergoing renovation to be an alternative port for Ethiopian container traffic within a maximum of…
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Mincing words or resorting to deceitful packaging cannot alter the reality. By Ministry of Information, In the past few days, the London-based Alsharq Al-Awsat has published – in its Arabic and English editions – a number of distorted “news stories” on Eritrea. To embellish and rationalize the TPLF’s continued flouting of international law and its…
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Is the Saudi-Egyptian relations heading for a long-term, strategic divergence or it is merely a passing storm? By Walaa Hussein | Al – Monitor, It’s clear that Egyptian-Saudi relations have moved past mere tension, and the growing animosity could affect the balance of power in the Middle East. A Dec. 16 high-level Saudi delegation’s visit…
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AMISOM is in a severely compromised position due to funding cuts. How long will it be politically and perhaps militarily sustainable for AMISOM to remain in Mogadishu? By Deutsche Welle (DW), Ethiopian troops previously assisting the internationally-funded African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) were suddenly withdrawn to Ethiopia a few days after the Ethiopian government…
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Bolivia, Ethiopia, Italy, Kazakhstan and Sweden will begin their two-year term as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council on Sunday, January 1. By Sputnik, The countries are replacing Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela, whose mandate expired on December 31. On January 1, 2018, the Netherlands will replace Italy as a non-permanent member…
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The Eritrean people have been wronged several times at the hands of the UN and as such they deserve redress and reparations. By Shabait, President Isaias Afwerki sent a message to several Heads of State and Government on the advent of the New Year once again drawing their attention to continued injustices meted to Eritrea.…
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Ethiopia is the cause of our instability, Somalis say 10 years after invasion By Radio Dalsan, Majority of Somalia nationals think Ethiopia’s invasion and alleged interference is the cause of instability in their Horn of Africa country. From interviews conducted by Radio Dalsan in Mogadishu, some 80% of residents in the capital believe Ethiopia undermines…
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By ESAT News, Three police officers and a prisoner have reportedly been killed in a shootout between the federal police and prison police in a dispute to take custody of Colonel Demeke Zewdu, the leader of the movement in the Amhara region. The Amhara region has been hit by anti-government protests since this summer after…
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The competition to secure water from the Nile River will create problems for Egypt and Ethiopia, much as it has for centuries. By Stratfor, Egypt and Ethiopia have been at odds for much of their modern history, perhaps nowhere more so than in their attempts to secure water of the Nile River basin. This particular…
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New drought strikes millions in Ethiopia for a second consecutive year By UN News Centre, On the heels of failed rains and a calamitous El Niño in Ethiopia, the country’s Government today launched an appeal for $948 million to urgently address food and non-food needs, while the United Nations agriculture agency FAO warned that a…
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