BY THE MESSENGER A delegation representing Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki has visited Juba to meet with the leadership of the ruling SPLA-Juba faction, one of several parties vying for control of the country. This visit comes amid cool relations between SPLA-Juba and Ethiopia, one of the guarantors of a peace deal that SPLA-Juba says was…
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BY AMANUEL BIEDEMARIAM On March 30, 2017, the minority Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) led EPRDF announced, “The House of Peoples’ Representatives (HPR) has today decided to extend the nationwide State of Emergency for additional four months. The House unanimously voted to extend the State of Emergency after discussing on remarks presented by the State…
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BY RICHARD CONNIFF Though politicians and the press tend to downplay the idea, environmental degradation is often an underlying cause of international crises — from the deforestation, erosion, and reduced agricultural production that set the stage for the Rwandan genocide of the 1990s to the prolonged drought that pushed rural populations into the cities at…
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By FRANCOIS SOUDAN | JEUNE AFRIQUE* China, the United States, France, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia … A few months before the 40th anniversary of independence, the president returns to the geopolitical stakes of the region, of which his country has become a key player. On the domestic front, he did not disarm and defended his record against…
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OEA asks UNSC to end occupation of Eritrean territory and lift the sanctions. BY ORGANIZATION OF ERITREAN AMERICANS The Organization of Eritrean Americans, in a statement, has asked the UN Security Council (UNSC) to shoulder its responsibilities and force the minority regime ruling Ethiopia today to comply with international law and the UN Charter. April…
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“EU shoulders heavy responsibilities that it can’t shrug off by mincing words”- Eritrea BY COUNCIL OF THE European Union On this day fifteen years ago, the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) communicated its decision regarding the delimitation of the border between the State of Eritrea and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The EEBC had been…
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BY DR. FIKREJESUS AMHAZION This week represents 15 years since the Eritrea Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) made its ruling to solve the border conflict between the neighbouring countries. However, its decisions, presented on 13 April 2002, remain unimplemented, constituting a flagrant violation of fundamental international law, calling into question the moral authority of several international…
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For Ethiopian officials, Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) is a euphemism for cholera. BY CGTN AFRICA Hundreds of people have been falling sick due to the outbreak of Acute Watery Diarrhea also known as AWD in Ethiopian Somali region. And the situation was getting closer to becoming a national health emergency but according to the Ethiopian…
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BY SIRAK BAHLBI April 13 is a very poignant date in the Eritrean calendar for the last 15 years due the enormous impact it has on the security and stability of the people of Eritrea and the Horn of Africa in general and a sad reminder of the international community`s dereliction of responsibility. It is…
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BY MIDDLE EAST MONITOR Sudan has criticised Egypt for voting against the lifting of sanctions imposed on Khartoum by UN Security Council Resolution 1591, Arabi21.com reported on Friday. The resolution bans the sale of weapons to the African state. Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Ghandour described Egypt’s position as “strange and unusual.” He also called for…
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BY ADDIS FORTUNE Just three weeks after becoming operational, the Bishoftu City Administration has shut down the first donkey abattoir, Shandong Dong. Located 48Km away from Addis Ababa, the slaughterhouse has a capacity of slaughtering up to 200 donkeys a day. The company is considering to take the case to international court, according to some…
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BY SUDAN TRIBUNE Sudan and Egypt agreed Thursday to work together to ease tensions between the two neighbouring countries through the control of hostile media campaigns and to curb activities of opposition groups in their territories. The two agreements have been reached in a series of meetings between the Sudanese officials and a visiting Egyptian…
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Miss some news this week? Catch up on a few of the stories with this quick weekly news digest. Ethiopian Foreign Minister: My Country Would Never Harm Egypt BY MIDDLE EAST MONITOR Ethiopia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Workneh Gebeyehu, said his country would never hurt Egypt or the interests of the Egyptian people. Speaking at…
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“There had been four grenade blasts this month in Gondar” BY AFP The United States issued a warning Thursday to its citizens about travelling to a popular tourist region in Ethiopia after a string of grenade attacks targeting hotels and homes. The US embassy in Addis Ababa said there had been four grenade blasts this…
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The government is playing down the severity of the crisis to keep the country from looking bad internationally. BY PAUL SCHEMM | WASHINGTON POST The announcement by the United Nations in March that 20 million people in four countries were teetering on the edge of famine stunned the world and rammed home the breadth of…
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The Trump administration would be wise to delink its counterterrorism strategy from the Ethiopian regime, which barely clings to power by a state of emergency decree. BY ALEMAYEHU G. MARIAM | THE HILL Earlier this month, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited the Middle East and Africa to “reaffirm key U.S. military alliances” and engage…
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“The Egyptian and Eritrean delegations also availed of the opportunity to exchange views on regional and international issues of common concern.” – Eritrean Gov’t Spokesman. BY DAILY NEWS EGYPT Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry received his Eritrean counterpart, Osman Saleh, and the Eritrean president’s advisor, Yamane Ghebreab, on Saturday, during their visit to…
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BY THE NATIONAL – SOMALILAND The government of the Republic of Somaliland [not yet recognized] has officially responded to statements made by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn last week during a joint press conference with Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, who was in the country on a state visit. During the press conference, Desalegn said,…
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BY SIRAK BAHLBI April 13 is a very poignant date in the Eritrean calendar for the last 15 years due the enormous impact it has on the security and stability of the people of Eritrea and the Horn of Africa in general and a sad reminder of the international community`s dereliction of responsibility. It is…
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BY MIDDLE EAST MONITOR Sudan has criticised Egypt for voting against the lifting of sanctions imposed on Khartoum by UN Security Council Resolution 1591, Arabi21.com reported on Friday. The resolution bans the sale of weapons to the African state. Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Ghandour described Egypt’s position as “strange and unusual.” He also called for…
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