Eskinder Nega Refuses to Sign False Confession in Exchange for Prison Release
“I call the government to immediately release him without conditions” – Senator Marco Rubio When the price for freedom is signing a false confession. The regime’s foolish attempt to compel journalist...
View ArticleWashington Puts Ethiopia’s Human Rights Abusers on Notice
The very least the U.S. government can do this time is taking a stand Swift and Decisive Action. Is a more aggressive U.S. approach to human rights likely to produce swift results where past policies...
View ArticleEthiopia: End Game?
Ethiopia Oromo protestors today celebrating a victory that is unprecedented in African history: peacefully forcing the most powerful regime on the continent to set thousands of political opponents...
View ArticleEthiopia: Final Days of the TPLF Regime
The TPLF is in chaos, their tyranny is coming to an end No matter how many people are killed, falsely imprisoned and beaten, the movement for lasting democratic change in Ethiopia will not be put down....
View ArticleDjibouti Seizes Control of DP World’s Container Terminal
DP World: “The Government of Djibouti today illegally seized control of the Doraleh Container Terminal S.A. from a Dubai Ports World owned entity that designed, built and, since 2006, operated the...
View ArticleInterview with President Isaias Afwerki (Part I)
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki was interviewed by local media on topical regional issues concerning Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt, Turkey and Somalia on 14th January. Here are excerpts of the interview. BY...
View ArticleEthiopia Acquires 19% Stake in DP World Berbera Port
Deal comes a week after Djibouti seizes Doraleh Container Port In one of its designs to inflict economic damages to a ‘disobedient’ Djibouti, the UAE allowed Djibouti’s lone customer Ethiopia to...
View ArticleSomaliland Defends DP World Berbera Port Stake Sale to Ethiopia
“A tripartite port deal involving Emirate’s DP World, Ethiopia and Somaliland is detrimental to the sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Somalia and the unity of the country.” – Central government of...
View ArticleProtests and Killings Paralyse Ethiopia’s Oromia
Oromia defy the state of emergency, killings continue The death toll in the restive Oromo region of Ethiopia rising after authorities gave security forces blanket orders to take “all necessary...
View ArticleEritrea Snub UNHRC Enhanced Interactive Dialogue
Eritrea’s Geneva Mission Statement on Enhanced Interactive Dialogue Eritrea’s rightful request for a transparent and balanced selection of panelists was once again denied by the UN Human Rights...
View ArticleSomalia Parliament Bans DP World, Rejects Somaliland’s Berbera Port Deal With...
No backdoor deals. Somalia Parliament banned DP World and nullified its “illegal” Berbera port development deal with Ethiopia and the autonomous region of Somaliland. BY TESFANEWS Somalia’s lower...
View Article(Press Release): Why Does Qatar Involve Itself in Senseless Intricacies...
Qatar actively funding for the establishment of a joint Sudanese-Ethiopian Defense Unit near the Kassala border to what end? BY MINISTRY OF INFORMATION As it will be recalled, the fabricated news of...
View ArticleSudan Denies Qatar Funding Instability Along Eritrea- Sudan Border
“[..] The Sudanese people are too savvy to be hoodwinked and fall into this transparent trap” – President IsaiasBY TESFANEWS Following Eritrea’s latest accusation against Qatar for financing a secret...
View ArticleEthiopia: Charges Against Indigenous Land Rights Defender Dropped
Charges against Pastor Omot Agwa, a dedicated advocate for land rights in Ethiopia’s Gambella region and an interpreter for the World Bank Inspection Panel’s investigation into the forced displacement...
View ArticleLatest Three-nation Talks on Ethiopia Dam Fail
Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan fail to make progress over the impact of the controversial Ethiopia Dam (GERD) on the water share of downstream countries. End in deadlock. “Since the morning we [foreign...
View ArticleEthiopia: US House Resolution 128 Passed
The resolution calls for commitment to human rights, democracy, rule of law in Ethiopia The non-binding resolution has now passed its initial stage successfully and awaits the Senate to enact it into...
View ArticleImpotence of the UN and Ethiopia’s Impunity
16 Years Later. When will the UN Security Council shoulder its moral and legal obligations and end Ethiopia’s 16-year long occupation and restore Eritrea’s sovereignty and territorial integrity? BY...
View ArticlePM Abiy to Tigray: ‘You Are the Motor that Runs Ethiopia’
Sometimes, you just have to play the role of a fool to fool the fool who thinks they are fooling you. Jokes aside, When has Tigray ever been the economic engine of Ethiopia? BY BEREKET KIDANE When I...
View ArticleImportant Dates in Eritrea’s History: April
Never Kneel Down! BY SIMON WELDEMICHAEL Eritreans conducted a long, difficult struggle against Ethiopian colonization. During the thirty years-long war of liberation, the people of Eritrea were forced...
View ArticleEgypt FM Warn Ethiopia Over Nile River Dam
“The Egyptian government will continue to defend the rights of the Egyptian people to the water of the Nile by numerous means at its disposal” – FM Shoukry. How long can Egypt afford to wait? Shoukry...
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