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A Look Back on Eritrea’s Historic 1993 Referendum
Two years after winning a de facto independence and effectively end of the armed struggle for independence, the Eritrean people held a historic, internationally supervised referendum on April 23-25,...
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Visiting Ethiopia
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein is making a follow-up visit to Ethiopia, a country that has continued to refuse access to all UN rapporteurs to investigate extrajudicial...
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UN Human Rights Chief Met Ethiopia Opposition Leaders, Journalists
Al Hussein: The calls by civil society, students, religious leaders and political opponents are clear: lift the state of emergency, release those detained for speaking out, reform bad laws and hold an...
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Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R) Urges Secretary Pompeo to Improve Ties with...
Press Release Rep. Dana Rohrabacher urged Secretary Pompeo to restore full diplomatic relation with Eritrea, lift the unjustified sanctions and begin a dialogue on strategic cooperation that would...
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Ethiopia Restricts Foreign Travel by Officials
The Office of the Prime Minister imposed unnecessary foreign travel restrictions by all government agencies and officials as foreign currency shortage bites. Government-sponsored workshops and seminars...
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Salva Kiir Should “Resign” Like Me, Says Former Ethiopian PM
This challenge comes from an ineffective, symbolic placeholder prime minister who was expecting to be replaced later this year when the EPRDF holds its congress. BY SUDAN TRIBUNE The former Ethiopian...
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How Ethiopian Americans Changed US Policy on Ethiopia
H.Res. 128 was a David vs. Goliath match-up between small grassroots army of committed Ethiopian human rights advocates and big money lobbying. But as the old Ethiopian aphorism propounds, “if spiders...
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Sudan, Ethiopia Agree to Joint Military Force to ‘Protect Dam’
Forming a quasi-military alliance in the name of ‘protecting dam’ may not be a concern to the powerful and increasingly impatient Egypt. Eritrea, however, is concerned over the involvement of Qatar in...
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Ethiopia’s Leader: Old Wine in New Bottle?
Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has shown some signs of wanting to change the political landscape in the country. Can he resist pressure from “deep-state” forces and bring about needed change...
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After 20 Years, can Ethiopia and Eritrea Ever Reconcile?
Eritrea doesn’t need a favor or an incentive to reconcile with Ethiopia. Let Ethiopia honour its treaty obligations and respect Eritrea’s sovereignty and territorial integrity by withdrawing from all...
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Clarifications on The Economist’s Recent Article on Eritrea and Ethiopia
The full picture. Ultimately, peace should always be encouraged but it cannot sustain without respect for and observance of international law. BY DR. FIKREJESUS AMHAZION Last week, The Economist...
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Eritrea ‘Schools’ Ethiopian Minister Over Sanctions Remarks
“She [Ethiopia’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs] must be living in Cuckoo’s land …” Eritrea’s Information Minister: “Ethiopia’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs has blabbered about the “need to...
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Rebels Using Ethiopian Territory to Launch Attacks, South Sudan Decries
“We call upon the Ethiopian government to stop illegal movements of rebels inside its territory and interference in the internal affairs of South Sudan” “Rebels are using Ethiopian territory as a...
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Sudan and Ethiopia Facilitating Qatari Funded Jihadist Movement Against...
Qatar-Sudan-Ethiopia alliance against Eritrea: We hardly need to emphasize its futility. BY MINISTRY OF INFORMATION In the past two weeks during the visit of the new Prime Minister of the Federal...
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Ethiopia: Gov’t Investigating Offshore Bank Accounts of Senior Officials
[Lt Col] PM Abiy Ahmed: “Countries are cooperating with our government in the investigation.”BY ADDIS STANDARD In a meeting with senior government officials including members of his cabinet, Ethiopia’s...
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The ION: A Litany of False Stories on Eritrea
The Eritrean Ministry of Information urges the ION to show some kind of respect to its readers and desist from disseminating hoax news on Eritrea for trite reasons of sensationalization or other...
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Ginbot 7 Secretary-General Andargachew Tsige Pardoned
The Ethiopia-born British national opposition leader was abducted with the active cooperation of the now doomed Yemeni government in 2014 while in transit to Eritrea. BY AARON MAASHO | REUTERS Ethiopia...
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New Ethiopia Gov’t Drops Charges Against Berhanu Nega, Jawar Mohammed, ESAT...
Attorney General of the new Ethiopian government has ordered not only the immediate release of Andargachew Tsige but also to drop all active criminal charges against Dr. Berhanu Nega, Jawar Mohammed...
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How Genuine is Ethiopia’s Peace Offer to Eritrea?
Why is it happening now? BY BBC NEWS Ethiopia’s surprise announcement that it will abide by a 2002 border ruling raises the prospect of a final end to what was Africa’s deadliest border war and peace...
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Ethiopia: Army and Intelligence Chiefs Replaced
An honorable exit for Samora Yunis and Getachew Assefa after being treated with a shock therapy. Photo: Seare Mekonen in Green and Adem Mohammed in Blue. BY TESFANEWS Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister...
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