Amid Frosty Juba – Addis Relation, Eritrea Throws its Weight Behind South Sudan
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...
View ArticleEthiopia Out of Control with African Union’s Blessings
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...
View ArticleThe Vanishing Nile: A Great River Faces a Multitude of Threats
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...
View Article‘No One but China Offers a Long-term Partnership in Djibouti’: President Guelleh
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...
View ArticleEritrea – Ethiopia: 15 Years of Silence and Complicity
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...
View ArticleEU Declaration on the 15th Anniversary of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary...
“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)...
View ArticleJustice Deferred: The 15 Year Anniversary of the Eritrea Ethiopia Boundary...
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,...
View ArticleEthiopia: ‘Diarrhea’ Outbreak Getting Closer to Becoming a National Emergency
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...
View ArticleStop Betraying Eritrea with Impunity, Implement EEBC Decision
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...
View ArticleSudan Criticizes Egypt for UN vote
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...
View ArticleEthiopia: First Donkey Abattoir Shuts Down
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...
View ArticleEgypt, Sudan Agree to Cool Down Tensions
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...
View ArticleThe TN Weekend News Digest #6
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...
View ArticleU.S. Citizens Warned Against Travel to Gondar after Grenade Attacks
“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...
View ArticleEthiopia is Facing a Killer Drought
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...
View ArticleUS Doesn’t Need Ethiopia in its War on Terror in the Horn of Africa
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...
View ArticleEgypt and Eritrea Foreign Ministers Discuss South Sudan, Regional Issues
“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...
View ArticleSomaliand Not Concerned by Ethiopian PM Comments: Minister
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...
View ArticleStop Betraying Eritrea with Impunity, Implement EEBC Decision
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...
View ArticleSudan Criticizes Egypt for UN vote
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...
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