“As the 1st US Special Envoy, Feltman’s over-arching mission was to salvage the TPLF and stoke wider conflict in the Horn of Africa. His diatribe against Eritrea on Christmas week stems from his frustration on a botched mission. Eritrea cherishes durable peace which is outside his radar-screen.” - Information Minister BY ERITREAN EMBASSY | AN […]
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“The ENDF, the Federal Police, and other federal security organs shall take full and effective control of national airspace, aviation safety and security, and all federal facilities, installations, and major infrastructure such as airports and highways within the Tigray Region.” - Pretoria Agreement BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ethiopia’s federal police said Thursday that its members […]
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“This is a very vital and existential matter to us. And we thank the United States for its support and its attention.” - President al-Sisi BY AFP Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday sought US help in pressing Ethiopia into an agreement on a mega-dam that the parched Arab country sees as an existential […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has recounted how he helped to resolve the conflict between Ethiopia and Tigray rebels. BY KUNLE DARAMOLA | THE CABLE On November 2, the Ethiopian government agreed to end the two-year conflict with rebel forces in the country’s northern Tigray region. The agreement on the “permanent cessation of hostilities” was reached […]
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The US seems willing to accept Ethiopia’s defeat of its former puppet, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) if it can just drive a wedge between Ethiopia and Eritrea. BY ANN GARRISON | BLACK AGENDA REPORT Western officials and pundits never stop trying to drive a wedge between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Their screams that Eritrea […]
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Eritrea maintains good relations with its neighbors and the end goal is to establish a Horn of Africa community that will advance the interest of the member states. BY ALI SAID FAQI | WORLD MEDIA * The Horn of Africa (HoA) is a home for people of different ethnicity, cultures, languages, and religions. The region […]
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Humanitarian convoys carrying desperately needed food aid entered Tigray for the first time since a ceasefire agreement was signed two-week ago. Convoys carrying desperately needed food aid have entered Tigray, as humanitarian groups gained access to the war-torn northern Ethiopian region for the first time since a ceasefire agreement was signed two weeks ago. The […]
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The peace deal highlights how needless all that suffering was. BY CARA ANNA | AP A new round of talks began Monday between Ethiopia’s government and Tigray regional representatives to work out military and other details of last week’s signing of a “permanent” cessation of hostilities in a two-year conflict thought to have killed hundreds of […]
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