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 […]
Continue ReadingThe European Union is at a critical juncture in the Horn of Africa. BY HIZBAWI MENGHISTEAB As recently as February 8, 2021, in a Joint-Statement by High-Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell, Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen, and Commissioner Janez Lenarčič, the European Union (EU) expressed its concern on the on-going Law and Order Enforcement Operation in the Tigray Region […]
Continue ReadingGrowing Desert Locust swarms continue to spread in the Horn of Africa with no apparent end in sight. BY MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE Control operations against Desert Locusts in Eritrea exceeded 34,500 hectares until February 6, 2020. According to Mr. Tedros Sium, Head of the Migratory Pests Control Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture, control operations […]
Continue ReadingIn the face of attempts by conflict entrepreneurs to kill hope again, the people of the Horn region are ready to face the challenges with renewed hope and confidence. BY SOPHIA TESFAMARIAM (AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE) The anti-Eritrea campaigns in cyberspace are in full swing and it is not just the economic, social, and political systems in Eritrea […]
Continue ReadingBY PROF. AL MARIAM Praxis is simply the practical application of theory. In praxis, one is not interested in trying to understand the world in the abstract but to act in the world in order to change it and make it better. Last week, H.E. Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed was doing whirlwind shuttle diplomacy […]
Continue ReadingBY TARIKU DEBRETSION Within a few months of signing a peace and cooperation agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea in Asmara on July 7, 2018, things are changing at a staggering speed. Telecommunications between the two countries have quickly resumed. Ethiopians and Eritreans at the border jumped at the opportunity to visit and trade with each […]
Continue ReadingBY MEHARI TADDELE MARU | TRT WORLD The Horn of Africa appears to be gearing towards a new order set off by a global competition of strategic interest by great powers in Africa. In addition to internal political upheavals, the competition is precipitated by a struggle for influence in the region by the US and […]
Continue ReadingPeace is created through the actions and interactions of statesmen, and diplomacy is its key ingredient. BY SOPHIA TESFAMARIAM | SHABAIT These are the time of rapid, breath-taking, developments in the Horn of Africa region. The changes have bewildered analysts who have been pontificating about the Horn for decades, only to get it all wrong […]
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