Abiy Ahmed Can’t Hide Ethiopia’s Collapse Behind DiplomacyEritrea’s Football Fight: Talent, Pressure, and ResolveAbiy Ahmed’s Shameful UN Vote Betrays Africa and PalestineWhy Eritrea Matters Again to the European UnionAU appoints Kikwete as Horn of Africa, Red Sea envoyEritrea’s AFCON Return Revives a Proud Football HistoryOpinion Piece Published on Jerusalem Post by Dr Shmuel Legesse on 15 March 2026 – A ResponseAmerica First in Africa Means Interests First, Pretense LastBeyond the Propaganda: Wode Maya, Eritrea, and the Reality of African SovereigntyThe World Cannot Afford a Second Maritime Meltdown in the Red SeaAbiy Ahmed Can’t Hide Ethiopia’s Collapse Behind DiplomacyEritrea’s Football Fight: Talent, Pressure, and ResolveAbiy Ahmed’s Shameful UN Vote Betrays Africa and PalestineWhy Eritrea Matters Again to the European UnionAU appoints Kikwete as Horn of Africa, Red Sea envoyEritrea’s AFCON Return Revives a Proud Football HistoryOpinion Piece Published on Jerusalem Post by Dr Shmuel Legesse on 15 March 2026 – A ResponseAmerica First in Africa Means Interests First, Pretense LastBeyond the Propaganda: Wode Maya, Eritrea, and the Reality of African SovereigntyThe World Cannot Afford a Second Maritime Meltdown in the Red Sea
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America First in Africa Means Interests First, Pretense Last

Washington has finally said it plainly. In a March 19 speech at the Powering Africa Summit, Senior Bureau Official Nick Checker laid out the Trump administration’s Africa policy in language that stripped away much of the old diplomatic wrapping. Africa, in this telling, is no lon

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The World Cannot Afford a Second Maritime Meltdown in the Red Sea

As the Strait of Hormuz buckles under the weight of war, a reckless axis of actors—driven by Abu Dhabi and executed by its clients in Addis Ababa—threatens to turn the Horn of Africa into a global economic catastrophe. At a moment when the Strait of Hormuz is already under severe

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How Washington Rewrote Its Africa Playbook — And Why the 2025 NSS Quietly Favors Eritrea’s Position

When the United States released its National Security Strategy in November 2025, most observers fixated on China, Russia, EU and the shifting landscape in the Middle East. Few looked at the final pages—three compressed paragraphs under “Africa”—where Washington quietly rewrote ho

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Sudan: A Proxy Machine, a Sub-Imperial Ambition, and a Region Fighting to Stop the Collapse

There are moments in African politics when the truth hides in plain sight, yet the world pretends it sees fog. Sudan’s war is one of them. For nearly two years, analysts have wasted ink debating “complexity,” “dual narratives,” and “moral ambiguity.” It’s nonsense. Strip away the

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Eritrea Challenges U.S. “Investment Climate” Report as Outdated

Eritrea has challenged the accuracy and intent of the latest  Investment Climate Statement on Eritrea  published by the U.S. State Department in late September, describing the annual assessment as factually flawed and politically outdated. Information Minister  Yemane G. Meskel ,

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End Sanctions As First Step To Normalize Eritrea-US Relations

There is a popular Eritrean song titled “Abey Alo Btsay Tegadalai” (where is my comrade freedom fighter) that poignantly describes the sheer level of sacrifice and difficulties endured, voluntarily, by Eritrean freedom fighters. The song rhetorically asks “but by whose order” did

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Eritrea and U.S. Signal Opening for Renewed Engagement at UNGA80

Eritrea’s Foreign Minister Osman Saleh has held a series of high-level meetings on the sidelines of the 80th UN General Assembly, signaling renewed momentum in the country’s international engagement after years of strained ties. On Wednesday, Saleh met with Massad Fares Boulos, S

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