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Ethiopia’s “Historical Amnesia” and the Record of Its Defeats in Eritrea

Eritrea’s Minister of Information,  Yemane G. Meskel , has accused Ethiopia’s ruling  Prosperity Party (PP)  leadership of “collective historical amnesia” after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed claimed this week that his government could find no official record explaining how Ethiopia “

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President Isaias Afwerki Begins Five-Day Working Visit to Egypt: Red Sea Security and Sudan Crisis Top the Agenda

Eritrean President  Isaias Afwerki  arrived in Cairo on Wednesday morning for a  five-day working visit  at the invitation of Egyptian President  Abdel Fattah al-Sisi , marking another significant moment in the deepening ties between Asmara and Cairo. According to Eritrea’s Minis

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The Red Sea Does Not Open to Coercion

Sovereignty  — the sacred right of a people to chart their own destiny, guard their lands and waters, and govern themselves — is not lost in a single stroke, nor is it undone in a day. More often, it is tested, challenged, and chipped away, piece by piece, through strategies that

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Abiy Ahmed’s Speech: A Delusional Threat to Peace

Abiy Ahmed’s latest parliamentary speech is not mere political theater — it is a dangerous escalation. His invocation of demographic conquest, his demand for Port of Assab, and his imperial posturing are not just offensive, they are destabilizing. This is not diplomacy. It is a d

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The Responsibility of Intellectuals: A Reflection on Ethiopia’s Current Political Discourse

The role of intellectuals, as Noam Chomsky reminds us, is to speak truth to power and to hold leaders accountable for their words and actions. Unfortunately, certain segments of Ethiopia’s political elite appear to have lost sight of this fundamental responsibility. Recently, Eth

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Abiy’s Parliament Show — Big Rhetoric, Bigger Questions, No Logic

Why “Who decided?” exposes the poverty of Ethiopia’s Red Sea narrative When Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed addressed Ethiopia’s parliament on October 28, 2025, his speech was less a policy statement and more a performance — part sermon, part threat. He spoke of peace, then hinted at w

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Berhanu Jula’s “Door to the Sea”: Ethiopia’s Dangerous Game With History

It was supposed to be a day of military pride — Ethiopia’s "118th National Defence Forces Day". Flags, parades, speeches about sacrifice. Instead, Field Marshal Berhanu Jula - once held as a prisoner of war in Eritrea - used the occasion to do what Ethiopian generals have done to

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Djibouti’s New "Constitutional" Trick: When “Reform” Is Just Another Word for Succession

Djibouti’s National Assembly met this morning to approve what it called a “constitutional revision” — a phrase that, in that country’s political lexicon, usually means one thing:  Ismaïl Omar Guelleh is not done yet . The draft law, numbered  2025-03/ADP , raises the presidential

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Eritrea’s independence: Ethiopia’s never-ending excuse factory

Some stories never really age. Decades after Eritrea’s 1993 referendum, a certain breed of Ethiopian elites, including those “opposition” stalwarts who are waiting for Abiy to fall,  have perfected the fine art of grievance-making. History, law, and basic logic? Mere props in the

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Eritrea and the UN: A New Language of Partnership

Why the UN’s approach in Asmara may be the most important development story Africa isn’t talking about. The hall at the National Confederation of Eritrean Workers was full, alive with an energy I hadn’t felt before at any event hosted by international partners in Asmara. The even

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Eritrea’s 2025 ACRWC Report Highlights Gains in Child Welfare and Self-Reliant Social Policy

The Government of Eritrea has submitted its  Fourth Periodic Report  on the  African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) , covering the years  2020 to 2024 . It is a dense, data-rich document — 174 pages of policy detail, charts, and social indicators — that qu

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The Afar Card: Ethiopia’s Proxy War Against Eritrea

As we recall, for the second time in just two weeks, Ethiopia has gone before the United Nations to accuse Eritrea of “supporting armed groups” inside its territory. No evidence. No coordinates. No captured fighters. Just a letter — carefully timed, theatrically phrased — and qui

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