OPINION
Reflections on the Ankara Declaration: Hopes and Reservations for the Horn of Africa
The Ankara Declaration, signed on December 11, 2024, between Ethiopia and Somalia, represents a significant diplomatic breakthrough in the turbulent geopolitics of the Horn...
President Isaias Afeworki: War On Fano Was a Foreign Agenda
Recently through his local TV, Fana Broadcasting Service, Prime Minister Abiy Ahamed of Ethiopia delivered a scathing personal criticism of his former big brother...
The Horn of Africa: The Egypt-Somalia Security Pact and Its Implications for Regional Security
The escalating tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia have raised significant concerns about the geopolitical dynamics in the Horn of Africa. These developments carry serious...
From Canada to Kigali: Melku Gebrekristos Turns Food Waste into Opportunity
As reported by the Rwandan outlet The New Times, for some, a vacation offers a break from routine. However, for Melku Gebrekristos, an Eritrean-Canadian...
Getachew’s Calls for Peace: Reckoning with a Troubled Legacy in Eritrean Relations
Getachew Reda, the President of Tigray’s Interim Administration, recently called for peaceful relations with Eritrea, stating, “We want to make peace with the Eritreans;...
France 24’s Dishonest reporting from the Tigray Region of Ethiopia
Recently, I came across a video report by a France 24 journalist who implicitly claimed she was reporting from an Ethiopian area occupied by...
Strategic Tensions in the Horn of Africa: The Eritrea-Egypt-Somalia Alliance and Ethiopia’s Maritime Ambitions
The emerging strategic partnership between Eritrea, Egypt, and Somalia is reshaping the geopolitical landscape of the Horn of Africa, where regional tensions and competing...
Field Marshal Berhanu Jula’s Charlatan Politics
Over the years the Eritrean people have witnessed the duplicity, arrogance, and incompetence of successive Ethiopian government officials and paid YouTubers. They are ungrateful...
Root Causes of the Current Power Struggle in Tigray, Ethiopia
Many people are surprised to see how fast the political structure in Tigray has been crumbling. Officials of the Tigray Provisional Government, established under...
No, They Are Not Traitors
September is a time when people around the world reflect on issues of national security and terrorism, especially following the September 11th attacks, which...
Ethiopia’s Dangerous Power Play Could Derail the Horn of Africa’s Last Hope for Peace
As Ethiopia sounds the alarm over the transition from the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) to a new peace support mission, the...
A Tribute to Berhane Abrehe
As I begin writing this article on September 2nd, 2024, it marks a week since Berhane Abrehe passed away at Asmara Air Force Hospital,...
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