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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At an invitation of President Isaias Afwerki, President Hassan Shiek Mohamud of the Federal Republic of Somalia arrives in Asmara in the afternoon hours of today for a four-day official visit.
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November 8 marks the 25th anniversary of the circulation of the first Eritrean national banknotes and coins – the Nakfa. BY GRACE SEYOUM | BLACK PAST Clarence Holbert is best known as the chief designer of Eritrea’s currency and the second African American engraver to work at the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Born […]
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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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Eritrea’s Office of Auditor General continues to win Awards of Excellence from prestigious institutions for meticulous, rigorous, and regular work in the financial auditing of public institutions. BY RUTH ABRAHAM | SHABAIT It was a regional annual evaluation conference of the AFROSAI-E conducted in May. A man stood on the stage and started speaking of […]
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Ethiopian peace deal calls for disarmament and reintegration of Tigrayan combatants The Ethiopian government and regional forces from Tigray agreed on Wednesday to cease hostilities, a surprise diplomatic breakthrough after nearly two years of war. Following are reactions to the agreement. Ethiopian Human Rights Commission “For sustainable and inclusive peace to be achieved, the adoption […]
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“We’ve agreed to disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of TPLF combatants into society with security considerations.” – Ethiopia National Security Advisor The warring sides in the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray have agreed to a truce, the African Union’s mediator said Wednesday following marathon talks in South Africa. “The two parties in the Ethiopian conflict […]
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The war between Ethiopia and the TPLF may be coming to an end, but the US is using sanctions to have the final word despite the apparent defeat of its proxy. BY ANN GARRISON | BLACK AGENDA REPORT The Ethiopian and Eritrean armies now seem close to winning a two-year war with the Tigray People’s […]
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