The TPLF and Its “Commitment to Peace”

In keeping with its longstanding precedent, established over several decades, the TPLF has spent the last two years repeatedly rebuffing offers for peace and breaking ceasefires. BY FIKREJESUS AMHAZION Events in the Tigray region of Ethiopia continue to rapidly develop. The TPLF, which started the current third round of military confrontations, continues to face a […]

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Important, Yet Overlooked: Maternity Waiting Homes in Eritrea

Maternity Waiting Homes are residential facilities where women living remotely stays before giving birth at health facilities. BY FIKREJESUS AMHAZION (Ph.D) | SHABAIT Eritrea is one of the few countries that entered the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) period having achieved most of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related to health. Since the […]

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Child Health and Survival: Lessons from Eritrea

The country has one of the lowest child mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa and is on track to meet the Sustainable Development Goal on child mortality by 2030. BY FIKREJESUS AMHAZION (PH.D.) The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development goal 3.2 targets a reduction in neonatal mortality to at least 12 per 1,000 live births and […]

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Is the EU Working to Create Yet Another Berlin Wall in the Horn of Africa?

The 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 […]

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