By Con Coughlin | The Telegraph, Attempts by China to increase its strategic involvement in East Africa have raised serious concerns about the future of one of America’s key intelligence-gathering posts on Islamic State and al-Qaeda. Since the September 11 attacks in 2001, the US military’s Camp Lemonnier, which is located in the East African […]
Continue Reading“The US should agree to abstain rather than veto a resolution to lift Sanction on Eritrea” – Herman Cohen, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Africa By Herman Cohen, After being part of Ethiopia for forty years, the people of Eritrea held a referendum in April 1993 and decided to establish an independent state. The […]
Continue Reading“Jihadawi Harekat” is a smear campaign designed to vilify, malign, demean and marginalize Ethiopian Muslims By Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam, In December 2011, I wrote a commentary entitled, “Ethiopia: Land of Blood or Land of Corruption?” contrasting two portraits of Ethiopia. At the time, the portrait painted by Transparency International (TI) (Corruption Index) and Global Financial […]
Continue ReadingBy Durame, In an unexpected move, Eritrea extends its condolence to longtime rival Ethiopia after Meles Zenawi’s death, local reporters have said. After days of silence, Eritrea’s Deputy Ambassador to the AU, Biniam Berhe, visited the Ethiopian National Palace on Monday, where the former prime minister’s coffin has been on display for mourners. While at […]
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