Translated from Tesfaye Gebreab’s recently published memoir of the 1998-2000 Ethiopia – Eritrea border war titled “የደራሲው ማስታወሻ” – An account of an Ethiopian army colonel. BY BEREKET KIDANE “Good morning Colonel?” “Greetings Mr. Journalist” “I appreciate your punctuality.” “Well, I am a soldier aren’t I?”
Continue ReadingIf not a diversion tactic from the ongoing infighting within the ruling party and the growing Muslim unrest in the capital, What is the message TPLF led Ethiopia wants to send by holding military exercise inside the occupied Eritrean territories? By Tsegezab Gebregergis, Eritrea and Ethiopia were engaged in a bloody war instigated by the […]
Continue ReadingBy TesfaNews, A recent remark made by the Prime Minister of Ethiopia with Aljazeera Television has received considerable coverage mainly because of his response to a question on Ethiopia-Eritrea relations that was inaccurately reported as a policy shift by Ethiopia. However, the only thing different we have heard this time against his late predecessor Zenawi […]
Continue ReadingBy Aljazeera, Hailemariam Desalegn, Ethiopia’s prime minister, has said that he is willing to hold talks with neighbouring Eritrea, with whom Addis Ababa fought a border war that ended in 2000. If Desalgen follows through with Wednesday’s statement, it will be the first time a leader in Addis Ababa has held talks with Issaias Afeworki, the Eritrean […]
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Tesfamariam, The Independent Eritrea Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) delivered its final and binding delimitation and demarcation decisions on 13 April 2002 and 30 November 2007 respectively. Emboldened by the diplomatic, financial, military and political shield and support it receives from the United States and its allies, the belligerent minority regime in Ethiopia continues […]
Continue ReadingTPLF led Ethiopian government is tactically at war with the Afar people in order to realize their dream of ‘Greater Tigray” by incorporating a chunk of Afar territory – ARDUF By ARDUF, The Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (ARDUF) through its Press Release issued on Tuesday (27) has denied the existence of any “attacks” carried out by the Ethiopian government forces […]
Continue ReadingBy African Press Organization, Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Austria, Michael Spindelegger, expressed his concern over the growing tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea. “Reports of attacks on Eritrean territory near the Ethiopian border are causing alarm bells to ring and are pointing to the need for preventive diplomacy“, said the Vice Chancellor. Spindelegger demanded an end to the […]
Continue ReadingOne thing that Zenawi has missed throughout was, it is impossible to become a beggar and regional power at the same time. By Tazabi-1, The main objective of the recent media campaign by the Meles Zenawi Chenawi regime for its incursion and attacks inside Eritrea was to bring the Ethio-Eritrean border issue back to limelight in a hope to find some […]
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