Ethiopia’s Security Crisis Self-inflicted, Eritrea Innocent – Former US Diplomat

BY AFRICA NEWS Ethiopia must deal with its home generated security crisis and stop using Eritrea as a smokescreen, this is the view of a former United States Assistant Secretary of State. Herman Cohen on Monday waded into renewed claims by Ethiopia that neighbouring Eritrea was backing groups aimed at destabilizing the country.

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Ethiopia at an Ominous Crossroads: Amb. Cohen

BY AMBASSADOR HERMAN COHEN Article 39 of the Ethiopian Constitution states: “Every Nation, Nationality, and People in Ethiopia has an unconditional right to self-determination, including the right to secession.” This Constitution was adopted in 1994 and ratified in 1995. Between that year and the present, the “right of self-determination” among the country’s nine official “states,” […]

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U.S. Should take Advantage of Eritrea’s Strategic Location: Amb. Herman Cohen

By Justin L. Wilson | for International Policy Digest, Ambassador Herman J. Cohen (Ret.) served in the U.S. Foreign Service for 38 years and has dedicated his entire professional career to African affairs. During his tenure as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the first Bush Administration, and through his role at the NSC […]

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ብ ተስፋማርያም ሓጎስ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ነዛ ብዓመጽቲ ዝተመንዝዓቶ ነጻነቱ ንምርካብ ዝሓሓለፎ መሪር ገድልን ዝኸፈሎ ረዚን መስዋእትን ኣብ ኣህጉር ኣፍሪቃስ ይትረፍ ኣብ ዓለም ውን መዳርግቲ የብሉን ። ክንሕረድ እንዳሰማዕና እንዳረኣና ኣብ መጋርያ ሓዊ ክንጥበስ ፡ ነፍሰ ጾራት ኣዴታት ኣብ ከብደን ዘሎ ዕሸል እንተ ተወሊዱ ወንበዴ ክኸውን እዩ እናበሉ ብሳንጃ ከብደን ዘልዚሎም ክድርብይወን ከለዉ ፡ ቆልዓ ሰበይቲ […]

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Eritrea and Ethiopia: A Response to Herman Cohen

By Dr. Samuel Mahaffy, Herman Cohen’s post on Eritrea – Ethiopia (“The Red Sea Is Slipping into Total Arab Control” December 28, 2015 ) deserves a thoughtful response. In the face of deliberate mis-information campaigns against Eritrea, Cohen has had the courage to invite the world to consider positive engagement with Eritrea. His premise, that […]

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“The Mind of the African Strongman”

By Dr. Samuel Mahaffy, “How do we cope with the human rights atrocities committed by our best friends?” “Such is the dilemma of US policy in Africa” (p. 51). Herman Cohen brings forward a refreshingly honest account of US foreign policy in Africa. This is a surprisingly candid account of Cohen’s encounter with ‘post-colonial’ African […]

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