By Sam B., For the Major Powers, Ethiophiles and the Ethiopian Regime itself, “today, even more than in Haile Selassie’s time, saving the Empire from disintegration has become the major preoccupation”2, wrote the renowned scholar Dr. Amare Tekle. A herculean task is afoot again to save the creaking patchwork of nationalities called Ethiopia from its […]
Continue Reading“We are committed to Eritreans and working with their government to promote rights and liberties, economic openings, and improved regional relations.” – U.S. Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Linda Thomas Greenfield (12 Dec 2013) By Bereket Kidane, Many venerable United States diplomats and undersecretaries formerly responsible for America’s Africa policy are preaching improved relations between […]
Continue ReadingEDITOR’S NOTE: Following several open letters written by prominent members of the US foreign policy establishments calling for an improved relation between Eritrea and the United States and for Eritrea and Ethiopia to commence towards normalizing their relations, representatives of Eritrea and Ethiopia finally reacts to that. VOA correspondent Tewelde Weldegebriel conducts an interview with […]
Continue ReadingBy Organization of Eritrean – Americans (OEA), We at the Organization of Eritrean Americans (OEA) applaud the former U.S. ambassadors and diplomats who are trying publicly to get American foreign policy makers to revisit and refocus on the festering issues at the root of the crises plaguing the troubled Horn of Africa. Between them, they […]
Continue ReadingBy Kibreab Tesfay, Former US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Herman Cohen’s article (Time to Bring Eritrea in from the Cold; published by African Arguments on 16 December 2013) seems to have stirred much interest among old Africa hands even as there is scant evidence of serious introspection and policy review inside Foggy Bottom […]
Continue ReadingWhy Bring Eritrea in from the Cold? Changing United States Unjust Policy towards Eritrea: The Art of Manipulation, and Calculated Deception, and Eritrean Political adroitness By Mebrahtu Asfaha, Recently, the United States and the European Union have taken a conciliatory tone towards Eritrea by encouraging clearly manifested language of peace and inclusion. Thus, articles with headings […]
Continue ReadingBy TesfaNews, Former U.S. Ambassadors and diplomats have responded in a variety of ways to Ambassador Herman Cohen’s proposal on how to approach pragmatically and bring Eritrea back to the fold in-order to improve its severed relation with Ethiopia and the United States. Here we are going to present the views of two former U.S. […]
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