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WATCH: Politicizing Eritrean Migration

January 31, 2016TesfaNews15 Comments

By The Wrong Kind of Green, Coverage of Eritrean migration has been highly politicized leading to much confusion on the issue. Journalists usually quote suspected traffickers and/or activists with declared “regime change” agenda for their perspectives on conditions inside Eritrea and these accounts are then used to present a “human rights” case against the country.

Vice President Biden-The US Must Also Call on Ethiopia to “Abide by its Treaty Obligations”

November 21, 2014July 31, 2020TesfaNews35 Comments

By Sophia Tesfamariam, SPEAKING in Kiev, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said that “it is unacceptable in the 21st century for countries to attempt to redraw borders by force in Europe or intervene militarily because they don’t like a decision their neighbors have made.” Biden called on Russia to “respect the country’s territorial integrity”. The US […]