King Salman hosts a meeting of Foreign Ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Eritrea, Yemen, Sudan , Djibouti, and Somalia for signing the founding Charter of the new alliance. BY TESFANEWS * Saudi Arabia today hosted a meeting for the signing of the Charter of the Council of Arab and African Coastal States of the Red Sea […]
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BY MINISTRY OF INFORMATION | PRESS RELEASE The geostrategic importance of the Red Sea is too palpable to merit extended elaboration. Global and regional developments in the past decades and current trends further accentuate the full ramifications of its importance.
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Is this a desperate call for Qatar by Al Jazeera and Ethiopia to balance UAE and Saudi Arabia’s support to Eritrea? BY TESFANEWS Over 10 miserably armed opposition groups that are backed by arch rival Ethiopia, are struggling to survive as Ethiopia mired in internal ethnic problems and the Eritrean government strengthen its military and […]
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The State Department’s attitude towards Eritrea has been singularly and unfailingly negative. BY DANA ROHRABACHER (R-CA) | THE NATIONAL INTEREST President Trump understands the danger posed by Iran and the necessity of confronting that mullah-controlled Islamic country. He has cited the nefarious role played by the Houthis—a Shiite terrorist group operating in Yemen that is […]
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Eritrea is coming in from the cold. Could that spark a shooting war with Ethiopia? BY TOM GARDNER | FOREIGN POLICY Two recent and seemingly incongruous events may one day be seen as symbolic turning points for Eritrea, a one-party state often referred to as Africa’s hermit kingdom. The first was a bloody clash on Eritrea’s […]
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By Francis Mattew | Gulf News, The UAE is establishing two naval bases in the Red Sea in Somaliland’s Berbera and Eritrea’s Assab at the same time that Saudi Arabia is boosting its naval presence in the south Red Sea with a naval base in Djibouti. A few years ago, such a forceful presence would […]
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By Mohamed Farah Abdi, As the Iran Press TV broadcasted, Somalia’s government is reportedly planning to file a legal case against the rulers of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for setting up a military base in the unrecognized breakaway republic of Somaliland.
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By Mohamed Olad Hassan | VOA News Officials in Somalia and breakaway Somaliland took bribes in exchange for authorizing a United Arab Emirates military base in the port city of Berbera, according to Somalia’s auditor general. Auditor General Nur Jimale Farah is one of several observers questioning the propriety of the UAE base deal, which […]
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