US Aiming for Warmer Ties with Eritrea: Envoy
BY AFP The United States wants better ties with Eritrea following this month’s lifting of UN sanctions against the Horn of Africa nation, Washington’s top Africa diplomat said on Friday.
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Bruton: Ambassador Yamamoto’s Visit to Eritrea ‘Encouraging’
BY ASKANEWS * The first visit for “over a decade” by an American Deputy Secretary of State in Eritrea is “an encouraging sign that the US government intends to do its part to normalize relations” after years of isolation policy towards Asmara.
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Opinion: Shift in U.S. Policy on Eritrea Unclear
By The Cipher Brief, International sanctions and poor relations with neighbors have left Eritrea largely isolated in East Africa. Relations between the U.S. and Eritrea are tense, partially due to alleged human rights abuses by the Eritrean government. Indeed, a number of Eritreans flee the country – many cite the country’s mandatory and essentially indefinite […]
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Open Letter to Ms. Bronwyn Bruton
By Aghade W., Dear Ms. Bruton: First, I congratulate you on organizing a successful conference titled: #RethinkingEritrea. Overall, your presentation was clear and concise, while Mr. Seth Kaplan and Mr. Anthony Carroll’s were very focused and informative. I only hope this is a beginning of many more endeavors to educate policymakers in Washington D.C. about […]
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Expert Argue Improving Relation with Eritrea in United States’ Strategic Interest
Given the high stakes in the Horn of Africa, and very low level of effort that would be required to set the stage for a much better relationship in the future, it is surely in Washington’s interest to try. By Dimetros Birku, For over seven years, Eritrea was treated more like a pariah state.The UN […]
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Eritrea – USA Relations Whence From?
By Berhane Alazar, Although not exactly alarming anymore, the perpetuous actions the US have been actively taking against Eritrea and its people for some time now has been weird and perplexing to put it mildly. The latest silly action taken by certain US government officials against Eritrea over the weekend begs the question: “Why are […]
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Why Was the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary in Asmara?
By Aghade, Top US officials are not known for frequenting Eritrea. Hence, whenever they visit the capital Asmara, people tend to ask a lot of questions. We know two major events occurred in June 2016 that might have prompted the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Dr. Shannon Lee Smith, to visit […]
Continue ReadingTime For a New Eritrea Policy Out of Washington
By Bereket Kidane, Everything that one can think of to bring down a government and a people has been tried and failed when it comes to Eritrea. Every trick in the book has been put to use. Frustrated enemies whose anti-Eritrea efforts have failed have turned to blaming the mining companies, diaspora Eritreans for their […]
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