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  • Burning The Termite Mound: An Autopsy of Gedion’s Speech

    Burning The Termite Mound: An Autopsy of Gedion’s Speech

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    Dr. Gedion Timothewos, Ethiopia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, gave an unflattering speech about Eritrea. Where did he speak, in which language, to whom? are all clues to the message itself.  We will get to all of it in good time, but for those of you who would like to receive your messages in micro articles,…

  • Eritrea – State of the Nation

    Eritrea – State of the Nation

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    INTRODUCTION (1) Between December 2018 and May 2019, a diverse group of Eritrean professionals met in Nairobi, Kenya and online to evaluate developments since the rapprochement between Eritrea and Ethiopia (“ERITREAN THOUGHT LEADERS ON THE PRESENT DYNAMICS IN THE HORN OF AFRICA”). While we welcome the Eritrea-Ethiopia peace process and appreciate the Ethiopian leadership for…

  • President Isaias Afwerki’s Acquiesence to Saudi Arabia

    President Isaias Afwerki’s Acquiesence to Saudi Arabia

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    [spider_facebook id=”4″] Saudi Arabia and its allies–Qatar and Emirates–now have effective control of Eritrea’s coastline and its air space.  How Eritrea, a fiercely independent country, got itself into such dependency is a subject that occupies the minds of all thinking Eritreans, including senior members of the ruling party, People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ). Although…