Category: Eritrea

  • Eritrea: Peaceful rally by nationals abroad

    Eritrea: Peaceful rally by nationals abroad

    Asmara (HAN) May 7. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Eritrean nationals in the UK and the US conducted a peaceful rally condemning the illegal sanctions the European Union has imposed on Eritrea and the hostilities to derail the peace and development initiative in the Horn of Africa. At a…

  • Eritrea: President Isaias met and held talks with Sudan’s Leaders

    Eritrea: President Isaias met and held talks with Sudan’s Leaders

    ASMARA (HAN) May 5. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. President Isaias Afwerki who is on a two-day working visit to Sudan, met and held talks with Sudanese leaders in the afternoon hours of today. In their meeting at the Aljemhuria State House, President Isaias Afwerki and Gen. Abdel Fatah al…

  • Eritrea: President Isaias Afwerki departed to the Sudan

    Eritrea: President Isaias Afwerki departed to the Sudan

    ASAMRA (HAN) May 4. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. President Isaias Afwerki departed to the Sudan, at 11:00 a.m. this morning, for a two-day working visit. Presidential delegation includes Foreign Minister Osman Saleh and Presidential Adviser Yemane Ghebreab, Yemane G. Meskel Said on his twitter account During his three-day…

  • Eritrea: The Horn of Africa – Challenges & Opportunities

    Eritrea: The Horn of Africa – Challenges & Opportunities

    ASMARA (HAN) May 1. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. OPINION BY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Eritrea. As it will be recalled, the end of the Cold War thirty years ago had engendered much hope and optimism in the Horn of Africa. The opportunities that loomed in the horizon were…

  • Ethiopia: Opposition Parties Ask UN to Ensure Eritrean Forces Leave Tigray

    Ethiopia: Opposition Parties Ask UN to Ensure Eritrean Forces Leave Tigray

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) April 30. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Three opposition parties in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region have called for an internationally monitored immediate withdrawal of Eritrean forces from the northern Tigray region bordering Eritrea. In a joint letter they wrote to the UN Security Council, the Tigray…

  • Eritrea: Eritrean President’s Praise of Farmajo Triggers Outrage

    Eritrea: Eritrean President’s Praise of Farmajo Triggers Outrage

    Asmara (HAN) April 28, 2021 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. The Eritrean leader’s Isaias Afwerki praise of Mohamed Abdillahi Farmajo as a “great” leader triggered outrage on Wednesday in neighbouring  Somaliland state, Puntland and Galmudug where his nationalist looks like policies that caused bloodshed and destruction in Mogadishu and…

  • Eritrea: 30th Independence Day celebrations

    Eritrea: 30th Independence Day celebrations

    The National Holidays Coordinating Committee announced that this year’s 30th anniversary of Independence Day, May 24, will be celebrated under the theme “Resilient-As Ever”. The Coordinating Committee also indicated that preparation is already underway to enthusiastically celebrate Independence Day at national and regional levels.

  • Ethiopia: Bait and switch diplomacy: Abiy and Isaias’s two-act drama

    Ethiopia: Bait and switch diplomacy: Abiy and Isaias’s two-act drama

    Opinion BY: Tewodros Tsegaye. The parliamentary session held on 23 March taught us, rather sadly, that Ethiopia no longer has sovereignty and that any foreign power claiming national security concerns can breach our borders to do as it pleases. During the session, false narratives about the war and the humanitarian crisis in Tigray widely propagated by government officials and…

  • Eritrea to resume partial international to Dubai

    Eritrea to resume partial international to Dubai

    The Eritrea Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) announced on Monday the Red Sea nation will resume partial international flights starting from mid-April. In a press statement, the ministry said there will be a resumption of weekly flights from the Eritrean capital Asmara to Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa as well as from Asmara to Dubai…

  • Ethiopia: Top UN Refugee Agency Official Replaced

    Ethiopia: Top UN Refugee Agency Official Replaced

    The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has replaced its deputy head in Ethiopia, Mathijs Le Rutte, after the government raised concerns about his impartiality over the conflict in Tigray, reliable sources have told BBC Amharic. In an emailed response to our enquiries, the UNHCR confirmed that a decision had been taken to replace a…

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