Category: Eritrea
Eritrea: Tigray government is a house divided leadership
Asmara (HAN) November 27, 2020. Public Diplomacy and regional security update. The Federal National defense forces and the army are now control vast tracts of territory in Tigray regional state, where they repeatedly attack even the regional Tigray capital Makelle and intensified the pressure Tigray region to replace the local leadership with new centrally imposed…
Eritrea: Emirati Armed Drones Attacking TPLF?
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declares that the war in the Tigray Region has entered its “final phase”. The conflict broke out on November 4 when the country’s central government accused the region’s local authorities of holding “illegal” elections and seizing a military base. Thousands of civilians have fled to neigbouring Sudan as the federal army advances towards the regional capital of…
Eritrea: Delegation visit Egypt exchanged views on current situation in Ethiopia
Asmara, 18 November 2020 – Eritrea’s delegation composed of Foreign Minister Osman Saleh and Presidential Adviser Yemane Ghebreab met the Foreign Minister of Egypt Sameh Shoukri in Cairo today. The meeting was a continuation of the regular consultations between the two countries on bilateral and regional issues. Today’s discussion between the Eritrean and Egyptian delegations…
Eritrea: Israel’s Comeback in the Horn of Africa
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) November 18. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. By Corrado Cok. In 2016, Benjamin Netanyahu was the first Israeli prime minister to visit Africa in 30 years. The visit was consistent with his announced intent to rebuild Israel’s ties with the continent, especially East Africa, where his tour took…
Eritrea: FM Osman Saleh Speaks About the Current Situation
MÜNSTER (HAN) November 18. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues.. In July 2020 Ulrich Coppel sent written questions to Eritrea’s Foreign Minister Osman Saleh. It was intended as a follow-up to an interview published in the WESTFÄLISCHE NACHRICHTEN in October 2019. For technical reasons, however, Osman Saleh was unable to answer the following…
Eritrea: Dangerous Escalation In The Horn Of Africa
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) November 18. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. by Ulrich Coppel. On the evening of 14 November 2020, violent explosions caused by a missile attack by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) shook Eritrea’s capital Asmara. Earlier, a TPLF spokesperson announced attacks on Eritrean targets in social…
Ethiopia: Stronger Navy Stations in Eritrea, Djibouti and Somaliland 2021
Addis Ababa (HAN) November 18, 2020. Public Diplomacy and regional Naval Force in Africa. According to FANA and other regional defense and security sources told Geeska Afrika Online, that Ethiopia is working on the idea of building stronger maritime forces station in Eritrea, Djibouti and Somaliland 2021. According to BBC Africa desk, When Eritrea re-gained its independence…
Eritrea: US Condemns TPLF Attack on an airport
The United States has denounced the attack by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) on an airport in Eritrea and is calling on all parties to de-escalate, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Tuesday. “The United States strongly condemns the attack carried out by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) on…
Ethiopia: Fleeing Tigray war, crossing river into Sudan
HAMDAYAT, Sudan – Ethiopians fleeing war in the northern Tigray region crossed a border river into neighbouring Sudan on Saturday, some in boats, some swimming or wading through the water. Speaking to Reuters in the Sudanese border town of Hamdayat, they gave accounts of the escalating conflict in Tigray state, where government forces are battling…
Ethiopia and Eritrea Have a Common Enemy
Asmara (HAN) July 13, 2018. Regional Security and Stability, Opinion By. Bronwyn Bruton is the deputy director of the Atlantic Council Africa Center in Washington, D.C. Ethiopia’s new prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, made headlines across the world with his surprise move last month to resolve his country’s two-decade-long fight with Eritrea. The nation of Eritrea…
