Category: Ethiopia
ETHIOPIA: PM Abiy Arrives In Eritrea
ASMARA (HAN) March 25. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. -Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, arrived in Asmara in mid-afternoon hours today for a two-day working visit to the country. President Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea accorded a warm welcome to the Prime Minister and his delegation on their arrival at…
ETHIOPIA: SOMALI REGION & AFAR REGION CONTROVERSY OVER POLLING STATIONS
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) March 23. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. In a notice published today, the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) said it has called off its earlier announcement establishing 30 polling stations listed in eight Kebeles under the Somali regional state. Today’s decision came after a complaint filed…
Eritrea: The EU’s Cynical Move to Shift Blame
Earlier this week, the Council of the European Union (EU) announced that it has decided to impose restrictive measures – sanctions – on Eritrean “entities”, specifically the National Security Office (NSO). While the EU announced that the decision was because of “serious human rights violations and abuses” in Eritrea, the simple truth is that the…
We don’t want WAR’ with Sudan: Ethiopian PM Abiy
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) March 23. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has reiterated his government’s commitment to resolve difference with Sudan and Egypt on the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). In his address to the parliament today, the Prime Minister said that Ethiopia…
ETHIOPIA: EU “READY TO ACTIVATE ALL FOREIGN POLICY TOOLS”
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) March 23. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Josep Borrell, High representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the EU Commission, said the block is “ready to activate all our foreign policy tools against those responsible for human rights violations,” in connection with…
Ethiopia: Not the first time Eritrean troops have marched on Axum
A photograph dated November 1935 is a reminder to us all of a distant invasion of Ethiopia. Original caption: “After Adowa – the march on Aksum” dated 5 November 1935 This commemorates the start of the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in what is today called the Second Italo-Ethiopian war. The Eritreans who marched behind the Italian…
Ethiopia: Any Soldier Responsible For Crimes In Tigray Region Will Be Held Accountable
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) March 23. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Responding to inquiries raised by members of the parliament regarding latest developments in Tigray, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed underlined that any soldier responsible for raping women and looting communities in Tigray region will be held accountable. “Reports indicate that…
Ethiopia’s treacherous transition: In-depth OPINION
ROME (HAN) March 22. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. OPINION by Goytom Teklu. Since 3 November, Ethiopia’s federal military, allied with Eritrean and Amhara forces, has launched a devastating war on Tigray regional state. Thousands have been killed, millions displaced, cities demolished and looted, and millions are starving and suffering…
Eritrea: EU’s Baseless and Offensive Resolution
Press Statement EU’s Baseless and Offensive Resolution Eritrea rejects the offensive and counterproductive resolution the EU Council of Ministers has adopted against it today. In what it termed as “restrictive measures for serious human rights violations”, the EU has specifically targeted Eritrea’s National Security Office in its malicious act. The EU has no legal or…
ETHIOPIA: UNKNOWN NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED IN ONGOING VIOLENCE IN OROMIA
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) March 22. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Reports of an ongoing conflict between Amhara residents backed by Amhara Special Forces (Liyu Hail), a claim by Oromo witnesses and Oromo residents of both Oromia Special Zone and North Shewa Zone in Amhara Regional State flooded social media…
