Category: Opinion
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…
Mozambique’s The Newest Front In The US’ So-Called Global War On Terror
Many observers missed the US’ designation in early March of Mozambique’s “Al Shabaab” as an ISIS-affiliated global terrorist organization and its subsequent dispatch of roughly a dozen Green Berets to the country to aid the national military in its counter-terrorist operations, but this development signals that the Southern African state has importantly become the newest…
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…
SOMALIA: MOMENT OF HISTORICAL JUNCTION
MOGADISHU (HAN) March 23. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. By Ahmed Abbas Four Years of Democratic Backsliding (2017 – 2021). The election of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on 8th February 2017 was welcomed with jubilation and hope. It was expected that during the mandate of the celebrated new president (2017-2021) of Somalia,…
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…
The Ethiopian war plan that went astray: Opinion
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) March 19. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Opinion By Fassil Hailu. On 5 November, two days after the war broke out in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said his campaign has “clear, limited and achievable objectives.” On 14 November, his office issued a statement outlining the four objectives of…
Ethiopia: Susan Rice Evil Plan Revealed to legitimize the TPLF, Divine Right Rulers
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) March 19. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Posted in Al Mariam’s Commentaries By almariam Author’s Note: These are my opinions based on research and analysis available in open-source intelligence (publicly available information). I can confidently say my prior predictions about Ethiopia have come to pass. For…
A border war looms between Sudan and Ethiopia: Opinion
AL-FASHAGA (HAN) March 19. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. By: Max Bearak This fertile borderland between two rivers has long held the key ingredients for a war. For decades, a precarious status quo prevailed here between Sudan, which owns the land according to a century-old treaty, and Ethiopia, which has…
Ethiopia: PM Abiy’s Three Big Challenges
By Nick Westcott Abiy is known to have strong convictions but also for having a pragmatic streak. To find a path to peace, he will need both. On the surface, Addis Ababa appears much as it always has. The streets are full of people, some wearing masks, most not. The roads are full of cars.…
Ethiopian authorities cannot investigate their own crimes in Tigray
OPINION by Mistir Sew. The ongoing gross violations of international laws in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, perpetrated by Eritrean and Ethiopian forces, have shocked the international community. Powerful states such as the US and international actors like top UN officials have denounced the crimes. The massacres, rapes, forced displacements, and coordinated expropriation and destruction of private and…