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Famine & Starvation wanted in Ethiopia by Regime in Power & its Foreign Backers
By Zeleke WA
October 6, 2008 — Once again, a substantial number of Ethiopians are under the treat of widespread famine and starvation. Despite the occasional denials expressed by the Meles Zenawi regime for some sinister reasons, the Western media have played an important role in disseminating this news throughout the globe. Read the rest of this entry »
Jendai Frazer’s Deceptions, Evasions & Lies @ University of Washington by Sophia Tesfamariam
[a house negress update]
When I heard that US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs was going to speak on 30 May 2008 at the University of Washington, I was hoping that Eritreans, Ethiopians, Somalis and others who have been negatively affected by US Policy for Africa could attend. Many did and I have been reading their varied reports and watching the video on youtube. Despite the deaths and destructions her faulty intelligence and analysis have caused in Africa, she admitted to no mistakes and maintained her arrogant and unrepentant stance. The same rehearsed spill she presents in Washington, DC was repeated in Washington State.
In my opinion this event exposed her irrational and myopic thinking, as well as her arrogance and condescending impressions of Africa and its people. This time the people questioning her were not policymakers who are too removed from Africa to give a hoot, they were the stakeholders- those whose fellow countrymen, women and children were being affected by the racist and incoherent policy she promotes as being pro-Africa.
Ethiopia: Army Commits Executions, Torture, and Rape in Ogaden
Donors Should Act to Stop Crimes Against Humanity
(HRW Nairobi, June 12, 2008) – In its battle against rebels in eastern Ethiopia’s Somali Region, Ethiopia’s army has subjected civilians to executions, torture, and rape, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The widespread violence, part of a vicious counterinsurgency campaign that amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity, has contributed to a looming humanitarian crisis, threatening the survival of thousands of ethnic Somali nomads. Read the rest of this entry »
Open Letter to the State Department Eritrea Desk & Affiliates
By Haileab Luul Tesfai, Toronto
Eritreans at home and in the Diaspora are gearing up to celebrate their most precious day which is also a day of inspiration to many people in the Horn and beyond, currently struggling to liberate themselves from various forms of oppression and exploitation. For that, as much as we want to share our joys, achievements and challenges with the peoples who aspire for liberation and freedom, it is also incumbent upon those who follow the moves of our detractors to express their concerns in the clearest form possible.
United Nation’s Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea Unilateral Withdrawal From Eritrea
By Sophia Tesfamariam
“…[i]mpartiality is the oxygen of peacekeeping: the only way peace keepers can work is by being trusted by both sides, being clear and transparent in their dealings, and keeping lines of communication open. The moment they lose this trust, the moment they are seen by one side as the ‘enemy’, they become part of the problem they were sent to solve…” Shashi Tharoor, UN Under Secretary-General for public affairs
I read Ban Ki Moon’s 8 April 2008 “Special Report of the Secretary General on the United Nation’s Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)” to the Security Council and wondered why the man was wasting valuable time and energy on a dead and moot issue when there are bigger and more serious issues that warrant immediate attention.
Ethiopian troops massacre Somalis in Hidaya Mosque, Huriwa district Mogadishu
A witness named Omar told Garowe Online that he was inside al Hidaya Mosque in Huriwa district when Ethiopian soldiers stormed inside on Sunday.“The first person they [Ethiopian soldiers] killed was Sheikh Said Yahya, the Imam [prayer leader],” Omar said, adding that the late Imam opened the mosque door after the soldiers knocked.
Embassy of Eritrea rejects Eritrea ’s Statement to US Lawmakers
EMBASSY OF THE STATE OF ERITREA
1708 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20009
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FAX: 202-319-1304
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Press Release
The Embassy of Eritrea is dismayed with the public Statements made on 11 March 2008 by Jendayi Frazer, US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, during the Senate Hearing “Evaluating U.S. Policy Objectives and Options on the Horn of Africa”, held under the auspices of Senator Russ Feingold and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
his latest act is in continuation of Frazer’s two years long, unwarranted defamation and vilification campaigns against the Government of Eritrea. Frazer’s personal and vindictive crusade is partly explained by a string of failures in her misguided policies in the region, her unsuccessful bid to meddle in the legal process and alter the final and binding Award of the
independent Eritrea Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC), as well as, her obsessive intentions to divert attention from, and cover up, Ethiopia’s gross violations of international law.
Suffice it to mention two of her diplomatic faux pas:
1. In 2006 Frazer visited Badme, a sovereign Eritrean territory under Ethiopian occupation
without Eritrea’s permission
2. Frazer intervened on behalf of Ethiopia to overturn the Eritrea Ethiopia Boundary Commission’s Final and Binding Delimitation Decision
In addition, US media reported that Frazer held a meeting on14 January 2008 with members ofthe Eritrean “opposition coalition’’, an assortment of subversive groups sponsored and trainedby the Ethiopian regime with the avowed aim of “violently overthrowing” the Government of Eritrea. Key members of the coalition include the Afghan trained terrorist outfits, the Eritrean Islamic Jihad Movement (EIJM) and the Eritrean Islamic Islah Movement (EIIM), which
contradict and compromise the US Administration’s stated goals in its “global war on terror”.
The Embassy of Eritrea wishes to underline that Frazer’s strident testimony does not only fail to meet the minimum standards of objectivity and credibility that her high office demands but it will also not advance the cause of peace and stability in the Horn of Africa or serve US longterm interests in the region.
mbassy of Eritrea
Washington, DC
March 14, 2008
UN Mission to Eritrea and Ethiopia-Another Failed UN Peacekeeping Mission - Sophia Tesfamariam
On 27 November 2007, the US Institute for Peace (USIP) convened an interesting discussion with Jean-Marc Coicaud, Head of the United Nations University (UNU) office at UN headquarters in New York and author of Beyond the National Interest: The Future of UN Peacekeeping and Multilateralism in an Era of U.S. Primacy on UN peacekeeping operations, the successes and the failures and the role of the key Security Council members.
Ethiopia: the price of indifference - Ann Pettifor
Ethiopia, these experts argued, had to be “topped up” with an additional $700 million of debt write-off – or else it would continue paying $35 million a year in debt service it could ill afford. If, moreover, Ethiopia were not granted this extra sum, it would become unsustainable under the stringent definition of “sustainability” set by (no surprises here) the IMF and the World Bank – and would therefore be barred from receiving any new money. This would particularly affect the promise of $1 billion in a new concessional (low-cost) loan from the World Bank.
