The Humanitarian Crisis in Tigray, Ethiopia, and the Need for Balance Aklog Birara (Dr) Ethiopia is a founding member of the UN and a major contributor to peacekeeping operations. It hosts the African Union and numerous UN specialized agencies. For decades, Ethiopia stood out as a pillar of stability, a promising model for sustainable […]
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In his latest biweekly media briefing to local media, Ambassador Dina Mufti clarified Ethiopia’s long standing position on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) vis a vis Egypt’s and Sudan’s position to get third parties involved in mediation process. “The GERD issue can be solved under the auspices of the ongoing African Union-led negotiation which
The Queen of Sheba March 08, 2021 We received the tragic news of Kenya voting at the UN Security Council with the other 11 countries against Ethiopia—with huge sadness, disappointment and rage. This is a country of Jomo Kenyatta, one of Africa’s anticolonial icons—and Ethiopia’s great friend. When fascist Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935, Kenyatta
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From an ordinary American of Ethiopian heritage: A.Workie Briye Retta March 7, 2021 I believe the position your Administration is currently pushing in the Horn of Africa is dangerous for the entire region. If continued in this direction, I fear that the State Department is on track to asphyxiate a real chance of democratic transformation
BY FIKRE M. WORKNEH March 7, 2021 In sorrow I mourn for you, Ethiopia, my beloved land Where my umbilical cord was buried, where my forebearers lived and died You are now suffering from civil wars, diseases, and hunger, that is what I heard. O’ Ethiopia the land of rich history, the cradle of many
MAR 05 2021 Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Senators Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Todd Young (R-IN), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Chris Coons (D-DE) in re-introducing a bipartisan resolution calling on the government of Ethiopia,
