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June 2021

Eritrea FM blames US support for Tigray leaders for war in Ethiopian region

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The New Arab Staff & Agencies 08 June, 2021 In addition to his criticising past US administrations, Eritrean FM Osman Saleh’s letter to the UN Security Council accused the Biden admin of ‘stoking further conflict and destabilization’. Eritrea’s foreign minister blamed US administrations that supported the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) for the last 20 years for the current war in […]

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US actress Tiffany Haddish condemns racist US foreign policy on Ethiopia, Eritrea

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African-American actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish got praised by black lives matter activists this week for criticizing “racist” US foreign policy against Africa. President Joe Biden’s administration has come under fire for imposing economic sanctions against already poor Ethiopia and Eritrea, while providing billions of dollars for Egypt. At the center of the controversy is a major hydroelectric dam

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Decoupling The Diplomatic Challenges: Could it be the Right Way for Contemporary Ethiopian Diplomacy?

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By Blen M. Diriba, Dejen Ras & Ghionawiw Bedilu June 6, 2021 Ethiopia is under the surge of diplomatic pressures on account of several strategic issues arising from the GERD, global geopolitical rivalry between western powers, China & Russia; as well as some Middle East/Arab states. Irredentist and provocative border claims as a potential trigger

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Building “Baby” Dams to Fund the Mega Dam: “Owners” vs. “Guardians” of the Nile

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The Queen of Sheba June 6, 2021 The war-mongering government of the Arab Republic of Egypt and its sycophant client Sudan recently declared the completion of their latest round of military adventure under a grandiose heading dubbed as the “Guardians of the Nile”—evidently intended to bully, intimidate and scare Ethiopia which is unwaveringly advancing to

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The BBC has disseminated malicious rumor to foment ethnic animosity among Ethiopians

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By LJDemissie, June 05, 2021 In its piece of teaching insults, “10 British Insults Americans Won’t Understand”, BBC America online service, which is affiliated with the BBC, has armed its readers with inconspicuous swear words. It suggested conferring the word minger to unattractive American woman without her realizing. It also stated “While the big, punchy

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Abebech Gobena, “Africa’s Mother Theresa”, Founder of Ethiopia’s Oldest Orphanage

Abebech Gobena, “Africa’s Mother Theresa”, Founder of Ethiopia’s Oldest Orphanage

Biography, News /

By Lionel Tarumbwa April 23rd, 2019 The year was 1980 and Ethiopia lay in the grip of what would become one of the most devastating famines in its history. Abebech Gobena, a devout Christian, was on a pilgrimage to a holy site in the north-east region of the country when she came across a dead

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Statement on Allegations of the Use of “Starvation as a Weapon of War” in Tigray

Press Releases /

5 Jun 2021 The Embassy of Ethiopia, London The Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia rejects, in the strongest terms, unsubstantiated allegations that starvation is being used “as a weapon of war” in Tigray. The Government of Ethiopia takes its responsibility to end the current suffering of the people of Tigray very seriously

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When you don’t tell the truth, you will reap the consequence of lies

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Shiferaw Abebe June 04, 2021 This is the lesson the Ethiopian government must remind itself each morning. I hope yesterday’s press conference by the Press Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office and the Attorney General of Ethiopia is the beginning of a concerted effort to dispel misinformation by telling the truth. TPLF mouthpieces and hirelings

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