In an exclusive, two-hour, interview that was broadcast live on Eri-TV and Radio Dimtis Hafash at 8;00 pm this evening, President Isaias Afwerki elaborated at length the genesis and current situation of the conflict in Tigray Region in Ethiopia; the simmering border dispute between Sudan and Ethiopia, the controversy between key riparian States on the use of the waters of Nile River; and, Eritrea’s ties with its partners in the Gulf and the Red Sea Region. Continue reading President Isaias Afwerki’s 2021 Interview (Video)→
Ethiopia plans to close two camps in the northern state of Tigray that have been caught in the fighting between the state’s formers ruling party and the federal government, according to the country’s refugee agency. Continue reading Ethiopia to Close Two Refugee Camps in Tigray→
The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) finally detained the mastermind and founding members of the outlawed Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).
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Weeks after ending law enforcement operations in the Tigray region, the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) continued to arrest members of the outlawed Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
Yesterday, the ENDF detained the founding member and most senior living member of the TPLF, Sebahat Nega, along with seven other individuals, including two colonels, who had defected from the national army. Continue reading Ethiopia Detains Fugitive Sebahat Nega→
Yes, Eritrean troops have entered and reoccupied Badme. Is Badme in Tigray?
The UN Secretary-General said he already got a guarantee from the Ethiopian Prime Minister that “the Eritrean army have not entered the Tigrayan territory, that the only area where they are is the area that corresponded to the disputed territory between the two countries that in the peace agreement was decided to give back to Eritrea.”
A senior Ethiopian general said in a video clip [see below] posted on social media this week that Eritrean troops had entered the country uninvited while his soldiers were battling a rebellious force in the northern region of Tigray.
Qatar’s only land border has been mostly closed since mid-2017
Diplomatic relations have been restored between Qatar and four Arab states that imposed an embargo against it for three years, the Saudi foreign minister says. (AFP/File photos)
Full ties have been restored between Saudi Arabia and Qatar after hugs were exchanged between leaders of the two nations at the annual Gulf Cooperation Council summit on Tuesday, ending their three-year-diplomatic dispute. Continue reading Saudi Arabia, Allies Restore Full Ties with Qatar→
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front has executed a series of coercive steps to provoke a conflict at the local, national and regional level to force international powers to intervene.
