Eritrea

How the U.S. Destabilized the Horn of Africa

October 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Somalia, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy, US Intervention

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, October 2, 2024 In 2018, the leaders of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia signed a regional cooperation agreement that raised great hope in the Horn, but now, six years, later, it lies in tatters. The Horn of Africa and its key waterways are the geostrategic interface between Europe, Africa, and Asia. They have[…]

Eritrea Celebrates Freedom

August 20, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Eritrea

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, August 9, 2023 Eritrea is an example of an independent and self-determining African state. Its people are rightly proud of their history. I was honored to speak at the 49th annual National Council of Eritrean Americans conference and festival recently held in Tacoma, Washington. Black Agenda Report has always been a staunch defender[…]

Eritrea, a Bright Spot on a Planet Near the Edge of Armageddon

August 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Censorship and Propaganda, Economic Blockade, Eritrea

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, August 9, 2023 Last week I attended the Eritrean American Festival in the Seattle/Tacoma area, at the Tacoma Convention Center, as did Black Agenda Report Executive Editor Margaret Kimberley and Breakthrough News Host and Producer Eugene Puryear. I arrived after they had spoken, on the day I was scheduled to speak at[…]

Escaping Debt Slavery: Ethiopia, Africa, And The IMF

May 29, 2023 UNAC Editor Eritrea, Ethiopia, International Aid and Debt, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Ann Garrison and Robert J. Prince, published on Popular Resistance, May 18, 2023 In 1987, at the Organization for African Unity, Thomas Sankara said, “Debt is a cleverly managed reconquest of Africa.” Restructuring associated with WB and IMF loans becomes a millstone around the neck of drowning economies. [jb] The US is holding up Ethiopia’s request for a $2[…]

US Still Imposing Illegal, Unilateral Sanctions on Eritrea

April 16, 2023 UNAC Editor Africa, Eritrea, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Foreign Policy

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, April 12 2023 Yemane Ghebreab, advisor to Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, explains how US economic sanctions impact the Eritrean people. The Ethiopian army decisively defeated the US-backed Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in November 2022, after a two-year war that cost hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced over five million people.[…]

The Fabulist Arrogance of US Power

March 26, 2023 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Eritrea, Ethiopia, U.S. Aggression

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, March 22, 2023 The U.S. reserves for itself the right to commit crimes all over the world. Yet it also refuses to participate in any war crimes prosecution and even passed a law giving itself the right to invade the International Criminal Court at the Hague should an American or an ally[…]

US Threatens Ethiopia and Eritrea with Illegal “Legal Designation of Genocide”

June 7, 2022 UNAC Editor Eritrea, Ethiopia, Hybrid Warfare, Imperial Lies and Liars, Lawfare, Political Analysis, Shortages of Supplies, Soft Power Imperialism

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, May 25, 2022 The US is falsely accusing Ethiopia and Eritrea of hindering food aid and committing genocides in the ongoing war in Tigray. The charges are false and the US has no right to make such a claim on its own. Ann Garrison continues reporting from the region. [BAR Ed] During[…]

Eritrea vs. AFRICOM: Defending Sovereignty in the Face of Imperialist Aggression

December 29, 2021 UNAC Editor Eritrea, Horn of Africa, US Foreign Bases

by Dina Asfaha and Tunde Osazua, published on Black Agenda Report, December 1, 2021 The rapid expansion of AFRICOM on the African continent should be a cause for concern as African nations are quickly surrendering their sovereignty to the US. As the only country without a relationship to AFRICOM, Eritrea bears the brunt of US vilification. We must salute Eritrea’s[…]