Ethiopia

Notes From Wartorn Ethiopia

April 22, 2022 UNAC Editor Africa, Citizen Diplomacy, Ethiopia, US Foreign Policy, World News Update

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, April 13, 2022 Ann is writing from Ethiopia where she is investigating the ongoing war between the US backed Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) against the elected government of Ethiopia. [jb] I’m writing from Ethiopia, where the war that began in November 2020 continues, with the US backing their former puppet, the[…]

Ethiopia: Assailed by Terrorists and Betrayed by the West

November 1, 2021 UNAC Editor Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, US Foreign Policy

by Graham Peebles, published on Countercurrents, October 30, 2021 As the new government led by Prime-Minister Ahmed Abiy takes office for their second term, the West’s relentless propaganda campaign against Ethiopia continues. Since the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) attacked the Ethiopian State on 4 November 2020 (the day after President Biden was elected coincidentally), the US and allies, factions[…]

The TPLF Attack on Ethiopia Contains the Accumulated Evil of the War

July 27, 2021 UNAC Editor Ethiopia

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, July 23, 2021 The western nations that Ethiopia previously kow-towed to claim national government forces attacked Tigrayan troops first, when precisely the opposite occurred. “The US and its allies haven’t even been able to get past the first step—UN Security Council censure—with regard to Syria, then Burundi, and now, Ethiopia.” “War is[…]

The Ethiopian Conflict and International Law

July 11, 2021 UNAC Editor Ethiopia, International Law, Syria

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, July 8, 2021 “The NATO nations, and especially the US are hostile to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the government of Ethiopia.” Ann Garrison: Francis Boyle, you’re an expert in international law, including subsets, international human rights law, and international humanitarian law. Could you explain what international humanitarian law is? Francis A. Boyle: There[…]

Don’t Allow Another U.S.-NATO Libya in the Horn of Africa

June 26, 2021 UNAC Editor Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Political Analysis, Statement

Statement by Black Alliance for Peace, June 24, 2021 Paternalistic U.S. government political posturing toward Africa has a history of turning into fatal consequences for the masses of African peoples. A decade ago, several of the same individuals who now hold positions in the Biden administration were accomplices in the U.S.-led NATO decimation of Libya, which was rationalized under the[…]

Ethiopians Go To the Polls Even After U.S. Tells Them Not To

June 24, 2021 UNAC Editor Democracy, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Resistance

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, June 23, 2021 “Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia are now alarming US political and military elites by forming an alliance and threatening to chart an independent path in the Horn of Africa.” On Monday, June 21st, Ethiopians went to the polls to select a parliament, which will elect a prime minister, even though[…]