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Dec
09
2020
By The African Mirror
What next for Ethiopia and its neighbours: Somalia and Eritrea

What next for Ethiopia and its neighbours: Somalia and Eritrea

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
FROM a historical standpoint, the current conflict in Ethiopia fits within an established political pattern. There have been power struggles between the centre and the border regions since the modern Ethiopian state was established in the late 19th century. NAMHLA MATSHANDA, Senior Lecturer, Political Studies, University of the Western Cape The Ethiopian state was built on the back of conquest. Regions that existed on the margins were incorporated into the Ethiopian imperial state. These regions were occupied by groups with vastly different cultures from those of the centre. For example the capture of the Harar city state in 1887 paved…
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Dec
09
2020
By The African Mirror
U.S. thinks Eritrea has joined Ethiopian war, diplomats say

U.S. thinks Eritrea has joined Ethiopian war, diplomats say

NEWS
PHIL STEWART and DAVID LEWIS  THE United States believes Eritrean soldiers have crossed into Ethiopia, despite denials from both nations, a U.S. government source and five regional diplomats said, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government battles a rebellious northern force. Abiy and Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki signed a peace pact ending two decades of hostilities in 2018 and now regard the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) as a mutual foe. The U.S. assessment creates a potential policy predicament as Washington views Ethiopia as a major ally in the volatile Horn of Africa but accuses Eritrea of severe rights abuses. Eritrean…
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Nov
16
2020
By The African Mirror
Horn of Africa on the brink of war

Horn of Africa on the brink of war

NEWS
GIULIA PARAVICINI THE leader of Ethiopia's rebellious Tigray region has confirmed that his forces had fired rockets at the airport in Eritrea's capital, a major escalation that raises fears of a wider war in the Horn of Africa region. Accusing neighbouring Eritrea of sending tanks and thousands of troops into Tigray in support of an Ethiopian government offensive, Debretsion Gebremichael said his forces were under attack "on several fronts." FILE PHOTO: Debretsion Gebremichael, Tigray Regional President, attends the funeral ceremony of Ethiopia's Army Chief of Staff Seare Mekonnen in Mekele, Tigray Region, Ethiopia June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri "Our country…
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Oct
27
2020
By The African Mirror
Eritrea’s Isaias Afwerki: a tactical authoritarian who might be president for life

Eritrea’s Isaias Afwerki: a tactical authoritarian who might be president for life

HUMAN RIGHTS
MARTIN PLAUT, Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study THERE are few leaders as enigmatic as Eritrea’s president, Isaias Afwerki. In my book, Understanding Eritrea: Inside Africa’s Most Repressive State, I profile the president who led the country as it fought for its freedom from Ethiopia for 30 years, only to then turn on his own people. Eritrea has been independent since 1993 but has no constitution and no parliament. No budget has ever been published. Elections have never been held and Isaias’s opponents languish in jail. The president is…
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