In the bizarre world of the UN inSecurity Council, the Monday, Dec. 5th passage of further “sanctions” against Africa’s fastest growing economy, targeting Eritrea in the Horn of Africa with its projected 5 years of double digit...
Read MoreThe Horn of Africa is one of the most strategically critical regions in the world with the narrow passage where the Red Sea joins the Indian Ocean, the Bab el-Mandeb, being a potential choke point for much of the worlds...
Read MoreThe most likely ex-President of Liberia has been given a share of one of the western world’s most prestigious awards, the Nobel Peace Prize; yet the residents of the capital of Monrovia have not had running water for the full 6...
Read MoreRecently released Wikileaks Ethiopia files expose how Ethiopian security forces planted 3 bombs that went off in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on September 16, 2006 and then blamed Eritrea and the Oromo resistance for the...
Read MoreThe recently released and long awaited Wikileaks files on Ethiopia expose the lies used to justify UN inSecurity Council Sanctions in force against the little Horn of African country, Eritrea. It has been over four years since...
Read MoreAfter some 8,000 bombing raids, with estimates of 4 bombs used per attack, NATO has already dropped over 30,000 bombs on Libya. That’s almost 200 bombs per day for 6 months, some tens of thousands of tons of high...
Read MoreJust exactly what influence Omar “The Secret Minister” Suleiman retains over the military junta that rules Egypt is a question of utmost importance for those who live on the banks of the Nile River. With a résumé including 20...
Read MoreI am one of the first western journalists to try and bring to the world’s attention the problems in west Sudan/Darfur in 2003. Having lived side by side here in Asmara, Eritrea, with representatives of not only the Darfur, but...
Read MoreMost people in Africa spend most of their income on food. With food prices rising by over 50%, drought is not the only cause of hunger in the Horn of Africa. While southern Ethiopia, home to half of Ethiopia’s 80 million people,...
Read MoreA couple of years ago, Bill Gates, then still “the richest man in the world”, announced that he was “donating” $10 billion to fund “vaccine research” for some of the world’s worst diseases. About $1 billion of Bill Gates’...
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