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Djibouti, Ethiopia Ethiopia's Afar leadership splits over Issa question The influential Ibrahim Osman Aliyu has left the Afar region for neighbouring Eritrea due to disputes with Ethiopia's central government. His defection lays bare the tensions within the Afar community following the rapprochemen...

When Abiy Ahmed, at the advise of his UAE masters, signed an MOU with Somaliland to use the Berbera port by leaving Djibouti, it of course angered Djibouti that felt shocked by the level of betrayals that it didn't see coming. But Djibouti have since learnt a lesson not to trust the Ethiopian gover...

We Eritreans cringe at the thought of seeking fame, attention and validation from the outside world, because the Eritrean culture of humility is a virtue we take so much pride in. But we understand the Feudal mindset prevalent among many Ethiopians cannot comprehend the Eritrean collective way of l...