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Biden’s Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice Steps Down, President Biden Commends Her Legacy

By Simon Ateba

https://todaynewsafrica.com/bidens-dome ... er-legacy/

April 24, 2023


Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice speaks to reporters Wednesday, August 24, 2022, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House. (Official White House Photo by Erin Scott)

President Joe Biden announced today that Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice will be stepping down from her position. In a statement, the President praised Rice’s accomplishments during her more than two years of service, highlighting her essential role in advancing various policy initiatives.

Many were initially surprised by Rice’s appointment due to her extensive foreign policy background as a former National Security Advisor and UN Ambassador. However, her tenure as Domestic Policy Advisor has proven her determination and capability in getting important work done for the American people, Biden said.

He added that under Rice’s leadership, the administration expanded and strengthened the Affordable Care Act, developed a comprehensive national mental health strategy, and enabled Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices for seniors while capping the cost of insulin at $35. Additionally, the administration has taken historic actions to reduce gun violence, advance police reform, address marijuana policy, and embed equity into the work of the entire federal government.

Rice has also played a vital role in making college more affordable, providing student debt relief, increasing access to high-quality childcare and long-term care, and committing to a bold national strategy to end hunger and reduce diet-related diseases by 2030. Furthermore, her efforts have contributed to reversing harmful immigration policies from the previous administration, reunifying more than 670 children separated from their families, and rebuilding the broken system of care for unaccompanied children, Biden said.

President Biden commended Rice’s unique public service record as the only person to serve as both National Security Advisor and Domestic Policy Advisor. He emphasized her dedication to action, results, integrity, humility, and humor in her work. The President expressed his gratitude for Rice’s service, counsel, and friendship and thanked her family for sharing her with the nation.

[Sam Ebalalehu]

You make my day. She shouldn’t have been appointed to begin with. I am glad she was pushed out.

[Zmeselo]

I will send her this , as "good riddance"!


Picture drawn by @drawings.osi on instagram.

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Launching ceremony of "Independence Cup" held in Nakfa - emblem of Eritrea's resilient & indomitable spirit - today. The "Independence Cup" will contain sacred soil from all the historical places in its one-month long itinerary in all six Regions, to reach the capital on 24 May.

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Now that Sudan air space is closed, many airlines are forced to change their flight routes through Eritrean airspace.

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Message of FM Osman Saleh

https://shabait.com/2023/04/24/message- ... man-saleh/

On Apr 24, 2023

Eritrea at the UN: Side-Event on The Referendum

Your Excellencies,

This Year marks 30 years since Eritrea held an internationally supervised referendum on April 1993; two years after winning its Independence from Ethiopia after a long and costly war of national liberation.

Eritrea’s legitimate war of national liberation, launched when its inalienable right to decolonization was denied, was callously ignoredby most countries and strongly opposed by the major global powers. This occurred, even when the country was formally annexed in 1961 by Ethiopia by unilaterally abrogating the UN imposed bogus Federal Arrangement.

But in spite of these historical and legal facts, and while victory was ascertained on the military and political fronts, the Eritrean Provisional Government deemed it important to defer the declaration of de-jure Independence pending the convention of the Referendum.

This historical decision was prompted by the desire to demonstrate and amplify to the wider world, the natural quest of the Eritrean people to national freedom and statehood.

As it happened, the Eritrean Provisional Government duly constituted the Referendum Commission by Proclamation no. 22/1992 that was issued on April 7, 1992.

The UN, the OAU, virtually all governments, numerous regional organizations, NGOs, dignitaries, and international broadcastng corporations were invited to participate as observers in an effort to ensure and enhance full transparency of the process as well as to document the historic event for posterity.

The three-day referendum process took place during 23-25 April 1993.

The event imbued all Eritreans inside the country and abroad, with the unprecedented opportunity to once again participate actively in deciding the destiny and future of their nation.

The liberation war succeeded against the backdrop of a stifling environment of international isolation, precisely because the entire Eritrean population supported it in various ways – from joining the arduous armed struggle to extending financial and other contributions from nation-wide civil society organizations and all segments of the Eritrean population inside the country and abroad.

Eritrea’s deep desire and calls for freedom that had been denied for over 50 years was once again redeemed and ascertained on April 28 1993, when the referendum result was announced.

99.81% of Eritreans voted in favor of independence. UNOVER and international observers further announced that the referendum process was free and fair at every stage; that it was conducted in compliance with the norms and provisions of the law and to the full satisfaction of the observers.

Eritrea, accordingly, declared its sovereignty and rightfully earned its place in the international community of independent States. Furthermore, Eritrea and Ethiopia have also forged a solid framework of bilateral cooperation to promote the mutual interest of the two counties and that is anchored on the respect of each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity even if there were some unfortunate hiccups in the past decades.

In the event, formal independence was declared On May 24th 1993; two years to the day when the EPLF had liberated the country in its entirety.

Four days later, Eritrea was officially admitted to the UN as its 182nd Member State.

This historic event occurred almost 43 years after the UN adopted resolution 390A(V) to federate Eritrea with Ethiopia denying its people independence and forcing Eritreans to opt for a costly armed struggle to assert their independence, after all peaceful avenues were closed to them.

In this sense, the Referendum provided an auspicious platform for Eritrea to amplify its hard-won independence that exacted precious and enormous sacrifices of its best sons and daughters in the quest for freedom and sovereignty.

I thank you.

[Fiyameta]

Susan Rice Was a Diplomatic Disaster



In its 2011 World Report, Human Rights Watch noted the following about Ethiopia under the rule of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi: The ruling party had won parliamentary elections with 99.6 percent of the vote. Supporters of opposition parties endured months of constant intimidation. Journalists and human-rights activists had been forced to leave the country. And hundreds of political prisoners were “in jail and at risk of torture and ill-treatment.”

Meles died the following year. Susan Rice, then the Obama administration’s ambassador to the United Nations, flew to Addis Ababa to deliver a eulogy. “Prime Minister Meles was an uncommon leader, a rare visionary, and a true friend to me and many,” she said. While briefly allowing that the two could disagree on issues of democracy and human rights, she showered the deceased strongman with praise. He was, she said, “uncommonly wise,” “brilliant” and “selfless.”

“I suspect we all feel it deeply unfair, to lose such a talented and vital leader so soon, when he still had so much more to give,” she said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/opin ... frica.html

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