Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe African Peoples Untion (ZAPU) – Statement on Job Sikhala and Tapfumanei Masaya (14.11.2023)

Sénégal: Minstere de la Justice – Communique (14.11.2023)

Mali: Communique No. 062 du Gouvernement de la Transition (14.11.2023)

Sudan: Statement by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the renewed escalation of violence in Darfur, Sudan (14.11.2023)

Opinion: Abiy is trying to find any viable excuse to “take” coastal territories…

I think they were absent when we built a Navy or did not have YouTubes; when we built a Navy, it’s clear that there is no other agenda, we meant we need a sea; the agenda is clear” – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali (14.11.2023).

For ages now and with the recent flair in the last few months, the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali has showed what is his ambition. Not that it has been done cleverly or with finesse. No, it is so blatant and we can just expect another war. It isn’t like this man has created a prolonged peace or sustainable one anywhere. The only thing that haunts him is his naked ambition and his drive to consolidate power.

That’s why the recent lectures or sessions in the House of Federation have revealed a “will” and a “purpose” to get port(s) and coastal territories, especially the ones around the Red Sea. When that being said, it is challenging Eritrea and their rights to Massawa and Assab by doing so. It is the only thing we can take from this and he can try to spin the narrative, but the truth is already out of the bag.

He can say these words and act like his in it for a “confederation” of the Horn of Africa, but he cannot contain or be able to run the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE). So, why would anyone bother or accept to be swallowed or be a minority state in a conferation, which will give more power to the centre and the biggest party. That is Ethiopia and they will not budge. This isn’t about mistrust or lack of good faith, but by proven history between the neighbours.

Just read these words…

We will not invade any other country, all we are saying is that let’s negotiate before a famine comes to engulf our large population. In such a time, the existing laws work and we will not abide by them. If we cannot get food to our people because we don’t have ports, we will become vulnerable to hunger and famine, no one will stop us, we will be forced to eat whatever we can find by any means, it is human nature. We should find a solution, the world’s governments have to help 120 million before they get to that desperation, this can be corrected” (…) “It is our desire that East African countries do away with the artificial borders, have a joint diplomacy & army while even still maintaining individual flags. Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia & Eritrea’s army can be stationed on the Red Sea & Indian Ocean while the police keep the interior. We must grow together to prosper, it can be done that is all we are asking” (Abiy, 14.11.2023).

He must think we cannot see if for what it is. This is trying to find a solution and a reason to invade. I am hearing the war-drums and the bullets being transported to the borders of Ethiopia. If you thought the wars regarding Badme was horrific. Well, this one will be much worse and will be because one man wanted to be remembered for building a “Grand Ethiopia”. Abiy wants an empire and he cannot have that without the sea. He needs the air, land and sea. That’s what he needs… just like some searching for earth, wind and fire.

Prime Minister Abiy wants to use the starving, the internally displaced and all the ones suffering from internal conflicts as a shield for an invasion. That’s what he is doing and he has weaponized starvation before, heck he has proclaimed “war” on “wheat aid” in the past. It is just the sort of man he is and that is the mechanism that defeats “famine” if he fears it that much. The ones coming to Ethiopia’s aide is already using the ports and know the logistics to get to the ones in need. Therefore, the assumption of ownership over them isn’t making a difference, except he becomes “great” or “imperial” if his doing so.

This is just tragic man, plenty will spin this a “setback” and as “re-set” speech. While the truth is… his still pending the time and buying the time. As he needs popular opinion behind him and the Republic accepting the “need”. That’s what he needs, because the drive and idea needs to whispered across the Republic. The PM has a solution and that’s to invade and conquer the ports. After that the “golden era” begins and he shall be crowned “king”.

That’s who Abiy is and the youth will die in thousands for his glory. Just like they already have across the nation. For years there been internal conflicts and now he will bring it to the Red Sea. That’s what Abiy does and don’t say people didn’t warn you. Because, the signs was there and now the circles of stones thrown in the water is making waves. Peace.

Eritrea: PIA says there is “non” and that’s because it is illegal…

Without details, there is no opposition, but there is employment abroad, and you can ask the people will answer you, as the struggle and armed struggle of the people over the years created a state of cohesion and solidarity, and created a political and cultural situation that guarantees the unity of the people, even if there are differences in some opinions are not opposition, but a point of view taken for the benefit, but unfortunately the opposition has become a fashion from which some groups in some countries make a living” – President Isaias Afewerki (14.11.2023).

Well, there is a reason why there is no offices of other political parties than the PFDJ in Asmara. That’s because it’s done by law and if you dare to challenge it. Then your life is on the line and there been known political assassinations and if not… people fleeing to exile for having political beliefs, which isn’t fitting with PIA or the President for Life, Afewerki.

This isn’t new and its well known in many circles, that’s why the Home Office Assessment of Eritrea in the 2000 could write this about the State of Eritrea.

Just take a look!

An effective ban on other political groups has operated since the EPLF took power in 1991. The ELF factions have maintained that hundreds of political prisoners have remained in detention. 26 members of the ELF-RC were detained in Ethiopia in 1994 and other ELF-RC members were reportedly returned forcibly to Eritrea” (…) “Opposition to the PFDJ Government continued in the late 1990s, mainly from disaffected Eritreans resident abroad. Radio broadcasts on the clandestine `Voice of Free Eritrea’ radio station, apparently broadcasting from Sudan from in late 1997, claimed to represent the Eritrean National Alliance, a group of Eritrean opposition organisations formed in Khartoum in late 1996” (Eritrea Assessment – Country Information and Policy Unit, April 2000).

That’s why there are non known opposition in Eritrea. It is done deliberately and that’s why it has to start in the diaspora. Because, doing it within the realm of the PFDJ. It is lethal and dangerous. That’s like asking for a death-wish and anyone with a pulse, tends to avoid that…

That’s why the Organization of Eritrean Unity (OEU) is most likely a diaspora outfit. Not that I want to forget to mention the Eritrean Movement for Democracy & Human Rights (EMDHR), Eritrean Bright Future Movement, Eritrean Afar National Congress or the Global Yiaki Movement are all based from the outside. Therefore, there are existing opposition, but not from within. Without a shadow of a doubt, there is more of them, but this is just to mention a few…

The President did say that and tried to do it with a point. However, it isn’t that clever when you have banned it and made it illegal. When it is life-threatening and you are a living target for associating or participating in opposition activities. That’s the gist of it all and the ones who do… are risking their lives. Because, the PFDJ doesn’t’ value their lives when they have crossed the “rubicon”.

The “unity” the President speaks of is “fear, intimidation and authorities knocking on people’s doors”. This President is surreal talking about it. A man who has only held one referendum and never ever allowed the voices of the people to heard ever since. That’s the sort of “unity” and civic duty he has entrusted on the people. If he did trust them and had confidence. He would have declared polls and campaigned, but he knows that isn’t possible… or feasible for that matter.

He is the overlord and everyone else is just bound to follow him. That’s who PIA is and everyone should know. Peace.

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Burkina Faso: Primature – Porte-Parole du Gouvernement – Communique (14.11.2023)

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