Ann Garrison Internally displaced persons in Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 10/2021. Credit: Jemal Countess A displaced person in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region told photographer and human rights investigator Jemal Countess that he didn’t want to talk to him because he was American and “didn’t even want to hear the word America” because of all the damage America…
Category: ETHIOPIA
Ethiopian Mystery: The Case of the 428 Disappearing Food Aid Trucks
Ann Garrison For nearly a year, warmonger and USAID administrator Samantha Power has been shrieking about famine in Ethiopia’s Tigray, and demanding the humanitarian corridor that 428 massive food aid trucks have now mysteriously disappeared into. Since July 12, the UN World Food Program (UNWFP) has sent 466 food aid trucks into Ethiopia’s war torn…
Biden Threatens Sweeping Sanctions on Ethiopia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Responds
Ann Garrison The U.S. is once again attempting to overthrow a legitimate head of state in Africa, this time in Ethiopia, where they want to put their old puppet, the TPLF, or a new one, in power. President Joe Biden has issued an executive order threatening to impose new US sanctions on Ethiopia and Eritrea…
As US Sanctions Loom Over Ethiopia, Who is the Real Target?
Pavan Kulkarni Photo: Courtesy KUNGU AL-MAHADI ADAM An executive order by Joe Biden makes way for sanctions on all main parties fighting in northern Ethiopia. However, diplomatic positions taken by the US make it evident that the primary target is the Ethiopian federal government, and not the TPLF which has been accused of multiple massacres…
Humanitarian Situation in Northern Ethiopia Set to Worsen Dramatically, Warns OCHA
Peoples Dispatch (Photo: via Ethiopia Insight) While the head of USAID’s Ethiopia mission has accused the Tigray People’s Liberation Front of looting aid warehouses, the US government continues to blame the Ethiopian federal government for blocking supply The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned that “the humanitarian situation in the North…
How Eritrea Elevates the Horn
Obi Egbuna Jr. It appears the Ethiopian Government is being punished for signing a historic peace agreement with Eritrea three years ago, while Eritrea is paying the price because they are in existence. For Colonialist and Imperialist culture, the blowing of the bugle represents a signal that symbolizes their commitment to military warfare and global…
U.S. Escalates Threats to Ethiopian and Eritrean Sovereignty
Ann Garrison Elias Amare enjoyed a long friendship with Glen Ford, who was Eritrea’s only media ally for many years. U.S. Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman recently returned from a tour of Ethiopia, Djibouti, and the United Arab Emirates. On the following Monday, the U.S. State Department issued a statement that…
Somalia: From the Cold War to the War on Terror
Ann Garrison Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, aka Farmaajo, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, and Ethiopian President Abiy Ahmed Cold War and War on Terror destabilize Somalia and cause great suffering for its people. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, aka Farmaajo, is currently the Interim President of Somalia, pending parliamentary elections that have been repeatedly postponed since February….
Relations Between Three African States Reached a Breaking Point due to Water Disputes
Viktor Mikhin Ethiopia announced that it had completed the second phase of filling its controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) nearly two weeks after it began the process. This second filling was accomplished despite the lack of a legally binding agreement with Egypt and Sudan’s underlying countries and the sharp disputes between the three countries….
Ethiopia: The Reality of Operations in Tigray
Alessandro Lattanzio Since the federal government declared a ceasefire in Tigray on June 30, 2021, TPLF forces occupied border towns with Amhara Regional State in the areas of Alamata, Korem, and Qobo. The Amhara Regional Government called on the population to mobilize to address the “existential threat” posed by “TPLF terrorists.” More than 20 civilians…
The TPLF Attack on Ethiopia Contains the Accumulated Evil of the War
Ann Garrison The western nations that Ethiopia previously kow-towed to claim national government forces attacked Tigrayan troops first, when precisely the opposite occurred. “The US and its allies haven’t even been able to get past the first step—UN Security Council censure—with regard to Syria, then Burundi, and now, Ethiopia.” “War is essentially an evil thing….
Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan Clash as River Waters Fill the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Ann Garrison Three natons share the same water, but not the same foreign connections, which makes for a dangerous mix. “Russia is rumored to be helping Ethiopia guard the dam.” The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is the largest hydroelectric power project in Africa, and the seventh largest in the world. Despite internal conflict in…
