Elssabet Reday

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

#Eritrea: Independence Day Celebrations on full swing. Street Carnival at Martyrs and Liberation Avenues in Asmara this afternoon showcasing cultural dances and fielding more than 13,000 participants from all administrative sub-zones in the capital.

Photo exhibition and documentary films also featured in festive events organized by Eritrea's Defense Forces (yesterday); and the National Union of Eritrean women (this morning), respectively.

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

#Eritrea's defining attributes and gold-standard of renowned resilience; unparalleled social cohesion; and rich heritage of walking in lock-step in all conceivable circumstances have, and continue to remain, elements of extreme annoyance and despair to the notorious clique of hired lobbyists and Conflict Entrepreneurs - እፍሊ ሓንጨመንጪ/ጋንታ ገናዞ።

Reason why we see them resort to, and spew, vitriol intermittently; especially during quarterly/periodic paydays.
https://t.co/hppIRBxnTg

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

#Eid Mubarak; Eid al-Fitr celebrated at Asmara's Bahti Meskerem Square in the early morning hours today in the presence of Government officials, members of the diplomatic community, & the faithful.

Keynote address & blessings delivered by the Mufti, Sheikh Salim Ibrahim Al Mukhtar.

The event was broadcast Live on Eri-Tv and Radio Dimtsi Hafash. Similar celebrations held all over the nation.

[Biniam Berhe 🇪🇷 @biniamb]

Eritrea is investing in its youth to transform its economy and improve the livelihood of its people.

[The Mesob Journal @MesobJournal]

Examining Sanctions Regime and the Systemic Adversity Applied on Eritrea’s Sovereignty: A Contextual Imperative https://t.co/Wqi6WWwQAM #Analysis #Eritrea #Africa #HornofAfrica #Politics #Ethiopia

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Ethiopia: Abiy's War Script and the Media’s False Balance on Eritrea; The Mesob Journal

Insightful and nuanced analysis that rectifies often simplistic narratives by external "pundits" and conflict entrepreneurs/ገናዞ; some with fixed agendas.

It is indeed refreshing to see, these days, profound and objective news analysis and well-researched papers by independent social media outlets - https://t.co/Q51uAA4wU4; https://t.co/512O7pb8z2 etc. - on complex and multi-layered current developments and trends in the Horn of Africa.

https://t.co/14LOwwJ3D2 #Ethiopia #Eritrea #Opinion via @MesobJournal

[Simon K Hagos @tewerwari_1]

ዘሕፍር ደብዳበ ሰልፊ ብልጽግና ናብ ኤርትራን ትርጉሙን!
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ኣብ'ዘን ዝሓለፋ ዉሑዳት ሰዓታት፣ ሰልፊ ብልጽግና፣ ነቲ ንክልተ ዓመታት ክዳለወሉ ዝጸንሐ ወራር ምኽንያት ይህበኒ እዩ ዝበሎ ናይ ሸፈጥ ደብዳበ ናብ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ከም ዝሰደደ ዘምስል ሓበሬታ ናብ ሜድያታት ዓለም ፈንዩ ኣሎ። እዚ ሓደ ገጽ ዝሓዘ ደብዳበ፣ ልክዕ ኣብ ከባቢ 2 PM ብበርሊን ሰዓት ናብ እተን ኣለዋ ዝበሃላ ዓበይቲ ሜድያታት ብህጹጽ ከም ዝበጽሕ ብምግባር እዩ ጀሚሩዎ።

🚨ቀዳማይ፣ ብልጽግና ሰራዊት ኤርትራ መሬት ኢትዮጲያ ብሓይሊ ጎቢጡ ከም ዘሎን፣ ብተወሳኺ ድማ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ንዝተፈላለዩ ዕጡቓት ኢትዮጲያ ንዋታዊ ሓገዝ ይህብ ከም ዘሎ ዘምስል ጠቐነ እዩ ኣቕሪቡ ዘሎ።

🚨ካልኣይ፣ መንግስቲ ብልጽግና፣ ኣብ ዝሓለፉ ዉሑዳት መዓልታት፣ ኤርትራ ነቲ ፍጥጥ ክብ ብምባል፣ ሰራዊታ ናብ ሰሜናዊ ምዕራብ ኢትዮጲያ ከም ዘስገረትን ምስ ሓይልታት ትግራይ ተጻሚዳ ትንቀሳቐስ ምህላዋ እዩ ከሲሱ። ብዘይካ እዚ፣ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ሰራዊቱ ክስሕብን ምስ ዕጡቓት ትግራይ ዘለዎ ርክብ ክበትኽን ጠሊቡ።

🚨ሳልሳይ፣ ስርዓት ብልጽግና፣ ነቲ ኣብ መንጎ ክልቲኣተን ሃገራት ዘሎ ፍጥጥን ዘይምትእምማንን ብሰላም ክፈትሕ ቅሩብ ሙዃኑን፣ ኣብ ጠረቤዛ ክቕመጥ ድሉዉ ምህላዉን ይገልጽ እሞ፣ ብልጽግና፣ ኣብ ጉዳይ ‘‘ኣፍደገ ባሕርን ጉዳይ ወደብ ዓሰብን‘‘ ዘሎ ኣፈላላይ ብዘተ ክፈትሕ ድሉዉ ምህላዉ ድማ ጸቒጡ ሓቲቱ ኣሎ።

ኣብ ታሕቲ ናይ'ቲ ደብዳበ፣ ሚኒስተር ጉዳያት ወጻኢ ኢትዮጲያ ዶ/ ጊደዎን ጢመጥዮስ ናብ ሚኒስተር ጉዳያት ወጻኢ ኤርትራ ኣቶ ዑስማን ሳልሕ ዝብል፣ ብፌርማ ዝተሰነየ ማሕተም ሚኒስትሪ ጉዳያት ወጻኢ ኢትዮጲያ ንረክብ።

ትርጉም
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እዚ ደብዳበ እዚ፣ ‘‘መፈለምታ ናይ መዛዘሚ (the beginning of the end)‘‘ ብዝብል ክትርጎም ይከኣል። እንታይ ንምባል እዩ፣ ብኣተሓሳስባ መራሕቲ ብልጽግና፣ እቲ ንልዕሊ 2 ዓመታት ብቕሉዕ ክሸባሸብሉ ዝጸንሑ ናይ ኩናት ኣጀንዳ፣ ኣብ ኣጋ ምዝዛሙ ከም ዘሎ የነጽር። እዚ ደብዳበ እዚ፣ ‘‘መመኽኔታ/ መንቀሊ/ መበገሲ (pretext) ብምባል ክግለጽ ይከኣል። ንምንታይ ኢና እዚ ደብዳበ “pretext” እዩ ብምባል እንገልጾ ዘሎና፥

🚨ቀዳማይ ጠቐነ፥ ‘‘ኤርትራ፣ ግዝኣታዊ መሬት ኢትዮጲያ ብሓይሊ ሒዛ ኣላ‘‘ ይብል።

🚨ካልኣይ ጠቐነ፥ ‘‘ኤርትራ፣ ንተቓወምቲ ዕጡቓት ተዕጥቕ ኣላ‘‘ ይብል።

🚨ሳልሳይ ጠቐነ፥ ‘‘ኤርትራ፣ ንዝኾነ ዝርርብ ክትቅበል ድልዉቲ ኣይኮነትን‘‘ ድማ ይኸስስ።

ኣብ'ዚ ደብዳበ እዚ፣ ብልጽግና፥

🚨ኢትዮጲያ፣ ደላይት ሰላም ሙዃናን (peaceful actor) ነቲ ምስ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ኣፈላላይ ብሰላም ክትፈትሖ ድሉዉቲ ሙዃናን እቲ ደብዳበ ይገልጽ

ጠለብ፥

🚨እቲ ሓቲትናዮ ዘሎና ጠለብ ብመንግስቲ ኤርትራ እወታዊ መልሲ እንተረኺቡ (insinuating optimism)፣ መንግስቲ ብልጽግና ኣብ ጉዳይ ‘‘ኣፍደገ ባሕርን ወደብ ዓሰብን‘‘ ዝርርብ ክካየድ ከም ዝጠልብ እዉን ይገልጽ (seeing confrontations)።

መደምደምታ
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እዚ ደብዳበ እዚ ብማሕበረሰብ ዓለም ክፍለጥን ኣብ ሜድያ ክጋዋሕን ዝተደልየ እዩ። እቲ ምንታይ፣ ብልጽግና ነቲ ደብዳበ ብስቱር ናይ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ክልእኮ ይኽእል ምንባሩ፣ ሓደ ካብ'ቲ ናይ “the beginning of the end” ብምባል ክንገልጾ ዘገድድ እዩ። ብኣተሓሳስባ መራሕቲ ብልጽግና፣ ቅድሚ ናብ ኩናት ምምርሖም፣ ንዓለም ‘‘ብሰላም ክንፈሖ ፈቲና ኢና‘‘ ዝብል ጭብጢ ንምሓዝ ይጓየዩ ምህላዎም ግልጺ ኮይኑ ኣሎ።

🚨እዚ ደብዳበ እዚ፣ ካብ'ቶም ዝሓለፉ መልእኽትታት ዝፍለ ከም ዘይኮነን፣ ምናልባት እዉን፣ ኣብ ድሮ ምብግሱ ብመንግስቲ ኤርትራ ከም ዝንጸግ ተኣሚንሉ ዝተጻሕፈ እዩ። ‘‘ኣምረል ዋቕዕ‘‘ ንምፍጣር ተባሂሉ ዝተጻሕፈ ሙዃኑ ግልጺ ኮይኑ ኣሎ።

🚨እዚ ደብዳበ እዚ፣ ምልክት ጭንቀትን ተርባጽን ዓቕሊ ጽበትን ብልጽግና ግልጺ ብዝኾነ መልክዑ ዘግሃደን፣ እቲ ስርዓት ካብ'ቲ ተሸሚሙዎ ዘሎ ወጥሪ ንምምላጥ፣ ሽግራቱ ዞባዊ መልክዕ (regionalization) ንምትሓዝ ተበግሶታቱ ኣጻፊፉ ኣሎ የብለና።

ድራማ ብልጽግና ይቕጽል

[Red Sea Beacon @RedSeaBeacon]

Rediscovering ERITREA: A UN Resident Coordinator’s Testimony of Partnership, Potential, and Progress

In a world saturated with secondhand narratives, speculation, and geopolitical noise, there is something refreshing, even necessary, about hearing from those who have lived and worked inside a country, shoulder to shoulder with its people. Over the past two years, Nahla Valji, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Eritrea, in an interview with NCEA’s National Public Diplomacy Group’s Eritrean Harmony Quarterly Magazine Vol. 4, Issue 3 Oct.-Dec. 2025 has offered precisely that: a grounded, firsthand account of a nation often spoken about, but rarely understood on its own terms.
Read More:
https://t.co/gj7g84ghlJ
#Eritrea #Somalia #Djibouti #SouthSudan #Sudan #Ethiopia @UN

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Food for thought: How #Eritrea's inviolable right to decolonization was sacrificed on the altar of geopolitical calculus and perceived interests of major powers against the backdrop of incipient Cold War.

The Secret Telegrams That Changed Eritrea’s Destiny | Declassified U.S.–... https://t.co/5Z8BQc33aG via @YouTube

[Sirak Bahlbi @SirakBahlbi]

If you want to understand what is festering in Abiy’s mind, all you need to do is read the articles in Horn Review. They are written by inexperienced individuals still learning how to string convoluted sentences together, all seemingly guided by Abiy’s Press Secretary, Billene Seyoum. Their latest piece, released yesterday, essentially argues that if war breaks out, the blame should be placed on #Asmara and not in Abiy.

It is obvious that the PP is in self-inflicted chaos and has completely lost control of governance. Abiy has taken on far more than he can manage, and each day #Ethiopia appears to be sliding deeper into a downward spiral. His actions reflect someone responding impulsively and out of self-preservation.

The central message of the article is that a war may be looming in the Horn of #Africa and that #Eritrea’s supposed fixation on conflict is the cause. But the article introduces a twist: it now claims the potential war is not about #Ethiopia’s desire for #Assab, but rather about Eritrea’s alleged addiction to war.

It is also clear that Abiy has zero international support for his attempt to seize sea access. Senator Marco Rubio’s comments this week, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ statement today regarding the Algiers Agreement, and every country that has spoken on Abiy’s expansionist ambitions have issued sharp warnings telling him to stop.

The article then pushes several revisionist narratives, claiming that the TPLF had no mandate to grant Eritrea a referendum. It becomes even more bizarre, describing the EPLF’s liberation struggle as a civil war and calling its actions in the 1998–2000 conflict “one of the most consequential strategic errors in the Horn of Africa’s modern history.”

They also allege that the PFDJ has spent decades trying not only to eliminate the TPLF from Ethiopia’s political landscape but also to insert EPLF/PFDJ influence back into Ethiopia’s political center. The irony is that Abiy himself has told many people that he passed intelligence to help remove the TPLF so he could come to power.

Abiy is clearly unsettled by the ongoing people-to-people peace initiative between Eritrea and Tigray, known as Tsimdo. The article clumsily tries to revive old hostilities by insisting that EPLF and TPLF still hate each other and cannot trust one another again.

Finally, the article ends with the claim, “Ports do not ignite wars. Political obsessions do.” And there it is. They know the world will not tolerate Abiy’s attempt to launch a war to retake Assab, so they are trying to reframe the motive. According to them, if a war starts, it will be because Eritrea is trying to undermine Ethiopia’s political order, revive historical rivalries, and treat regional stability as expendable.

And without any sense of irony, they conclude with: “The sea is a convenient distraction; the enduring story is far more political, far more personal, and far more consequential.”

Abiy finds himself between a rock and a hard place, increasingly forced to backpedal. He has been rebuffed by all neighboring countries, shunned by multilateral organizations, and isolated by the international community. Within Ethiopia, populations in Tigray, Amhara, and Oromia have taken up arms against the Prosperity Party. Sudan is visibly angered, Eritrea is prepared for any eventuality, and Egypt is watching closely. All self inflicted.

[Biniam Berhe 🇪🇷 @biniamb]

- support for the Algiers Agreement and the principles it upholds, including the borders as established by the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission. 2/2

[Biniam Berhe 🇪🇷 @biniamb]

Among the key points from the Statements issued by UN, EU, UK, Canada, Norway, Japan... on the 25th Anniversary of the signing of the Algiers Agreement between Eritrea and Ethiopia...

- call for the respect of sovereignty, territorial integrity, and independence
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[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

The writing on the wall is crystal clear. The Potemkin Party must be at the end of its tether !

How else can one explain PP Leader's outburst, in his speech this week and to the chagrin and embarrassment of his audience, that the PP will "eliminate Ethiopia's enemies one by one, like removing head lice".

This is utterly repugnant and cannot be shrugged off as an unfortunate misstep; even by factoring in his penchant for plagiarism which at times are invoked in incongruent circumstances. But then, this is the real substance of the Potemkin Party!

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

President Isaias Afwerki and his delegation were accorded warm welcome on their arrival at Riyadh Airport/Royal Terminal in late morning hours today.

President Isaias and his delegation will meet Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman as well as other senior officials during their stay in the KSA.

[Sirak Bahlbi @SirakBahlbi]

"He who pays the piper calls the tune" #Tigray #Eritrea #Ethiopia

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

The symptoms of desperation and war psychosis, bordering on insanity, within the tight circle of Potemkin Party mouthpieces (Horn Review et al), zealots and trolls seems to have dipped to a new low these days.

Revisionist history recycled ad nauseum; banal postulates on the robust legal basis and dynamics of Eritrea's independence; and wholesale defamatory assault on its developmental principles and trajectory have not produced any PR dividends for the Potemkin Party in its toxic agenda of regional destabilization cloaked under the mantle of "sovereign access to the sea".

In this vein, the despicable campaign they are peddling these days is to scoff at, and desecrate, some of Eritrea's heroes who passed away at respectable ages after accomplishing the highest missions in their lives.

In the feeble and perverted minds of PP zealots, these natural events are misconstrued as "some opportunity"; oblivious as they are to the patriotic fervor of the Warsai Generation who has long inherited the legacy/torch of liberation and proven its mettle in protecting and safeguarding Eritrea's inviolable sovereignty and territorial integrity. ኣብ ነዊሕ መደረ ከይኣቶና፥ "ነዳይ ናይ ልቡ ይሓልም" እዩ እቲ ነገሩ!

[Michael Teclai 🇪🇷 @michael_teclai]

A massive salute to Biniam Girmay! The Eritrean cycling sensation was crowned the Best African Cycling Rider at the CAC Awards in Kigali!
His incredible sprint talent makes him a true symbol & inspiration for all young cyclists across the continent. Congrats on this major honor!

[Amanuel Biedemariam @Amanbiede]

China’s Special Envoy was in Asmara today: this wasn’t just an exchange of greetings, but substantive talks on mediation in the Horn and self-reliant African growth.

After decades on the sidelines, Eritrea’s Red Sea harbors have suddenly become the table every power wants a seat at. Will we see a Chinese-funded project at Massawa or Assab? Will a high-level U.S. delegation arrive in Asmara, or will President Isaias visit the White House to discuss regional stability and trade?

The rejected stone has become the new cornerstone. Who’s watching now? #RedSea #ChinaAfrica #HornOfAfrica #Eritrea #Sudan #Egypt #saudiarabia

[Wedi Jelhanti 🇪🇷 @HagerMetkel]

@hawelti ዓወትን ኣሳልጦን ከም ወትሩ ✊🏽

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

On the invitation of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, President Isaias Afwerki has departed, in the mid-morning hours today, to Saudi Arabia for a four-day working visit.

During their stay in the Kingdom, President Isaias and his delegation are scheduled to hold meetings with senior Saudi Government officials on enhancement of bilateral ties of cooperation and partnership as well as regional and international issues of mutual interest.