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[Sirak Bahlbi @SirakBahlbi]

በኣቢ ኣህመድ የሚመራ የኦሆዴድ ብልጽግና፡ ኣዲስ ኣበባ የናንተ ኣይደለች�� ያለው ኦሄደድ ፡ ኣሰብ የኢትዮጵያ ናት ብሎ ኑ ከኔ ጎን ተሰለፉ ሲል የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ሞኝ፡ጅል፡ቂል ነው ወይ? ከዚህ በላይ ንቀት ኣለ ወይ! እዚ ላይ ነው እኮ የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ መልስ መስጠት ያለበት። በጦርነት፡ በትምህርት፡ ብእውቀትም ምንም ዓይነት ልምድ የሌለው ሰው፡ እንደዚህ ስጫወትብን ፡ የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ በራሱ ነው ማፈር ያለበት። ለዚህች እንድ ሚልዮይን ህዝብ የሌላት፡ ከዘላኖች ወደ ከተማነት በ1962 በፔትሮዶላይ የበቀለች ኣገር ቅጭ ኣገዛዝ ኣሳልፎ የሰጠን ሰው ፡ ዛሬ የምንበረከክ ኢትዮጵያውያን ፡ ኣብይ ኣህመድ በጮሀው ኣጀንዳ የምንንቀሳቀስ ከሆንን፡ ጥፋተኛው ኣብይ ኣህመድ ኣይደለም፡ እኛ ነን።

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Foreign Minister Osman Saleh gave, today, a briefing on Ethiopia's unprovoked acts of aggression and its geopolitical ambitions to the Diplomatic Community in Asmara.

In his extensive briefing, FM Osman elaborated, with substantive details and evidences:
- the Ethiopian regime's repetitive and provocative pronouncements - by senior Prosperity Party political and military officials - for three long years on their belligerent strategy for acquiring "sovereign access to the sea";
- these ambitions and accompanied saber-rattling constituted a declaration of war against Eritrea in flagrant breach of the UN Charter and relevant provisions that prohibit the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity and political independence of any UN Member State;
- the Prosperity Party regime continued to provide sanctuary, as well as military and logistical support, to an assortment of inconsequential opposition groups;
- the regime was further engaged in proxy military activities that fuel regional conflicts and exacerbate instability in the Horn of Africa.

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

#Eritrea: World Food Day and International Day for Eradication of Poverty Observed

World Food Day and International Day for the Eradication of Poverty commemorated at the national level today at Mai-Nefhi Hotel under the respective themes: "Innovate Today, Nourish Tomorrow"; and "Together Let's Eradicate Poverty".

Event attended by senior Government officials, representatives of UN agencies, religious leaders and invited guests. Speeches from Minister Arefaine Berhe; Mr. Tekleab Misghina, DG of Regulatory Services at MoA; and Representatives of FAO and UNDP.

(Link below: MoA Message on the Occasion of World Food Day and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty)

https://t.co/ySXw8VkjNc

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Information Note Regarding #Eritrea-Ethiopia Relations

(Document circulated to UNSC Member States on 13 October yesterday in response to "Ethiopia’s Note on Current Developments” of 11 October 2026)

*"...Over the past three years, the Government of Ethiopia has sustained and progressively intensified its unprovoked war agenda against Eritrea under the rubric of acquiring 'Sovereign access to the sea, through negotiations if possible and force if necessary', in violation of the UN Charter and the 2018 Peace and Friendship Agreement between the two countries. Ethiopia’s acts of aggression and destabilization include the pronounced establishment of a Naval Force with jurisdiction over and strategic depth in Eritrea’s southern coastal region".

*"...Taken together, these developments are tantamount to, and constitute, a brazen violation of Eritrea’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, in breach of the prohibition of the threat or use of force under Article 2(4) of the Charter of the United Nations".

https://t.co/fUiTdNiiJY

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Let us not mince our words and call a Spade a Spade!

1. The Potemkin Party has been obsessed/immersed in unparalleled military expenditure spree in the last three years.
2. In the last three quarters of 2026 alone, the regime has received 365 UAE Cargo/military deliveries for use in its multiple domestic conflicts and concomitant acts/designs of regional destablization.
3. At the same time, the regime has received - and these are conservative estimates - over 30 billion US Dollars in cumulative external financial assistance in the last eight years from several multilateral and bilateral donors.
4. And yet, almost 21.4 million people all over the country remain in dire conditions whose survival depends on humanitarian assistance.

In a nutshell, the priorities of this callous regime are crystal clear; reckless wars of delusional "grandeur" in lieu of the welfare of the majority of its people and enduring regional peace and stability.

[Sirak Bahlbi @SirakBahlbi]

What I find curiously funny about the phone calls with other leaders Abiy announces in Social media is that non of the other leaders who spoke to him bother to announce they have spoken to Abiy anywhere!

Is that because they find him embarrassing? Or irrelevant? Or both?

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

መልእኽቲ ሚኒስተር ጉዳያት ወጻኢ ኣቶ ዑስማን ሳልሕ፡ ናብ ባይቶ ጸጥታ ሕቡራት ሃገራት
(10 ጥቅምቲ 2026)

ኤርትራ፡ ባይቶ ጸጥታ ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ነቲ ኣብ ኣህዛብ ክልቲኡ ሃገራት ከቢድ ዕንወት ዘስዕብን ንዞባዊ ርግኣት ዝዘርግን ኣዋጅ ኲናት ኢትዮጵያ ኣንጻር ኤርትራ ኣጥቢቑ ብምውጋዝ፡ ብመሰረት ምዕራፍ 7 ቻርተር ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ገታኢ ስጒምቲታት ክወስድ ትሓትት።

https://t.co/beGpAQ078K

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

#Eritrea: Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Sends Letter to the UN Security Council;
10 October 2026

1. In its communications to the UN Security Council yesterday, Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry has formally informed the UN Security Council that it is “taking measures” to implement the war of aggression that it has declared against Eritrea for three-years now.

2. Ethiopia’s deceitful attempts to rationalize its brazen acts of war against a sovereign UN member State in “self-defense” terms is hollow in substance and constitutes an insult to the intelligence of the international community.

3. Ethiopia’s provocative acts of war and regional destabilization had in fact elicited the UNSG and many UN member States to issue coordinated Statements on the 25thAnniversary of the Algiers Agreement in December last year that underlined the urgency and imperative of respecting Eritrea’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

4. But Ethiopia did not only fail to heed these warnings; it has gone further to incorporate and operationalize its long-planned invasion of Eritrea as part and parcel of the huge offensive it has unleashed in northern Ethiopia.

5. In the event, Eritrea requests the UN Security Council to forcefully condemn Ethiopia’s deplorable declaration of war against Eritrea, which will inculcate huge devastation to the peoples of both countries and destabilize the whole region, and take the requisite deterrent measures against it in accordance with Chapter VII of the UN Charter.

https://t.co/PG0HqdUHaw

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is these days accusing Eritrea for acts of "unprovoked aggression that may jeopardize regional peace and security".

Audacity and duplicity in their most extreme forms!

The indelible facts:
1. Ethiopia has in essence declared a war of aggression against Eritrea when its Prime Minister announced to his Parliament on 13 October 2023 that his regime will acquire "sovereign access to the sea, through negotiations if possible and by force if necessary".
2. As illustrated in the Press Release issued at the time (link below), Eritrea responded with exemplary restraint and equanimity to underline that it will not be provoked by these perplexing pronouncements and events.
3. In subsequent and repetitive campaigns to agitate and solicit support from his domestic constituencies to his war agenda, the PP's leader invoked "Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights" as a useful precedent for what he had in mind for Assab.
4. He went further to denigrate and deny Eritrea's independence by stating that "he could not find any legal documents in all Ethiopian Government archives - the Cabinet, Parliament etc. - in relation to Eritrea's independence".
5. His periodic and strident agitations included urging and reminding the Ethiopian Army that its core mission centered on "ensuring and maintaining the security of the Red Sea from the edge of Somalia to the Port of Massawa".
4. Taking their cue from the Potemkin Party's Chief, senior political and military officials dwelt on provocative statements on several public events; essentially to declare that they will correct the "historical mistake" and forcefully occupy the Eritrean port of Assab as well as its entire southern coastline to secure "strategic depth" to their phantom naval force.
5. And, on 27 September last month, the Ethiopian Army's Deputy Chief of Staff openly declared that "the offensive launched in Tigray will not stop there". He went on to state: "Mekelle is a mere stop-over, our ultimate destination is Assab; our main objective is to install our flag in the Red Sea".
6. The hysterical infatuation with the Red Sea must also be seen with previous intentions to wage a war of invasion against Eritrea but that were not publicly divulged at the time. Indeed, the PP regime did not only try to entice the TPLF to join forces for an invasion against Eritrea in confidential meetings in Djibouti and Seychelles during the Tigray War in early/mid 2022, but a confidential report issued by the EU Envoy after her visit to Ethiopia in September 2022 - a couple of months prior to the Pretoria Agreement - bluntly announced that the 2018 Peace Agreement between Eritrea and Ethiopia had become "null and void". These were apparently sinister machinations to which Eritrea had no inkling at the time.

In brief, the Ethiopian regime has been pursuing, in effect, an unprovoked war of aggression against Eritrea for more than three years now in flagrant breach of foundational principles of international law and the UN Charter that prohibit the threat or use of force against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of another Member State.

https://t.co/PUdlL3vZQs

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

An Interview with Mr. Arefaine Berhe, Minister of Agriculture on MoA's Strategies, Progress and Vision - SAFE AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD FOR EVERYONE; EVERYWHERE

(Monthly Newsletter, 100th Issue, October 2026)

The Interview elaborates on MoA's three distinct strategies focused on house-hold and small-scale farming within the context of, and that complement, broader and large scale commercial modern irrigation.

These are:
i) Minimum Integrated Household Agricultural Package, MIHAP, which focuses on small-scale irrigated agriculture, with particular emphasis on integrated organic farming;
ii) Small and Medium Commercial Farmers Strategy, SMCFS, that targets farmers who produce a wide range of commodities for the market; and,
iii) Comprehensive Small and Productive Farm Plot, SPFP, which addresses the larger segment of farmers who depend on rain-fed agriculture.

https://t.co/kbnCiKI93m

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Potemkin Party's characteristic behaviour of speaking with a forked tongue is again in full display.

In a Press Statement issued by the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry today in an apparent reaction to the El-Alamien Declaration, the PP pays lip-service to the pursuit of "peaceful engagement, mutual respect, and regional cooperation". It further urges "all regional actors to address shared challenges through constructive dialogue, partnership, and adherence to the principles of good neighborliness...".

But this is the crux of the matter.

The Potemkin Party's duplicitous antics aside, the prevailing tension that has gripped the Horn of Africa region emanates precisely from its perilous acts perpetrated over the past years and that violate international law and the prospects and opportunities of healthy regional cooperation.

Indeed, these are the poignant facts:
1. Ethiopia enjoys unfettered access to all ports in the Horn of Africa. In what can be termed as a "buyers market", it has extensive latitude to enter into mutually beneficial commercial agreements with all the coastal countries concerned. But the Potemkin Party chose to violate international law and the principles of good neighborliness to pursue an agenda of aggression and war against Eritrea to "acquire sovereign access to the sea".
2. As spelled out in previous public statements by its Foreign Ministry, the invasion of the Eritrean port of Assab must include the southern coastal zone too. In the PP's convoluted logic: "without the protective depth offered by the Dahlak islands, Assab remains an exposed coastal facility vulnerable to hostile naval power... any enduring arrangement for Ethiopia must therefore consider a dual reality: access to the coast and the strategic depth required to protect that access".
3. Similarly, the Potemkin Party has fomented unnecessary and avoidable tensions with Somalia and Sudan through willful acts that breach international law and impede regional cooperation. The illicit MOU that it signed with Somaliland in flagrant breach of Somalia's sovereignty and territorial integrity; the all-rounded support that it continues to provide to the RSF under the bidding of the UAE are deplorable acts that have jeopardized regional peace and security.

Finally, Ethiopia's insinuation that some geographic proximity to the Red Sea entitles it with the rights and responsibilities of the littoral States is too ludicrous and hollow in purely legal terms to merit response.

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Semantic Shifts and Strategic Deceptions: Prosperity Party’s Rhetorical Pivot on the Red Sea

Research and Documentation Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
4 October 2026

The PP’s hostile posture toward Eritrea is part and parcel of a broader expansionist foreign policy that has destabilized the Horn of Africa on multiple fronts including:

1. The PP has pursued a persistent campaign, for three years now, of denigrating Eritrean statehood and advancing expansionist claims over sovereign Eritrean territories.
2. The PP’s hypocrisy is stark; it exploits the fact that AU is headquartered in the Ethiopian capital for purposes of continental diplomacy. At the same time, it bypassed international protocols by signing a unilateral, unlawful Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Somaliland, directly violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
3. Furthermore, the PP regime has aggravated the catastrophic civil war in Sudan by hosting a UAE-financed military training facility, which serves as an active staging ground for cross-border drone strikes, weapon trafficking networks, and the recruitment of Mercenaries to reinforce the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), thereby catalyzing widespread regional destabilization.

https://t.co/JiiYrzxbKD

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Press Release

Ethiopia’s Deplorable Acts of Hostility

https://t.co/kmkxALIAuG

*"...In reality, it is Ethiopia which has been pursuing an agenda of incessant hostility – in effect, a publicly pronounced declaration of war – against Eritrea for three years in pursuit of 'the imperative of acquiring sovereign access to the sea' through the invasion of sovereign Eritrean ports and coastal areas".

*"...Throughout these trying times, Eritrea has displayed patience and restraint in the hope of averting a dangerous escalation".

*"...In the current circumstances, however, Eritrea has no option but to reciprocate in kind and severe all diplomatic ties with Ethiopia with all the negative corollaries that this entails".

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

#Eritrea's senior delegation composed of Mr. Hagos Gebrehiwet, Head of Economic Affairs; and, Mr. Nesredin Mohammed Saleh, Minister of Trade and Industry, today met in Cairo with Dr. Badr Abdellaty, Eygpt's Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Expatriates; and, with Lieutenant General Kamel El-Wazir, the Minister of Transport, respectively, for extensive talks on bilateral and regional matters.

In this regard, the two sides assessed progress achieved to-date in the sectors and areas of mutual bilateral cooperation and exchanged views on next steps.

Specific themes addressed in the extensive discussions include: enhancement of investment and trade on construction equipment and materials; medicaments; agricultural produce; marine resources; and, maritime transport.

[Sirak Bahlbi @SirakBahlbi]

What a way to make a living! Pathetic to the extreme. This PP hired lobbyist @TiborPNagyJr continues to make outrageous statements making himself a laughing stock just for few bucks! He is a real disgrace to the US Diplomatic Corps. @AsstSecStateAF @US_SrAdvisorAF @AnnGarrison @blkagendareport

[Sirak Bahlbi @SirakBahlbi]

If you want to understand what is going on in the little minds of Abiy and his PP disciples, all you have to do is visit Horn Review. This week, there is a Q&A article featuring Bacha Debele and Blen Mamo Diriba. It is obvious they are using Bacha Debele’s name for sensational effect; otherwise, everyone knows he did not provide these answers. To me, it reads more like Blen interviewing Blen!

In that short interview, the word “#Eritrea” is mentioned 34 times and the name “Isaias” 9 times. Here is one statement that gives you a flavour of the article:

“...And that brings us to Isaias Afwerki. The #Eritrean dictator, whom I consider to be behind this entire drama, is pursuing an agenda that is in no form or shape consonant with the interests of these seven groups.”

I know Blen Mamo likes to use randomly assembled, inflated words and phrases in her articles. Horn Review is full of them.

But the objective is obvious: they are trying to frame Eritrea for the colossal mess Abiy has created in #Ethiopia. And his main sponsor (#UAE) and others are hopping to use the inferno in the Horn of Africa as a smokescreen to invade Eritrea's coastal territory.

The PP’s main downfall is that they seem to think they are far cleverer than everyone else and they can get away with wagging war after war after war. Sooner or later, PP is going fall flat in their face, and we all hope that day Ethiopia is not burned down beyond repair.
@antonioguterres @AsstSecStateAF @US_SrAdvisorAF @umutcagrisariii

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Statement by Foreign Minister Osman Saleh at 81st Session of the UN General Assembly; 28 September 2026

“… the imperative for installing a new world order predicated on justice and rationality - and that jettisons the zero-sum system - remains humanity’s fundamental individual and collective right”.

[Embassy of Eritrea to Ethiopia PM to AU & ECA @ERIEMBAET]

"Eritrea remains steadfast in its commitment to building a resilient and self-reliant society in which the dignity and well-being of every citizen are realized."

https://t.co/iwAGxUr7it

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

#Eritrea - Keynote Remarks by Foreign Minister Osman Saleh at the State of Africa’s Children Report 2026
23 September 2026, UNICEF House, NY

*"...Africa has the experience, institutions and solutions required to accelerate progress. Our principal challenge is to translate commitments into sustained implementation. This requires stronger national institutions, sustainable financing, resilient infrastructure and reliable services that reach the most vulnerable, including children and families in remote and underserved communities".

*"...The water and sanitation systems we build today will shape the health, dignity, and opportunities of Africa’s children for decades to come. The human cost of inadequate WASH remains unacceptably high; water- and sanitation-related diseases continue to cause preventable illness and death, particularly among children. Safe WASH is therefore not merely an infrastructure issue; it is fundamental to protecting children and investing in Africa’s human capital, and integral to realizing the ambitions of Agenda 2063".

*"...The evidence presented in this report should serve not only as a reflection of the challenges before us, but also as a call to action. Let us ensure that the experiences, needs and aspirations of Africa’s children remain at the center of our continental priorities".

https://t.co/hZfaLX5Got

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Potemkin Party's signature trademark remains boringly the same: a stale chorus of historic revisionism; and, incessant threats of war and invasion in pursuit of "sovereign sea access and maritime power".

These provocative pronouncements are at times sprinkled with double-speak to hoodwink the international community.

Indeed, the language and tone of aggression seemed to have been toned down at the last BRICS Summit while at home, Potemkin Party's senior Ministers and top Military Generals were simultaneously doubling down on the urgency of "correcting a historical mistake without further delay".

The fact is: for the Potemkin Party, the constant variables in the last three years have been, and remain:
- blatant revision of Eritrea's ancient and contemporary history;
- brazen denial and denigration of Eritrea's Statehood coupled with incessant saber-rattling for acquiring "access to the sea".

The Potemkin Party's aggressive policy intent/mindset is again plainly illustrated in yesterday's X post by its official news agency - Fana Media Corporation, Arabic version.

https://t.co/D2IphSegSu