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[Mesay Mekonnen @mamamesay]

ኤርትራ ምላሽ ሰጥታለች። የአብይ አህመድን ደብዳቤ ውድቅ በማድረግ 'መሰረተ ቢስ የፈጠራ ክስ' ብላዋለች። አብይ አንድ መንግስት የሚባል አካል ባህሪ ፈጽሞ የለውም። ደብዳቤው ይህንን በሚገባ ያጋልጣል። ደረጃውን ያልጠበቀ፥ ከቋንቋ አንስቶ አጠቃላይ የደብዳቤው መንፈስ ግልብና ተራ መሆኑን በቀላሉ መረዳት ይቻላል። የአብይ አህመድ አገዛዝ አቋም የቱ ነው ከሚለው ጥያቄ ጀምሮ በርከት ያሉ ምላሽ የሚፈልጉ የተድበሰበሱ መልዕክቶች የሚገኙበት ደብዳቤ እንደሆነ ጉዳዩን በቅርበት የሚከታተሉ የፖለቲካ ተንታኞች ይገልጻሉ። የደብዳቤው ተልዕኮ ምንድን ነው? ማስፈራራት? የሰላም ጥሪ? ግራ የገባው ነገር ነው። በተለይ በወረራ ተይዘዋል የተባሉት ቦታዎች የትኞቹ ናቸው? መቼ ነው የተያዙት? የኤርትራ ሰራዊት ቦታዎቹን ሲይዝ የአብይ አህመድ አገዛዝ የማንን ጎፈሬ እያበጠረ ነበር? የዳርድንበር ጉዳይ ከሆነ ከ40 ኪሎሜትሮች በላይ የተያዘውና በሱዳን በኩል የሚገኘው የኢትዮጵያ መሬት ጉዳይ ምነው ዝም ተባለ? በጫጉላው ጊዜ አብይ አህመድ የባድመን ጨምሮ በአልጀርስ ስምምነት ለኤርትራ ስለተሰጡ መሬቶች የተናገረውን ረስቶታል ማለት ነው? ጥያቄው ብዙ ነው። ብልጽግና መልስ ለመስጠት የሚችለው ግን አይደለም።

ሰሞኑን በኤ ኤፍ ፒ ላይ በወጣ አንድ ጽሁፍ ኢትዮጵያን የተባበሩት አረብ ኤሜሬትስ 'ሎሌ' ሲል ይገልጻታል። አንዲት በፔትሮ ዶላር ያበጠች ሚጢጢዬ ሀገር ኢትዮጵያን በመዳፏ ስር አድርጋ እንደቶይ እየተጫወተችባት እንደሆነ የሚተነትን ጽሁፍ ነው። የተባበሩት አረብ ኤሜሬትስ ሀገር ለመባል የሚያስችል ብዙ ነገሮች የሚጎድላት እንደሆነ ይታወቃል። እንደውም አንዳንዶች ሲገልጿት ሀገር ከሚለው ይልቅ 'ትልቅ ሞል' ይሏታል። ኤሜሬትስ ትልቅ ሱቅ ናት። ሌላ ምንም የላትም። በ1960 የተወለደች፥ ከግመል በረትነት ቀስ በቀስ ወደ መንደርነት አድጋ በመሬቷ ውስጥ በሚገኘው ነዳጅ አማካኝነት ዶላሩን አፍሳ፥ ሰማይ ጠቀስ ፎቆችን በመገንባት ከተማ በመመስረት እንደሀገር ቁጠሩኝ ብላ በመንግስታቱ ድርጅት ባህረ መዝገብ ላይ የሰፈረች ለመሆኗ ብዙም ምርምር ሳያስፈልግ የሚደረስበት እውነታ ነው። ዶላሩ አሳበጣትና የአፍሪካን ቀጠና ከአቡዳቢ ሆና እንደፈለገች መበጥበጥ ጀመረች። የገባችበት ሀገር በሙሉ ፈርሷል አልያም ሰላሙ ተናግቷል። ሊቢያንና የመንን መጥቀስ ይቻላል። አሁን ደግሞ ሱዳንን እያፈራረሰች ናት። ተረኛዋ ኢትዮጵያ ለመሆኗ ምንም ጥርጥር የለውም። አብይ አህመድ በሩን በርግዶ አስገብቷታል። ሎሌነቱን በአደባባይ አረጋግጦ ''ያልሽው ሁሉ በኢትዮጵያ ይፈጸም ዘንድ ተስማምቼአለሁ'' ብሏል። ምዕራባውያን በሰማይና በምድር ዘመናዊ ጦር አዝምተው ያላንበረከኳትን ኢትዮጵያ አብይ አህመድ በጓሮ በር ለኤሜሬትስ የእጅ አዙር ቅኝ ግዛት አሳልፎ ሰጥቷታል።

ምናልባት በኤርትራና በኢትዮጵያ መሀል ጦርነት ከተጀመረ ያ ጦርነት የኤሜሬትስ እንጂ የኢትዮጵያ አይደለም። ለአብይ አህመድ አሸከርነት ማጎናጸፊያ ተብሎ የሺዎች ኢትዮጵያውያን ህይወት የሚገበርበት ጦርነት እንደሚሆን የሚጠራጠር ካለ ጅልና ቂል ብቻ የሆነ ነው። ለማንኛውም አብይ አህመድ 'አንዳንድ ጦርነቶች ለእኛ እድሎችን ይፈጥራል' እንዳለው ከኤርትራ ጋር ጦርነት ውስጥ ከገባ ፋኖን ለመሰሉ ሃይሎች ትልቅ አጋጣሚ የሚፈጠር ይሆናል። እሱ አሰብና አስመራን አሻግሮ ሲመለከት አዲስ አበባን የሚያጣበት ሁኔታ የማይቀር ይሆናል። ጦርነት የሚመረጥ ጉዳይ ባይሆንም ማጅራቱን ተብሎ፥ አከርካሪው ተመትቶ፥ ከነግሳንግሱ ካልተወገደ ሀገሪቱም ቀጠናውም ሰላም እንደሚያጡ ለሚያምን ሰው አብይን በጦርነት ማሰናበት ምርጫ የሌለው አማራጭ ነው ማለት ይቻላል።

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Celebrations of the 36th Anniversary of "Operation Fenkil" and the liberation of Massawa, the pearl of the Red Sea, will be held from 13-15th February next week under the theme: "Heroic Fenkil Operation: Heritage for Generations".

Operation Fenkil underscored the unparalleled determination, military ingenuity & heroism of #Eritrea's long and arduous popular struggle and heralded, as the penultimate epic battle, the inexorable march towards the ultimate goal of national independence and human dignity.

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

In the wake of its leader's perplexing discourse at the Ordinary Session of the House of Representatives early this week, the Potemkin Party's degenerative moral/ethical compass; its habitual and incorrigible penchant for resorting to abject lies as an instrument of policy; its trademarks of betrayal and abhorrent opportunism; its reckless propensity to stoke multiple conflicts in pursuit of elusive "personal Grandeur" etc. have become glaringly obvious to all political observers of the region.

Indeed, these days, the constant refrain among former officials and allied parties (letter of former Deputy PM and Foreign Minister); broad segments of the Ethiopian people; as well as large sections of the diplomatic community in the Horn revolves around the Machiavellian mindset; the unconscionable distortion of facts and events the PP's leader routinely peddles to advance his reckless agendas. "ሓሳውን ቆርበትን እንዳሓደረ ይፈኮስ"፡ ከምዝበሃል!

[Haylom Wedi Eri @wediEriHaylom]

Eritreans in the diaspora reject false claims accusing Eritrea of violating Ethiopia’s sovereignty. Eritrea has no interest in Ethiopian territory, internal affairs, or proxy conflicts. Accusations without facts or locations are speculation, not diplomacy. Public statements about Assab contradict claims of respecting sovereignty. Peace cannot be built on lies, delay tactics, or proxy agendas. Genuine peace requires truth, respect for borders, and honest dialogue.

Disclaimer: This is not an official Eritrean government statement. It reflects personal opinion from Eritreans in the diaspora.

#AbiyAhmedAli
#GedionTimothewos
#Eritrea #Ethiopia #HornOfAfrica #Assab #RedSea #Sovereignty #PeaceThroughTruth #DiasporaVoices

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Press Release

False Accusations to Serve Ulterior Agendas
(Ministry of Information; Asmara, 9 February 2026)

"The patently false and fabricated accusations against Eritrea issued by Ethiopia's Foreign Minister yesterday is astounding in its tone and substance, underlying motivation, and overarching objective".

https://t.co/pMVH8TNLD8

[mussie girmai @MussieWdei]

U nailed as always u do !

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Potemkin Party's declared "war manifesto" seems to be morphing - through constant packaging and re-packaging - into "the aggrieved party" mode these days.

Indeed, the incessant and toxic mantra on "acquiring sovereign access to the sea by force if necessary .. the imperative to project naval power in the Red Sea.. the revisionist and blasphemous pronouncements on Eritrea's independence...etc. " that the war-mongering PP has been floating for the last two years has been temporarily turned on "mute-mode" in the past few weeks.

The transparent ploy is designed to hoodwink public opinion by rationalizing the unprovoked and reckless war that the PP has been itching to unleash against Eritrea for the past two years as a "legitimate act of self defense".

This is the gist of the long and monotonous diatribe that PP's Foreign Minister delivered at a "Foreign Policy Forum" in Addis Ababa on Thursday this week whose central theme was on "Eritrea's perennial acts of destabilization against Ethiopia".

Strange as it may sound, PP's senior officials seem to suffer from acute deficits of institutional memory - they claim they are not able "to retrieve them from Cabinet, Parliamentary and other archives". In the event and to refresh the memories of the FM and his Potemkin Party colleagues in a broad-brash and snapshot manner, we will dwell on the following indelible historical facts:

1. Eritrea's three decades war of national liberation was sparked because Ethiopia unilaterally abrogated the sham Federation and annexed Eritrea in flagrant contravention of international law. The Federal Act itself was a blatant violation of Eritrea's inalienable rights of decolonization. Ethiopia's surrogate role in the original illicit act; annexation, and intermittent relapse of its expansionist and irredentist agendas were, and continue to remain, the singular causes of the periodic conflicts that have raged between the two countries.
2. In a nutshell, Eritrea has invariably been on the receiving end for the costly and unnecessary conflicts that successive Ethiopian regime have and continue to unleash because they covet their neighbour's land and endowments.
2. The vicious 1998-2000 border war between the two countries was unleashed by the incumbent Ethiopian regime under the putative pretext of "dispute on Badme and its environs". Although they are singing to a different tune these days, PP's senior officials - including the current Army Chief of Staff - confessed only four years ago that they were ashamed and embarrassed at the time when the Parliament accused Eritrea for aggression and declared war in May 1998 while the army had been given explicit instructions to unleash war weeks earlier. The maximalist agenda of the war went beyond regaining the "disputed territory". In the early weeks of the war, the then Deputy Foreign Minister, Tekeda Alemu, publicly announced to a gathering of the Ethiopian community in Washington that "capturing Assab" was one of the central objectives of the war. During the 3rd Offensive, the Ethiopian regime halted the US-EU facilitated negotiations in Algiers while the Ethiopian army launched a massive military assault on Assab with disastrous consequences. Ethiopia signed the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement only after, and because of, this debacle. The Moratorium on Air Strikes brokered by President Clinton in July 1998; the Technical Arrangements; the Algiers Agreement, and later the EEBC Award were violated by incumbent Ethiopian regimes because they were not sincerely committed to nurturing and consolidating good-neighbourly ties between the two countries on the basis of each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
3. The Potemkin Party is suffering from the same irredentist malaise with its current war agenda cloaked in "sovereign access to the sea". The accusation alluding to Eritrea's visceral stance and "Isaias doctrine" of fomenting perpetual "destabilization" of Ethiopia is too ludicrous to merit elaboration. Small Eritrea must indeed have Providential powers if it is potent enough to destabilize its much larger neighbour for decades. The truth is the wars that are raging in virtually all of Ethiopia's Regions are incubated by the regime's own flawed governance architecture.
4. The FM further digresses to what has become normative among PP officials and trolls these days of disparaging Eritrea's economic endowments and growth as well as its governance architecture. Again, this is too audacious coming as it does from a country whose economy is overstressed and burdened by debilitating poverty in spite of over 84 billion US$ of receiving international development assistance over the last three decades; periodic IMF financial bailouts; and cyclical rounds of intensive care (Food Safety nets etc.). Currently, 21.4 million Ethiopian are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance, while 68.7% are multidimentionally poor. And as mentioned above, the country is seething under spiraling conflicts that emanate from misguided governance structures that polarize society along entrenched and centrifugal ethnic cleavages.

We could go on and on.. but it would be meaningless: "ዘረባ ኣደይ ለቱ፥ ኣየውፍር ኣየእቱ"፥ ስለዝኾነ እቲ ነገሩ!

[Sirak Bahlbi @SirakBahlbi]

ሳዋ 2004 ኣብ ፈላማይ ፈስቲቫል መንእሰያት 'ይክኣሎ`ሎ ዘይሕለሎ..' እንዳደረፈ ንበረኸት መንግስትኣብ ዝስኣልክዎ ገለጽቲ ስእልታት ጽቡቓት መዘከርታ።

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Condolences: Legendary and iconic artist, Bereket Mengisteab, has passed away at the age of 84 after a long illness.

Gifted with many artistic talents - singer, musician, composer and poet - Bereket was instrumental, with other contemporary artists, in the popularization of Eritrea's epic struggle for liberation with his vibrant revolutionary songs and patriotic lyrics.

Bereket's role transcended the realm of music. He was a member of the ELM movement at an early age in 1958. Later he joined the ELF in 1975 and was Head of its Department of Culture until 1979.

Bereket returned home in 1993 and continued to serve his nation and people as one Eritrea's great artists under the umbrella of the Commission of Culture and Sport.

[Ghideon Musa @GhideonMusa]

The Eritrean community mourns the loss of a profound cultural icon and veteran fighter. Dr. Bereket Mengesteab, renowned as the "Father of Eritrean Music" passed away today, November 12, 2025, in Asmara at the age of 89.
#Eritrea #Music

[Sertseyonas Negash 🇪🇷 @Sertseyonas]

It is astonishing to see someone like @ButaDubi, once a Prisoner of War (POW) captured by the #EPLF, now speaking against #Eritrea, the very country that set him free. PP’s 'Generals', including the Chief of Staff, were also former POWs. It is time to remind them of their past.😂

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

#Eritrea: Concise and Cogent Statement by the Eritrean Embassy in Geneva:

"Eritrea's long-held and pronounced position on development cooperation with any country and/or multi-lateral institution is unequivocal and crystal clear. Among (adhering to) fundamental pillars, such as full ownership of its programmes, it does not brook any conditionality whatsoever"

https://t.co/xW4u4ZKcGj

[Amanuel Biedemariam @Amanbiede]

Eritrea and Egypt share a historic, strategic, and symbiotic partnership rooted in mutual security, economic cooperation, and geopolitical understanding. Their alignment is not only natural but essential for the stability of the Red Sea and the wider region.

Today, as Ethiopia and certain regional actors—encouraged and financed by UAE-backed interests—pursue destabilizing ventures in Sudan, it’s clear that the ultimate targets extend beyond Sudan itself. These actions threaten to undermine the strategic balance that safeguards both Eritrea and Egypt, effectively striking at their back door.

This is why the Eritrea–Egypt relationship carries profound regional importance. I also hope to see Yemen play a constructive role in restoring equilibrium across the Red Sea corridor.

#Eritrea #Egypt #RedSeaSecurity #HornOfAfrica #Ethiopia #Yemen #AbiyAhmed

[Simon K Hagos @tewerwari_1]

Let the kid from 4kilo do what he does best; rhetoric without action, but rest assured #Eritrea will bring #Egypt 100 kilometers from his nose. A regional destabilizing #Ethiopia will be checkmated for the next 100 years. Let’s just play the chessboard… 😄😄
We know he is mortified to see Egypt close to his borders, and that is what Eritrea will do 😬😬 @PMEthiopia @MFAEthiopia @MfaEgypt

[Ghideon Musa @GhideonMusa]

El-Sisi reaffirmed Egypt’s firm commitment to supporting Eritrea’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
#Eritrea #Egypt

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Political doublespeak and duplicity of Potemkin Party (PP) officials and zealots knows no bounds!

Only this week, the PP regime convened the Tana Forum ostensibly to mull on "regional peace and stability". But in the same breadth, the Army Chief of Staff and other senior military brass continued to ratchet up their incessant saber-rattling and war agenda against Eritrea.

Yet another Potemkin Party segment has simultaneously announced the launching of a phantom, "1,58 billion US dollars Standard Gauge Railway Project intended to connect the country with the Red Sea Ports of Massawa, Assab and Tadjourah"; "ብላዕ ዘይበልዎስ፥ ጽቡሑለይ በለ"፡ እዩ እቲ ነገሩ።

PP's befuddled mindset and duplicitous machinations have nothing to do with good-faith intentions and policies of regional peace and cooperation. The latter are indeed squarely anchored on established international laws and norms; on full respect of each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Duplicitous verbal gymnastics is not only antithetical to the healthy agenda of regional peace, stability and cooperation, but it is also fraught with fomenting dangerous conflicts that the Horn of Africa region does not need or deserve.

https://t.co/HAwWayueRq

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

ሰውራዊ ደርፍታትና ኣብ ፈታኒ እዋን ንመኸተን ጽንዓትን ህዝብና ዝድርዑ'ዮም። ናይ ጓል ኣንከረ "ሪም" ምስ እዋኑ እተኸይድ'ያ። ሃየ!

[Paulos Netabay @PNetabay]

ፕረዚደንት ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ፡ ብዕድመ ፕረዚደንት ዓብዱልፋታሕ ኣልሲሲ ናይ ሓሙሽተ መዓልታት ናይ ስራሕ ምብጻሕ ንምፍጻም፡ ሎሚ ንግሆ ናብ ሪፓብሊክ ግብጺ ገይሹ። ፕረዚደንት ኢሳይያስን ፕረዚደንት ኣልሲሲን፡ ኣብ ምዕዛዝ ዝምድናታት ክዝትዩ'ዮም።

[Sirak Bahlbi @SirakBahlbi]

Abiy’s Conman Spectacle in Parliament

Abiy Ahmed’s latest performance in parliament was nothing short of a conman’s circus. I watched some clips of his remarks about #Eritrea — and there’s enough lies, doublespeak, and hollow bravado to fill an entire series of posts.

The thing about narcissists like Abiy is that they manufacture noise just to stay in the spotlight. They crave attention, even if it’s outrage. So yes, we must be careful not to give him more airtime than he deserves. But, unfortunately, he is the sitting Prime Minister of #Ethiopia — and his infantile rants can carry real consequences.

In this post, I’ll focus on just one absurd claim: Abiy said he couldn’t find a single document explaining how Ethiopia lost access to the Red Sea — and that he has been asking his office to look for them.

While he is looking for documents, perhaps he should also look for the documents showing how Ethiopia annexed all of #Eritrea and its coastline in the first place — by illegally abolishing the UN-mandated federation in the 1950s.
even better, Has he found the documents of how the great powers conspired to hand over Eritrea to Abyssinia against the will of its people?
Or better yet, has he been looking in his drawers for the Menelik–Italian treaties that clearly defined the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia? and which side of the border #Assab lies?

For the last time, listen to the following point, the Independence of Eritrea has got nothing to do with the Occupier of Eritrea. So if you can not find a document then it is may be because it has nothing to do with the Ethiopian cabinet or parliament.

And finally, there’s the embarrassing spectacle inside the parliament — MPs clapping and laughing like a live studio audience every time he speaks. I’ve never seen a legislature applaud with such obedience and regularity, especially while the country is disintegrating beneath their feet and their citizens are dying in every corner.
A tragic-comic show — if only it weren’t real.

[President Parody Afwerki (Parody) 🇪🇷 @isaias_afwerki]

No country in Africa has borrowed more money from the IMF than Ethiopia.

So much debt... I started calling the country Debthopia. 🤣

[Sertseyonas Negash 🇪🇷 @Sertseyonas]

An Eritrean proverb that perfectly describes @AbiyAhmedAli ’s relentless and pointless rhetoric is ጸማም ሓደ ደርፉ, roughly translated as “A deaf knows only one tune.” 😂
#Ethiopia is not a prisoner of geography - it is a prisoner of the siege mentality of its leadership❗️