Congratulations to Eritrea.
A nation that stood its ground when challenged by major powers, defended its sovereignty, and refused to bow to neo-colonialism and imperialism. Even Hillary Clinton once described Eritrea as a βbad example of good governance in Africaβ in other words, the kind of example that could become a problem for major powers if other African nations followed suit.
Now, years later, those same major powers are reconsidering their approach.
As Africans, we should be proud of Eritrea for being an example of a nation that stood firm, defended its sovereignty, and refused to let outside powers dictate its path.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's message:
"πͺπΉ Come to Ethiopia β get a 7-year age discount!
Itβs 2026 in much of the world, but on September 11, Ethiopia welcomed 2019.
Come for the 7-year age discount."
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Election Day π³οΈ | Counting Underway #ZambiaVotes2026
The #AUβ#COMESA Election Observation Mission is currently observing the closing and counting procedures at polling stations across its deployment areas during #Zambiaβs 13 August 2026 General Elections..
The EOM will continue observing through the completion of counting and tabulation. 1/
In these tumultuous times, charting out synergetic and complementary architecture of collective regional security, and more broadly, modalities and mechanisms of wider cooperation has become more vital and urgent than ever before.
The overarching political considerations and operational calculus behind this conviction are the imperatives of ownership and agency; the need to avoid a polarized climate of global rivalry; and the rationale for enhancing local capacity building and mutual cooperation between the main stakeholders to secure and enhance enduring regional peace and stability.
In the Red Sea, this broad framework translates and is better summed up in the following 12 points that Eritrea submitted to the Council of Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Littoral States few years ago.
Eritrea maintains that these parameters can indeed serve as substantive inputs that can be enriched through continuous and rigorous consultation against the backdrop of fluid and changing realities.
1. Comprehensive and unbiased assessment of the current realities of the Red Sea and associated matters, in all their dimensions and perspectives in a realistic manner;
2. Full clarity on the desired objectives and goals;
3. Detailed mapping of the threats to the peace and security of the Red Sea; and, categorization and specification of these parameters;
4. Formulation of a viable strategy that will ensure achievement of constructive objectives and goals;
5. Formulation of strategies to contain and eliminate the threats in tandem with the positive policies of cooperation;
6. Mapping out detailed schemes and plans that will ensure holistic implementation of the twin strategies;
7. Stipulation of the implementation mechanisms, associated structures and mobilization of the requisite resources;
8. Ensuring that all the organizational configurations and frameworks that are developed are anchored on respect of sovereignty and international law;
9. Ensuring that all littoral States build and possess their own effective defense capabilities and naval forces (without delegation to others);
10. Supplementing, through collective efforts and synergy, those specific tasks that cannot be met through individual domestic capabilities and resources;
11. All relevant States will create appropriate modalities of cooperation with βexternal forcesβ for tasks or missions that are beyond their collective capability on the basis of a consensual framework;
12. Creation of competent committees to address all these issues in a comprehensive and professional manner.