African Perspectives

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

The Sudanese Eritrean Relations: A Firm Partnership Beyond Geography, Rooted in Shared Destiny
(by Mr. Osman Ahmed Abdul Bari; Ambassador of the Republic of the Sudan to Eritrea)

*"...The Relations between the Republic of the Sudan and the State of Eritrea represent an advanced model of bilateral relations in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea regions. Their roots run deep in history, and their dimensions intersect politically, securely, economically, and socially, making them strategic relations based on mutual trust, good neighborliness, and a set of intertwined interests and a shared destiny".

*"...The Sudanese –Eritrean partnership represents a strategic cornerstone for reshaping the equations of stability in the region and a model of cooperation that seeks to manage crisis from within the region itself, transforming them into a strategic asset that serves regional stability and the interests of its peoples".

https://t.co/KmY2tTDnqj

[weini kelati @KelatiWeini]

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[Biniam Girmay @GrmayeBiniam]

1/1✅

Finishing off the perfect work of my teammates

[NSN Cycling Team @NSNCyclingTeam]

First race, first victory 🏆

It’s an unforgettable NSN debut for @GrmayeBiniam as he wins stage 1️⃣ of the @VueltaCV!

🇪🇸 #VCV26 #WeAreNSN #VeniVidiBini | @weare_NSN

[Ghidewon Abay @Ghidewon]

President Isaias Afwerki of #Eritrea is a leader deeply trusted by his people and regarded with apprehension by those who have repeatedly failed to bend #Eritrea to their will. His authority does not rest on spectacle or populist theatrics, but on a long record of sacrifice, consistency, and resolve. Having devoted more than three quarters of his life to the #Eritrean national cause, first as a liberation fighter and strategist, and later as a head of state, his leadership is inseparable from the country’s hard-won sovereignty.

President Isaias is a fearless and disciplined visionary, shaped by struggle rather than comfort. He is guided by principle rather than expediency, and by long-term national interest rather than shifting political winds. In a region where leaders often pivot with convenience, hedge their positions, or outsource responsibility, his steadiness stands out. He is not given to rhetorical excess, nor does he dilute conviction to gain external approval.

At the core of his leadership is an uncompromising commitment to truth and national dignity. He has little tolerance for deception, political pretension, or manufactured narratives. This clarity, many times unsettling to critics, has been essential to #Eritrea’s survival in a hostile and volatile environment. It is precisely this refusal to bend, flatter, or conform that has earned him the loyalty of his people and the enduring frustration of those who hoped Eritrea could be pressured, divided, or coerced into submission.

#PIA #PIAPrincipledLeader @DahlaKib @EliasAmare @Yehdavid @bintekbin @RedSeaBeacon
#EPLF #PFDJ

[Ghidewon Abay @Ghidewon]

“In 1905, German orientalist Enno Littmann led what was formally titled ‘The Princeton University Expedition to Abyssinia.’ History, however, tells a more precise and more honest story. The overwhelming body of research, collection, and documentation was conducted in what is today #Eritrea, among #Tigre/Tigrait-speaking communities. The landscapes, songs, folk narratives, and social traditions preserved in the expedition’s monumental volumes are #Eritrean in origin and Tigre/Tigrait in substance.
Had the project been titled with accuracy and integrity, it might have read: ‘The Princeton Expedition to Eritrea: Tigre/Tigrait Tales, Songs, and Traditions — with Nefae wad Etman.’”—@globalezra

https://t.co/RG52cSno1Z

@hawelti @GhideonMusa @RedSeaBeacon @EliasAmare @hadnetkeleta @EmbassyEritrea @DahlaKib @Yehdavid @ytmn2 @SirakBahlbi

[Ghidewon Abay @Ghidewon]

“The implications for neighboring states are particularly acute. Ethiopia, a multiethnic federal state with its own internal tensions and a history of secessionist conflict, would be especially vulnerable to the precedent that recognition of Somaliland could set. Any suggestion that unilateral separation can ultimately be rewarded with international legitimacy risks inflaming domestic fault lines and complicating ongoing efforts to preserve national cohesion. Moreover, Ethiopia’s strategic interest in access to the Red Sea makes developments in northern Somalia deeply consequential, raising the prospect that recognition dynamics could become entangled with broader regional rivalries.”@Yehdavid
@RedSeaBeacon @MofaSudan @hawelti @EmbassyEritrea @WilliamsRuto @MfaEgypt @MOFASomalia @KagutaMuseveni @HassanSMohamud @IGADsecretariat @Bankole_Adeoye @_AfricanUnion @FaisalbinFarhan @KSAmofaEN @ymahmoudali @antonioguterres

@Yehdavid @hadnetkeleta @DahlaKib @EliasAmare @GhideonMusa @globalezra

[Ghidewon Abay @Ghidewon]

Accusations of #Eritrean “silence” make sense only if diplomacy is mistaken for a race to the microphone. #Eritrea does not issue statements in haste, to score points, match others’ outrage, or satisfy the rhythms of public relations. When it speaks, it does so deliberately, and when it acts, it does so with an expectation of continuity rather than applause. Its principled stance is not a 100-meter
dash but a marathon, measured by consistency over time, not by the speed of reaction.

https://t.co/rwQYmKGcj6

@EliasAmare @Yehdavid @RedSeaBeacon @RedSeaBeacon @MofaSudan @hawelti @EmbassyEritrea @WilliamsRuto @MfaEgypt @MOFASomalia @KagutaMuseveni @HassanSMohamud @IGADsecretariat @Bankole_Adeoye @_AfricanUnion @FaisalbinFarhan @KSAmofaEN @ymahmoudali @antonioguterres

@Yehdavid @hadnetkeleta @DahlaKib @EliasAmare @GhideonMusa @globalezra

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Press Release

Purported Recognition of “Somaliland”

Ministry of Information;
Asmara, 28 December 2025

The act "warrants unequivocal response at the level of the UN Security Council and its members".

https://t.co/bvnp62pufe

[FRANKFURTER JUNGE 🇪🇷🇪🇷 @shaebiaeritrea2]

1/2 It’s alarming and deeply imperialistic to see #Ethiopia|n political actors openly talk about annexing #Eritrea|n territory like Assab. Normalizing such ideas abandons reason, erases international law,& shows how dangerous power politics become when legality no longer matters

[Ghidewon Abay @Ghidewon]

“There is no IGAD; IGAD is Ethiopia.”
—@FarahMaalimM, March 15, 2012, Capital Talk with Jeff Koinange.

More than a decade later, that statement no longer shocks. It explains. And today it applies with equal force to the @_AfricanUnion @AfricanUnionUN itself.

On December 12, 2025, the UNSG, the EU, #Canada, #Japan, #Norway, and the #UK all reaffirmed their support for the December 12, 2000 Algiers Agreement and the binding decision of the Eritrea–Ethiopia Boundary Commission(EEBC) @antonioguterres @eu_eeas @FCDOGovUK @CanadianForeign @MofaJapan_en @NorwayMFA spoke clearly and without ambiguity.

The European Union stated plainly: “We reiterate our full support for the Algiers Agreement and the border as established by the Boundary Commission. In line with these agreements, we call on both parties to respect sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity.”

Every serious guarantor of international law spoke. Africa’s own institutions did not.

IGAD was silent. The African Union, a formal guarantor of the Algiers Agreement alongside the UN, said nothing. Not a sentence. Not a word. Not even the empty ritual of a communiqué. This was not forgetfulness. It was abdication. The silence was political.

The irony is damning. The very peace process the African Union now fails to defend was built in its own name. The Framework Agreement, the Modalities, the Technical Arrangements, and the Algiers Agreement were forged through the shuttle diplomacy of Algeria’s Abdulaziz Bouteflika and Ahmed Ouyahia, acting on behalf of Africa, alongside European Union and United States mediators. The purpose was explicit: to end a devastating war and entrench the rule of law on the continent.

When #Ethiopia later dismantled that settlement openly, repeatedly, and with total impunity, the African Union did not defend its own work. IGAD did not object. Both retreated into cowardly silence. Both chose paralysis over principle. Both chose appeasement over credibility.

By doing so, they rewarded defiance and normalized treaty violation. They sent a lethal message to Africa: that law is optional, that agreements expire at the convenience of member states, and that continental guarantees mean nothing when the violator enjoys political protection. What was betrayed was not only the Algiers Agreement, but the very idea that Africa can bind itself by rules.

An African Union that cannot enforce its own guarantees has no backbone. An organization that cannot call a violation of its own charter by its proper name is not neutral. It is complicit. IGAD, long reduced to an echo chamber for one state’s ambitions, has abandoned even the pretense of regional responsibility.

An institution that cannot fund its own budget and waits for Washington’s cues before clearing its throat has forfeited any claim to sovereignty. This is not continental leadership. It is institutional submission.

The silence was deliberate. It was the silence of institutions held hostage.

No union that looks away while a member state sabotages binding agreements, undermines continental norms, and destabilizes entire regions can claim moral authority. Silence in the face of lawlessness is not diplomacy. It is surrender.

Farah Maalim’s words no longer sound provocative. They sound diagnostic. There is no IGAD, only Ethiopia. And by its chronic appeasement and calculated muteness, the African Union has passed the same judgment on itself.

There is no African Union. There is only a hollow shell, reciting principles it no longer dares to enforce.

@RedSeaBeacon @MofaSudan @hawelti @EmbassyEritrea @WilliamsRuto @MfaEgypt @MOFASomalia @KagutaMuseveni @HassanSMohamud @IGADsecretariat @Bankole_Adeoye @_AfricanUnion @FaisalbinFarhan @KSAmofaEN @ymahmoudali @kajakallas
@Yehdavid @EliasAmare @GhideonMusa @BBCWorld @biniamb @bintekbin

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

As the UN, other relevant International Institutions, and Governments issue statements on the 25th Anniversary of the Algiers Agreement, the brief remarks of wisdom that President Isaias Afwerki delivered at the signing ceremony: "we (Eritrea and Ethiopia) are not cursed but blessed to be neighbours", carries greater weight and significance today. This is in view of the turbulences that have occurred intermittently in the subsequent period due to willful and repetitive violations of international law by successive Ethiopian regimes.

As it will be recalled, Eritrea fully adhered to its Treaty obligations and accepted the final and binding EEBC Award that was rendered on 13 April 2002 without equivocation.

But incumbent Ethiopian regimes invoked flimsy and unlawful pretexts first to obstruct and delay the implementation of the EEBC Arbitral ruling, and ultimately to reject, the entire agreement with impunity.

The current Ethiopian regime first signaled its decision to abide by, and fully implement, the EEBC Award. This seemingly positive stance led to diplomatic reproachment between the two countries culminating in the signing of the five-point Declaration of Peace and Friendship in Asmara on 9 July 2018.

The Agreement heralded, among other things, "the end of the state of war between Ethiopia and Eritrea and the opening of a new ear of peace and friendship", (Article 1); and, "the implementation of the EEBC Award", (Article 4).

But barely five years down the road, the current regime has reneged on its commitments to foment a dangerous situation of tension and conflict through its brazen declaration of "acquiring sovereign access to the sea through peaceful means if possible, and force if necessary".

These days, the regime has gone further to insinuate the illegitimacy of Eritrea's inviolable independence in flagrant violation of international law, the UN Charter and the AU Constitutive Act.

In the circumstances, the critical issue is, and remains, the response of the international community: will it be the usual apathy and appeasement for narrow interests; or prudent use of the substantial leverages and tools at its disposal for the sake of peace and legality?

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Press Release: #Eritrea has withdrawn its Membership from IGAD; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Asmara, 12 December 2025

"Eritrea finds itself compelled to withdraw its membership from an organization that has forfeited its legal mandate and authority; offering no discernible strategic benefit to all its constituencies and failing to contribute substantively to the stability of the region".

https://t.co/TPSPZRyxu9

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

President Isaias Afwerki met, at Al Yamamah Palace in Riyadh in the mid-afternoon hours today, Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman for extensive talks on bilateral ties as well as other matters of vital interest to both countries.

The warm discussions focused on the historical and brotherly ties between the two countries and prospects and opportunities for broadening their bilateral ties of economic cooperation.

On regional issues, the exchange of views revolved around current developments in the Nile Basin, the Horn of Africa, the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf. The two sides deliberated on Saudi Arabia's appropriate role in all these regional matters.

President Isaias remarked on the absence of active Saudi role in these affairs in the past stressing the pivotal requirement of enduring regional peace as a pre-requisite for vibrant economic development.

In this regard, President Isaias urged for significant contributions of Saudi Arabia in the promotion of peace and stability in the wider region in general and in our neighbourhood in particular.

Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, for his part, stated that he will shortly send a delegation to Eritrea for more profound consultations on all these vital regional issues.

Foreign Minister Osman Saleh; Eritrea's Charge d'Affaires Weini Gerezgiher; Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan; Advisor for National Security Dr. Musaed bin Mohammed Al-Aiban; and Saudi Ambasador to Eritrea Mushael Hamdan Elroquin participated in the meeting.

[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.

[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.

[Ghidewon Abay @Ghidewon]

I just came across this old news video on the extravaganza we are witnessing in our communities. Start at the 12th minute. https://t.co/Q7ntaQyaFq

Are we in the diaspora losing our sense of priorities? The news above is what is happening in zoba Debub and what we witness in our own communities in the diaspora is worse. It suggest that something has gone badly off track. One cannot understand why people feel compelled to spend thousands of dollars on weddings, christenings, baby showers, birthdays, and graduations. For what? To impress whom? And with what lasting benefit?

Let’s be honest: Does a wedding that drains a family’s savings make the marriage stronger? Why not get married in what used to be called by Chiluq (ጭሉቕ)።

Does a child baptized with a full band, decorated hall, and imported guests somehow live a longer or more blessed life than one baptized quietly?

Does a student who throws a huge graduation party suddenly earn higher grades or land a better job?

Of course not. We know the answer. Yet the spending keeps growing, bigger halls, bigger crowds, bigger menus, bigger debts. What should be intimate, meaningful milestones have turned into competitive festivals where people perform for social approval and bankrupt themselves for a few hours of applause.

Worse still, we pressure relatives and friends across oceans to buy expensive tickets, take time off work, fly for fifteen hours, and spend money they don’t have, all for ceremonies that are over in half a day. It borders on absurdity. We are confusing celebration with spectacle, tradition with extravagance, and community with competition. Most of the wedding activities that we witness in the diaspora are imitations and amalgamations of foreign cultures.

If the price tag of a ceremony matters more than the meaning behind it, something is deeply wrong. In fact, I would respect any man or woman who walks away from a marriage discussion the moment they are pressured into throwing a grand, showy event. If the other partner, or their parents, care more about the size of the party than the strength of the union, then they are not ready for marriage at all. That kind of mismatch will cost far more than any wedding invoice.

We need to reclaim our values. We need to stop pretending that excess equals love. We need the courage to say “No” to pointless spending and “Yes” to building stable families, educating our children, and investing in our future, not in one-night displays of vanity.

It is not just unsustainable. It is foolish. And our community deserves better.

@GhideonMusa @hadnetkeleta @EliasAmare @hawelti @Yehdavid @SirakBahlbi @ytmn2 @YPFDJ @YPFDJNA @NUEWEritrea

[Deeqa 🇸🇴 @Deee_luul]

The Eritrean president visited Sudan and was warmly welcomed by General Burhan and the Sudanese people, a visit that mirrors the broader support among the peoples of the Horn of Africa for the Sudanese army.

Eritrea plays a real role in stabilizing the Horn of Africa, and that is the image the world needs to see.