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Articles by Bana Negusse
Expansionism Abroad, Crisis at Home
In recent weeks, the outbreak of conflict in Ethiopia has been accompanied by a surge of commentary, competing narratives, and misinformation surrounding developments in the Horn of Africa, Eritrea’s position, and Ethiopia’s pursuit of maritime access. Against this backdrop, it is important to clarify key facts, examine the arguments being advanced, and distinguish established legal principles from political assertions and unsubstantiated claims.
Eritrea - Longstanding Commitment to Social Development and Social Justice
opinion Each year on 20 February, the world marks World Day of Social Justice, a global observance established by the United Nations to highlight the importance of fairness, equality, and solidarity in building peaceful and inclusive societies. This year's theme, "Renewed Commitment to Social Development and Social Justice," follows the recent Second World Summit for Social Development in Doha and the adoption of the Doha Political Declaration.
Eritrea: Understanding Eritrea's Distinctive Development Vision
Eritrea's development story is too often told through the narrow lens of global benchmarks such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), or the African Union's Agenda 2063. While these frameworks provide valuable points of comparison, they risk overlooking or misrepresenting the country's own long-standing and distinctive approach to progress.
Eritrea: Beyond the Resource Curse - Eritrea's Holistic Approach to Development
In recent years, Eritrea's mining and energy sector has garnered considerable attention. However, much like broader international coverage of the country, mainstream narratives about Eritrea's extractive industries have often been riddled with inaccuracies and stripped of context.
70 Years Of US Covert War Against Eritrea| Countercurrents
It has been 70 years, at least, since the USA began it’s covert war against Eritrea. You could say it started when one of the infamous Dulles brothers, two of the founding fathers of the US National Security Establishment back after WW2, and at the time US Secretary of State, said that “Eritrea deserves independence but it is in the US national interest to give them to Ethiopia”.
Poor News Analyses Undermines Potential for Understanding
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front’s (TPLF) launch of a massive attack on the Ethiopian Northern Command in early November last year has entailed considerable humanitarian ramifications, even if the worst case scenario has been avoided through swift and effective countermeasures that have thwarted its sinister designs. Prevailing challenges must indeed be gauged against the intractable quagmire that would have enveloped the region had the TPLF’s “blitzkrieg” succeeded.
Eritrea: Unpacking Last-Ditch Efforts to Save Defunct TPLF Clique
One of the oldest sayings is that in conflict, truth is often the first casualty. Among the clearest and most apt examples of this adage that one could ever find is current distorted "news analysis and reporting" of the situation in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Indeed, over the past several months, we have been inundated with a seemingly endless stream of sordid reports; of repetitive claims of "gruesome crimes committed by Eritrean forces".
Eritrea: The EU's Cynical Move to Shift Blame
Earlier this week, the Council of the European Union (EU) announced that it has decided to impose restrictive measures - sanctions - on Eritrean "entities", specifically the National Security Office (NSO). While the EU announced that the decision was because of "serious human rights violations and abuses" in Eritrea, the simple truth is that the move was a cynical, politicized act that was fundamentally driven by ulterior motives.
Eritrea: Alex De Waal - Herculean Task to Resuscitate the TPLF
This week, Foreign Policy (FP) featured an article entitled, "From Pariah to Kingmaker", authored by Alex de Waal (3 March, 2021). The piece is less concerned with delving into an objective and academic discourse of the ongoing situation in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia than whitewashing decades of TPLF crimes and scapegoating Eritrea. Evidently, the author remains immersed in a herculean task of somehow resuscitating whatever remains of the TPLF.
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