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The Eritrean Political Forces Towards Crafting Grand Strategy
What is Grand Strategy? Why do we need it?
Any organization needs a sound strategy to compete successfully, manage the performance of its activities and strengthen its prospects for long term success. The Eritrean political forces realized the importance of crafting a grand strategy and assessed their present situation, where to go from here of mismanagement and how to move towards a competitive advantage outcompeting the one-man rule system in Eritrea.
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Ethiopia’s War Leads to Ethnic Cleansing in Tigray Region, U.S. Report Says
Ethiopia’s War Leads to Ethnic Cleansing in Tigray Region, U.S. Report Says
An internal U.S. government report found that people in Tigray are being driven from their homes in a war begun by Ethiopia, an American ally — posing President Biden’s first major test in Africa.
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Urgent call to protect and save Eritrean refugees in the Tigray Region and other Parts of Ethiopia from abduction, killing, and forced repatriation to the war zone
December 16, 2020
Mr. Filippo Grandi
High Commissioner
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,
Geneva, Switzerland
Subject: Urgent call to protect and save Eritrean refugees in the Tigray Region and other Parts of Ethiopia from abduction, killing, and forced repatriation to the war zone
On behalf of the undersigned Eritrean Political Forces (EPF), we are writing this open letter to you to express our grave concerns about the physical security, dignity and the wellbeing of Eritrean refugees and asylum-seekers in the Tigray region and other parts of Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Forces Battle Tigrayans as Refugees Head to Sudan
Ethiopian government troops were reported to have captured an airport in northern Ethiopia from Tigrayan forces on Tuesday.
State media said federal forces had captured the airport, near the border with Sudan and Eritrea, as well as a road leading from the town of Humera. Reuters news agency says information from the area was difficult to confirm because all communications are cut.
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) governs Ethiopia’s Tigray Region, which is home to 5 million people. The TPLF did not comment on the reports.
Last week, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered airstrikes and sent troops into Tigray. He had earlier accused the TPLF of attacking a federal military base.
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Why federalism or democratic decentralization in Eritrea?
A paper presented at a zoom conference among scholars and researchers on federal state structure and unitary state structure
Introduction
The aim of this paper is to clarify the essence of federalism to resolve conflicts of power- sharing in political, economic, social and cultural livelihood of the Eritrean diversity. The Eritrean National Alliance has put two on its charter, “ the principles of federalism or democratic decentralization and the fundamental rights “ of the various communities of Eritrea. But, how are these principles be put in practice are still to be studied. The Eritrean scholars and intellectuals should focus their studies on the realities of Eritrea. In Eritrea, there is an oppressed and oppressor- this has evidenced after Eritrea’s independence.
Who is the oppressor, its structure and its functions, and its supporters will be exposed to the Eritrean people.
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News: Amidst heightened tension between Federal, Tigray region governments Eritrea blames TPLF for impeding regional peace, stability
There was a breif moment when peace seemed to be within reach.
By Medihane Ekubamichael @Medihane
Addis Abeba, November 01/2020 – Amidst heightened tensions between the federal and Tigray regional state governments, Eritrea released an official statement yesterday accusing TPLF of obstructing regional peace and stability.
Crafting Grand Strategy in the Eritrean Forces for democratic change
What do we mean by grand Strategy?
In moving the Eritrean Forces for democratic change forward, the leadership requires to face three central questions:
- What is their present situation?
- Where do they want to go from here?
- How are they going to get there?
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