Egypt is escalating its efforts to pressure Ethiopia by leveraging regional proxies. Its renewed commitment to support insurgent groups in Ethiopia through Somalia and Eritrea is reminiscent of the 1970s and 80s, a period marked by significant turmoil in the volatile Horn of Africa. The latest engagement with Eritrea focuses on military cooperation and intelligence sharing, but the revitalized alliance between the two nations also reveals plans to wage a proxy war in the region. According to Egyptian authorities, the partnership among Cairo, Mogadishu, and Asmara is officially aimed at combating terrorism and securing Red Sea shipping, which has been…
Author: Abren
To cries of “white demon”, The Economist’s angelical Tom Gardner was hounded out of war-torn Ethiopia. Or this is how he wants us to see it, not by challenging the grounds for his deportation, but by invoking his moral superiority as a liberal Westerner. Here, a ruthless mirror is held up to him by a peer reviewer, who has, yes, his own book and a very different message to promote. In the opening lines of “The Abiy Project: God, Power and War in the New Ethiopia”, author Tom Gardner recounts his struggle to obtain close-up testimonies about the Ethiopian prime minister since…