Thursday, October 18, 2007

The Horn, the List, and the Risks

Here is a link to an editorial from the NY Times about the Eritrean/Ethiopian conflict. These were the countries that warred through the late 1990s, with a tenuous peace for the past 7 years based on a treaty that neither country has fully respected. Full enforcement will go into effect in November, and tensions are rising. And if they begin to fight again, it will lead to the deaths of many innocent civilians.
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The long and the short of it:

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Interview on NPR of the facinating book on Eritrea and its current relations wiht Ethiopia by Michaela wrong "I did not do it for you"

http://www.npr.org/templates/story
/story.php?storyId=4729800

Gurdian review

Orwell said the future was a boot stamping on a human face, and for much of the 20th century Eritrea seems to have been that face. But against all the odds, the Eritrean people defeated both cold war superpowers in turn, and in 1993 gained their independence through a referendum. Despite the brutalisation and neglect, and despite the troubled times that have followed independence, Wrong offers an uplifting testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Eminently readable and full of fascinating detail, this is a book that deserves and needs to be read.

http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews
/history/0,6121,1406008,00.html

and some recent articles of what is going on in Ethiopia.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/16
/america/letter.php

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/
africa/article3067244.ece

Here is also some comments that I wrote previously.

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID
=3845427836742512216&postID
=4975081943083538012&isPopup=true

Stef.

Good luck with your adoption.

October 18, 2007 at 9:33 PM

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