South Boulder Eritrea

Australia-based South Boulder Mines has upgraded its flagship Colluli potash mine in Eritrea to a first tier asset, after a study indicated an 85 percent increase in reserves, the firm said on Monday.

Scores of mining contracts with foreign firms are expected to drive economic growth in the secretive Horn of Africa state, which exports little to the outside world and suffers from a shortage of foreign currency.

The firm, which has a 90 percent stake in the project, said it estimated Colluli now had 1.08 billion tonnes of 18 percent grade for 194 million tonnes of contained potash.

“This represents an 85 percent increase in contained potash,” a company statement said.

“The expanded resource is expected to substantially improve the already robust economics of an open pit mine at Colluli. Importantly, the shallow deposit is open in many directions and is expected to grow further with the current resource extension drilling programmes,” the statement added.

Eritrea set the government’s stake in any mining project at 10 percent in 2008 with an option to buy a further 30 percent, a small claim compared to other countries in the area like Egypt which mandates a 50 percent stake or Sudan at 60 percent, according to industry experts.

“This upgrade further confirms Colluli as a Tier 1 asset,” said South Bolder Managing Director Lorrie Hughes, adding the 17-year mine life would be extended.

Potash is a key crop nutrient that is produced in only a handful of countries, with Canadian and Russian players controlling the vast majority of global potash exports.

Apart from small-scale, artisan mining and some minor extraction by Italians during the colonial era, Eritrea’s mining potential is unexploited. Some bigger miners were scared off by the 1998-2000 border war with Ethiopia.

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Ethiopia must vacate occupied sovereign Eritrean territory and be held accountable for its role in the destabilization of the Horn of Africa

Under the banner “Stop Ethiopian Occupation and Aggression”, Eritrean-Americans across the U.S. have been conducting a 13-day campaign that culminates on April 13, 2012, the 10th anniversary of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission’s (EEBC) boundary ruling; a ruling that Eritrea accepted but Ethiopia, 10 years after the final and binding decision, is yet to accept. In this campaign Eritrean-Americans in a number of cities are writing letters and sending faxes to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, their members of Congress, and members of the UN Security Council urging them to hold Ethiopia accountable for its defiance of the international ruling and to immediately vacate sovereign Eritrean territories.

In a recent letter to key figures in Washington and the UN, the Organization of Eritrean-Americans (OEA) wrote: “We are urging that our [US] government stop appeasing Ethiopia and develop a clear, swift and fair policy that supports international rule of law without any preconditions.” The OEA letter added “As an author, guarantor and witness of the 2000 [Algiers] Peace Agreement between Eritrea and Ethiopia that created the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission, the U.S. has the moral responsibility and if it wants is capable of bringing a peaceful closure to the decade-old border conflict.”

Tension between the two countries is on the rise because of Ethiopia’s continued occupation of internationally-recognized Eritrean territory and its recent public admission to making several incursions deep into Eritrean territory. This campaign is a call to action for Washington and the United Nations. Eritrean-Americans are calling for one, Ethiopia to leave sovereign Eritrean territory; two, to unconditionally allow physical demarcation of the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia per the EEBC’s decision; three, lift the sanctions that have been placed on Eritrea since evidence to this day has not been brought forth justifying such actions.

Additionally, Ethiopia should be held accountable for its violation of international law and its role in the destabilization of the Horn; from occupation and recent attacks on Eritrea, direct and indirect involvement in a number of armed struggles in the region, and explicit neglect and abuse of its own citizens for decades. Ethiopia must be made to answer for its actions or the creditability, intentions and legitimacy of the US and UN are truly called into question.

Nevsun Resources Eritrea

Stephan Bogner (Diplom-Kaufmann, FH), a Mining Analyst with Rockstone Research Ltd, an independent research house specialized in the analysis and valuation of capital markets and publicly listed companies screened stocks of junior miner Nevsun Resources Ltd.

Mr Bogner worked, among others, for the Heidelberger Zement AG in Heidelberg (Germany), Siemens-Bosch (Singapore), and Deutsche Bank in Barcelona (Spain). During his 5 years in Dubai (UAE), he also founded 2 companies specialized in the organisation & execution of Investor Relations activities for resource companies.  

He was also a co-founder and partner of Silberinfo GbR (Germany) until late 2006 – an online bullion trader, online information portal and monthly newsletter (www.silberinfo.com). In 2006, Mr Bogner was a co-founder and the chief editor of the monthly resource newsletter “Stock Day Report” from Value Relations GmbH (Frankfurt) that he passed on 12 months later to Mr Heiko Böhmer who enterprises it since then. Together with the company Eastvision S.A. that is headquartered in Dubai and Zurich, Mr Bogner is active in reselling and brokering physical commodities, besides conducting capital markets consultation for high-net-worth privates and institutional investors, such as intermediation of participations at selected & limited placements in resource companies.

Yesterday the 5-cent “eligible dividend” paying Nevsun Resources Ltd. (TSX/AMEX: NSU) published production results of the first quarter 2012 from its Bisha Mine in Eritrea, East Africa.

In the first 3 months of 2012, a total of 82,000 ounces were mined and sold representing $131 million (at a gold price of $1,600). For 2012, a total production of around 200,000 ounces is expected representing $320 million (at a gold price of $1,600), whereas Nevsun owns 60% of Bisha and the Government of Eritrea the remainder. Thus, with a current market capitalization of $695 million, Nevsun is valued at only 3.6 times its anticipated 2012 gold sales stake ($192 million) – which we consider undervalued, especially with higher gold prices during 2012.

With cash costs between $264 and $314 per ounce during 2011, Bisha is one of the lowest cost gold mines in the world making Nevsun one of the most profitable resource companies around these days. Since commercial production started in February 2011, the Bisha deposit has turned into one of the highest graded open pits in the world.

As per the latest official reserve calculations (March 2011), the proven and probable reserves stand at 28 million tons of ore averaging 1.8 g/t gold. Due to Bisha being a VMS-deposit, these current reserves additionally host on average 39 g/t silver, 1.6% copper and 3.2% zinc. In 2011, some 34,000 meters were drilled to mainly expand the mineable deposit, whereas the new reserve calculations are expected to be released in late Q2 or early Q3.

As the assays already indicate, we anticipate a significant increase in reserves and mine life which currently stands at more than 12 years.

Technically, the stock price consolidated sideways predominately within the boundaries of the red-green triangle between 2003-2010. After the red triangle leg at approx. $3.50 was broken successfully in mid-2010, a so-called “breakout” started reaching $7.50 a few months later. In early 2012, a so-called “classical pullback” occurred typically bringing the price back to the triangle apex at approx. $3.20. The final movement of a triangular price formation is called a “thrust” – either a strong and longer-termed up- or downward trend typically starting immediately after the pullback to the apex. As the price already started to increase from the apex, we anticipate the thrust to go to the upside (sell-signal à la thrust to the downside when breaching the apex and the $3 level). Principally, the goal of a thrust (to the upside) is to transform the resistive high of the breakout ($7.50) into new support in order for a new and longer-termed upward trend to commence thereafter.

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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – TSX-listed Nevsun Resources on Wednesday reported strong first-quarter production results with 82 000 oz of gold produced during the period ended March 31.

The company said gold output from its Bisha mine, in Eritrea, was above expectations on the back of a drawdown of gold-in-circuit in the processing plant, in preparation for a mill reline and higher-than-anticipated grades in portions of the high-grade ore stockpile.

Nevsun stood by its full-year production guidance of 190 000 oz to 210 000 oz.

“The mine performed well in the quarter, producing expected total tonnage and gold head grade. The costs associated with the removal of copper phase prestrip are deferred for accounting purposes,” the company said in a statement.

The reduction in mined head grade for the first quarter year-on-year was according to plan and fitted with the company’s guidance on 2012 production. The firstquarter plant tonnage was lower than the same period in the prior year owing to changing ore characteristics and lower plant availability.

The reduced milling was offset by the higher-than-budgeted gold grades for the quarter. Gold recoveries during the period decreased when compared with the same period in 2011, owing to the changing ore characteristics. The lower recovery rate was expected to continue throughout the year.

The company expected to release its 2011 full-year financial results during mid-May

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Nevsun Resources Eritrea

VANCOUVER, BC – Nevsun Resources Ltd. (TSX:NSU / NYSE Amex:NSU) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its annual report on Form 40-F has been filed with the United States Securities Exchange Commission.

The Company has also filed its Annual Information form (AIF) in Canada on SEDAR. A copy of the AIF and the Form 40-F is available on the Company’s website at www.nevsun.com.

Shareholders may request a printed copy of the complete audited financial statements, free of charge, by email to ir@kincommunications.com or by regular mail to Kin Communications, Suite 210 – 736 Granville Street Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1G3.

NEVSUN RESOURCES LTD.

Cliff T. Davis, President & Chief Executive Officer

Eritrea-Qatar

Qatari news agency (QNA) reports that HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has received a written message from Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki pertaining to bilateral relations and other issues of mutual concern.

HE Eritrean Ambassador to Qatar Ali Ibrahim Ahmed handed over the message during an audience with HH the Emir at the Emiri Diwan office here earlier Tuesday morning.

South Boulder Mines

South Boulder Mines Ltd (ASX:STB) (“South Boulder”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Azure Capital Limited (“Azure”) as corporate advisor.

Azure’s primary role will be to assist with the evaluation of the Colluli Potash Project in respect of the paid participation interest of the Eritrean Government through the Eritrean National Mining Corporation (“ENAMCO”) referred to in South Boulder’s ASX release dated 26th March 2012.

The assignment will involve the negotiation and execution of a sale of an equity stake in the Colluli Potash Project to ENAMCO.

Azure is a Perth based corporate advisory firm with extensive natural resources experience focused on mergers and acquisitions, project finance and debt advisory, equity capital markets and the provision of general corporate advice.

Daniel-Teklehaimanot

By Rupert Guiness : The Sydney Morning Herald

AS soon as the fog and rain fell over the Volta a Catalunya in Spain on Wednesday, the hopes of Daniel Teklehaimanot finishing started to diminish.

As Teklehaimanot, whose 190-centimetre frame has body fat of only 3 per cent in the off-season, conceded to the Herald recently when asked about his reported dislike of cold-weather racing: ”When I first came to Europe it was hard, especially with the weather – it was cold. I prefer warm weather.”

To be fair, many others could not handle the weather on Wednesday, that struck the race finishing tomorrow. Ultimately, heavy snow blocked the finish on the Porte Aine climb and forced organisers to halt the 210.9-kilometre stage after 155km, just 10km from the top of the scheduled second last climb. Teklehaimanot was one of 34 who abandoned the stage, while another five did not start.

It could easily have been taken as a disheartening end to the 23-year-old’s first appearance for the new Australian GreenEDGE team, that began under the sun on Monday’s first stage with his 67th place where Swiss teammate Michael Albasini won. But for Teklehaimanot, his debut was anything but a failure.

As the first Eritrean to race in a top division team, the sight of him riding elbow-to-elbow in the World Tour peloton was a big step forward; especially shortly before his he quit on Wednesday when, under the order and encouragement of GreenEDGE sports director Neil Stephens, he weaved his way through the patchwork of a tightly-knit peloton and found his way at the front of it. ”He was on the front for about 20km setting the pace,” GreenEDGE general manager Shayne Bannan told the Herald. ”Not that it was really needed.

But Neil felt it was more for confidence; so that he felt a part of the race, that he had an objective and could get into race mode, as opposed to sitting at the back thinking, ‘Geez, do I deserve to be here?’ or of the insecurities that come with that.””

But Teklehaimanot, who with his 11 siblings (six sisters and five brothers) was raised on his parents’ farm near the market town of Debarwa, 25km south of the Eritrean capital of Asmara, has embraced the challenge.

”It’s great to be in a ProTeam in its first year,” he said. ”It’s been my dream to [ride] at the top level as a professional. It’s been a big jump to the professionals, but I have always wanted to be [racing] with the good riders.”

Teklehaimanot began cycling in 2005 as a mountain biker. But it was when he placed fifth overall in the 2008 Tour of the Ivory Coast, that he was invited to join the Union Cycliste Internationale’s World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland, that exists to develop cycling in underprivileged nations such as Eritrea, which gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a 30-year civil war.

A strong climber and time trialist, Teklehaimanot has long excelled in Africa, winning the African road championship in 2010 and time trial title in 2010 and last year. He was also Eritrean champion on the road in 2008. He has fared well internationally despite an operation in 2009 when diagnosed with tachycardia. In the same year, he was sixth overall in the Tour de l’Avenir in France and won a stage in the Under-23 Nations Cup in Canada. He then won the 2010 Tour of Rwanda and last year’s Kwita Izina tour with wins in three stages and first place overall.

Upon signing with GreenEDGE, Teklehaimanot was pegged sixth among their 30 riders on accrued world ranking points – a valuable contribution, considering one criterion for a team to earn a ProTeam licence for the World Tour is the sporting value that includes the points of their first 15 riders.

Bannan says Teklehaimanot needs to develop his technique, positioning, tactics, nutritional knowledge and physical development, especially core strength. There is also the matter of language skills. Teklehaimanot’s mother tongue is Tigrinya, a Semitic language that will serve little on the World Tour.

His command of English is improving, but it is still limited, although, as Australian teammate Baden Cooke discovered when he and his wife hosted Teklehaimanot on Christmas Day, it was not for lack of trying.

”I first took him to my parents in Benalla,” Cooke said. ”Then on Christmas Day, we rode down the Hume Highway towards Melbourne to my wife’s family. He really enjoyed it.”

Did he teach him any Australian phrases? ”I taught him a few,” Cooke said, smiling.

On Thursday March 15, 2012, the Ethiopian military launched unprovoked attack against its northern neighbor, Eritrea, violating international law and undermining global and regional efforts to stabilize the Horn of Africa.

Thursday’s military incursion deep into Eritrean territory which according to a senior Ethiopian official was reinforced by a follow-up attack two days later on Saturday , is a flagrant and arrogant act of aggression that has the potential to engulf the entire region into a full blown war.

By any standard, the action of the Ethiopian army is a thoughtless act of aggression, but more than the action itself, the way the regime informed its act of aggression to the world seemed like the regime was jubilantly proud in violating international law.

The 1998-2000 war between Ethiopia and Eritrea has already shown the world how devastating and costly a war between these two nations could be. Therefore, Ginbot7 urges the international community to restrain the war mongering attitude of the Ethiopian regime and not allow its perceived threats to lead to an unprovoked attack on a sovereign member of the international community.

For the past twenty years, the Ethiopian regime has been at war with its own people at home and with its neighbors far from home. The dictatorial regime in Addis Ababa has repeatedly used internal assaults and external aggressions as a primary means of extending its grip on power. Its vicious attack on its own people and its most recent military incursion into Eritrea are primarily focused on silencing the domestic opposition and deflecting the question of freedom, justice and democracy at home.

Meles Zenawi’s proxy war in Somalia and the genocide in Gambela and Ogaden are glaring examples of crimes committed by a leader who once was praised as a “new breed” of African leaders. Today, Ginbot7 and the Ethiopian people strongly believe that the one man regime in Ethiopia is a huge danger to the security of its own people, to the Horn of Africa, and to the world at large. Ginbot 7 takes this opportunity to express its sincere concern that Ethiopia’s recent act of aggression would further destabilize the region, cause unprecedented mass exodus, and inconceivable human suffering in the already volatile region of the Horn of Africa.

Obviously, Ethiopia is a large country that can play a pivotal role in stabilizing the Horn of Africa, but as long as Ethiopia itself is ruled by a belligerent dictator, it could as well be a major force of instability in the Horn of Africa. Ginbot 7 urges the United Nations, the United States, the European Union, the African Union and all peace loving people of the world to condemn the bellicose regime in Ethiopia and send a clear message that the world does not tolerate the wanton invasion of sovereign states.

VANCOUVER, BC – Nevsun Resources Ltd. (TSX:NSU / NYSE Amex:NSU) is pleased to report its financial and operating results for 2011. All figures are in United States dollars, unless otherwise indicated.

In 2011 the Company recorded $548 million in revenues for the year on sales of 369,900 ounces of gold for an average realized price $1,620 per ounce.

With 379,000 ounces produced, gold production averaged approximately 1,000 ounces per day with an average cash cost per ounce sold of $295. Since the Bisha Mine commenced operations in 2011, there are no comparative operating results for 2010.

The Company had after-tax income of $250 million for the year (2010 – loss $17 million), which translated to $0.74 earnings per share (2010 – $(0.07)).

 The Company increased its cash and cash equivalents by $297 million to $347 million (2010 – $50 million). Cash from operating activities for the year was $366 million (2010 – used $6 million).

Nevsun’s Bisha gold mine in Eritrea, made $78.3-million in net after-tax earnings in the last three months of 2011, about 12% lower than the previous quarter’s profit, as output and prices shrunk.

Nevsun said it will continue with its $100-million copper phase expansion at Bisha, set to start producing in mid-2013.

Amanuel Biedemariam

Over the last 10 years since September 11, 2011, the War on Terror has dramatically changed its meaning particularly when the minority genocidal regime in Ethiopia, with the blessing and financing of the US, is manipulating, using and abusing it.

For the minority regime of Meles Zenawi, terrorism and the war on terror has become a blessing giving him freedom to abuse the Ethiopian people and commit acts of aggression everywhere in the region in the name of fighting terror.

In the past three years in particular, the extent to which Meles Zenawi has used terrorism in malice has become a shameful reminder of how flowed, misguided, brutal, inhuman and downright cruel Western policies are in the Horn of Africa. It is also a true reflection, how complicit Western-media and individuals that claim to be humanitarian are in pursuing these flawed policies.

On March 15, 2012, Ethiopia’s Indoctrination and Public Relation Center Head with the Defense Ministry, Col. Gebrekidan Gebremariam told journalists,

“Ethiopian defense force successfully annihilated the destructive force of the Eritrean government based in Ramid, Gelahben and Gembe areas which are close to the Ethiopian border. Ethiopian defense force would continue to take such measures until the Eritrean government and its mercenaries refrain from their subversive activities.”

With the statement above, the genocidal minority regime openly admitted that it committed acts of aggression, in other words, acts of terror on the people of Eritrea and boasted to the international community.

The reality remains; the minority regime has over the last ten years flouted international laws by occupying sovereign Eritrean territories in violation of a treaty it signed. As a result, the people of Eritrea, Ethiopia and by extension the people of the region have been denied peace, denied opportunities to trade freely and for Ethiopians, it has been double whammy because, they have been subjected to high priced-scarce-commodities and, lost opportunities for employment as a result of this ill willed irresponsible actions.

The minority genocidal regime is a pariah of the people in the Horn of Africa without exception. The people of Gambella are being displaced from their homes in droves to accommodate millionaires in a land-grab that has become a daily global headline. Genocide-Watch has documented genocidal acts in Gambella and, the regime stands accused for crimes against humanity. The regime is accused by human rights organizations for genocide and massive displacement, torture, systemic suffocation of large populations in the Oganden. The people of Oromo have waged armed struggle for decades. The atrocities in all parts of Ethiopia are, well documented. In addition, Ethiopians are starving unnecessarily. Just in 2011 alone, the UN was seeking aid for over five million Ethiopians while the minority regime was purchasing arms and engaging in military adventures all over the region with no end in sight. What the genocidal minority regime of Meles Zenawi has done is on record and it is criminal by all standards.

However, this is exposing the hypocrisy, duplicity and complicity of Western nations, individuals that claim to be humanitarians like George Clooney and John Prendergast that are bolstering their celebrity status using select strategic African agendas. It also exposes western media and journalists that support Clooney and ilk. Ironically, it is all coming to play at once for the world to see.

In an article released by New York Times Feb.29, John Prendergast wrote,

“The existing peace effort between Sudan and South Sudan lacks leverage to compel the parties to consider reasonable proposals to deal with oil revenue and disputed border territories. To create leverage, a new core group (including China, Ethiopia, Turkey, the U.S. and a few other influential states) should be formed to provide high-level support to the current African Union/United Nations peace initiative. President Obama should quietly send a high-ranking official to Beijing to work out the terms of Sino-American cooperation.”

Prior to the splitting of South Sudan from Sudan, John Prendergast and George Clooney were hitting the talk show circuits selling Americans the panacea the referendum of South Sudan was. Today, the duo are hitting the circles one more time including a presidential visit, meetings with senators and Secretary Clinton in a high powered drama that included an arrest in front of the Sudanese Embassy.

All good humanitarian deeds are welcome. However, these duos are politicians disguised as humanitarian that are cherry-picking issues of interest when it suits their agendas. In one hand, they want to help the South Sudan while on the other bolstering the minority regime for their agenda as highlighted by the quote. Ethiopia is important to Prendergast because it can help his South Sudan agenda in many ways. Hence, the criminal humanitarian violations of the minority regime, the human rights violations in the Oganden, Gambella, Afar and Oromia are overlooked. The bloodshed and atrocities Ethiopia keeps committing in Somalia means nothing. Ethiopia is a nation at war with itself and the region. And all these atrocities by Ethiopia are overlooked, because as Prendergast stated, Ethiopia is important.

It is important to bring this in relation to the criminal Meles’s regime because overtime, what is becoming clearer to the people of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Kenya and others in the Horn is that, when people like George Clooney and Prendergast talk humanitarian, there is nothing human about it. It is a process in pursuit of an agenda that works in concert with the State Department, the White House, US at the UN and, all the media outlets at their disposal including, Sunday talk-show circles. In less than a week-period, John Prendergast and George Clooney managed to meet all the people they need to meet, got-jailed and received unprecedented publicity for it; attended Sunday talk programs…Their actions received international and unchallenged coverage and, hailed as heroes. The media coverage was like clockwork.

What this clearly shows is that the people in the Horn of Africa, no matter how many vigils they conduct, demonstrations and petitions they make, their effectiveness will be limited. Absent of George Clooney’s star power and influence, no cause stands a chance. Moreover, when the cause Africans are fighting for, like the one Ethiopians, Eritreans, and Somalis are fighting against the genocidal regime clashes with that of George Clooney and John Prendergast; there is nowhere left but to pray to the almighty God to give you power for a fighting chance.

The people in the Horn of Africa are good people yearning for peace, stability, decent-education for their kids, development and employment. In short, they are fighting for a future with decent standard of living. They want to join the international community but not as terrorists, warmongering-clans, tribal-ethnic groups, feuding parties and religious extremists.

However, the ethnic minority genocidal regime of Meles Zenawi is portraying every Ethiopian opposition, ethnic-groups fighting the regime, Eritrea, the Somalis, human rights activists, journalists as terrorists in an effort to remain in power, unchallenged.

In 2011, the genocidal regime sentenced many Ethiopians in the Diaspora for terrorism in absentia. These are upstanding citizens gainfully employed as professionals in many areas. There are professors, media people, activists etc… In the same manner, Meles has listed Eritreans and Somalis.

This short sighted-irresponsible act will blemish the outstanding communities that have-had stellar reputation in the West for decades. He is stigmatizing adored and respected Ethiopian, Eritrean and Somali communities with lies, in malice. For example, Ethiopian restaurants are very popular in the metro DC area; why infuse an image to tarnish it. Because once stigmatized, it will be extremely difficult to change that image.

And worse, that is how international media portrays the Horn of Africa. It falls within the geopolitical objectives of the West that tries to portray the region as hungry, poor and war ravaged when the area is rich with resources in one of the strategic focal locations in the world. It is also a region full of culture traditions, customs and history. The people of the region are very experienced as documented in religious history.

So, when the genocidal minority regime announced it committed its terrorist act on sovereign Eritrean soil, nearly every newspaper wrote the same story with almost identical verbiage. It regurgitated what the genocidal regime claimed and added these are poor countries, which have been at war for decades…

These are stories that presented little or no information about the intricacies of the matter and US involvement in the region. It talks nothing about the genocidal record of the regime. It simply accepted the news and relayed them as is. The reason for that are these newspapers and media outlets, do not care about the issues they report on. If you ask any one reporter, do you care; or ask, them how much effort they put on the report, they will have to say no and none! They are not invested on the stories; they just copy each other, report the same story that reaches millions, and misinform the public while pushing agendas.

Conclusion

The recent bellicose terrorist act of the genocidal regime in Ethiopia is clear evidence that showed the world that the real terrorist of the Horn of Africa is Meles Zenawi. The genocidal regime openly admitted to the world that it committed a terrorist act on the people of Eritrea and bragged about it. And the very people that convicted Eritrea for a “conflict” with Djibouti (the US) without any due process while Eritrea was contesting their claim are mum when the mercenary genocidal regime is openly admitting of terrorist act against the people of Eritrea.

The people in the Horn of Africa have long known who the real terrorist of the region is. They also know why the criminal regime is doing it with impunity. The minority regime is fully supported by the US and Western nations with a green light to do anything. However, as time goes on, it is becoming clearer that the actions of the regime have made Ethiopia a frail country and in the near future, the frailty will show itself.

Hence, it is time for the US and others to make a choice and the choice is clear; is it the election-rigging genocidal Meles Zenawi or, the people of Ethiopia and by extension the stability of the region. The US has been dumping billions of dollars at the expense of the people of Ethiopia and the region in support of this criminal regime. It is sad to see an administration that came to office with promise of change deliver change for the worse.

The people of Eritrea have shown tremendous wisdom by opting to not react since they know the bellicosity is entrapment that will give the regime a lifeline that it is desperate for. This belligerent bellicose action is also a signal to all peace loving people of the Horn to come together to oust the criminal TPLF regime in order to start fresh. Since its actions are evidence of desperation and proud-cry for help. And it is up to all of the people in the Horn since there will be no Hollywood star-power-support to save them from eminent chaos if they do not!

Awetnayu@hotmail.com