The Horn Region Victimized by External Interference
Biddho.com - February 9, 2008
The people of the Horn of Africa are going through a dangerous and trying, but at the same time enlightening, stage. The various conflicts and tragic losses of life in the region today is the direct outcome of the strategy of certain powers that seek to secure global dominance at the expense of the rights and precious opportunities of peoples through perfecting the art of crisis management by instigating conflicts where there was none.
In May 2005, in Ethiopia, when a regime rejected by the people sought to cling to power by suppressing the people’s choice, the international community—particularly the US Administration—never voiced a single protest against the gross violation of the Ethiopian people’s right. On the contrary, the US supported the regime’s actions and Ethiopia was plunged into a never-seen-before political chaos that claimed the lives of many innocent civilians. It would be too optimistic to believe that a nation which witnessed such gross crimes against the people could ever regain stability. Hence, Ethiopia is at present like a volcano waiting to erupt at any given moment ...