An outsider looks into the turmoil of the Horn of Africa
TC Daily Planet - May 7, 2008

Right now in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan and Kenya there is so much needless suffering. People willing to speak out for human rights, justice and freedom are beaten, imprisoned and killed.

In Ethiopia, we know that the Meles government uses starvation as a weapon in the Ogaden. We know that Oromo people are not allowed to exercise political freedom.

We know that in Gambela terrible human rights abuses have taken place. We know that the 2005 elections were an assault on democracy and a vicious display of human rights atrocities.

In Somalia, the entire world watches as one of the greatest humanitarian crises on the planet takes place. According to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Somalia is now the worst place in the world to be a child. Children are dying endlessly and needlessly from disease, hunger and violence.

Another serious issue is the Ethiopia-Eritrea border dispute. The border dispute needs a diplomatic solution and the U.S. should be working with both governments.
Unfortunately, U.S. relations with Eritrea are at an all time low, in fact they barely exist. Read More.