The month of September is a special month in the history of the Horn of Africa. It is the month of Ethiopian & Eritrean Orthodox New Year falling the same day as that of 9\/11 terrorist attack 9 years ago in New York. The 1st of\u00a0September\u00a0is \u00a0a memorial day in \u00a0Eritrea, the day the struggle of liberation started. \u00a0This day is\u00a0commemorated\u00a0every years in Asmara the capital of the ex Italian colony once federated later province of Ethiopia, which seceded in 1991 and became\u00a0Independence\u00a0in 1993, with the full support of the present regime of Ethiopia. Eritrea is a pure creation of the scramble for Africa. \u00a0The \u00a0Eritrean legacy of \u00a0colonization has continued to this day starting a full flagged war with Ethiopia 7 years after its \u00a0independence. The leaders of Eritrea and Ethiopia were once\u00a0comrades\u00a0in struggle against the Marxist regime of Addis Ababa, today they\u00a0are\u00a0\u00a0at least publically sworn enemy. \u00a0 The war exploded in 1998 between the two fr\u00e8res-enemies up\u00a0until\u00a02002, when\u00a0Cessez-le-feu<\/em><\/a> was established by the intervention of the UN , costing over 200000 lives. \u00a0Further more, the two dictatorial regimes continue their proxy war and war of words by organizing proxy armed movements in each other soil. \u00a0They even further destabilized the region by employing their proxies in Somalia. Thus, Somalia\u00a0became the center of international terrorism and piracy sponsored by Al Qaida. \u00a0The Ethiopian dictator dragged in over 5000 African forces to Somalia after unsuccessful occupation of the country for two years starting 2006. In 2009 Ethiopian regime pressured the AU at its siege in Ethiopia\u00a0 to impose sanction against Eritrea by the UN.\u00a0 Eritrea in return\u00a0 continues supporting the opposition groups in Somali and Ethiopia in spite of the UN\u00a0sanction to this day.<\/p>\n

The UN sanction N\u00b0\u00a0Resolution 1907 (2009) Stipulates Arms Embargo, Travel Restrictions, Asset Freezes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Cease arming, training and equipping armed groups and their members including al-Shabab”<\/p>\n

Eritrea called the sanction as\u201dludicrous punitive measures” and\u00a0warned that their imposition risked “engulfing the region in to another cycle of conflict as it may encourage Ethiopia to contemplate reckless military adventures”.<\/p>\n

Both the representative of Eritrea and Ethiopia used the opportunity of the United Nations General Debate to settle some scores trying to influence some member states to join their proxy wars in Somalia in the pretext of border wars. It is\u00a0ridiculous\u00a0after agreeing in major principle\u00a0as great as the Independence\u00a0of Eritrea to engage to a whole out\u00a0 war \u00a0for a piece of barn land.\u00a0As we all know the truth of the mater lies not on that piece of land. Let us here it from the Eritrean Foreign Minster:-<\/p>\n

“While the United Nations grapples with Sudan and Somalia, it continues to ignore the grave consequences of Ethiopia\u2019s continued occupation of sovereign Eritrean territory, eight years after the ruling of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC), and three years after the Commission ended its work by depositing in the United Nations the demarcated boundary between the two countries. Ethiopia\u2019s illegal occupation and the United Nations\u2019 silence, which mean the continuation of the conflict, is exacting a heavy price on the peoples of Eritrea and Ethiopia and complicating the regional situation. I wish to remind the United Nations that Eritrea awaits responsible and urgent action to end Ethiopia\u2019s violation of international law and its threat to regional peace and security.”<\/p>\n

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