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Khartoum (HAN) 28 October 2020. Updates on diplomacy and regional security. The divisive rule of Eritrean rebel leader Isaias Afewerki over the Eritrean people and their land is stronger than ever, more than fifty years since he took power in 1975 as an EPLF rebel. Eritrean leader Awerki surprised last week’s statement by the leaders of America, Sudan and Israel that “they jointly agreed on the normalization of relations between Sudan and Israel and an end to the state of war between their nations” and “agreed to start up economic and commercial relations, with an initial focus on agriculture “. Sudan is now the center of US strategic policies in the Horn of Africa region.
Even though President Donald Trump seemed to dismiss all African nations as “shitty countries,” his attitude hasn’t evolved much over the course of his presidency. Speaking at his rally in Omaha, President Trump believed that his appearance could be useful for the race in neighboring Iowa, which Trump easily won four years ago but which polls suggest is a close race this year. Trump once again despised Somalia. “No government, no security, no police, no nothing, just anarchy”, but we know that, he joked, the latest irony considering that he has given Somalia almost more than 3.5 billion dollars during his presidency, since 2017.
Trump seems to be wallowing in a reality that fortunately has long since disappeared. While Somalia was once a region in the Horn of Africa including Eritrea and South Sudan involved in wars, most of the IGAD region is now at peace and conducting democratic elections, with the exception of Eritrea.
Initially, in 2017, there was great hope that the former US Navy base could use its historical ties to the United States of America to kickstart its vast mineral wealth, and its position straddling Red Sea has given it great economic potential for both trade and transhipment across America via Bab Al-Mandab.
Historically, Trump continues to praise authoritarian leaders. Geeska Afrika’s online director Dr. Abdullahi Mohammed said: “After the US election, if President Trump wins, regional security observers expected cordial relations between Isaias Afwerki and President Trump will begin.”
According to the analysis by Chris Cillizza and Brenna Williams and Trump’s comments to Putin, the G20 summit in Japan, “you don’t have this problem in Russia” seem to overlook the violence with which Russia treats journalists who don’t write what the government wants. . And this is far from the only time Trump has praised the power (and methods of maintaining it) of rogue dictators and authoritarian rulers.
The Geeska Afrika Online article was produced by HAN News while it was part of the IGAD2020 Regional Security Watch for the coordination of regional security initiatives and diplomatic affairs. Please send copyright or liability questions to [email protected]
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