Tag: #UNCLOS

Reasserting Law Over Rhetoric: A Response to Ethiopia’s 7 February 2026 Communication to Eritrea’s Foreign Minister

Opinion Red Sea Beacon -
By Aman Nebiat The letter issued on 7 February 2026 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic...

By Abiy’s Own Logic: Restricting the Nile Is an Existential Threat to Egypt

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by Yemane Abselom For Egypt, the Nile is not a policy preference; it is a biological requirement. Over 95 percent...

Sovereignty, Survival, and the Rule of Law: Egypt, Ethiopia, the Nile, and Eritrea’s Inviolable Maritime Rights

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By David Yeh Egypt’s position on the Nile is frequently portrayed as obstructionist or hegemonic, yet such characterizations obscure the...

Eritrea’s Sovereignty and the Myth of Ethiopia’s “Lost Coast”

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by Abdu Osman In the past few weeks, PP senior officials and pliant analysts have pivoted to fallacious arguments on  purported absence or lack...

Ethiopia’s “Sovereign Access to the Sea” Narrative: Law, Politics, Strategy, and Regional Realities

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by David Yeh For more than a year, Ethiopia’s ruling Potemkin Party (PP) has devoted enormous political energy to constructing...

Ethiopia, Eritrea, and the Red Sea: Refuting Ethiopia’s Pseudo-historians, International Law, and the Politics of Maritime Claims

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by David Yeh Few geopolitical questions in the Horn of Africa generate as much confusion, myth-making, and politicized reinterpretation as...

Ethiopia’s Maritime Gambit Threatens Red Sea Stability

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By David Yeh Ethiopia’s Maritime Gambit Threatens Red Sea Stability:From historical revisionism to reckless threats, Ethiopia’s leaders are courting a...

Open Letter to East African Progressive Thinkers

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by David Yeh:- Dear East African progressive thinkers, It is a scary time for our region. The anti abolitionists are...

Ethiopia is Not Imprisoned by Geography: A Rebuttal to Abiy Ahmed’s False Narrative

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by @Dahlakib:- In recent statements, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has claimed that Ethiopia is “encapsulated” and “geographically imprisoned”...

Ethiopia’s Dangerous Designs

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by Ibrahim A. Ibrahim:- The Horn of Africa stands at a dangerous crossroads. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has...