December 28, 2024
Eritrea From Victim to a Key Player
In the Geopolitics of the Horn
Presented on the Multi-Disciplinary Dialogue on
“Justice, Development and the Geopolitics of the Horn”
4th – 6th September 2024 Asmara, Eritrea
Ministry of Justice
Introduction
The countries of the Horn of Africa are creations of geopolitical manoeuvring of colonial powers in the late 19th Century. This fact might be unpalatable for some to swallow but swallow we must. The people of the region have paid dearly for the misadventures of their leaders, intent on realizing fantasies of grandeur fabricated from myths of mist existing only in the imagination of pseudo-historians. If we are to break free from the cycle of war, poverty and…
