Eritrea: Youths in the Horn of Africa Should Continue Their Struggle, President Isaias Underscores

Posted to the web 24 July 2008 Asmara President Isaias Afwerki called on youths in the Horn of Africa to continue their struggle until they create solid ground for peace that would benefit future generations. He made the salient remarks today in a meeting with the participants of the Regional Youth Conference for Peace and Development. Expressing appreciation to those who organized the conference, the President explained that the Eritrean people in the course of the 30-year long armed struggle strived not only to achieve independence but also foster good-neighborliness. He further underlined that the Horn region finds itself in the present stage as a result of the mismanagement and the negative effects inherited from colonial rule. The main source of instability in the region are the successive Ethiopian regimes and their... [read full story]