Word: eritrea
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Third World dictatorships had their First or Second World patrons to help maintain borders and thwart secession. Only as long as the Kremlin armed Ethiopia was Mengistu Haile Mariam able to cling to Eritrea and his own position in Addis Ababa...
...power elite last week. Many of the others oppose his plan for Eritrean independence, preferring to keep the coastal province firmly within Ethiopia. Issaias had a message for them. "Forget history," he told the conference in Addis Ababa. "Men make history, and we have made an independent Eritrea...
...officially colonized the province, Eritreans have considered themselves more advanced than Ethiopians. Eritrean rebels began fighting for independence in 1961 and since then have done an impressive job of providing health care, education and other services to rural areas under their control. Ethiopia's dilemma, however, is acute: without Eritrea, the nation of 53 million has no access...
...many of them fighters promenading hand in hand with loved ones they have not seen in many years. The Italian-style cafes are busy late into the night. "Before, we lived like prisoners here," says Yohannes Ande, owner of a small convenience store. "You couldn't say the word Eritrea. You couldn't walk on the sidewalks because of the sandbag bunkers the army put up on almost every corner. It was a dark time. Now it's going to be good...
...Eritrea's relations with the outside world are equally unsteady. The province is almost completely closed off; no commercial flights arrive or leave. The only telephone, telex and radio communications possible are those that are routed through the front. The group blames the cutoffs on technical problems, but as time passes and no improvements are made, fewer Ethiopians believe that. Instead, the isolation appears to be part of a deliberate effort to assert Eritrea's independence...