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...York City and drive up to Yale with me last Tuesday. Sydnee and I had dinner with the core members of P n' C, including Sweet Jimmy the Benevolent Pimp, Baby Gristle and a gay guy named Fruit on the Bottom. As we ate a large Eritrean meal, it dawned on me that I was the only moron using his real name...
There's not much left of Zalambessa. Shops have been flattened and the roofs and front walls of houses ripped down, revealing brightly colored interiors. Ethiopia says the town was destroyed two years ago, when Eritrean soldiers invaded Ethiopia and stripped the buildings in this small town of tin roofing and wooden doors to use in their trenches. Pastoral scenes painted on walls, however, were still in place last week when Ethiopian troops finally retook the town. The military operation was an important one: using a well-orchestrated pincer movement, Ethiopian generals squeezed the Eritrean army like a tube...
...conflict between the Horn of Africa neighbors. Fighting continued to the north of Zalambessa late last week, despite the fact that Eritrea had said it would withdraw from all disputed territory to its prewar position. Ethiopia seems happy to press its advantage home and grind down the Eritrean army as a way to ensure future peace...
...Eritrean capital, Asmara, the mood was somber and uncertain. Colored lights and strings of flags hung in the streets, but these were leftovers from last Wednesday's celebration of independence day. There was no Champagne. The Eritreans, presumably, are saving that for the arrival of a real peace...
...have made and the considerable challenges remaining for the continent. While we don't want to have unrealistic expectations, prospects for an African Renaissance are brightening. As you reported, African countries are opening their economies, allowing individuals to prosper and achieve independence from development aid. It is encouraging that Eritrean President Issaias Afewerki and other new-era African leaders understand the need for Africans to shape their own destinies, creating self-sustaining countries. The bipartisan African Growth and Opportunity Act promises to further this progress by encouraging economic reforms and promoting mutually beneficial trade with the U.S. ED ROYCE...