Ethiopia Should Champion Lifting of Sanctions on Eritrea - Herman CohenSeptember 28, 2017 - Former United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Herman Cohen, stated that Ethiopia must use its influence as head of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to champion the lifting of sanctions on neighbouring Eritrea. According to Herman Cohen, Ethiopia should have proposed the move as a first step. Eritrea was slapped by the U.S.-sponsored arms sanctions with the reason that they were backing Somalia’s al-Qaeda affiliated insurgents, Al-Shabaab. Cohen added that the lifting of the close to ten years arms sanctions on Eritrea was ‘long overdue.’ His position was echoed by Eritrea’s representative at the just ended United Nations General Assembly. “It therefore once again calls on the United Nations Security Council to lift the unfair and unjust sanctions imposed on it for the past nine years.

Source: Ethiopian News September 28, 2017 18:45 UTC