Eritrea - Ministry of Information

Zoba Gash Barka as a place of huge developmental activities in the country is also the place where the spark that led for thirty years of bitter struggle for independence was lit. When the Ethiopian regime, encouraged and backed by some international powers, broke the terms of the UN resolution condemning Eritrea to be forcefully federated with Ethiopia, reducing Eritrea to the status of occupied country, the Eritrean people had to go through concerted diplomatic efforts including by sending delegates to appeal that the UN body condemns the illegal measures being taken by the regime in Ethiopia. All diplomatic efforts, however, received deaf ear by the international community.

Twenty two years for nation building, especially amidst external ill intended hostilities, conspiracies and open aggression, is very challenging and hard task. All the hostilities and open aggression were emanated from extreme jealousy and disgraced that Eritrea didn’t go to the way of their wishful thinking that it cannot carry on as a nation by itself, let alone be able to build a promising nation with hard working people living in harmony and peace. Hence, they resorted to scare the people with white propaganda campaign and after realizing that what they were doing was doomed to failure they engaged to open aggression through their subservient regime. But all their white propaganda smear campaign and open aggression was foiled by the gallant and ever more vigilant Eritrean people.