issues on the horn of africa and for the eritrean perspective we have a web well there in kingston ontario he's an associate professor of african and world history at queen's university and joining us from london. she's a political scientist an independent researcher on african affairs she's also an advisor to the africa youth movement welcome to the stream what i want to start with you what was your reaction when you heard prime minister i know it. thank you very much for having me my initial reaction was optimism cautious optimism. that peace finally was to have a chance at the horn of africa in general and the relationship between the two countries in particular. but the fact that international law has been violated or the two countries existed after the illegal settlement of the matter for more than sixteen years. immediate solution was not going to come just from announcements and there would be a lot of entrenched interests that would be threatened by such courageous and forward looking moves that the that the ethiopian prime minister of the ahmed has promised or committed ethiopia to and

in kingston ontario he's an associate professor of african and world history at queen's university and joining us from london. she's a political scientist an independent researcher on african affairs she's also an advisor to the african youth movement welcome to the stream what i want to start with you what was your reaction when you heard prime minister i know it. thank you very much for having me my initial reaction was optimism cautious optimism. that peace finally was to have a chance at the horn of africa in general and the relationship between the two countries in particular. but the fact that international law has been violated or the two countries existed after the illegal settlement of the matter for more than sixteen years. immediate solution was not going to come just from announcements and there would be a lot of entrenched interests that would be threatened by such courageous and forward looking moves that the that the ethiopian prime minister of the ahmed has promised or committed ethiopia to and so the challenges are inevitable i am hopeful that he will weather whether t