Climate Change: a holding back factor in the development of health system
(Tesfagebriel Tekola) Social and environmental determinants of health: clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter…
Friday 19 April, 2024
Opinion
The arrest of Bereket Simon is illegal: Here is why
Amhara region's special force captured Bereket Simon in his house in Addis Ababa on Wednesday morning and took him to Bahir Dar later that day, according to the news on state-media. (Some sources say he was detained the…
The great game in the Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa appears to be gearing towards a new order set off by a global competition of strategic interest by great powers in Africa. In addition to internal political upheavals, the competition is precipitated by a…
Reports of airstrike in west Oromia
(Lammii Beenyaa) Sources told me that Jaal Marroo, the Western Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) commander was targeted in the weekends by airstrike around Gidaami town of Qellem Wollega zone, Oromia.Prior to the airstrike, on Sunday morning, a general…
Why Africa loves China
At the September 2018 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, African Union Chairperson and Rwandan President Paul Kagame lauded the Chinese aid and investment strategy in Africa as a source of "deep transformation". Kagame argued that the cooperation between China and Africa…
The Lost Love of Unity in the Horn of Africa won’t be back again
Somaliland is a country that achieved many issues amid this region is fragile. Its leaders are locally elected through democratic elections and this has made it possible to live and run its affairs alone in a peaceful way…
Initiative for National Dialogue (Concerned Ethiopians Group – CEG)
Letter to the Editor-in-Chief of HornAffairs In July 2018, I participated in a discussion devoted to science and technology for social, economic and political development of Tigray. This forum was organized by The Global Society of Tigrean Scholars…
Somaliland’s parliament role in combatting corruption is disappointing
The legislative body of any state plays a fundamental role in the fight against corruption. The House of representative has an essential responsibility in its role for combating corruption in all its forms, especially in public existence and…
Ethiopia & Eritrea Perspectives: Survival and Security in Geopolitics of the Red Sea
(Amanuel T Muhzun) Solid economic and social stability has been one of the major objectives of concern for the last several decades to reciprocate the brotherly peoples of Ethiopia and Eritrea. This key geo-economic and strategic perspective for…
Ethnic Based Party Systems and Democratic Stability: Implications for Ethiopia
(Abdissa Zerai, PhD) According to Edmund Burke (as cited in Sartori, 2005, p. 8), a political party is understood as “a body of men (and women) united, for promoting by their joint endeavors the national interest, upon some…
Economy
The Authenticity of the Premier Medal and Diploma Award: Legal Point of View
(Zeray Weldesenbet) On April 24, 2018, the Ethiopian Television (ETV) broadcasted that the incumbent prime…
Ethiopian PM resigns amid uncertain succession
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn announced his intent to resign today. The announcement came after…
The Rehabilitation of Africa’s Most Isolated Dictatorship
(Tom Gardner - Foreign Policy) Two recent and seemingly incongruous events may one day be…
Why the Ethiopian Premier wasn’t wrong for suggesting Somaliland stay with Somalia
(Abdirahman M. Dirye - Somaliland) Abdisalam Harari of the Universal TV, a Somali local channel,…
Five Takeaways from PM Hailemariam’s new Cabinet
Just a year after forming a new government, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn returned to parliament…
List of PM Hailemariam’s new Ministers
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn presented the much-anticipated cabinet reshuffle today. Though the ruling party…
PM: 108 Ethiopian children abducted by S.Sudanese armed men
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn confirmed 108 children are being held hostage, in his first statement…
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PM’s statement on OromoProtests: More of the same
(Dr. Birhanemeskel Abebe Segni) The Ethiopian Prime Minister, in his midyear report to the Ethiopian…
Ethiopia, Kenya launch a five-year Cross-border Integrated Program
The governments of Ethiopia and Kenya, in partnership with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)…
Takeaways from PM Hailemariam’s new cabinet appointments
Hailemariam Desalegn formed a new government this week after being re-elected as Prime Minister by…
Ethio-Somali region
The arrest of Bereket Simon is illegal: Here is why
Amhara region's special force captured Bereket Simon in his house…
The Lost Love of Unity in the Horn of Africa won’t be back again
Somaliland is a country that achieved many issues amid this…
Initiative for National Dialogue (Concerned Ethiopians Group – CEG)
Letter to the Editor-in-Chief of HornAffairs In July 2018, I…
Somaliland’s parliament role in combatting corruption is disappointing
The legislative body of any state plays a fundamental role…
Ethiopia & Eritrea Perspectives: Survival and Security in Geopolitics of the Red Sea
(Amanuel T Muhzun) Solid economic and social stability has been…
Ethnic Based Party Systems and Democratic Stability: Implications for Ethiopia
(Abdissa Zerai, PhD) According to Edmund Burke (as cited in…
Oromia
The arrest of Bereket Simon is illegal: Here is why
Amhara region's special force captured Bereket Simon in his house in Addis Ababa on Wednesday morning and took him to Bahir Dar…
The great game in the Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa appears to be gearing towards a new order set off by a global competition of strategic interest by…
Reports of airstrike in west Oromia
(Lammii Beenyaa) Sources told me that Jaal Marroo, the Western Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) commander was targeted in the weekends by airstrike…
Why Africa loves China
At the September 2018 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, African Union Chairperson and Rwandan President Paul Kagame lauded the Chinese aid and…
The Lost Love of Unity in the Horn of Africa won’t be back again
Somaliland is a country that achieved many issues amid this region is fragile. Its leaders are locally elected through democratic elections and…
Initiative for National Dialogue (Concerned Ethiopians Group – CEG)
Letter to the Editor-in-Chief of HornAffairs In July 2018, I participated in a discussion devoted to science and technology for social, economic…
Somaliland’s parliament role in combatting corruption is disappointing
The legislative body of any state plays a fundamental role in the fight against corruption. The House of representative has an essential…
Ethiopia & Eritrea Perspectives: Survival and Security in Geopolitics of the Red Sea
(Amanuel T Muhzun) Solid economic and social stability has been one of the major objectives of concern for the last several decades…
Ethnic Based Party Systems and Democratic Stability: Implications for Ethiopia
(Abdissa Zerai, PhD) According to Edmund Burke (as cited in Sartori, 2005, p. 8), a political party is understood as “a body…
History
The arrest of Bereket Simon is illegal: Here is why
Amhara region's special force captured Bereket Simon in his house in Addis Ababa on Wednesday morning and took him to Bahir Dar…
The great game in the Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa appears to be gearing towards a new order set off by a global competition of strategic interest by…
Reports of airstrike in west Oromia
(Lammii Beenyaa) Sources told me that Jaal Marroo, the Western Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) commander was targeted in the weekends by airstrike…
Why Africa loves China
At the September 2018 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, African Union Chairperson and Rwandan President Paul Kagame lauded the Chinese aid and…
identity politics
The arrest of Bereket Simon is illegal: Here is why
Amhara region's special force captured Bereket Simon in his house in Addis Ababa on Wednesday morning and took him to Bahir Dar…
The great game in the Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa appears to be gearing towards a new order set off by a global competition of strategic interest by…
Reports of airstrike in west Oromia
(Lammii Beenyaa) Sources told me that Jaal Marroo, the Western Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) commander was targeted in the weekends by airstrike…
Why Africa loves China
At the September 2018 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, African Union Chairperson and Rwandan President Paul Kagame lauded the Chinese aid and…