Daniel Berhane | Horn Affairs

Saudi Arabia: An Honest Friend or Pretentious Foe?

The state media never gets tired of telling us how the Arabs are grateful that Ethiopia hosted the “First Hijrah”…

Wednesday, March 6, 2013 @ 5:59 am

Last month, on Feb. 12, 2013, I shared a YouTube video on my Facebook Timeline and Twitter with an optimist…

Wednesday, March 6, 2013 @ 1:46 am

Saudi Arabia's Finance Minister, Dr. Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, who was in Addis Ababa yesterday afternoon, in what appears to be…

Friday, March 1, 2013 @ 7:35 pm

If there is a cliché often repeated among the ranking officers of the Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF), it is…

Friday, March 1, 2013 @ 2:10 pm

In a brief interview this evening with the state-owned broadcaster, Ethiopian Television, Ambassador Dina Mufti said his government is awaiting…

Thursday, February 28, 2013 @ 11:43 pm

Abune Mathias is elected as the 6th Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church receiving two-third of the votes cast.…

Thursday, February 28, 2013 @ 10:56 pm

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church was elected its 6th Patriarch this afternoon, several media reported. The election was conducted this…

Thursday, February 28, 2013 @ 9:38 pm

Saudi Prince Khalid bin Sultan "asked if [legal frameworks] which are firm and binding in drafting are sufficient in achieving…

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 @ 10:02 pm

When the Ethiopian parliament enacted the anti-terrorism law in mid-2009, many of its contents provoked a heated debate. But little,…

Friday, February 22, 2013 @ 5:50 pm

Last week, Bofta Yimam, a reporter for the United States’ Fox 13 News, caught some attention in the Ethiopian media.…

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 @ 7:34 pm