Daniel Berhane

Meles Zenawi asked US for Intel | Ethiopia’s Somalia intervention 2006

Despite the repeated media claims that Ethiopia went to Somalia ‘to do America's dirty job’, four leaked Cables of Nov.…

PM wary of US condemnation; UK stopped Uganda? |Ethiopia’s Somalia intervention 2006

The Ethiopian Prime Minister was wary of a possible US condemnation about two month before launching a military offensive in…

US – Ethiopia meetings on the eve of Ethiopia’s Somalia intervention 2006

It is fashionable for detractors of Ethiopia to claim that ‘Zenawi invaded Somalia at the behest of George Bush’, as…

Egypt: Timeline of key sectarian tensions

Some historians say Egypt's sectarian strife started as far back as 1798, sparked by anger among the majority Muslim population…

UN expert: Indefinite, prolonged solitary confinement should be banned

“Segregation, isolation, separation, cellular, lockdown, Supermax, the hole, Secure Housing Unit (SHU)… whatever the name, solitary confinement should be banned…

UN: Nile water allocation has become a near zero-sum game

* The population in the Nile basin — currently around 200 million people — is expected to increase by between…

USAID: Horn of Africa drought fact sheet – Fiscal Year 2012

HORN OF AFRICA – DROUGHT FACT SHEET #4, FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2012 Oct. 27, 2011 KEY DEVELOPMENTS During the week…

Ethiopia: UN Committee inquires about Gibe III dam, Sugar project

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) requested Ethiopia ‘to provide information on measures taken to conduct…

Aid agencies finance rebels inadvertently: Médecins Sans Frontières researcher

Highlights: * "That fighting forces seek to take advantage of aid groups is unavoidable,.....The fact is that unless we provide…

White House: No military bases in Ethiopia, but Reconnaissance aircrafts

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said, ‘there are no U.S. military bases in Ethiopia’. Mr. Carney made the remark…

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