Daniel Berhane

Gibe III dam | Ethiopia’s statement on the UN Committee request

The Ethiopian government issued a formal response to the UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee request that the construction of the Gibe…

Wikileaks: Ethiopian Israeli becoming a ‘black underclass’ [full text]

A leaked Cable of US Embassy Tel Aviv, Israel depicts a bleak picture of the situation of Ethiopian Israelis (also…

Update on Ethiopia’s drought and Somalian refugees

A food security outlook update by FEWS NET indicated that ‘the influx of refugees from Somalia [to Ethiopia], estimated at…

Wikileaks: Ethiopian First Lady: Human trafficking ‘getting large’ [full text]

A leaked Cable of US Embassy discloses a meeting between Ethiopia’s first lady and US State Department Under Secretary Maria…

Wikileaks: Eritrea’s major port city ‘becoming a ghost town’

Destabilizing the region is not the only factor that earned Eritrea the title Africa’s North Korea, but also information blackout.…

Eritrean Farmers: Screwed by ‘tractor debt’ [Wikileaks – full text]

Leaked Cables of US Embassy Asmara reveals the Eritrean government’s multi-faceted economic repression and exploitation on its own people. One…

Wikileaks: ‘Growing Wahabi influence in Ethiopia’ [full text]

Two leaked Cables of US Embassy Addis Ababa briefly discuss the state of Wahabi in Ethiopia. A Cable dated Nov…

Wikileaks: Ethiopia eyes access to sea, territory swaps with Eritrea [full text]

A leaked Cable of US Embassy Addis Ababa reveals Ethiopia threatened to ‘reoccupy the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ), which lies…

US Ambassador comedy: ‘Lucy Claims Asylum’ – Wikileaks [full text]

A leaked Cable of April 2009, cleared by the then US Ambassador to Ethiopia, Donald Yamamoto, mocks at length on…

Wikileaks: Analysis of ‘Land Grab’ in Ethiopia

A leaked Cable of US Embassy Addis Ababa presents a fairly informative analyzes the issues of foreign Agricultural investment in…

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