Author: Daniel Berhane

Daniel Berhane

Ethiopia's ruling party| Transition plus Confusion

Since the passing of the late PM Meles Zenawi, I coined a phrase to describe.

Eritrean Showdown: Coup or Showbiz?

Yemane Gebremeskel, director of the Office of the President of Eritrea, reflected last Tuesday, on.

Multiple Dep PMs | Constitutionality Debate Lost Transparency Thread

The debate on the constitutionality of the recent high-level governmental appointments seems to have been.

Ethiopia | Hailemariam Not Like Meles

Highlight:- "Hailemariam might like to expand his power with time, but there is no sufficient.

Special Edition | Post-Meles Zenawi 2012

Special edition| Post-Meles 2012 Collection of exclusive interviews, opinion pieces and news digests covering the.

Top 15 Highlights of year 2012 [in Ethiopia & the Horn]

1. Best Person of the Year: The Ethiopian people. (for the amazing decency and civility.

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Ethiopia-Egypt | A War on Nile Improbable, for now

Yet, posturing aside, officials and scholars in Cairo understand the insistence on monopoly of the Nile waters, with implicit military threats is literally unsustainable. Indeed, the more intelligent amongst them should know, at least for a few years to come, a direct military attack on the Renaissance dam project is improbable.

Ethiopia | The Junedine Sado Episode

Minister Junedine Sado is on his way out, becoming the first Minister to be sacked.

Ethiopia | Administrative Injustice is Here to Stay

” In the Ethiopian bureaucracy, as we know it, the best a complainant can hope from an administrative appeal is a benevolent superior officer, who reverses the unjust decision, while reminding her that the problem wouldn’t have occurred if she had “behaved”. In the worst scenario, the case would simply be referred back, thereby leaving the complainant at the mercy of that same official. The rest of scenarios range between a sort of arbitration and negotiation. “

Interview with an Eritrean opposition Yonathan Sebhatu

” Ethnic right issue has never been a problem in Eritrea, it is exaggerated by some but to tell you the truth all 9 ethnics in Eritrea have equal rights and all have offered their lives to the armed struggle [for independence], I can not see that Tigrigna speakers have more rights than the others. “