Africa – General

May 2012| Food Security update for Kenya, Somalia,

The US-funded FEWS Net (Famine Early Warning Systems Network) released Food Security updates for Kenya and Somalia. Here are the…

Kenya: Survivors of post-election violence seek more than resettlement

Most of those displaced by post-election violence mainly in Kenya’s Rift Valley Province five years ago have been resettled, but…

China brings jobs to Ethiopia but at what cost?

China has fast become Africa's largest trading partner - but who exactly is reaping the benefits? While Europe is struggling…

Identity politics on the scales of democracy and justice (Geletaw Zeleke)

An article published last week on opendemocracy.net calls Ethiopians ‘to get rid of ethnic-based politics and engage in the counter…

Why the Arab Spring failed to spread south of the Sahara? (Phil Clark)

Phil Clark, an academician specializing on African issues, published an interesting piece on ‘Why has the Arab Spring so far…

US State Dept. | 2011 Human Rights Reports: Ethiopia

The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor of US State Department issued its annual report concerning ‘Human Rights and…

Interview| Meles Zenawi: I’ll probably teach at the leadership academy

A certain man named Richard Dowden, Director of the Royal African Society, apparently met Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi this…

Ethiopia: World Bank approved $50 mil for Women Entrepreneurs

Quotes from the text: * According to recent estimates, in addition to creating employment for women in the economic sectors,…

Eritrean, Sudanese leaders hold talks in Asmara

Eritrea’s President Isaias Afewerki held talks with Sudanese President Omer Hassan Al-Bashir on Thursday(May 24, 2012) in Asmara on a…

Somalia: Al-Shabaab leader seeks forgiveness from Somalis

Ali Mohamed Hussein, former leader of al-Shabaab forces in the Banadir region, said last week he is willing to condemn…