Somalia

Wikileaks: Ethiopia proposed ‘semi-recognition’ for Somaliland

A leaked Cable of US Embassy Addis Ababa shows Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi lobbying for a ‘semi-recognition’ status for…

Wikileaks: Countering Wahabi influence, ‘cultural imperialism’

Three leaked Cables US Embassy Addis Ababa, dated July 15, 2009 and classified as ‘Confidential, present an interesting analysis of…

Wikileaks: Ethiopian Army rebuffs US probe into N. Korean ties [full text]

Two leaked Cables of US Embassy Addis Ababa, both dated January 14, 2008, and classified as confidential, discloses the stiff…

Wikileaks: US – Ethiopia: 17 imperial demands [full text]

A June 2008 leaked Cable of US Embassy Addis Ababa shows the Ambassador so irritated that he proposed: [we]will make…

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: US didn’t sponsor Ethiopia’s Somalia intervention [full text]

Leaked Cables of US Embassy Addis Ababa unambiguously confirmed that Ethiopia’s 2006 intervention in Somalia was not US sponsored as…

Somalia: After Shabaab withdrawal from Mogadishu

There has been a couple of notable developments in Mogadishu following the recent withdrawal of Al-Shabaab from the city. The…

Q & A: UN Committee on Ethiopia’s Gender affairs performance

An Ethiopian delegation led by Zenebu Tadesse, Minister for Women, Youth and Children Affairs, presented report and answered questions at…

Ethiopia: British media fuels aid apathy | Horn of Africa drought

At a time when about 12 million people in the horn of Africa suffer from the worst drought in 60…

11plus blunders in BBC, TBIJ report of Ethiopia’s aid misuse

Two British news outlets made headlines last week when they published a story on Ethiopia claiming it is a product…

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