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On Eskinder Nega | Setting the record straight

Last year, in June 2011, I published, in this site, an in-depth analysis titled ‘Terrifying the Press Signals Defeatism’. The…

Somalia: Security improving after Kismayo’s capture

The long efforts by the TFG and other pro-government forces, including AMISOM and Ethiopian units, to clean Somalia of the…

The Ethiopia – Sudan Joint Defense Committee meeting

The 7th Ethio-Sudanese Joint Defense Committee of the Chiefs of Staff concluded its three day meeting here in Addis Ababa…

Somalia: Al Shabaab retreats from Kismayou city

Islamist militants in Somalia say they have withdrawn from their southern stronghold of Kismayo, following an African Union (AU) military…

Kenyan, Somali forces capture parts of Kismayou city

African forces pushed al-Qaeda- linked militants from some positions in Somalia’s coastal city of Kismayo and are moving to seize…

Somalia: Hizbul Islam quits its alliance with al-Shabaab

There are reports today that Hizbul Islam, one of the extremist factions allied with Al-Shabaab is quitting its alliance it…

The UN Security Council’s latest resolution on Somalia

On Tuesday this week the UN Security Council met to consider Somalia, unanimously adopting Resolution 2067 (2012), reiterating its commitment…

Response to ICG report – ‘Sound and fury signifying nothing’

With the illness and death of Prime Minister Meles, many in the Diaspora and abroad, Ethiopian and non-Ethiopian alike, have…

International Crisis Group report: ‘Ethiopia After Meles’

Policy Briefing Africa Briefing N°89 Nairobi/Brussels, 22 August 2012 Ethiopia After Meles I. OVERVIEW The death of Prime Minister Meles…

The Unhappy Legacy of Meles Zenawi (Freedom House)

The Unhappy Legacy of Meles Zenawi (Freedom House) The death on Monday of Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi has been…

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