Horn of Africa | Horn Affairs

Collectivism: Raising funds for Renaissance dam | Ethiopia

Chatting with me about the ongoing public fundraising for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam, a westerner acquaintance of mine said,…

Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 6:31 am

It is to be recalled that on May 13 US state department voided the results of DV 2012 on the…

Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 3:28 am

Former US Ambassador to Ethiopia David H. Shinn claimed the revolts in Northern African and Middle East, dubbed 'Arab Spring',…

Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 4:50 am

The whistleblowers’ website wikileaks published the fourth leaked cable of the US Embassy in Addis Ababa yesterday. The Cable, which…

Sunday, January 30, 2011 @ 3:25 am

In the run-up to the May 23/2010 election, Arena-Tigray party alleged a politically motivated murder of one its members. The…

Saturday, January 29, 2011 @ 9:20 pm

It is to be recalled that Medrek party, the coalition of 6 parties, lodged an appeal in the Supreme Court…

Saturday, January 29, 2011 @ 9:16 pm

Much has been said, and for a decade, about the disproportionality of electoral constituencies in Ethiopia. Of late, the EU…

Wednesday, January 26, 2011 @ 12:43 am

On Jan. 6/2011, on the eve of Ethiopian Christmas, PM Meles Zenawi, Director of Ethiopian Revenue and Customs Authority Melaku…

Monday, January 17, 2011 @ 4:38 am

There have been curious developments inside Al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam camp in the past four weeks. It appears now, this…

Saturday, January 15, 2011 @ 5:16 am

On Aid-thoughts blog, Ranil Dissanayake presents a compelling argument in favor of, what he calls, 'the second-generation donors'. That is:…

Saturday, January 15, 2011 @ 5:11 am