Politics

Ethiopia: Government moves to address road-accident toll

Improved access to emergency medical care and compulsory third-party insurance coverage could help to lower Ethiopia's high road-traffic accident death…

Eritrea’s response to the UN Monitoring Group’s Report

[From: A Week in the Horn of Africa, Nov. 4, 2011 issue.] The Government of Eritrea is currently involved in…

A brief guide to Egypt’s first post-revolution elections

Millions of Egyptians will head to the polls on 28 November in the first parliamentary vote after a popular uprising…

China’s Growing Role in Africa – Implications for U.S. Policy: Amb. Shinn

Remarks made by Amb. David Shinn, in a hearing held by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African…

Second annual meeting of the African Leadership Network

[From: A Week in the Horn of Africa, Nov. 4, 2011 issue.] Under the theme of “Powering Africa’s Prosperity”, three…

Puntland and Somalia: The Year Ahead: President Abdirahman Mohamud Farole

Highlights: * It is [Puntland’s] consistent position that the remaining federal states in south-central Somalia are formed, in accordance with…

Somaliland’s President visits Addis Ababa

[From: A Week in the Horn of Africa, Nov. 4, 2011 issue.] Somaliland’s President Ahmed Mohamed ‘Silanyo’ was in Addis…

US: No more Eritrean ‘drama’ at the Security Council

Eritrea’s request to address the UN Security Council faces US opposition, Inner-city press reported from New York yesterday. Last week,…

Egypt: Timeline of key sectarian tensions

Some historians say Egypt's sectarian strife started as far back as 1798, sparked by anger among the majority Muslim population…

UN expert: Indefinite, prolonged solitary confinement should be banned

“Segregation, isolation, separation, cellular, lockdown, Supermax, the hole, Secure Housing Unit (SHU)… whatever the name, solitary confinement should be banned…

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