Politics

Ethiopia: 16 recently pardoned Military regime officials released

High ranking officials of the former Military regime were released on probation last week. The list includes v/President and Prime…

Gov’t pledges to do more after high-profile violence against women

The Ethiopian Ministry of Justice announced in a press conference last Friday, the establishment a national body in charge of…

Eritrea: President Isaias Afeworki and his supporters

[From: A Week in the Horn of Africa, Oct. 7, 2011 issue.]  Mutual back-scratching by President Isaias and his supporters …

Ethiopia: President reports 11.4% GDP growth

President Girma Woldegiorgis urged the House of People’s Representatives (HPR) and the House of Federation (HoF) to intensify their role…

Somaliland’s long wait for int’l recognition

[Originally published on Somaliland Press.] Since its secession from the rest of Somalia in 1991, successive Somaliland governments have worked…

Egypt: 25 dead after sectarian clashes | Roundup

Egyptian military accused over deaths EGYPT’S COPTIC church yesterday severely criticised the country’s authorities for failing to prevent violence that…

Exposed: BBC Newsnight turns to Wikileaks for more deceit

On Sept. 21, 2011, BBC Newsnight program aired a segment, which was supposed to be a follow-up to the one…

BBC busted again, UK’s field study disproved aid distortion claims | Ethiopia

On Wednesday, September 21, 2011, UK’s Secretary of State for Development Aid, Andrew Michell, emphatically dismissed allegations of systemic political…

UN: Communiqué on Somalia mini-summit [full text]

The following communiqué was issued after the mini-summit on Somalia, held in New York, 23 September: The Secretary-General of the…

The BBC’s Newsnight – viewers call it ‘morally questionable’

[From: A Week in the Horn of Africa, the weekly press release of the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Friday,…

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