Politics

Wikileaks: Ethiopia eyes access to sea, territory swaps with Eritrea [full text]

A leaked Cable of US Embassy Addis Ababa reveals Ethiopia threatened to ‘reoccupy the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ), which lies…

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…

UK thinker: Riot shows ‘Democracy Neoliberalism Style doesn’t work’

DJJFR27B7HES Highlights: Hatred of the police was a unifying factor running through the riots, the lightning rod for all these…

Text of Hillary Clinton speech on Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa

Highlight: * ‘The last time a drought of this magnitude struck Ethiopia, in 2002 and 2003, more than 13 million…

Somalia: Al-Shabaab expelled from Mogadishu

[The following two updates, titled ‘Al-Shabaab fighters forced out of Mogadishu and its retreat improves prospects for aid deliveries in…

US wants more sanction on ‘famine hit’ Eritrea

Highlights: United States is very much interested in additional pressure and sanctions....we think that that is timely. We believe there…

Ethiopia refuses to halt GIBE III dam

Ethiopia will continue to build Gibe III despite different accusations, CEO of the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) told the…

Somalia: Gov’t, AU troops assault on Al-Shabaab

[The following update, titled TFG and AMISOM forces pre-empt Al-Shabaab attack, is from A Week in the Horn, August 5…

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