Politics

Pastoralists: Resettlement an option? | Ethiopia

The evidence strongly indicates that a return to the good old days when customary herding practices paid handsome dividends does…

UN Tightens Sanctions Regime on Eritrea, Somalia [Text of Resolution 2002-2011]

The United Nations Security Council decided unanimously to tighten the Sanctions regime on Somalia and Eritrea and Somalia, as well…

Eritrean Terrorism: Key personalities and facilities | UN Report

The United Nations had already sanction Eritrea for destabilizing the Horn of Africa region. Its resolution 1907/2009, explicitly prohibits provision…

On Gibe III dam | Ethiopia’s recklessness in the UN Committee proceedings

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee urged Ethiopia 'to immediately halt all construction on the GIBE III dam', in its 35th session…

Top opposition site fined 5 mln Birr for libel

Highlights: 'the claims made in the Article ....are totally unfounded and incorrect’. Al-Amoudi 'Here is my formal statement: Screw yourself.…

Somalia: Al-Shabaab planning offensive?

[The following update, titled Al-Shabaab planning another Ramadan offensive?, is from A Week in the Horn July 29 issue.] Al-Shabaab…

[Excerpts] UN report confirms Eritrea-ONLF-Somalia’s Islamic Courts Union link

Highlight: In 2006, following the seizure of Mogadishu by the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), Eritrean assistance to UIC was…

UN report: Eritrea plotted to ‘make Addis Ababa like Baghdad’

UN confirmed Eritrea plotted to attack an African Union summit in Ethiopia in January and is financing Al-Shabaab, the al…

Text of UN report on Eritrea’s plot to bomb AU summit

Highlight: “Te’ame opened his laptop and showed me a video about how Iraqi insurgents have used explosives to powerful effect.…

On Gibe III dam : Weighing the UN Committee’s decision | Ethiopia

It was by the end of last month, a UN Committee urged Ethiopia ‘to immediately halt all construction on the…

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