Ethiopia: Gov’t expels two Arabs, warns locals
The Associated Press reported, citing an official, that Ethiopia’s government has expelled two Arabs who flew in from the Middle East after the pair went to a mosque and tried to incite violence. The...
View ArticleSwedish Minister meets Meles Zenawi, terror convict journalists
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt met with Ethiopian Prime Minister on Thursday. He visited the two Swedish journalists, Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye, who are serving an 11 years prison sentence...
View ArticlePM Meles Zenawi’s health: How critical could it be?
By now, talks about the Ethiopian Prime Minister’s health could not be dismissed as mere rumors. Of course, the rumor mill has never abated in years. Claiming his or his ministers misfortune is a...
View ArticleThe Unhappy Legacy of Meles Zenawi (Freedom House)
The Unhappy Legacy of Meles Zenawi (Freedom House) The death on Monday of Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi has been the occasion for fulsome tributes from world leaders, including President Barack...
View ArticleEthiopia-Egypt | A War on Nile Improbable, for now
Yet, posturing aside, officials and scholars in Cairo understand the insistence on monopoly of the Nile waters, with implicit military threats is literally unsustainable. Indeed, the more intelligent...
View ArticleEthiopia's Army | Custodian Dilemma
If there is a cliché often repeated among the ranking officers of the Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF), it is that, "the military is the last barrack of defence for the Constitution”....
View ArticleChavez Vs Meles: A Tale of Two Leftists
In the days following the passing of Meles Zenawi, senior EPRDF officials stood firm in rejecting the conspiracy theories that were running wild in the streets. Although a public statement was not...
View ArticleEgyptians Condemn Ethiopia’s Nile Dam Project
(Peter Schwartzstein) “Ethiopia is killing us,” taxi driver Ahmed Hossam said, as he picked his way through Cairo’s notoriously traffic-clogged streets. “If they build this dam, there will be no Nile....
View ArticleThe Flight of the Eritreans
There’s a joke about the US state of Ohio that goes something like this: “Twenty-four astronauts were born in Ohio. What is it about your state that makes people want to flee the Earth?” One might be...
View ArticleEritrea says: US responsible for sour relations
Eritrean Ministry of Foreign Affairs: US Hostility, Not Eritrean Rigidity, Responsible For Sour Relations United States Diplomat and Former Ambassador to Nigeria and South Africa, Princeton Lyman,...
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