UNHCR By Katie Nguyen in Dollo Ado, When drought killed most of Barwako Noor Abdi’s cows and goats eight years ago, she had no choice but to abandon her home in Somalia’s parched Gedo region and seek help elsewhere in a country suffering from decades of insecurity. When the next major drought hit in 2016/17, she found she could not […]
Ethiopian Herald BY DARGIE KAHSAY Kenya expected to complete power interconnection with Ethiopia by next June Ethiopia has fully completed its portion of the construction of the Ethio-Kenya power grid and is awaiting the completion of Kenya’s side for trial operation, Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) disclosed while Kenya announced to complete its portion by next […]
National Review Will the Erdogan regime become to that continent what Saudi Arabia became to the Middle East? When the Carter and Reagan administrations began supporting Islamists in Afghanistan, few policymakers recognized the Pandora’s box they were opening. The great global threat, after all, was Communism. And even if radical Islamism was a threat — as […]
Maintaining the status quo, playing the victim card: How border dispute defining Ethiopia, Sudan The Ethiopian Herald BY DESTA GEBREHIWOT In a move that is upping the ante in the Ethio-Sudan border dispute, Khartoum has continued to illegally encroach on the two countries’ borders, said the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicating that Ethiopia has […]
By David Whitehouse Landlocked Ethiopia has liberalised its logistics market as it aims to become a lower-middle income country by 2025. With a dynamic market economy, the country has the potential to become the engine of East Africa. Ethiopia’s declaration of a five-month state of emergency to tackle Covid- 19 has done nothing to deter Bolloré […]
Nyamilepedia South Sudan’s parties to the revitalized peace agreement signed in September last year have been invited to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa over stalled peace implementation. South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO, confirmed in a statement extended to Nyamilepedia that its leader Dr. Riek Machar has been invited to the East African country’s […]
The Horn of Africa’s crucial geostrategic position has historically attracted many foreign players, which have deeply influenced the local political landscape. Local political actors, however, have not been passive spectators to this game. As European policymakers seek to understand the growing influence of foreign players in the Horn, it is crucial for them to understand […]
East Africa is the emerging hydrocarbon province of the 21st Century – but it is worth remembering that this success comes after six decades of unsuccessful exploration. The exploration success in East Africa in recent years has been an exciting development and the resources discovered have the potential for great benefit to the countries involved. […]
Posted in Al Mariam’s Commentaries By almariam Is it possible the “internal document” is a propaganda piece prepared by supporters of the TPLF and passed on to Susan Rice, who in turn “leaked” it to the New York Times under the official seal of the State Department to give it a veneer of authority and respectability? I know […]
Geology & Geographics Although shallow magma storage at Erta Ale volcano hints at a rift-to-ridge transition, the tectonic future of the Afar region is far from certain. By Erik Klemetti 14 hours ago Standing next to a lava lake at the summit of a massive volcano, Christopher Moore, a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Earth and Environment […]
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