Vol 52 No 11 | EGYPTETHIOPIA Blue Nile blues 27th May 2011 Egypt’s revolution seems to have boosted prospects for a settlement with Ethiopia over the Nile waters dispute. Cairo’s interim Prime Minister, Essam Abdel Aziz Sharaf, made a cordial...
Vol 52 No 10 | ERITREAETHIOPIA Shouting insults 13th May 2011 As Eritrea looks forward to serious earnings from gold, the old quarrel with Ethiopia is heating up again After more than a decade complaining that they are the wronged party, top Ethiopian officials busily explain their new campaign to overthrow the neighbouring regime of President Issayas...
Vol 52 No 7 | ERITREAETHIOPIA The anti-Asmara campaign 1st April 2011 Meles is increasing the rhetoric against his neighbour and wants the United Nations to join in action against Asmara Ethiopia’s blood feud with Eritrea is increasing in bitterness as Addis Ababa seeks to win more regional recruits to its cause. On 12 March, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles...
Vol 52 No 3 | ETHIOPIA A five-year exit plan 4th February 2011 As democracy activists pressure entrenched regimes across Africa, Premier Meles's government sets out its plans for controlled change From a position of strength - there is just one opposition member of parliament - the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front has been setting out its plans to rebuild...
Vol 52 No 2 | EGYPTETHIOPIANILE Telling the story 21st January 2011 As the 13 May deadline for the Nile Basin Initiative Cooperative Framework looms, Egyptian efforts to stop the deal have become more apparent. The stances taken by Burundi...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 11 | ETHIOPIACHINASOMALILAND To Berbera and beyond 15th September 2011 A Chinese company is backing infrastructure projects to develop secessionist Somaliland and give Ethiopia greater access to the sea Port and energy deals signed between a private Chinese company and the breakaway government of Somaliland should provide the region with the most important boost it has ever...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 3 | ETHIOPIA Seyoum Mesfin 30th January 2011 Ambassador to China With his January appointment as Ambassador to China, Seyoum Mesfin steps back from the day-to-day battles in Addis politics. He will, however, maintain a central role in his...
Vol 51 No 21 | ETHIOPIA Counting on growth 22nd October 2010 Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, now in his fourth consecutive term, uses his claimed economic policy prowess to counter critics Just before May’s general elections, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi attributed his expected victory to seven years of double-digit growth. Yet the figures are controversial and pose questions about...
Vol 51 No 18 | ETHIOPIA The new guard steps up 10th September 2010 Just before this year’s elections, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi promised an overhaul of the party leadership. the next generation of politicians is edging up the hierarchy in the...
Vol 51 No 16 | ETHIOPIA Opposition nuptials 6th August 2010 Activists in the opposition coalition Medrek met on 31 July to form a single party after their disastrous performance in the May elections (AC Vol 51 No 11)....