At the core are his long-time ally and Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin and two newcomers in government the tough-minded Berket Simon (Minister of Information and Culture) and Maj...
Moving mountains The pro-Meles group known as the 'Palace group' includes Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin Ambassador to Washington Berhane Gebre Christos and security chief Kinfe Gebremedhin...
With crucial backing from the military and security services Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin and Meles survived the crucial vote at last Sunday's CC meeting 17 to 12...
Vol 40 No 22 |
- ERITREA
- ETHIOPIA
At the United Nations General Assembly in early October Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin repeated that Eritrea 'ruled by the whim of one man' was 'a major source of instability in our sub-region' exploiting Somalia's chaos to 'advance its irresponsible policy of destabilising countries in the Horn of Africa'...
Vol 39 No 21 |
- ERITREA
- ETHIOPIA
Issayas recently called the ruling Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front an ‘empty kettle’; Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin told the UN General Assembly about the ‘known irrationality bordering on the insane in Eritrea’...
Vol 39 No 18 |
- ERITREA
- ETHIOPIA
Meles prefers to operate by consensus and was shaken by the criticism some of it from close colleagues including Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin and Chief of Staff General Tsadkan Gebretensae...
Vol 39 No 18 |
- ERITREA
- ETHIOPIA
At the core of today's MLLT are Ethiopian Premier Meles Zenawi Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin (known as Seyoum Mussa during the war) Siye Abraha and Abai Tsehaye the party ideologue reported to be pushing the hardest anti-Eritrean line today...
Vol 39 No 16 |
- ERITREA
- ETHIOPIA
Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin said he was pleased with the outcome of the OAU investigation not least because it had ascertained that the Badme area was under Ethiopian administration prior to the start of the crisis...
Vol 39 No 11 |
- ERITREA
- ETHIOPIA
By 19 May Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin was warning of the danger of full-scale conflict if Eritrea did not unconditionally withdraw...
Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin chose an odd day to condemn outside interference in Somalia: 18 March the day Ethiopian troops again crossed into Somalia's Gedo Region to attack Al Itahad al Islami...