Vol 5 (AAC) No 5 | DJIBOUTIETHIOPIACHINAINDIABRIEFING The railway’s coming 28th February 2012 Work will begin soon on the long-awaited new Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway. The two governments and their Chinese contractors are creating a US$1.5-billion trade corridor from Addis A...
Vol 52 No 25 | ETHIOPIA Critics still not welcome 16th December 2011 The Addis Ababa newspaper Awramba Times has all but closed following the late November flight abroad of Managing Editor Dawit Kebede. It is the latest manifestation of Prime Minist...
Vol 52 No 24 | ETHIOPIASOMALIA What’s in Somalia for Ethiopia 2nd December 2011 Ethiopian troops have gone into Somalia to support the Kenyan deployment, although Prime Minister Meles Zenawi remains sceptical about the operation. Ethiopia wants to maintain its...
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 cord...
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 Is...
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 Zenawi,...
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 r...
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 and Cong...
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 receiv...
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 countr...