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Vol 65 No 14 |
- ETHIOPIA
- SOMALIA
Turkey mediated the first round of talks between Somalia and Ethiopia's foreign ministers on Monday in the first international attempt to ease diplomatic tensions between the two Horn of Africa states (AC Vol 65 No 14 Abiy Ahmed's sovereignty deal with Muse Abdi risks more regional turmoil)...
Somalia expelled Ethiopia's diplomats from the country in the wake of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's move on New Year's Day to offer recognition of Somaliland's ‘independence' in exchange for access to the Gulf of Aden...
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Abiy Ahmed's government appears to be attempting to breathe new life into liberalising Ethiopia's economy...
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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's political shapeshifting has cost him popular support in the Amhara Oromia and Tigray regions leaving only those in power in Addis Ababa and the regional capitals closely tied to his fortunes...
ABIY AHMED AND HIS ALLIES The most powerful allies of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed hail from the Oromia region where he rose to prominence before becoming the national leader in 2018...
It cannot accept Ethiopian troops after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed a port deal with the breakaway state of Somaliland in January that the Mogadishu government regards as breaching its territorial sovereignty (AC Vol 65 No 2 Why Abiy and Muse signed a 'memorandum of misunderstanding' & Vol 65 No 8 Puntland risks fracturing the federation)...
And the firm has previously worked for Abiy Ahmed the prime minister of Ethiopia and the Indigenous People of Biafra the separatist group in Nigeria (AC Vol 63 No 16 & Vol 65 No 4 Kanu's lobbyists for Biafra step up campaign)...
EU ministers discussed introducing visa measures at a meeting on 17 April and were waiting for new commitments from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government...
A national plan by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government in February 2024 does not explain how to gather the required data from millions of small farmers...
In Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed having won a pyrrhic victory against the Tigray region is increasingly in thrall to the UAE for cash and diplomatic heft as his government faces growing threats in the Amhara and Oromo regions (AC Vol 65 No 1 Reality catches up with gambler Abiy)...
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On 3 April Dani travelled to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) passing through Addis Ababa where his ministers met officials to 'strengthen links' with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government...
Abiy wants to fix the port debacle but quietly Signals from Addis Ababa hint that Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed may be regretting the furore caused by his apparent swap of recognition for Somaliland's independence for access to coastline on which to build a port (AC Vol 65 No 2 Why Abiy and Muse signed a 'memorandum of misunderstanding')...
Ethiopia's Prime Minster Abiy Ahmed signed a series of trade-related MoUs during his late February visit to Nairobi...