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Ethiopia Country Report
news from Ethiopia
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Found 58 articles.
- Vol 51 No 1
- 08/01/2010
Dry times for a quick election
The government faces elections against a divided opposition: its biggest enemies are the weather and Eritrean President Issayas Afewerki
- Vol 51 No 1
- 08/01/2010
Dangerous neighbours
Somalia and Eritrea will dominate Addis Ababa’s security concerns (AC Vol 50 No 18). New United Nations’ sanctions against Eritrea will have little immediate effect on President Issayas Afewerki’s support for Somalia’s Haraka al Shabaab al Mujahideen, ...
- Vol 50 No 18
- 11/09/2009
Dangers and dilemmas in the Horn of Africa
The most dangerous corner of Africa is its north-eastern Horn, where instability reigns and terrorism thrives on the antagonisms of its governments
- Vol 50 No 10
- 15/05/2009
A change is going to come
After 18 years in power, serious moves are afoot to renew the leadership of the ruling EPRDF
- Vol 50 No 10
- 15/05/2009
The challengers
While no names have yet been put forward, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's proposals for change have prompted much discussion behind the scenes. Africa Confidential lists the potential successors to Meles within the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democrati...
- Vol 50 No 9
- 01/05/2009
Losing the plot
The arrest of 35 members of Ginbot 7 on 24 April, accused of plotting a coup against Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's government, increases the pressure on opposition groups ahead of parliamentary elections in May 2010. The arrests by the National Intell...
- Vol 50 No 3
- 06/02/2009
Good-bye, maybe
Ethiopia's troops are gone and another transitional government is installed but the new order is tenuous
- Vol 49 No 24
- 28/11/2008
Pirates and the lads
Mercenaries, the media and worried looking men in suits are much exercised by the escalating operations of the Somali pirates patrolling the Gulf of Aden in search of booty. In fact, the pirates stepped up operations a year ago (AC Vol 49 No 15), but then...
- Vol 49 No 17
- 22/08/2008
Bristling border
The United Nations has given up, the parties will not talk and the troops are face to face
- Vol 49 No 7
- 28/03/2008
Addis plays its diplomatic cards
Ethiopian diplomats are confident of a couple of successes at the United Nations in the coming weeks. The first is over Somalia, where the UN Special Representative Ahmedou Ould Abdallah has called for a stronger international presence in the country ...
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