The United Nations has given up, the parties will not talk
and the troops are face to face
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
...
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's
government has three options for its Somalia policy, all
of them formidably difficult.
The quarrel between Addis Ababa and Asmara
over their common border and the political chaos in Somalia
is intensifying. The heat turned up after the Ethiopia Eritrea
Boundary Commission announced on 7 September that it would demarcate
the border by t...
The Ogaden's bloody struggle has a wider global dimension
The Ogaden National Liberation Front joined the political system in Ethiopia’s Somali Regional in 1991 and it had a majority in the administration. In 1994, it split over the issue of a referendum on self-determination.
Political compromises could mark the start of a new style for both government and opposition
Eritrea and Ethiopia, whose leaders detest each other, are clashing on three regional issues. Moreover, hawks in Addis believe – rightly or wrongly – that Ethiopia's support for the 'War on Terror' will shield it from any pressure from the United States' ...
With Somalia looking more settled, Ethiopia has
been looking towards Eritrea, which it sees as the regional
spoiler. On 8 June, Addis Ababa wrote to the United Nations Security
Council President calling for Chapter VII sanctions against Eritrea,
in or...
Ethiopia and others bet on the TFG
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