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Ethiopia
Population: 84.8 mn.
GDP: 29.7 bn.
Debt: 2.9 bn.
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The EPRDF congress in September will discuss possible successors to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, with Haile Mariam Desalegne as a front-runner despite Amhara and Oromo opposition. High growth rates and collaboration with the USA and UK on Somalia will deflect criticism on human rights.

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  • Vol 48 No 16
  •  3rd August 2007

Boiling point

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' ...

  • Vol 48 No 13
  •  22nd June 2007

Warriors by proxy

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 order ...

  • Vol 48 No 9
  •  27th April 2007

The great gamble

Ethiopia and others bet on the TFG

  • Vol 48 No 8
  •  13th April 2007

Rendition confusion

The United States' War on Terror is catching many innocent people in its crossfire and hundreds of these are held incommunicado by the Ethiopian and Kenyan authorities on suspicion of terrorism, according to US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Britain's...

  • Vol 48 No 6
  •  16th March 2007

The kidnap mystery

The kidnap of hostages, Ethiopian and British, on 1 March was apparently the first operation of the Afar National Democratic Front (ANDF). It was a mistake. The original plan was to seize local tax revenues. Via the Eritrean authorities on 13 March, five ...

  • Vol 48 No 2
  •  19th January 2007

Marching across the border

Ethiopia was always confident of an easy victory over the Supreme Islamic Courts Council, despite the SICC's support from international Islamist volunteers and Eritrea. Addis Ababa had planned for no more than a few weeks in Somalia. Once the SICC launche...

  • Vol 47 No 11
  •  26th May 2006

Omissions

The latest meeting of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission, in London on 17 May, started badly, with the Commission President, Sir Elihu Lauterpacht QC of Britain, irritated by news reports suggesting the process was now led by the United States. Ethi...

  • Vol 47 No 6
  •  17th March 2006

Tentative

Secret talks in London on 10 March between American lawyers may help unblock the border dispute between Eritrea and Ethiopia, that killed 50-100,000 people in 1998-2000. Both governments were coaxed into joining talks with the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Co...

  • Vol 47 No 4
  •  17th February 2006

Waiting but not sitting

The opposition coalition that won the capital last May has split, leaving the city council in limbo

  • Vol 46 No 23
  •  18th November 2005

Transition starts here

Disputed elections, the shooting of oppositionists and donor worries hasten political change

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