Vol 61 No 24 | ETHIOPIA War resets the region 3rd December 2020 The Federal government’s war with Tigray upsets geopolitics throughout the Horn, and puts Eritrea centre-stage Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's refusal to consider a ceasefire or even mediation continues to attract widespread condemnation. His unflinching stance was underlined when he met an Afr...
Vol 60 No 24 | ETHIOPIA States of expectation 5th December 2019 Other nations are queuing up to stake their claims to self-government in the wake of the Sidama referendum result Even before voting began in November's referendum on Ethiopia's tenth regional state, plans were advancing to form a Sidama branch of Abiy Ahmed's new ruling party, the Prosperity ...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 8 | ERITREACHINABRIEFING A golden entrance 1st June 2012 Australian mining firm Chalice Gold Mines announced on 27 April that it would sell its 60% stake in the Zara gold mine in Eritrea to China Shanghai Corporation for Foreign Economic...
Vol 65 No 2 | ETHIOPIA Oromo peace momentum falters 12th January 2024 There were high hopes of a resolution to the OLA insurgency, but the will is not yet there on the rebel side and Abiy fears a deal may alienate other regions The outlook for a settlement between the government and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) has taken a hit: fighting has resumed after peace talks ended in acrimony late last year. Th...
Vol 40 No 22 | ERITREAETHIOPIA Battling for Badme 5th November 1999 Badme, taken by Eritrea in May 1998, has this year been the focus of several deadly battles. In February, Ethiopia attacked with artillery, then aircraft and tanks, then human-wave...