Vol 43 No 11 | ETHIOPIA A war unwon 31st May 2002 Prime Minister Meles is more admired abroad than in his own country Premier Meles Zenawi looks distinctly fragile. Things were going pretty well after he last year successfully faced down his critics in his own Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)...
Vol 43 No 11 | ETHIOPIA Friends and neighbours 31st May 2002 Up to 200 people reportedly died in April, when fighting broke out in eastern Ethiopia along the road to Djibouti, causing fears that fuel might run short in...
Vol 43 No 8 | ERITREAETHIOPIA Missing Badme 19th April 2002 As promised, both countries have accepted the (carefully crafted) ruling by the Eritrea-Ethiopian Boundary Commission, published last weekend. Both sides want peace but the propaganda war still rages...
Vol 43 No 6 | ETHIOPIASUDAN Pals with Pal 22nd March 2002 Is southern Sudan, already burdened with enough problems of its own, becoming enmeshed in another proxy war on its border with Ethiopia? Such fears follow the arrival in...