Vol 48 No 19 | ETHIOPIA Roots of the ONLF rebellion 21st September 2007 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...
Vol 48 No 16 | ETHIOPIA The Millennium deal 3rd August 2007 Political compromises could mark the start of a new style for both government and opposition To satisfy both domestic expediency and international pressure, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has commuted the life sentences passed on 35 of his opponents. That was expected and it...
Vol 48 No 16 | ERITREAETHIOPIA Boiling point 3rd August 2007 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...
Vol 48 No 13 | ERITREAETHIOPIASOMALIA Warriors by proxy 22nd June 2007 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...
Vol 48 No 9 | ETHIOPIASOMALIA The great gamble 27th April 2007 Ethiopia and others bet on the TFG A few weeks ago, it looked as if relative calm was returning to Mogadishu, but violence has soared again. Ethiopia says it wants its forces to leave but...
Vol 48 No 8 | ETHIOPIAKENYAUNITED STATES Rendition confusion 13th April 2007 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...
Vol 48 No 6 | ETHIOPIABRITAIN The kidnap mystery 16th March 2007 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...
Vol 48 No 2 | ETHIOPIASOMALIA Marching across the border 19th January 2007 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...
Vol 47 No 11 | ERITREAETHIOPIA Omissions 26th May 2006 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...
Vol 47 No 6 | ERITREAETHIOPIA Tentative 17th March 2006 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...