Vol 44 No 5 | ETHIOPIA Royal echoes 7th March 2003 The last Ethiopian leader to visit Britain was Haile Selassie in 1972. Last month, Premier Meles Zenawi also laid a wreath on the grave of a nineteenth-century Ethiopian...
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...
Vol 42 No 21 | ETHIOPIA October evolution 26th October 2001 Power is shifting from party to Premier – and maybe, to the people October has been good for Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. He has appointed a new President, reshuffled his cabinet, won gushing tributes from Western diplomats and donors, and turned...
Vol 42 No 10 | ETHIOPIA Lost hope 18th May 2001 Ethiopia's security chief, Kinfe Gebre Medhin, was shot four times in the back outside the Armed Forces Officers Club in Addis Ababa on 12 May. The murder hits...
Vol 42 No 9 | ETHIOPIA Storm after the storm 4th May 2001 A split in the dominant party may be good for national unity Ethiopia is in political crisis. In most countries, this would be natural after such riots as those of 17 and 18 April. Perhaps 41 people were killed (according...
Vol 42 No 6 | ETHIOPIA Meles the winner 23rd March 2001 It's been a tough few weeks for Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Eritrean intransigence over the United Nations' Temporary Security Zone between the two armies has delayed implementation of...
Vol 42 No 4 | ETHIOPIA Gim-Gema in Ethiopia 23rd February 2001 Ethiopia, like Eritrea, is conducting a post-war reassessment (gim-gema), covering the decade since the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) took power. When it is complete, Prime Minister...