Vol 37 No 12 | ETHIOPIA Hands across the water 7th June 1996 Addis Ababa is becoming Washington's key ally against an expansionist Khartoum The Addis Ababa-Washington axis is in better shape than for more than 25 years, probably since the hey-days of Emperor Haile Selassie in the 1960s. For the United...
Vol 37 No 5 | ETHIOPIAUNITED STATES Voice of Babel 1st March 1996 Washington's Voice of America is to broadcast in three languages – Oromo and Tigrinya as well as Amharic – to Ethiopia in response to growing criticism from Addis...
Vol 37 No 1 | ETHIOPIA Power to the provinces 5th January 1996 The regionalisation strategy is facing its biggest test this year - can it reduce poverty? Winning elections has proved easy for Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and his colleagues. Unsurprising, say his critics, given that the opposition is too divided to put up a...