The Huffington Post BLOG By Alastair Crooke BEIRUT — The dramatic arrival of Da’ish (ISIS) on the stage of Iraq has shocked many in the West. Many have been perplexed — and horrified — by its violence and its evident magnetism for Sunni youth. But more than this, they find Saudi Arabia’s ambivalence in the…
African Arguments “Unlike all previous governments our writ runs in every village” – By Richard Dowden RAS Director Richard Dowden interviewed Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles on May 12th 2012. What follows is a selection of quotes from the interview on subjects ranging from democracy to the demise of Muammar Gadaffi and ‘land grabbing.’ To read Richard’s…
The Washington Post By Katie Park, Kevin Schaul and Gene Thorp After Flight 17 was shot down in eastern Ukraine on July 17, the Federal Aviation Administration expanded an existing regulation that prohibited certain flights from operating in the region. The FAA regularly issues airspace restrictions and prohibitions for U.S. aircraft traveling through potentially hostile…
BI Foreign Policy magazine has released its annual ranking of the world’s least-stable countries, now known as the Fragile State Index. The rankings are based on 12 metrics, including access to public services, the prevalence of refugees and internally displaced persons, human rights, and the legitimacy of the state. It is no surprise that the Scandinavian…
HRW Ethiopian-anti-terror-law pdf Summary This paper analyses Ethiopia’s draft Anti-Terrorism Proclamation (the draft Proclamation) and assesses to what extent the proposed law on its face conforms to international human rights standards. The draft law has been submitted to Parliament by the Council of Ministers and may be passed into law before the end of the current…
BI By Amanda Macias Desmond Boylan/Reuters A deactivated Soviet-era SS-4 medium range nuclear capable ballistic missile is displayed at La Cabana fortress in Havana October 13, 2012. According to a new report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), nine nations — the United States, Russia, United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea — possess approximately 16,300…
Uni-mainz.de Antiquity saw the advent of both Christianity and Islam in Ethiopia. King Ezana of Axum made in the 4th century Christianity the state religion of his empire after the Syrian monks Adesius and Frumentius had arrived on the Red Sea Coast. The first Muslims arrived in Ethiopia as early as 615 A.D. when Prophet Mohammed sent some of his…
Below are the telephone numbers of the foreign Embassies and Consulates that are located in Addis Ababa. The phone numbers will be updated as regularly as possible. Embassy/Consulate Country Telephone Numbers Algeria +251 371 9666 Angola +251 551 9009 Austria +251 371 2144 Belgium +251 551 7765 Benin +251 371 5422 Brazil +251 662 0401…
WikiLeaks On Ethiopia in pdf.
20 April 2014 King Of Abyssinia Ethiopia (1935) Addis Ababa (1935) http://youtu.be/nKmt6PgkC5k http://youtu.be/TvI7m_UbsI8 http://youtu.be/xKrgaKwIzKQ Tito’s Visit To Ethiopia (1956) Repatriation Of Italian Prisoners From Ethiopia (1943) Abyssinians Off To Korea (1951) Hubert Julian in 1935 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzaFcvmkc2I Haile Selassie Enters Abyssinia On Sleeve As Halle Selasie (1941) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSeYEIb0lE0 Haille Selassie Sightseeing…