The East African country is facing its biggest protest movement in decades. Its uncompromising approach to development is to blame. BY JACEY FORTIN, FP ADAMA, Ethiopia — For those who would speak frankly about politics in this landlocked East African country, the first challenge is to find a safe space. But on a recent evening in…
The Horn of Africa region is central to the world’s maritime trade. It’s also beginning to fall apart. BY ALEX DE WAAL , FP Back in 2002, Meles Zenawi, then prime minister of Ethiopia, drafted a foreign policy and national security white paper for his country. Before finalizing it, he confided to me a “nightmare scenario” —…
Newsweek BY MICHAEL RUBIN ON 3/8/16 AT 10:18 AM Chinese President Xi Jinping (front L) poses with Zimbabwe’s leader Robert Mugabe (2nd R) and South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma (C) at a summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, December 4, 2015. China is investing heavily in Africa, unlike the U.S.SIPHIWE SIBEKO/REUTERS OPINIONAFRICAU.S. AFRICA RELATIONS This article…
ነገረ ‹ቀለም አብዮት› በዘላለም ክብረት ሁለቱም ሃገራት በይፋ የዲፕሎማሲ ግንኙነት ከጀመሩ መቶ ዓመታት አልፈዋል፡፡ ሁለቱም በተመሳሳይ ወቅት ከኮሚኒስታዊ አስተዳደርና ስርዓት መፋታታቸውን ባወጁ ማግስት ዴሞክራሲን ተግባራዊ የማድረግ ፈተና አጋጥሟቸዋል፡፡ ሁለቱም ሃገራት በተመሳሳይ ወቅት ባፀደቁት ሕገ መንግስታቸው የምርጫ ዴሞክራሲን (electoral democracy) አውጀዋል፡፡ ነገር ግን ሁለቱም ሃገራት ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሕገ መንግስታቸውን ካፀደቁ ወዲህ ተቃዋሚዎቻቸው ስልጣን ሊይዙ አልቻሉም፤ የመያዝ እድላቸውም…
The Atlantic An animal carcass rots in the drought-affected Siti region of Ethiopia.Abiy Getahun / Oxfam Thanks to El Niño, some parts of Ethiopia are currently facing the worst drought in 30 years. More than 10 million people in the country will likely need food aid this year. Over the weekend, UN Secretary General Ban…
Independent 1. By 2050, India will have overtaken the US as the world’s second largest economy It’s also projected that the gap between the three biggest economies, China, India and the US, and the rest of the world will widen over the next few decades. 2. The UK will no longer be among the top…
Martin Plaut It began with a suicide blast at the gates of the African Union’s AMISOM base outside the southern Somali town of el-Ade. A fierce battle ensued, at the end of which some 60 Kenyan troops were dead; some of their bodies had been reportedly dragged through the town and al-Shabaab left with stockpiles…
The largest hydroelectric project in Africa has so far produced only discord The Economist WHEN Egyptian politicians discussed sabotaging the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in 2013, they naturally assumed it was a private meeting. But amid all the scheming, and with a big chuckle, Muhammad Morsi, then president, informed his colleagues that their discussion was…
Cohen -Cancer of Ethiopia Hey, all you Abyssinians out there. While you are wasting time squabbling with each other and not talking to each other, the governments of the Arabian Peninsula are eating your lunch. Have you noticed that warships from the United Arab Emirates are operating out of the port of Asab 24/7? Their…
Foreign Policy American Memory The foreign relations of the modern Ethiopian state were driven by the government’s quest to establish this multiethnic polity as a viable nation-state and to maintain its territorial integrity. In many respects, then, the foreign policy pursued by the leaders of postrevolutionary Ethiopia was consistent with the foreign policy of the old…