Review| The Fate of Sudan: Origins, Consequences of a Flawed Peace Process
(Alex de Waal) Book: John Young, The Fate of Sudan: The Origins and Consequences of a Flawed Peace Process, London, Zed Books, 2012. One of the truisms about Sudan is that the more you know about the country, the harder it is to write anything that makes sense. Those who have hardly been there have … Read more
Nile | Ethiopia pokes Egypt taking the last step to ratify CFA
Ethiopian Parliament referred the Nile Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA) to its Standing committee on Thursday, bringing the ratification one session away. The CFA is the first ever multilateral treaty on Nile which stipulates for the equitable sharing of the Nile waters. It was signed by was signed by Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania on May … Read more
Map| Obama budgets more for Kenya, Ethiopia – less for the Sudans
Last week, the Obama administration released its international affairs budget request for fiscal 2014. Amid fiscal constraints in Washington, the budget request’s topline figure of $52 billion would maintain U.S. international affairs spending at roughly the same levels as in fiscal 2013 after sequestration. The administration’s proposed 2014 international affairs budget, which also calls for … Read more
Nile: South Sudan and regional consensus on the Nile waters
“South Sudan does not recognize, and I underline does not recognize, the content of the 1959 [Nile Water] agreement”. These were the words, last week, of South Sudan’s Water and Irrigation Minister Paul Mayom. In further proof of the growing consensus on Nile matters throughout the region, South Sudan has expressed its opposition to the … Read more
South Sudan rejects pro-Egypt Nile water treaties
South Sudan has expressed its opposition to a 1959 Nile Water agreements between Sudan and Egypt. The country said it was already on its way to join the Cooperative Framework agreement, which Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania signed in 2010, and later Burundi in 2011. “South Sudan does not recognise – and underline does … Read more
South Sudan retires over a hundred army Generals
On Saturday (February 14th) General Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan and Commander-In-Chief of the SPLA, issued a decree removing 117 senior officers from active military service and placing them on the reserve list. They included two Lieutenant-Generals, two Major-Generals and over a hundred Brigadier-Generals. Among them were some senior officers … Read more
Ethiopian Police College trains South Sudanese Cadets
As a part of its security and defence relationship with neighboring countries, the Ethiopian government every year offers scholarships to cadets and military students from around East Africa. Over the weekend a warm reception was held for the arrival of twenty South Sudanese police cadets at the Police University College at Sendafa. The Ethiopian Police … Read more
Special Edition | Post-Meles Zenawi 2012
Special edition| Post-Meles 2012 Collection of exclusive interviews, opinion pieces and news digests covering the four moths after Meles. ************************** *PM Hailemariam’s first 100 days ************************** "In this digest, a summary of outstanding developments of economic interest since late August is presented…" *Post-Meles: Economic Digest (Guesh) ************************** "Meles Zenawi, the intellectual leader of Ethiopia, … Read more
Top 15 Highlights of year 2012 [in Ethiopia & the Horn]
1. Best Person of the Year: The Ethiopian people. (for the amazing decency and civility during Meles Zenawi’s illness and after his passing on Aug. 20 at 11:20pm local time) 2. Conspiracy Theory of the Year: “Meles Zenawi was poisoned at the Food Security Summit in Washington D.C.” (As much as I don’t trust the … Read more
Exclusive Interview | Getachew Reda on regional, security issues
” Your hypothesis is just a hypothesis – in fact, an outrageous one…..[It presupposes] that the ONLF was so potent militarily that it could even threaten the transition. Even [ONLF chief] Admiral Osman would not go that far. “
