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
Counter Extremism with Freedom in Ethiopia (Zuhdi Jasser)
From Somalian anarchy to Eritrean and Sudanese tyranny and civil strife, the Horn of Africa has long been a turbulent region. A notable exception has been the nation of Ethiopia. That might be changing. From December 15 through December 19 of last year, I was in Addis Ababa heading a delegation from the U.S. Commission … Read more
Walia’s Game| Good football, worrisome discipline
The Ethiopian national football team a.k.a. walia’s, challenged the defending champions Zambia in a Group C match on Monday, breaking 31 years of failing to qualify for the finals of the African cup of nations tournament. Hopes were so high on Monday that even the embassy in Pretoria shut for the day so staff could go … Read more
Ethiopian gays “organizing to show solidarity” with Ugandans
A group of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists in Ethiopia are organizing themselves for what they hope will be action to show solidarity with the gay community in Uganda after their parliament promised to push through an anti-homosexuality bill to further criminalize the gay population. “We will make certain that they know we … Read more
Ethio-Eritrea | Get Rid of the Bad Boy
By Nahusenay Belay The Horn of Africa in general and Ethiopia in particular are on the rise. The peace accord reached by the Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan the ability of Somalia to go beyond the pessimist expectations, the impressive economic achievement in Ethiopia and its promise of socio-economic transformation, the peaceful and … Read more
ለተቃዋሚዎች ውድቀት የሚታዩና የማይታዩ የራሳቸው ምክንያቶች Amharic
(ከአዲስ ምዕራፍ) የመድረክ የአመራር አባል የሆኑት ዶክተር መረራ ጉዲና እሁድ ህዳር 9 ቀን 2ዐዐ5 ዓ.ም ለንባብ በበቃው ሪፖርተር ጋዜጣ ላይ የሰጡትን ቃለምልልስ በጥሞና አነበብኩት፡፡ “ለተቃዋሚዎች ውድቀት የሚታዩና የማይታዩ የኢህአዴግ እጆች አሉበት” የሚለው ከርሳቸው አባባል የተወሰደው ጥቅስ በርእስ መልክ መቀመጡ አንባቢን የሚስብ እንደሚሆን እገምታለሁ፡፡ እኔንም ጐትቶ ወደ ንባብ ያስገባኝ ይኸው ርእስ ነው፡፡ ርእሱ ገና ከመጀመሪያው ተጠያቂነትን … Read more
The Politics of Writing an Eritrean Identity: Foreign Policy as the Policy of Making Things Foreign
(By: Merkeb Negash) This is a response to Ato Nahusenay Belay’s “Get rid of the Bad Boy” article, published in The Reporter last week.(Dec. 150 )http://www.thereporterethiopia.com/Politics-and-Law/get-rid-of-the-bad-boy.html First of all, I would like to thank and appreciate Ato Nahusenay for his detailed and rigorous analysis of the security challenges of Isayas’s Eritrea. My reservations lie on … Read more
Report: Kenya: High risk for “mass atrocities including genocide”
In December 2007, Kenya descended into ethnic violence after a disputed presidential election. There are fears of more deadly disturbances as the country heads to the polls in March 2013. Photo courtesy of http://bit.ly/SXC9uQ The Sentinel Project has updated its annual assessment on the risk of genocide in Kenya and has maintained Kenya as a … Read more
