July 2012

The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) has sent a communique to Mr. Bob Carr, Foreign Affairs Minister of Australia, requesting a diplomatic recognition. The letter was submitted to Mr. Carr by ENTC’s diplomatic representative in Australia, Ms. Minisha Girma. The letter Ms. Minisha Girma submitted explains ENTC’s mission, and discusses the worsening political, economic and […]

By William Davison At last week’s summit, African Union leaders took a bold step by electing a woman from one of the continent’s powerhouse nations to lead the commission. The leadership of the 54-nation body has been in electoral deadlock for the past 6 months, a time in which Africa experienced two coups des-etats as

By William Davison (Bloomberg) — South Sudan said it’s offering Sudan $8.2 billion and an increase in fees it pays to ship crude through its northern neighbor in a bid to end a dispute that led to the shutdown of its oil industry. South Sudan will write off $5 billion it says it’s owed for

(OPride) – Ethiopia’s Minister of Civil Service, former President of Oromia regional state and minister of Science and Technology, Junedin Saddo, is reportedly receiving treatment in South Africa after a car crash. According to OPride sources, the incident occurred earlier this week near Kaliti, on the entrance to the capital, Addis Ababa. It is not

Op-Ed Contributor By JIMMY CARTER, 39th President of the United States and 2002 Nobel Peace Laureate. Published: June 25, 2012 in The New York Times. THE United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights. Revelations that top officials are targeting people to be assassinated abroad, including American citizens, are only

By Jason Mosley ANALYSIS (All Africa) – The latest report from the United Nations Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea has stirred tensions between Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. Eritrea has seized on a selective reading of the report to call for the lifting of UN imposed sanctions, a call already rebuffed by the Monitoring Group’s

By William Davison (Bloomberg)– Ethiopian police yesterday arrested an unspecified number of Muslim leaders involved in last week’s unrest in the capital, Addis Ababa, Communications Minister Bereket Simon said. The arrest of members of a committee from Awalia Mosque in Addis Ababa and others was made after obtaining a court order, he said. “Those arrested

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PRESS RELEASE 20 JULY 2012 The newly formed Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) has submitted a formal letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton requesting a de jure diplomatic recognition from the U.S. Government. The letter was submitted to Secretary Clinton by the ENTC’s diplomatic representative in the U.S., Ato Solomon Efrem. In the

By William Davison (Bloomberg) — BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s largest mining company, plans to exit its Ethiopian potash project, the Mines Ministry and the company said. The Melbourne, Australia-based miner informed the ministry of its intention to end its exploration for the fertilizer ingredient about two weeks ago, spokesman Bacha Faji said in a

By Phoebe Greenwood, Guardian A MULTIMILLION-dollar arms trafficking industry that is funding the Eritrean military regime is behind the kidnap, torture and ransom of thousands of Eritrean refugees, according to a leaked report to the UN Security Council. The investigation uncovered a trafficking highway running from the Eritrean highlands through Sudan’s refugee camps into the