Contact information: Girma Berhanu Department of Education and Special Education (Professor) University of Gothenburg Box 300, SE 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden E-mail: girma.berhanu@ped.gu.se The new status quo Abiy Ahmed, the Prime minister of Ethiopia, is trying to establish in Ethiopia is unsustainable for the following reasons: 1. There are no racial differences in Ethiopia but […]
Dr. Aklog Birara Part 17 of 20 “Economic sanctions are increasingly being used to promote the full range of American foreign policy objectives. Yet all too often sanctions turn out to be little more than expressions of U.S. preferences that hurt American economic interests without changing the target’s behavior for the better.” Brookings POLICY BRIEF
The South African government is hosting peace talks in Pretoria to end the Tigray conflict. Delegates from the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front arrived in the country this week. Thembisa Fakude has more details.
International Water Management Institute (IWMI) By Meron Teferi Taye, Girma Yimer Ebrahim, Jonathan Lautze and Abdulkarim Seid, IWMI Lake Tana is the largest lake in Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile. Since 2010, an inter-basin water transfer project has delivered water from Lake Tana to the Beles River, itself a tributary of the
Andrew Korybko This Global South leader won’t accept the US-led West’s Golden Billion continuing its disinformation-driven Hybrid War assault against it. Every effort that Ethiopia has made in good faith to repair its relations with that New Cold War bloc has failed precisely because the latter expects that it submits to their demands. Ethiopia’s Government
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Analysis by Bobby Ghosh | Bloomberg October 28, 2022 The African Union has begun a last-ditch effort to end the civil war in Ethiopia, arguably the world’s deadliest ongoing conflict. Representatives of the Ethiopian government and the dissident Tigray People’s Liberation Front are in Pretoria for negotiations mediated by a troika of African grandees: former Nigerian
October 25, 2022 Ottawa, Ontario Yesterday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, about the ongoing conflict in northern Ethiopia. Prime Minister Trudeau expressed his deep concern about the deteriorating situation in Tigray, including the worsening humanitarian situation and renewed military action. The Prime Minister called for the immediate
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BAN KI-MOON / CLIMATE CRISIS Selamawit Desta Wubet urges leaders to display political will and ensure inclusive climate finance is delivered at COP27. This blog is the fourth in The Elders’ ‘Beyond Declarations’ Climate Blog Series 2022 and features an introduction by Ban Ki-moon, former UN Secretary-General: “The climate crisis continues to increase the divide between those who
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Former President Uhuru Kenyatta is currently in South Africa for Ethiopia peace talks. In a picture seen by the Star, Uhuru who wore a white shirt and black trouser was seen getting into South Africa’s foreign affairs ministry headquarters. He was accompanied by his security team to the high level meeting. Uhuru has been lying low
By Tesfaye Desalegne (PhD) Former Ethiopian Diplomat In less than a week, Ethiopia’s name resurfaced in negative reporting on social as well as mainstream media, in unprecedented manner. While some advocated for the dismemberment of the nation from world stage, others have expressed their ecstasy as they projected it to be a failed state. These
