June 2023

Author Contact Information: Girma Berhanu (Professor) Department of Education and Special Education University of Gothenburg, Sweden E-mail: Girma.Berhanu@ped.gu.se   Introduction   Ethiopia is in dire straits due to a peculiarly malignant state system called Ethnic Federalism. In existence since the early 1990s, it has been sold as a brave attempt at empowering subjugated nationalities and, to borrow …

THE NEW FRONTIER OF ANTISEMITISM: Racial Discourse and Oromo Extremism in Ethiopia Read More »

Yonas Biru, PhD Ethiopian intellectuals are half tribalized and half hermitized. They are driven by the emotional diktats of centuries past and Gadda this, Axum that, and Lalibela ኡኡ cacophony. They are, therefore, unfit to comprehend the nation’s geo-political challenges and opportunities. Ethiopia’s application to join BRICS is partially attributable to this phenomenon. Let me spell …

Ethiopia’s Request to Join BRICS is a Sign of Desperation, Not of Strategy Read More »

By Dr. Suleiman Walhad June 18th, 2023 Introduction In an article dated February 4th, 2022, I penned that the Horn of Africa States needs an outreach to international organizations and countries in a collective forum, which presents the region as a peaceful developing area not harmful to any other country or region except, perhaps, itself. …

The Horn of Africa States: A Geopolitical Case (Part II) Read More »

By Dr. Suleiman Walhad June 17th, 2023 Regional challenges in terms of food security, transport and other infrastructures including roads, railways, bridges, ports both sea and air, education and healthcare for a large population of nearly 160 million, represent opportunities for both the normal and intrepid investor. The Horn of Africa States region, in fact, …

The Horn of Africa States Rebranding of IGAD as “HAS” (Part II) Read More »

#image_titleBy Dr. Suleiman Walhad June 15th, 2023 IGAD stands for the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development. It is a product that resulted from rebranding an earlier organization called the Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD). It was created in 1986 in Djibouti as a multinational body by the SED countries of the Horn of Africa …

The Horn of Africa States Rebranding “IGAD” as “HAS” Read More »

By Dr. Suleiman Walhad June 14th, 2023 The Horn of Africa States is one of the most conflicted regions of Africa. The others include the Sahel Belt, the East Africa Community (the DR Congo/Rwanda/Burundi area), the SADC (Mozambique/Malawi) and the ECOWAS (Senegal, The Gambia, Sierra Leone and Liberia). Some of the conflicts are still ongoing …

The Horn of Africa States De-Federalization – A Possibility? Read More »