Not for the first time, the BBC is under attack from a dictatorship. Many authoritarian regimes have found the BBC’s…
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Author: Martin Plaut
Ethiopia’s federation needs reviving, not reconfiguring
Source: Ethiopia Insight: January 10, 2019 by Alemayehu Weldemariam Ethiopia’s nationalities battled long and hard for recognition. A centrally driven…
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TPLF hegemony has ended, but EPRDF power struggle is just beginning
January 9, 2019 by Mastewal Dessalew When regional powers battled for control of the kingdom in the 18th and 19th…
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Tigray acting regional president meets President Isaias
The BBC Tigrinya service reports on an interview they had with Debretsion Gebremichael, during which he explained how he held…
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Protests mar opening of Ethiopia-Eritrea border
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Eritrea’s President Isaias and Gedu Andargachew, President of the Amhara region, were in the Ethiopian…
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Turkey woos Eritrean Muslims
Eritrean Muslims courted by Erdogan as they set up office in Istanbul Source: Nordic Monitor The Eritrean Ulama’a League (Rabita-i…
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The Polemics and Politics of Ethiopia’ s Disintegration
Source: Insamer Social Research Center December 31, 2018 This interesting paper looks at the pressures toward fragmentation and secession in…
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Assab: Eritrea’s critical port
Assab is important; not just for Eritrea but for the rest of the Horn of Africa and other states in…
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China v USA: an Egyptian view of the duel in the Red Sea
Source: al Ahram Sino-American duel in the Red Sea The race for power and influence between the US and China…
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Anguish for Harari as Oromo claim rights
Source: Ethiopia Insight January 2, 2019 by William Davison, Leake Tewele The ongoing intimidation of Harari property owners by groups…
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