At least nine people killed and dozens injured in northwest Pakistan, in further election violence. Pakistani police say two bomb blasts have killed nine supporters …
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Ethiopia, Somalia and some gentle diplomatic blackmail
April 27, 2013 (Daily Maverick) — Ethiopia doesn’t really want to keep its troops in Somalia much longer. It’s an expensive business, and they’ve got …
Read More »Generational Shift May Shake Up Ethiopian Politics After Meles Zenawi
April 26, 2013 (World Politics Review) – The death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in August 2012 marked the end of an era in contemporary …
Read More »Ethiopia says preparing to pull troops out of Somalia
April 23, 2013 (Reuters) – Ethiopia will withdraw its troops from Somalia soon, its prime minister said on Tuesday, voicing frustration with the Mogadishu government …
Read More »Kerry to attend AU summit in Ethiopia
April 18, 2013, Washington (SAPA)- US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday revealed he will attend an African Union summit in Ethiopia next month, …
Read More »Aid agencies turn blind eye to ‘catastrophe’ in Ethiopia
April 15, 2013 (Survival International) — Three independent reports have warned that the controversial Gibe III dam, and land grabs for plantations, risk imminent ‘catastrophe’ …
Read More »Female Eritrean Air Force Captain Defects to Saudi Arabia
April 9, 2013, Addis Ababa Sudan Tribune) — A female Eritrean Air Force pilot has defected to Saudia Arabia where she is seeking political asylum in Saudi …
Read More »Wikileaks on Tadesse Birru and early days of the OLF
(OPride) — The whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has just published 1,707,500 U.S. diplomatic and intelligence documents from 1973 to 1976. While most of the latest documents have already …
Read More »Ethiopia: Dictator Meles Foundation Launched
April 6, 2013 (All Africa) – The inaugural meeting of Meles Foundation opened this morning (April 6) at the African Union Hall. The meeting is attended …
Read More »China calls for calm on Korean peninsula
All parties involved in the Korean Peninsula must remain calm and be careful not to provoke each other. The call comes from China, the only …
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