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Ethiopia: Amhara region Police Commissioner Death Suspicious
The opposition party National Movement of Amhara (NaMA) has issued a statement expressing its condolences on the passing of former Amhara region police commissioner Abere Adamu and cautioned cautioned authorities “to investigate and make public” the cause of the death the party also urged the Amhara communities to stay away from controversial conspiracy theories until the facts…
Ethiopia: Naval Ambitions, New logo & Uniform
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 4. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Ethiopia‘s Naval Force has unveiled new logo & uniform today in an occasion graced by the ENDF Chief of Staff, Gen. Berhanu Jula. The Naval Force was disestablished in 1996 after independence of Eritrea in 1991. Ethiopia is gradually…
Ethiopia: EU Cancels Election Observation Mission to Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 4. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. By Wesley Dockery. EU High Representative Josep Borrell says Ethiopian authorities would not agree to key parameters regarding the bloc’s observation mission. The June elections come amid an ongoing crisis in the Tigray region. The EU on Monday canceled…
Eritrea: President Isaias Afwerki departed to the Sudan
ASAMRA (HAN) May 4. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. President Isaias Afwerki departed to the Sudan, at 11:00 a.m. this morning, for a two-day working visit. Presidential delegation includes Foreign Minister Osman Saleh and Presidential Adviser Yemane Ghebreab, Yemane G. Meskel Said on his twitter account During his three-day…
Ethiopia: The many faces of PM Abiy Ahmed: Opinion
In the summer of 2018, only a few months after Abiy Ahmed had been swept into power, I began to have a gut feeling that something was not quite right with a leader widely considered as Africa’s brightest hope for the future. At the time, you had to be mad to doubt Abiy Ahmed. In…
Ethiopia: Why Egypt’s and Sudan’s “Fears” Over GERD Are Exaggerated!
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 1. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. OPINION By Eyob Belachew. Ethiopia is working to correct a century of injustice in the Nile politics, which has overwhelmingly favored Egypt’s development over Ethiopia’s, by constructing Africa’s colossal dam since April 2011. Plans to fill the mega dam…
Somaliland: Qatari Envoy makes Unannounced visit to Hargeisa
HARGEISA (HAN) May 1. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Qatar’s Special Envoy Mutlaq bin Majed Al-Qahtani met with senior government officials in Somaliland Saturday ahead of a planned visit to Mogadishu amid reports that he will be seeking to intervene in the ongoing electoral stalemate. Al-Qahtani held talks with…
Somalia: Lower House Votes to Adopt Sep-17 Agreement
MOGADISHU (HAN) May 1. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Somalia’s lower house members have today voted to adopt Sep 17th electoral agreement between Somali government and its member states last year. Sept 17th deal dropped last month when the members voted to grant themselves and President Mohamed Farmaajo a two-year controversial term…
Somalia: Farmajo is Building Tribal Military to Survive
HARGEISA (HAN) May 1. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Opinion: By: Prof. hussein. Hussein. Somalia is now marred with tribal tug war camouflaged as good will for the country and it’s people. Farmaajo is a man hungry for power. He has been building tribal military for some time. Now…
Eritrea: The Horn of Africa – Challenges & Opportunities
ASMARA (HAN) May 1. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. OPINION BY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Eritrea. As it will be recalled, the end of the Cold War thirty years ago had engendered much hope and optimism in the Horn of Africa. The opportunities that loomed in the horizon were…