Category: Opinion
Eritreans are at Risk to protest against Israel's hard line immigration
Tel Aviv (HAN) April 12, 2014 – Eritrean refugees are one of the main groups in this protest against Israel’s hard line on immigration, Tel Aviv, – This article is a joint publication of TheNation.com and Foreign Policy In Focus. Hundreds of thousands of Eritreans have fled a repressive dictatorship since 2001. Their small northeast African country, which has…
Ethiopia: The Brotherhood of Islam and orthodox christianity
Harar (HAN) April 12, 2014 – By: Pastor Sutton Turner- WHY I LOVE ETHIOPIA – “Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life.” Acts 5:20 In February, I had the privilege to go to Ethiopia. It was my twelfth trip to Africa in less than a…
Eritrea and Ethiopia: Briefing the Final Report, Beyond the Impasse
Khartoum (HAN) April 10, 2014 – Weekly Regional Security and Defence Update and Analysis – Jason Mosley is briefing the final report about the assumptions underlying much analysis about the conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia, saying it was wrong to consider President Isaias acted irrationally or against the interests of the Eritrean state in relation…
Somalia: Kenya’s anti-terror (anti-Somali) strategy begins to emerge
Nairobi (HAN) April 10, 2014 – It’s precisely a year to the day since the Jubilee alliance took control of Kenya’s government under a cloud of controversy over a flawed election and uncertainty about how the world would respond to a government led by suspected war criminals. At the time, the President, Uhuru Kenyatta, and…
Egypt: Mansour will declare war on Ethiopia
Djibouti (HAN) April 9, 2014 – Presidential hopeful Mansour ‘will declare war on Ethiopia,’ ban alcohol, social media. In a private TV interview, well known lawyer Mortada Mansour shared on Monday his views and plans about the future of Egypt, if he were to become its president. Hopeful presidential candidate Mortada Mansour said he will ban…
Somalia: Somali Youth kidnappers were shaped by violence
Mogadishu (HAN) April 8, 2014- By. Patricia Nicol, Metro Books Editor – Starved in Somalia, raped in Somalia, tortured in Somalia… but Amanda Lindhout’s book about her kidnap ordeal A House In The Sky is no misery memoir. She explains why. It was important for me to find a dignified voice,’ says Amanda Lindhout. ‘That was…
Ethiopia: Why does EPRDF negotiate with ONLF
Djibouti (HAN) April 6, 2014 – Opinion By Gorse Ismail – In 1984, Zaid Barre formed Ogaden National Liberation Front ( ONLF) after the military man massacred 80 commanders of West Somali Liberation Front (WSLF). Zaid had taken the move to set up ONLF to expand its hegemony in Horn of Africa; however, it has…
Eritrea: Afwerki is still pursuing his goals of reconciling with Ethiopia
Djibouti(HAN) April 6, 2014 – In an article published last year by Geeska Afrika Online and Gedab News reports Sudan’s president, Omar Al-Bashir, is the closest and, probably, the only friend that the Eritrean president, Isaias Afwerki, has. The leaders of the neighboring states, both shunned by regional and international governments, find solace in each…
Egypt: Ramzy Responded Ethiopian Nile Politics
Djibouti (HAN) April 4, 2014: – Opinion By.BISHOY RAMZY, Cairo Post- CAIRO: Ongoing debate between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project is heightening concern over the future of relations between the two countries. Egyptian experts have said the dam poses clear threats to water security, while Ethiopian experts have been insisting…
Ethiopia: Egypt and the Nile politics
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 4, 2014- BY YEMANE NAGISH, Reporter. An Interview With Ambassador Ibrahim Idris is director-general of the trans-boundary resources directorate at the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prior to that he had a long and distinguished career as dean of the Law Faculty at the Addis Ababa University. On top of that…