Category Archives: Djibouti
Egypt and Ethiopia are in a war of words concerning the damming of the Blue Nile. Ethiopia intends, and has already completed twenty-one percent of the construction of the dam, to generate 6000 megawatts of electricity, which is equivalent to … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged 1997 UN Convention, Blue Nile, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Permanent Court of International Justice, Sudan
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The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) today adopted a resolution on Eritrea, increasing the scope of the mandate for the UN Special Rapporteur, who will now also present her groundbreaking report on the human rights situation in Eritrea to … read more »
Posted in Article, Comoros, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Eritrea, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, New York, Politics of Eritrea, Special Rapporteur, United Nations, United Nations Human Rights Council
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By KIRUBEL TADESSE, AP ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia has admitted to fielding an ineligible player in World Cup qualifying, meaning it is likely to be stripped of three points and that its celebration of a place in Africa’s … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Botswana, Ethiopia, FIFA, FIFA World Cup qualification, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, South Africa, Sunday, World cup
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Teshome Abebe Much has been said and written over the past couple of weeks about Egypt, the Blue Nile, Ethiopia’s determination and resolve, and the national identity. This article is not intended to add to the volumes of responses and … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, North Africa, Op-ed, Teshome Abebe
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Tagged Blue Nile, Egypt, Egyptian, Ethiopia, Ethiopian government, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, Politics of Ethiopia, Sudan
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(Reuters) – Ethiopia dismissed Egyptian talk of military action against a giant dam it is building on the Nile as “psychological warfare”, and said on Tuesday it would defend itself and carry on with the work regardless. Bellicose rhetoric between … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Cairo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, Nile, Sudan
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A senior government official on Sunday testified that a deal in which Israel would deport illegal African migrants to third party countries was indeed in the works. Hagai Hadas, the prime minister’s special envoy on illegal migrants, refused to provide … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed, Somali, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Egypt, Eritrea, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Israel, List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa, Sudan
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By Martin Plaut, newstatesman Long years of deadlock and bitter recrimination are now coming to a head as the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam threatens Egypt’s water security. The long-running dispute between Ethiopia and Egypt over the waters … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Cairo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Sudan, Yemane Gebreab
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Selam Kidane To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter Euripides Of all the things Eritrean that happened at the UN Human Rights Council last week young Abbie Seyoum’s unremitting quest for the whereabouts of her … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Eritrea, Ethiopia, Father's Day, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, People's Front for Democracy and Justice, Sigmund Freud, United Nations Human Rights Council, Young People's Front for Democracy and Justice
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Meles Zenawi is dead. Meles Zenawi is alive. I am afraid in our case both statements are true. We saw the tyrant being buried or placed six foot under and the extraordinary sendoff orchestrated by his politburo in living color. … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Abay, Blue Nile, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Nile, Somalia, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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Academic activities such as studying, teaching, inventing, leading, administrating and other responsibilities in a university or college require at a minimum academic freedom. Unfortunately, however, academic freedom in higher education institutions of Ethiopia is drier than the Sahara desert. Ethiopians … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Amhara National Democratic Movement, China, EPRDF, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, IndepthAfrica, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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IN 2005 three dozen Somalis formed a club of Islamists, soon dubbing themselves the Shabab (Arabic for “youth”). Chaos had reigned over Somalia for a generation and there had been no real government since the military ruler, Siad Barre, fell … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed, Somali, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged David Cameron, Islamism, London, Mogadishu, Shabab, Siad Barre, Somali, Somalia
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ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia will press ahead with the construction of its Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River, officials said Thursday, the day after Egypt warned “all options are open” if its water supply is affected. “We are … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Blue Nile, Cairo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, Mohamed Morsi, Nile, Sudan
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By William Davison, CSM 15-hour drive west from Ethiopia’s capital past coffee forests and jigsaw fields brimming with cattle and people, the road leaves the high country and enters the Gambella region — an expanse of flatter bush and forest … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Anuak people, Department for International Development, Ethiopia, Gambella, Indepth Africa Magazine, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Non-governmental organization, World Bank
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(Reuters) Egypt will demand Ethiopia stop building a dam on one of the main tributaries of the Nile, a senior government aide said on Wednesday, ramping up a confrontation over the project that Egypt fears will affect its main source … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Cairo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mohamed ElBaradei, Nile, Sudan, Younis Makhyoun
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All students of geopolitics are familiar with the legend that Egypt has privately warned all the governments upstream on the Nile that it will start bombing if they build dams on the river without its permission. The truth of that … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, North Africa, Op-ed
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Tagged China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Sudan
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Politicians meeting with Egypt’s president on Monday proposed hostile acts against Ethiopia, including backing rebels and carrying out sabotage, to stop it from building a massive dam on the Nile River upstream. Some of the politicians appeared unaware the meeting … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Ayman Nour, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Sudan, Younis Makhyoun
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By JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA When the African Union (known then as the Organization of African Unity) was founded, the leaders of that era understood that the success of their individual countries hinged on the success of the entire continent. … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Op-ed, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African people, African Union, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Organisation of African Unity, Organization of African Unity
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A refugee and one-time cycling champion from an African country was sentenced Monday to 18 years in prison for stabbing his estranged wife last year at a Wegmans store on Amherst Street. Awet Gebreyesus, 33, of Busti Avenue, also faces … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Amherst Street, Eritrea, eritrean, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, Politics of Eritrea, State Supreme Court, United States, Wegmans
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By Shiferaw Abebe In two recent postings, Dr. Tecola Hagos shared with readers of this page his optimism about the EPRDF governance under Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. While he has already characterized potential detractors as being “trapped in the past … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Hailemariam, Hailemariam Desalegn, IndepthAfrica, Meles, Meles Zenawi, Tecola, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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Since last week, the issue of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has been on the minds of many journalists and columnists. Two writers ponder what should be done to solve the potential crisis between Ethiopia and Egypt. We were surprised … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Gamal Hamdan, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, Mohamed Morsi, Nile, Sudan
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Surprised Foreign Ministry says it knows nothing of deal that could see deportation of tens of thousands of migrants. Israel and an unspecified African country reportedly reached an agreement to deport illegal Eritrean migrants to its territory, and Israel is … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Eli Yishai, Eritrea, eritrean, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Sudan, Sunday, tel aviv, Times of Israel
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On Ginbot 20, 1983 (Ethiopian calendar; [5/28/1991]), Meles Zenawi and thousands of his guerilla fighters marched into Addis Ababa toting AK-47s, RPGs and hand grenades. They marched into the capital promising democracy, freedom and liberation from a brutal military dictatorship. … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Albert Einstein Institution, Dr. Martin Luther King, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Gene Sharp, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John F. Kennedy, Meles Zenawi
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Israel has reached an agreement with an unspecified state willing to absorb illegal Eritrean migrants, and is in advanced talks with two other states seeking to reach similar agreements regarding the deportation of illegal Sudanese migrants. Attorney Yochi Gnessin, who … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Canada, Eritrea, Indepth Africa Magazine, Israel, Prevention of Infiltration Law, Sudan, Thursday, United Nations Security Council
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Timothy Fowler Hrity, a migrant from Eritrea, covers her face as she poses for a photograph in the central city of Lod, near Tel Aviv April 9, 2012. Some 60,000 African migrants fleeing authoritarian rule in Eritrea and fighting in … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Amnesty International, Eritrea, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, International Christian Concern, Isaias Afewerki, Open Doors, Pentecostalism, Sudan
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By Nick Logan Global News VANCOUVER – The Canadian government is moving to expel the country’s only accredited diplomat from Eritrea in the country, following reports the consulate is charging expatriates taxes to fund the Eritrean regime. The Dept. of … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Pan African News
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Tagged Canada, Consul, David Matas, Eritrea, Eritrean Defence Forces, Eritrean Government, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, toronto
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Middle East Online Power-generating dam is predicted to reduce Egypt’s, Sudan’s share of Nile River water by 18 billion cubic meters annually. CAIRO – Egypt Islamist President Mohamed Morsi will convene on Thursday with Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Water … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Blue Nile, Egypt, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthFArica, Mohamed Morsi, Nile, Sudan
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By Asmerom Kiflom I was very much surprised when I read a recent report on the internet that the ‘net worth’ of the late Ethiopian prime minister was $3 billion. What is going on, guys? My goodness, how on earth … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Amhara, Ethiopia, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Hailemariam Desalegn, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF, United States
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After emigrating from Eritrea several years ago, Rigat Ghirmay was working to start her life in Toronto. After emigrating from Eritrea several years ago, Rigat Ghirmay was working to start her life in Toronto. The quiet woman had recently finished … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Pan African News
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Tagged Canada, Eritrea, Eritrean Defence Forces, Ghirmay, Horn of Africa, John Margetson, Rigat Ghirmay, toronto
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The Canadian government is expelling the head of Eritrea’s consulate in Toronto over the levying of a “diaspora tax” on Eritrean expatriates. A release from Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says Semere Ghebremariam O. Micael has been declared persona non … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Pan African News
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Tagged Canada, Consul, Eritrea, IndepthAfrica, International sanctions, John Baird, Persona non grata, toronto, United Nations Security Council
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By Gillian Gaynair Enana recalls her parents bathing her many years ago to get ready for, they told her, a holiday celebration. She doesn’t remember how old she was. “I was a child,” Enana said. “I didn’t even know how … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Child Marriage, Ethiopia, Girl, Girls, Girls Education, Girls Empowerment, ICRW, Impact News, International Center for Research on Women, Marriage, Nike Foundation, parent, Raiseforwomen, Women And Girls
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