Airtel won’t bid for Ethiopia licence, but China’s Sharing Mobile will
Capacity | Indian operator Airtel, which has 110 million customers in Africa, will not bid for one of the upcoming Ethiopian licences, China’s Sharing Mobile will do so.The Xinhua News Agency, the official state-run press agency of the People’s…
Sult og voldtekt er våpen i Etiopias borgerkrig
Aftenposten | Diplomater frykter at en million mennesker kan dø av sult. Mens opprørslederne i Etiopia er på flukt, lider befolkningen.
Litt over ett år etter at han fikk Nobels fredspris, blir Etiopias statsminister Abiy Ahmed beskyldt…
Tigray Opposition Parties Assert 50,000-Plus Civilian Deaths
Associated Press | Cara Anna — A trio of opposition parties in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region estimates that more than 50,000 civilians have been killed in the three-month conflict, and they urge the international community to intervene…
Rising tension as Ethiopia and Sudan deadlocked on border dispute
Al Jazeera | Bickering over contested farmland along the border has in recent weeks deteriorated into armed clashes.
Age-old territorial claims are threatening to embroil Ethiopia and Sudan into armed conflict, as bickering over disputed strips…
Eritrean refugees caught in crossfire of Ethiopia’s Tigray war
AFP | They have survived gun battles, attempted abductions, attacks by angry militiamen and days-long treks to safety with nothing to eat but moringa leaves.
Yet Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia fear their suffering may not be over, as Prime Minister…
Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 73 – 01 February 2021
Europe External Programme with Africa is a Belgium-based Centre of Expertise with in-depth knowledge, publications, and networks, specialised in issues of peace building, refugee protection and resilience in the Horn of Africa. EEPA has published…
Ethiopia updates debt sustainability assessment with IMF help
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopia is updating its debt sustainability assessment with International Monetary Fund help and will then talk to official creditors, its finance ministry said in an apparent attempt to allay market concerns over a possible…
The brutal dictatorship the world keeps ignoring
The Washingtonpost | Adam Taylor | June 12, 2015 | >>>
On Monday, the United Nations released the results of a year-long investigation into human rights in Eritrea. What it found was horrific. Detailing "systematic, widespread…
Finnish EU envoy to investigate ‘dire’ Ethiopia war
EU Observer | The security situation in Ethiopia was "dire", as Finnish foreign minister Pekka Haavisto prepared to travel to the region on an EU fact-finding mission.
"Nearly three months after the start of the conflict ... the security…
Through Eritrea, China Quietly Makes Inroads Near the Red Sea
The Diplomat | China is finding an eager partner in Eritrea, an autocratic state generally overlooked entirely by world powers.
As Iran continues to dominate headlines across the Western world, China’s far quieter quest to influence Africa…