Ethiopia’s forthcoming election and impacts on Horn peace and stability

The situation in the African Horn region and in individual countries is highly volatile. Events are changing at breakneck speed and unpredictably. In a single year alone, Sudan has overthrown a military... Read more »

South Sudan should not be allowed to slip back into civil war

The Horn of Africa region is experiencing relative peace after the recent Ethio- Eritrean agreement to end the two decades political impasse. The peaceful political denouements in neighboring Sudan has created more... Read more »

For an amicable settlement of the Somali-Kenyan dispute

The political situation in the Horn of Africa is in constant ebb and flow. Events tend to change very quickly. Peace and stability is delicate while internal conflicts in the region, from... Read more »

Empowering women farmers to thrive

Senior Administrative Officer (Sent to The Ethiopian Herald Sunday Edition) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Sub-regional Office for Eastern Africa and Representation to the African Union and UNECA Women... Read more »

US-Mediated GERD talks and the prospects of a fair settlement

The Ethiopian government has welcomed the move by US diplomatic circles to mediate between the stakeholders in the GERD project, mainly Ethiopia and Egypt that have been exchanging volleys of accusations and... Read more »

Beyond business as usual

Initiatives to empower poor people, girls and women are essential to advance and develop the economy structure of the Sub-Saharan countries, the World Bank remarked in a recent press conference. On the... Read more »

AMISOM and Somalia -Background and prospects of the ongoing war against Al Shabab

Last week AMISOM’s central command in Somalia had conducted an evaluation or self-assessment about their mission and how things are evolving on the ground in the battle against the terror group in... Read more »

Government of National Unity: Who will bring Kirr and Machar together?

Last week, the US administration issued a statement saying that a national unity government in South Sudan would be incomplete without the participation of Dr. Reich Machar who has so far failed... Read more »

International community eyes on strategic Sahel belt

United States displays readiness to accord more concern to Africa. Focusing on the recent events of UN General Assembly, Assistant secretary of United States for African Affairs Tibor Nagy was interviewed pertaining... Read more »

IGAD and the refugee challenge: The search for durable solutions

The Inter-Governmental Agency for Development known by its acronym as IGAD is currently facing a huge problem in connection with the refugee issue. It is common knowledge that most of IGAD member... Read more »