Realizing the Djibouti Declaration

BY YOHANES JEMANEH In recent years, east African countries have been consolidating cooperation in expanding education and job opportunities to internally displaced peoples (IDPs), refugees, returnees, and host communities. This cooperation relies... Read more »

 The push for peace

Due to the warmongering nature of the TPLF, the conflict in northern Ethiopia has now been going on for 19 months without any tangible sign of ending. Thousands of lives were lost,... Read more »

 The Africa we want – challenges, opportunities

These days, Africa is going through mixed trajectories of ample opportunities and challenges that behoove a collective and coordinated approach. While the good news is in short supply, the continent also carries... Read more »

 The politics of food aid

It is now obvious that TPLF leaders are poised to restart the war in northern Ethiopia, violating the humanitarian truce declared about 2 months ago. Such an action by the TPLF at... Read more »

 TPLF’s divisive strategy, media manipulation

Let us give the devil his due. TPLF has always remained consistent in stating its separatist ideology and its ultimate objective of dismantling the Ethiopian state. Arguably, TPLF is the only known... Read more »

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS THE FUTURE OF WARFARE (JUST NOT IN THE WAY YOU THINK)

Artificial intelligence is among the many hot technologies that promise to change the face of warfare for years to come. Articles abound that describe its possibilities and warn those who fall behind... Read more »

Somalia MPs to elect president on May 15

 Somalia’s presidential elections will be held on May 15, signaling an end to more than a year of delays in establishing a new government. The decision was announced on Thursday by the... Read more »

 Ethiopia is not as it is portrayed by some international media outlets

The timing of the conflict that occurred in Gondar City under the guise of religion is a clear indicator for the heinous acts of perpetrators in their deliberate attempts to use religious... Read more »

Africa & regional leaders pay tribute to Kibaki as tolerant, visionary man

At the state funeral and requiem mass at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi on Friday, visiting leaders described him as a great statesman who helped stabilise both his country and the... Read more »

Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti to receive drier than normal rainfall: ICPAC

IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC) forecasted Drier than normal conditions over much of Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea as well as parts of southern Sudan, north-eastern Kenya, south-eastern Uganda, and eastern... Read more »