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Ten Elections to Watch in 2021

Source: Council of Foreign Affairs | by James M. Lindsay Ethiopian Parliamentary Elections, 2021. Ethiopians were supposed to go to the polls this past August. That vote was postponed, however, ostensibly because of COVID-19. If the vote is held in 2021, it will take place amid considerable turmoil. In late 2019, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed merged the ruling government […]

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Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 42 – 2 January 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 extensively on issues related to movement and/or human trafficking of refugees in the Horn of Africa and on the Central Mediterranean […]

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Events in Tigray Overview 2020 – Briefing EEPA HORN No.2 – 31 Dec 2020

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 extensively on issues related to movement and/or human trafficking of refugees in the Horn of Africa and on the Central Mediterranean […]

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Ten Conflicts to Watch in 2021

According to a report by Robert Malley, President and CEO of International Crisis Group, published on Foreign Policy, the War on Tigray is one of the 10 conflicts the world should watch in 2021: Afghanistan Ethiopia The Sahel Yemen Venezuela Somalia Libya Iran – United States Russia – Turkey Climate Change

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US businessmen are close to exploiting Ethiopia’s oil plans in a multibillion-dollar scheme

Source: Quartz Africa | By Zecharias Zelalm An Ethiopian-American investor and his partners are on the brink of pulling off an elaborate scheme that may unfairly take advantage of Ethiopia’s long-held ambitions to build its own oil & gas industry and become energy independent. Nebiyu Getachew, 48, chief executive of GreenComm Technologies, a Virginia-based energy […]

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Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 42 – 31 December 2020

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 extensively on issues related to movement and/or human trafficking of refugees in the Horn of Africa and on the Central Mediterranean […]

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Abiy Ahmed’s Crisis of Legitimacy

War and Ethnic Discrimination Could Be the Ethiopian Prime Minister’s Undoing. Source | Foreign Affairs | By Nic Cheeseman and Yohannes Woldemariam In early November, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed began a military offensive against the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front, an estranged regional government that once dominated Ethiopia’s ruling coalition. Abiy’s forces swiftly captured major […]

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Is Ethiopia the Next Yugoslavia?

A country that once seemed to hold great promise for peaceful democratization has descended into conflict. Here’s what could happen next. By Foreign Policy Editor In December 2019, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was in Oslo receiving the Nobel Peace Prize; less than a year later, he was commanding Ethiopian troops in battle against the […]

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Amid Misinformation and Suppressed Free Speech, Ethiopian Conflict Erodes Abiy’s Credibility

Source: Council of Foriegn Affairs | Michelle Gavin As 2020 draws to a close, the terrible toll of the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region is coming into sharper focus. The human costs continue to mount; the United Nations estimates that 1.3 million people need emergency assistance as a result of the conflict, and over 50,000 people have fled […]