Source: Global Risk Insight | Anthony Morris The apparent culmination of the Ethiopian government’s ‘law enforcement operation’ in Tigray poses a number of new questions for the future of Africa’s second-most populous country. The crisis in Ethiopia, which erupted at the start of November, is the culmination of a period of rising tensions between Prime […]
How Addis Ababa deals with ethnic violence in the region of Benishangul-Gumuz will determine the country’s future. BY Foreign Policy | TOM GARDNER On Dec. 22, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited the vast lowland territory of Metekel in Ethiopia’s far western region of Benishangul-Gumuz, the so-called homeland of five indigenous ethnic groups of which the most […]
The reforms by the country’s new prime minister are clashing with its flawed Constitution and could push the country toward an interethnic conflict. Source: NYT Opinion | Mahmood Mamdani Abiy Ahmed, the 42-year-old prime minister of Ethiopia, has dazzled Africa with a volley of political reforms since his appointment in April. Mr. Abiy ended the 20-year border […]
Ethiopia in Crisis Ethiopia’s total debt reached 51% of its GDP Ethiopia’s total domestic and foreign debt has reached 54.7 billion US Dollar (2.01 trillion birr) (50.8 percent of the country’s GDP), according to a recent government debt statement. Source: Reporter Desert outbreak in Ethiopia caused 356, 286 metric tonnes of cereal loss In a […]
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 […]
Source: Quartz Africa | By Zecharias Zelalm Senior officials at Ethiopia’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum say the government is set to rescind an agreement with a US-based self-described energy firm after an investigation by Quartz Africa revealed the company had no petroleum industry expertise or technical credentials. “We are in the process of canceling our agreement with the company,” […]
Tigray conflict renewed. Sudan refugee crises spiked. “The flow of Ethiopian refugees fleeing an armed conflict in Tigray into Sudan has increased over the past few days as the violence has flared up, Sudanese authorities said on Monday. … The number of those fleeing due to the armed conflict, which was renewed between the two […]
Source: RAND research Overview Who will the United States fight against and who will fight with it? Where will these future conflicts be fought? What will future conflicts look like? How will they be fought? And why will the United States go to war? This report is the overview in a series that draws on […]
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 […]
The decision of the outgoing Trump administration to pull out US troops from Somalia by 15 January has come at a particularly critical period for the East African region. This could have broader security and humanitarian implications, threatening the progress of the past decade and leaving the country exposed to the influence of regional actors. Source: […]