Mohamed Helal | 04.05.2020 | Egypt Independent [Dr. Mohamed S. Helal, Assistant Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law and Affiliated Faculty, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Ohio State University, and is currently serving as a legal counsel with the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.] For almost a decade, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan have … [Read more...] about So Close, Yet So Far: An Account of the Negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Part I)
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The United States Must Not Pick Sides in the Nile River Dispute
Ethiopia and Egypt are at odds over a Nile dam. Washington should be helping them compromise, rather than doing Cairo’s bidding. By Addisu Lashitew | March 14, 2020 | Foreign Policy Egypt and Ethiopia have once again locked horns over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile. On Feb. 26, Ethiopia temporarily suspended its participation in the … [Read more...] about The United States Must Not Pick Sides in the Nile River Dispute
VW mulls Ethiopia in Africa foray
Siseko Njobeni | 10 September 2018 | Business Day Economic recovery gives car maker Volkswagen the green light for expansion Volkswagen (VW) is considering a component assembly plant in Ethiopia, in addition to the two recently announced assembly plants in Ghana and Nigeria. The foray into Africa represents a growth opportunity for the car maker in light of the … [Read more...] about VW mulls Ethiopia in Africa foray
Tanzania threatens to deport migrants from drought-hit Ethiopia
Kizito Makoye | Tue 26 Jan 2016 | REUTERS DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Tanzanian authorities have threatened to deport hundreds of Ethiopian migrants who have crossed into the country illegally while trying to make their way to South Africa. The east African country is a major transit route for migrants, used by smugglers to ferry Ethiopians and Somalis to … [Read more...] about Tanzania threatens to deport migrants from drought-hit Ethiopia
AUTHORITARIAN RESILIENCE IN RWANDA AND ETHIOPIA
Hilary Matfess: The development community’s analysis of fragile states overlooks the variety of governance patterns exhibited by these countries. Most notably, it frequently does not take into account the differences between authoritarian states—some may be highly exclusive economically, others may be focused on shared growth; some may depend on weak institutions, others on … [Read more...] about AUTHORITARIAN RESILIENCE IN RWANDA AND ETHIOPIA
AUTHORITARIAN CONTAGION IN AFRICA
Robert Herman: The recent pressure on civil society and independent media in Kenya is not only a significant threat to democracy in a geopolitically important country, but also the predictable outcome of the international community’s failure to punish earlier, comparable state-driven repression in Ethiopia, another African nation that is viewed in Western capitals as a … [Read more...] about AUTHORITARIAN CONTAGION IN AFRICA