Global Post, US June 28, 2011 Tristan McConnell Khartoum promises to withdraw troops from disputed region when Ethiopian peacekeepers are deployed to Abyei in the coming weeks Stuart Price/UNMIS/Courtesy) The UN unanimously agreed to send Ethiopian peacekeepers to the disputed Sudanese region of Abyei. It took the United Nations Security Council just five minutes to [...]
Category Archives: Sudan
Oil pipeline through Ethiopia
June 29, 2011 – 2:59 pm
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates June 28, 2011 Shafaat Ahmed DUBAI – The breakaway region of Sudan, to be known from July 9 as the Republic of Southern Sudan (RoSS), is planning an oil pipeline through Ethiopia as one of its option to circumvent the 2005 oil sharing agreement with Khartoum, South Sudan’s oil minister [...]
ETHIOPIA “IN DANGER” OF BEING A “FAILED STATE” STUDY SHOWS
June 29, 2011 – 7:38 am
Reporter, Ethiopia June 25, 2011 BRUH YIHUNBELAY Ethiopia was ranked the 20th “failed state” in the world for the year 2011 by the annual Failed States Index (FSI). The index is published annually by Foreign Policy magazine and the Fund for Peace, both based in Washington, DC. The publishers say the index draws on 90,000 [...]
US draft requests 4,200 Ethiopia troops for Abyei
June 23, 2011 – 4:40 pm
Reuters June 23, 2011 UNITED NATIONS – The United States said on Thursday it submitted a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council that would authorize the deployment of 4,200 Ethiopian troops to Sudan’s disputed Abyei region. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice also said that Washington was “gravely concerned about the humanitarian [...]
Global Insider: Ethiopia-Sudan Relations
June 22, 2011 – 7:08 pm
World Politics Review, US June 20, 2011 By The Editors Sudan and Ethiopia recently reached a initial agreement to explore and develop mineral resources along their shared border. In an email interview, David Shinn, a former U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia and a current adjunct professor of international relations at George Washington University, discussed Ethiopia-Sudan relations. [...]
North and South Sudan Sign Pact over Abyei
June 22, 2011 – 7:07 pm
IPS June 20, 2011 By Correspondents* *Published under an agreement with Al-Jazeera. DOHA, Qatar – North and south Sudan have signed an agreement to demilitarise the disputed Abyei region and allow in Ethiopian peacekeeping forces, former South African president Thabo Mbeki said on Monday. South Sudan is due to break off into an independent country [...]
Sudan shows support for new Ethiopian dam on Blue Nile
June 20, 2011 – 9:16 am
Sudan Tribune June 19, 2011 Tesfa-Alem Tekle (ADDIS ABABA) – The outgoing Sudanese Ambassador to Ethiopia, Muhidin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim, said that the Sudanese community there support the hydropowered dam the Horn of Africa country intends to build on the Blue Nile. Ibrahim made the remarks at a farewell ceremony in the presence of Ethiopia’s [...]
Egyptian Minister: Tharir Square Leads to Nile Policy Change
June 15, 2011 – 6:55 am
Fortune, Ethiopia June 12, 2011 TAMRAT G. GIORGIS Senior Egyptian cabinet minister publicly speaks on need for cooperation on Nile In his opening words at a press conference during the annual meeting of the board of directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Lisbon last week, Gouda Abdel-Khalek (PhD), Egypt’s new minister of Solidarity [...]
Prof. David Shinn: Revolutionary Winds from North to South of the Sahara: Wishful Thinking?
June 13, 2011 – 4:47 pm
(as provided by the author; no link) The Horn of Africa David H. Shinn Adjunct Professor, Elliott School of International Affairs George Washington University Overview In assessing the impact on Sub-Saharan Africa of the political upheaval in North Africa and the Middle East since the beginning of the year, it is essential to be careful [...]
Investor land deals exploiting Africa, report alleges
June 9, 2011 – 6:07 pm
Reuters June 8, 2011 Carey Gillam and Richard Valdmanis * Refugees displaced by investors * $2 per hectare land deals cited * Biofuel production at expense of food KANSAS CITY, Mo. and DAKAR – Wealthy U.S. and European investors are accumulating large swaths of African agricultural lands in deals that have little accountability and give [...]