Embassy of The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

A Week in The Horn

27th August 2010

• Somalia: The AU’s Peace and Security Council meets
• The need for constructive engagement, not disengagement
• A cautionary note on Eritrea’s conduct
• Core principles of Ethiopia’s Foreign Policy: Relations with Neighbouring Countries

20th August 2010

• Alsharq Al Awsat gets things wrong on Somalia
• The UN’s new SRSG for Somalia visits Ethiopia
• African Independence and the Role of OAU: Prime Minister Meles in Congo and Gabon
• Sudan: a country at the crossroads
• Core Principles of Ethiopia’s Foreign Policy: Ethio-Egypt Relations

13th August 2010

• The need for the International Community to act and act decisively in Somalia
• A paradigm shift in the Ethiopian Diaspora
• Eritrea running out of options in its relations with Ethiopia?
• Ethiopia’s foreign policy: the core aims and intentions

6th August 2010

• The Ministerial Council of the Sana’a Forum meets in Sana’a
• A National Conference for Democratic Change in Eritrea
• Maintaining TFG's Cohesion and support is an absolute necessity
• A changed situation in Somaliland needs continuity

30th August 2010

• The Fifteenth Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union in Kampala 25th-27th July
• The debate and decisions on Somalia
• The debate on Terrorism
• The US holds a consultative meeting on Somalia in Kampala
• HSGOC (NEPAD) and CAHOSCC pre-Summit meetings in Kampala
• Eritrea and the African Union
• “Constructive disengagement” and the abandonment of Somalia to Al-Shabaab

23rd July 2010

• The African Union’s Executive Council meets in Kampala
• IGAD Chiefs of Defence Staff meet on Somalia
• Ethiopia: “a valuable and important partner” for the US
• The first meeting of the Sudan Consultative Forum in Khartoum
• A Chinese delegation in Addis Ababa
• An Indian business delegation in Ethiopia
• Eritrea’s PR efforts are no substitute for genuine overtures for regional peace

16th July 2010

• Senegal’s Foreign Minister visits Ethiopia
• The upcoming IGAD Chiefs of Defence Staff meeting
• The Eritrean Leader's newest low
• The Bombings in Kampala and `Constructive Disengagement`

9th July 2010

• IGAD Convenes its 15th Extra-Ordinary Summit on Somalia
• A National Budget Focusing on Poverty Reduction Approved by the Ethiopian Parliament
• Egyptian Ministers Visit Ethiopia
• Foreign Minister Seyoum Visits the People's Republic of China
• Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas visits Ethiopia
• Eritrea Contradicts the UN Secretary General’s interpretation of its position on Somalia

2nd July 2010

• Irish Foreign Minister in Ethiopia
• Ethiopia at the G-8 and G-20 Summits
• The Somali National Regional State and Puntland State of Somalia sign Memorandum of Understanding
• Somalia has a new cabinet line up
• Somaliland votes a new president
• The 18th Ordinary Meeting of the Nile Council of Ministers conducted
• Eritrea’s Information Minister has “no comment” on the Agreement with Djibouti
• Jason McClure’ Cold-War mentality

25th June 2010

• The Mekelle Memorandum - Sudan
• The 6th EXTRA-ORDINARY Meeting of Council of Ministers of EASBRIG concludes
• Somalia continues to face challenges
• Caution needed against hasty assessment of 'Eritrea's renewed good faith'
• More on Congressman Payne’s anti-Ethiopian hearing on June 17

18th June 2010

• The IMF, the World Bank back Ethiopia’s Development efforts
• Extra-Ordinary Meeting of the IGAD Council of Ministers held
• The Status Quo in Somalia unacceptable, Say IGAD Ministers
• Eritrea’s behaviour still belies the International community’s enthusiasm
• Congressman Payne’s Horn hearing degenerates into an Ethiopia-bashing circus, again
• Analyzing the election results: the two competing trends

11th June 2010

• An EASBRIG meeting in Addis Ababa prepares for the Kampala summit
• The Norwegian Foreign Minister in Ethiopia
• Is the TFG making headway in Somalia?
• Eritrea: genuine overtures for peace or more of the same?
• The challenges of AU election observer missions
• Is it about democracy, really? Taking stock of the views of Fortune’s anonymous author

4th June 2010

• The 25th Africa-France Summit
• A meeting of Somalia troop-contributing countries and partners
• The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights session in Gambia
• The future of Ethiopia’s democratization process
• Election results: civility triumphs over rejectionism