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A Week in the Horn

Here is a catalogue of the most recent issues of A Week in the Horn. If you would like a copy of any back issues, please send an email to info@ethioembassy.org.uk or visit the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Website www.mfa.gov.et.

January 27, 2012

  • Preliminary meetings for the weekend’s African Union Summit
  • IGAD’s Council of Ministers discusses Sudan and Somalia
  • Ethio-Djibouti’s Joint Ministerial Commission meets in Djibouti
  • The International Criminal Court’s ruling on Kenya
  • The growing China-Africa partnership
  • Missing the point - Eritrea’s response to criticism

    • News and Views:

  • Prime Minister Meles attends the Davos World Economic Forum
  • The International Maritime Bureau’s annual report on piracy
  • Preparatory meetings for the London Conference on Somalia
  • International Calls for the release of Eritrea’s Orthodox Patriarch

    • January 20, 2012

  • A Joint Ethiopia Kenya Consultative Meeting on Somalia….
  • …and a Preparatory meeting in London for next month’s UK Conference on Somalia
  • Five tourists killed in terrorist attack near Eritrean border
  • EAL rejects the Lebanese report into the crash of ET409
  • The 3rd Ethio-Saudi Joint Ministerial Commission meeting in Addis Ababa
  • Resettlement and HRW’s unsound and shoddy methodology

    • News and Views:

  • South Sudan’s Cabinet Affairs Minister meets Ato Hailemariam
  • The debate over strengthening the Pan-African Parliament
  • Ethiopia is now the world’s third largest coffee producer

    • January 13, 2012

  • The UN Security Council reiterates full support to AMISOM
  • Continued military progress in Somalia….
  • .…but dismay at the continued dispute over the position of the Speaker
  • The UN Security Council promises closer co-operation with the AU
  • The 18th AU Summit takes place in Addis Ababa, 23th to 30th January
  • No New Year change - Asmara continues to accuse the world

    • News and Views:

  • Sudan to establish special court for Darfur
  • US bank’s wire transfer reopened to allow limited remittances to Somalia
  • The National Union of Somali Journalists’ conference
  • Christian, Muslim leaders’ peace conference in Addis Ababa

    • January 6, 2012

  • The AU Peace and Security Council endorses increases in AMISOM
  • The TFG launches the “Operation to Restore Peace and Stability across Somalia”
  • No evidence for balkanization policies in Somalia despite Dr Weinstein’s claims
  • The depressing New Year message for Eritreans and the Region

    • News and Views:

  • Somalia appeals over US bank’s wire transfer closure
  • U.S. is considering the closing of Al-Shabaab’s Twitter account
  • The National Mining Corporation announces massive gold strikes
  • 2011 was a challenging year for conflict management says the AU

    • December 30, 2011

    December 23, 2011




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