A new Ethiopian initiative on Somalia, obviously sinister in the eyes of many Somali nationals, is getting unanimous backing from IGAD as violence intensifies in Mogadishu and Baidoa, the respective seats of the Transitional Federal Government and the Parliament.
A loosely affiliated networ...
Ethiopia is on the verge of effecting regime change in Asmara. Reeling under 14 years of self-imposed, excruciating landlocked status, Ethiopia is expecting to regain the control of the Red Sea port of Assab, if another round of fighting breaks between the two belligerent Horn of Africa countries. S...
According to a source with intimate knowledge about the affairs of the hilltop palace of Meles Zenawi, the prime minister of Ethiopia, who is not willing to be quoted due to the sensitivity of the issue, Meles has commissioned a committee of Somali specialists early this year to come up with a strat...