Embassy of The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

A Week in The Horn

14th January 2011

• Voting in South Sudan’s referendum
• Al-Shabaab’s problems over the future of Colonel Hassan Dahir ‘Aweys’
• The UN Secretary-General’s latest Report on Somalia
• Germany’s Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development in Ethiopia
• Diaspora Ethiopian-Somalis visit the Somali region, meet the Prime Minister
• Responsibility for a healthy market
• Core Principles of Ethiopia's Foreign Policy: Ethio-Irish relations

7th January 2011

• Countdown to Sudan’s Referendum on Sunday
• A Momentous Day for the Peoples of the Sudan
• Somalia: Al-Shabaab plans another offensive; Constitution drafting makes progress
• The launching of a Forum for National Economic Diplomacy in Ethiopia
• An Ethiopian Delegation visits Iran
• Core Principles of Ethiopia's Foreign Policy: Ethio-Ghana relations

31st December 2010

• Somalia’s Transitional Federal Parliament approves the budget
• A meeting of the Ethio-Sudanese Joint Border Development Commission (JBDC)
• MFA briefing on the Sudan for Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Standing Committee
• Altinbas Holding to invest in Ethiopia
• The 14th meeting of the Nile Equatorial Lakes Council of Ministers
• Core principles of Ethiopia’s Foreign Policy: Ethio-Italy relations

24th December 2010

• The Security Council extends AMISOM’s strength and its mandate in Somalia while
• Al Shabaab Leaders Condemn Each Other Publicly
• Discussion of the UN’s Universal Periodic Review recommendations
• Land Leasing and BBC cynicism
• Human Rights Watch refuses to accept criticism or contradictory evidence
• Core Principles of Ethiopia's Foreign Policy: Ethio-Rwanda relations

17th December 2010

• The Fifth International Conference on Federalism held this week in Addis Ababa
• The Cancun Climate Change Conference
• Prime Minister Meles meets Somalia’s Prime Minister Muhammad
• IGAD’s Committee of Experts meet in Nairobi
• The 50th anniversary of Burkina Faso’s independence
• When will Eritrea behave in accordance with UN resolutions?
• Core Principles of Ethiopia's Foreign Policy: Ethio-Cuba relations

10th December 2010

• Ethiopia’s Nations’, Nationalities’ and Peoples’ Day and next week’s 5th International Conference on Federalism
• AMISOM increases its forces in Mogadishu
• An Omani Business Delegation in Addis Ababa
• A briefing for Ethiopia’s new ambassadors and plenipotentiaries
• An Egyptian columnist’s view of Ethio-Egypt Relations
• Core principles of Ethiopia’s Foreign Policy – Ethiopia- Saudi Arabia relations

3rd December 2010

• The TFG Parliament endorses the new Cabinet
• President Museveni visits Ugandan troops in Somalia; the UN Security Council considers strengthening AMISOM
• The European Union – Africa Summit in Tripoli
• Deputy Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in India
• IGAD Ministers for Women and Gender Affairs meet in Addis Ababa
• IGAD conference on regional challenges and prospects for peace and security
• Core Principles of Ethiopia's Foreign Policy: Ethiopia-Nigeria relations

26th November 2010

• The IGAD Summit discusses Sudan and Somalia
• Forty years of diplomatic relations between Ethiopia and China
• President Isaias conjures up another anti-Ethiopian ‘Front’ –yet again!
• Core Principles of Ethiopia's Foreign Policy: Ethiopia-France relations

19th November 2010

• Somaliland's President visits Addis Ababa
• The new TFG Prime Minister in Mogadishu unveils his new Cabinet
• The Committee of African Heads of State on Climate Change met in Addis Ababa
• Nile-TAC - Partners Dialogue held in Kampala
• The UNSC and both parties to the CPA agreed on Full, Timely Implementation of CPA
• The Fifth International Conference on Federalism
• Core Principles of Ethiopia’s foreign Policy: Ethiopia-South Africa Relations

12th November 2010

• Deputy PM Hailemariam meets Sudan's Foreign Minister and the UK's Representative on Sudan
• The AU's Second Consultative Forum meeting on the Sudan
• The transitional tasks still need a lot of work
• UNDP: Ethiopia among the “Top Movers” in Human Development
• Core Principles of Ethiopia’s foreign Policy: Ethiopia-Kuwait relations

5th November 2010

• The Africa-China Poverty Reduction and Development Conference
• Deputy Prime Minister Hailemariam meets UNDP Administrator Helen Clark
• A new Prime Minister to provide continuity for Somalia’s transition period
• President Isaias contradicts the Emir of Qatar on the Eritrea/Djibouti agreement
• Ethiopia presents its initial report to the Committee Against Torture
• The BBC apologizes to Sir Bob Geldof and Live Aid
• Core Principles of Ethiopia's Foreign Policy: Ethio-German relations

29th October 2010

• TFG leadership’s internal squabbles continue despite military progress
• International community still needs to encourage the CPA signatories
• HRW’s campaign to politicize aid
• Core Principles of Ethiopia’s Foreign Policy: Ethiopia- Japan relations

22nd October 2010

• The tragic paradox of Somalia – UN Security Council and AU Peace and Security Council meetings
• Somaliland’s Foreign Minister in Addis Ababa
• HRW’s continued vendetta against the people of Ethiopia
• The new Foreign Minister meets the Diplomatic Community
• Africa’s longest serving Foreign Minister bows out
• Core principles of Ethiopia’s Foreign Policy: Ethiopia-Russia relations

15th October 2010

• The Second Africa-Arab Summit held in Sirte, Libya
• The African Development Forum’s 7th session in Addis Ababa this week
• Peace Accord signed between the FDRE Government and the ONLF
• Democracy in Eritrea? Three generations away says President Isaias
• Core principles of Ethiopia’s Foreign Policy: Ethiopia-Kenya relations

8th October 2010

• President Girma Woldegiorghis addresses the new Parliament
• Al-Shabaab losing ground after its failed Ramadan offensive in Mogadishu
• President Isaias’ version of Eritrea: Prosperous and Normal!
• Core Principles of Ethiopia’s Foreign Policy: Ethiopia-Yemen relations

1st October 2010

• Foreign Minister Seyoum’s speech at the UN General Assembly
• The UN’s mini-summit on Sudan
• UN Human Rights Council discusses Somalia and Freedom of Assembly and Association
• The International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia meets in Madrid
• Preventing “a failed state”: the responsibility of Eritrea’s leadership

24th September 2010

• An IGAD Council meeting on Somalia and Sudan in New York
• Yesterday’s UN mini-Summit on Somalia
• “No global project more worthwhile”: the MDGs reaffirmed in New York
• The ICG report on Eritrea: better but not good enough
• A Symposium on International Humanitarian Intervention in Africa
• Core Principles of Ethiopia’s Foreign Policy: Ethiopia-Indian relations

17th September 2010

• The Security Council hears the Secretary-General’s latest report
• Al-Shabaab’s Ramadan failure
• Ambassador Mahiga visits Addis Ababa
• Eritrean tactics, Eritrean strategy: No change
• Eritrea’s latest effort to destabilize the Somali Regional State
• Ambassador Lyman, US analysts and control of aid
• The colourful celebration of National Flag Day
• The Core Principles of Ethiopia's Foreign Policy: Ethiopia-China (PRC) relations

10th September 2010

• Ambassador Mahiga visits Mogadishu on Thursday
• Smoke and Mirrors: Eritrea, the UN and Somalia
• Somaliland’s Foreign Minister in Addis Ababa
• A US Senator Visits Ethiopia
• Core Principles of Ethiopia’s Foreign Policy: Ethiopia-United Kingdom relations
• Best wishes for a peaceful and constructive New Year

3rd September 2010

• International coordination on Somalia continues to expand
• CEWARN’s mid-term review of its Five-Year Strategic plan
• IGAD’s Inter-Parliamentary Union Executive Council meets in Nairobi
• Eritrea’s obsession with the so-called ‘occupied sovereign territories’
• “Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Ethiopia”
• Core Principles of Ethiopia’s Foreign Policy: Ethiopia-United States relations

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 July 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

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