Recently, two major developments in Somalia and Djibouti have attracted international media attention. John Kerry became the first U.S. Secretary of State to visit Mogadishu, while China has negotiated the construction of a military base in the strategic port of Djibouti. These two “symbolic” and substantive developments represent both an opportunity and a challenge for the U.S.…
Commentary: Mesfin Wolde-Mariam Gayle Smith came to Addis with the Weyyane. She was even pretending to speak Tigrigna. It was very clear then that she, together with Paul Henze, were CIA agents who came to install The Weyyane in power. They have succeeded immensely. They do not know the Ethiopian people! By Thomas C. Mountain Online…
Mohammad Amir Anwar Quartz Africa, WRITTEN BY Mohammad Amir Anwar The global food price crises between 2008 and 2009 led countries that bore the brunt of the catastrophe to look elsewhere for agricultural land to mitigate the effects. In 2008 prices of some foods, including wheat, soared by 130% in a single year and the…
By AfricanIntelligence Undermined by the incursion of the Ethiopian army into Kenyan territory in late May (at the Illeret locality, 15 km from the border), relations between Kenya and Ethiopia could deteriorate even further. The Kenyan government has decided to break the agreement signed with Ethiopia in 2012 under which Kenya undertook to import some…