Valletta Summit on Migration: A booster shot or a new initiative?

Valletta Summit on Migration: A booster shot or a new initiative?
Hard hit by the migration crisis, the European Union (EU) in a desperate effort to respond to the crisis has called a summit on migration in Valletta, Malta from 11-12 November 2015. The African side has been invited to participate in this meeting. The EU and African Union (AU) have presented separate position documents reflecting ...

Hypocrisy in the Leadership of African Think Tanks and CSOs: What Role for Think Tanks and CSOs in African Transformation

Hypocrisy in the Leadership of African Think Tanks and CSOs: What Role for Think Tanks and CSOs in African Transformation
An internal challenge to African thinks tanks, and also similarly applicable to CSOs in the continent is the undemocratic nature of their leadership. At best inscrutably hypocritical, many of the leaders and board members of think tanks have become self-serving, justifying their stay in leadership for decades while at the same time preaching presidential term ...

Economic Development, Democratic Governance, Peace and Security and Regional Integration: the case of Ethiopia

Economic Development, Democratic Governance, Peace and Security and Regional Integration: the case of Ethiopia
Although successful in dismantling the unitary state system of Ethiopia, EPRDF is still struggling for a clear vision around which Ethiopian state building and its diverse people can rally. Dominating the political space for more than two decades, EPRDF has been striving to build a new federal developmental State. Ethiopia, under EPRDF, has made unprecedented ...