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Korea Looks to Old Ties to Share Secrets of Development

Aug

18

2011

The visit by the Korean President demonstrates its growing commitments in Ethiopia and the rest of Africa, and an opportunity for the continent to learn from Korea’s extraordinary path to development, argues Mehari Taddele Maru, Mehari.maru(at)stcross-oxford.com, who works as a conflict prevention programme coordinator in an international organisation. He has also served as legal expert ...

The Kampala Convention and its contribution in filling the protection gap in international law

Feb

12

2011

In October 2009, the African Union (AU) Summit in Kampala, Uganda, adopted the AU Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (the Kampala Convention). The principal objective of this research project is to examine a few major provisions of the Kampala Convention and offer a legal analysis of its content, novelty and ...

Articles on the Kampala Convention

Feb

12

2011

http://www.sudantribune.com/A-Strategy-for-a-peaceful,22713 http://ajol.info/index.php/ai/article/view/54669 http://ajol.info/index.php/ai/issue/view/7281 http://www.accord.org.za/publications/conflict-trends/downloads/724- http://www.africa-union.org/root/UA/Newsletter/EA/Fridays_of_the_Commission/2010/AUC%20Vol1%20FF%20Low%20Res.pdf http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2010/s2834100.htm http://en.ethiopianreporter.com/content/view/1282/1/ http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2009/s2686187.htm

Federalism and Conflict and Ethiopia

May

23

2010

At just over 77 million, Ethiopia is the third-most populous country in Africa. since 1991, Ethiopia has been implementing an ethno-linguistic federal politico-legal arrangement. As per Articles 1 and 47 of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic republic of Ethiopia, the country is a federation of nine ethno-linguistically divided regional states. These can be classified ...

Arms control and arms traditions in Ethiopia. Mehari Taddele Maru

May

23

2010

Ethiopia is party to the Nairobi Protocol for Prevention, Control in Reduction of Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa (Nairobi Protocol), which compels signatories to dispose of confiscated and unlicensed small arms and light weapons (SALWs). This provision is also included in Ethiopian law. According to ...

Lessons for Africa from the Economic Development of China and India

May

23

2010

Current discussions on Africa–China relations unsatisfactorily focus mainly on China’s interests in Africa and its unconditional assistance extended to undemocratic governments in Africa. Therefore, it is important to discuss bilateral trade and China’s interests in Africa particularly in terms of the former’s energy insecurity and its role as the spoiler in African conflicts. It is ...

Chinese Economics: Example for Africa

Nov

29

2009

With the recently held Fourth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and China’s 10 billion dollar pledge for Africa, the pundits and the media are questioning the relationship. Chinese Economics: Example for Africa

Diversity in Ethiopia

Jul

30

2009

Multiethnic Ethiopia has miraculously remained intact despite a dizzying 30 years that has seen it go from a monarchy to communism to a transition to democracy all while having to endure several droughts, famines and oppressive poverty. Diversity in Ethiopia

African Union and its Policies on Voluntary and Forced Migration

Jul

24

2009

in: BICC brief 39. Migration and Displacement in Sub-Saharan Africa The Security-Migration Nexus II The Security- Migration Nexus Challenges and Opportunities of African Migration to EU Countries

Migration – the view from Africa

Oct

7

2008

In Africa, there are an estimated 16.3 million migrants and close to 13.5 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in 19 countries (UN, 2002; Norwegian Refugee Council, 2002). There are estimated to be some 3.25 million African refugees and asylum seekers. The International Labour Organization estimates that the number of labor migrants in Africa today constitutes ...