Tana Forum Recap Note

Tana Forum Recap Note
Points as Presented by Dr. Mehari Taddele Maru Introduction ¬ In the spirit of the foundational intention of the Forum –I will skip formalities: Excellencies Distinguished participants Ladies and gentlemen Good morning! This morning I have found out that I have lost all the notes I have taken yesterday for this Recap! Only one line ...

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 ...

Summary of my presentation to the UN Human Rights Council Third Session of the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group to Consider the Possibility of Elaborating an International Regulatory Framework on the Regulation, Monitoring and Oversight
 of the Activities of Private Military and Security Companies

Summary of my presentation to the Third Session Of The Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group to Consider the Possibility of Elaborating an International Regulatory Framework on the Regulation, Monitoring and Oversight
 of the Activities of Private Military and Security Companies “Mehari Taddele Maru highlighted the increasing number of PMSCs, the range of their services and the ...

My book entitled: ‘The Kampala Convention and Its Contributions to International Law’

My book entitled: ‘The Kampala Convention and Its Contributions to International Law’
With a foreword by Dr Francis Deng, Ambassador and leading scholar in the field and the Former Under-Secretary General Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, and an introduction by AU former Commissioner of Political Affairs, Mrs Julia Joiner, the book analyses in great depth the provisions of the Kampala Convention in ...

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Towards Africa-EU Brussels Summit: Dialogue and Capacity for Delivery A partnership characterized by fatigue and frustration For varied reasons, those regularly engaged in the Africa-EU partnership tend to exhibit a degree of fatigue and frustration. If not addressed during the Brussels summit and 4th partnership period, the ongoing fatigue and frustration may grow to mutually assured ...

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The policy of integration and interventions are two parts of the new Pan Africanism. The end aim of integration is not simply the desire to be integrated; there is a purpose for it. Basically, integration is another means to have more resources at the disposal of the people: more jobs, more trade, more infrastructure, more ...

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The recently concluded Fifth Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) adopted the Beijing Action Plan for 2013-2015 that will provide African countries with USD 20 billion as concessional loans for the development of infrastructure, agriculture, and manufacturing. This concessional loan is twice as much as that pledged in 2010. In 2011, trade between the People’s Republic ...

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Fundamental tenets of the Ethiopian Movement were self-worth, self-reliance and freedom. These tenets drew the advocates of Ethiopianism, like a magnet, to the growing political movement. That political movement was to culminate in the formation of the ANC in 1912. It is in this sense that the ANC, we, trace the seeds of the formation ...

The African Union in Light of the Arab Revolts: An appraisal of the foreign policy and security objectives of South Africa, Ethiopia and Algeria

The fall of authoritarian regimes in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya has changed political dynamics on the African continent. One immediate concern has been the implications of these developments for the African Union (AU) and its member states. Would overall political dynamics in the AU be changed? Would the most powerful member states use the altered ...

Lessons for Africa from the Economic Development of China and India

Lessons for Africa from the Economic Development of China and India
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 ...