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From a barrier to a bridge The Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: a trigger towards transformed and cooperative relations? Op-Ed in Al Jazeera on the Renaissance Dam

Nov

12

2013

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/11/from-barrier-bridge-20131161194806363.htmlThe Nile Basin ministerial meeting in Khartoum on Monday Nov 5th, Sudan is currently considering the recommendations of the International Panel of Experts (the Panel) on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (the Dam). The Panel evaluated the Dam and its socioeconomic, hydrological and environmental impact on Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. Commenced in April 2011, the construction ...

On the Journal of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Diplomatist

Aug

7

2013

http://www.diplomatist.com/dipom06y2013/story017.htmlJournal of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Diplomatist Journal of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Diplomatist -Dr Mehari Taddele Maru looks at the challenges and achievements of the Organisation of African Unity, the promises and successes of the transformation into the African Union and the areas of progress that would make AU the driver of change in the continent ...

Ethiopia and the OAU: Recalling the contributions of Ethiopia’s Pan-Africanist leaders

May

23

2013

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 ...

OAU/AU after 50

Feb

6

2013

Although there are many internal and external reasons for the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), in 1963, it can be encapsulated in what Emperor Haileselassie stated back then. “The task, on which we have embarked, the making of Africa, will not wait. We must act, to shape and mould the future and ...

Quest for New Causes of Pan African Solidarity: Re-defining Pan Africanism for the 21st Century

Jan

27

2013

An extension of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the AU will celebrate its 50th year anniversary. This article I attempt to answer the question what is Pan Africanism for the 21st Century Pan-Africanist? In a bare outline style the last five decades of the OAU/AU could be divided into three eras: the Era of ...

Keeping Peace in Abyei: The Role and Contributions of Ethiopia

Jan

30

2012

Since February 2011, Abyei and South Kordofan, oil rich disputed border areas of South Sudan and Sudan, witnessed an intensive military clash between the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) forces and the military of the Government of Sudan (GoS). This reached a tipping point when the GoS forces took control of the town of Abyei ...