Year: 2014
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Peace in an age of extremes
By Michel Rocard PARIS – We live in a time of progress and folly. From bullet trains to the Mars rover, humanity has an insatiable appetite for pushing boundaries and breaking records. But, while radical ambition can drive progress, it can also fuel recklessness and large-scale devastation, as we see today in Iraq, Syria, Gaza, western China, and elsewhere. In…
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Creativity is the new money
By Carlos Lopes On August 19th, like every night, Africa’s creative talent was showcased across the continent. In Cape Town, South African opera stars Andiswa Kedama and Pauline Malefane’s voices captivated audiences while they perform U-Carmen eKhayelitsha, a Xhosa adaptation of Bizet’s famous opera. In Agadez, internationally acclaimed guitarist and songwriter Bombino, dubbed the next Jimi Hendrix, mesmerized an audience…
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South Sudan warring factions sign implementation matrix of the Cessation of Hostilities agreement
IGAD slams death of its ceasefire monitor in South Sudan The conflicting parties of South Sudan today signed the Implementation Matrix of the Cessation of Hostilities agreement and it’s addition at the ongoing 27th Extraordinary Session of the IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government on the situation in South Sudan in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, IGAD secretariat said. In…
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African Media Initiative launches a Pan-African campaign against hate speech
The African Media Initiative (AMI) has on August 20th lunched a Pan-African campaign against hate speech at a panel discussion held in Nairobi, Kenya. The panel, which discussed the “Limits of Press Freedom” has brought together leading figures in African media, notably: Linus Kaikai, Managing Editor of the Kenyan broadcasting station, NTV, which is part of East Africa’s largest media…
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The Middle East’s three timelines
By Volker Perthes BERLIN – Three distinct timelines are shaping developments in the Middle East: the short-term timeline of daily struggles and politics; the medium-term timeline of geopolitical shifts, which is measured in decades; and the long-term timeline of sociocultural transformation, or what the historian Fernand Braudel called the longue durée. Understanding each is essential to craft an effective strategy…
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The need to deconstruct the personality cult built around the late Meles Zenawi
Opinion Semahagh Gashu Abebe (PhD) The Ethiopian regime and supports are commemorating the second year anniversary of the passing away of the late Meles Zenawi. Although the late Meles was responsible for making Ethiopia a landlocked country and masterminded a repressive ideology that has made the Ethiopian political discourse divisive and unpredictable, his sudden departure had gripped the nation causing…
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Ethiopia is a state, not a failed state; it needs to act accordingly!
Editorial Arguably, Ethiopia’s nation building course is far from over. Many agree it is in fact far from being on the right track. But inarguably Ethiopia is a state – a state that has its own constitution with a clearly marked distinction between the executive, the judiciary and the legislative; a state that is playing international and regional roles of…
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Exclusive: Calculating what the future holds for Africa
First established as the Institute for Defense Policy in 1991 by its current Executive Director Dr Jakkie Cilliers, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) is an award winning, leading Pan African policy research institution working to “enhance human security on the continent”. ISS is known for its independent and authoritative researches and provides expert policy analysis and advice as…
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On the concept, relevance and practice of Diaspora Mapping
The Diaspora Engagement Affairs Directorate General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the representatives of the International Office of Migration (IOM) provided a briefing to the Ethiopian Ambassadors, Consuls General and Ministry officials on Sunday . State Minister, Dewano Kedir, in his opening remarks, underlined the importance of the concept, relevance and practice of Diaspora Mapping for…
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