Year: 2014

  • Africa

    Countering violent extremist messaging in the Greater Horn of Africa at the center of ACSS seminar in Addis Ababa

    The Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS), the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, and the government of Ethiopia opened a workshop on Countering Violent Extremist Messaging in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 24, 2014. The seminar, which runs from February 23 to 28, is being held in collaboration with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Defense Threat…

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  • Africa

    AU High-Level Implementation Panel suspends talks between Sudan and South Sudan

    On March 1st, the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel on Sudan and South Sudan suspended negotiations between the Government of Sudan (GoS) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) on the conflict in the “Two Areas” of Blue Nile and South Kordofan. The adjournment was occasioned by a deadlock between the Parties over a proposal made by the Panel in…

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  • Topic of the Month

    Arab prospects beyond the Arab Spring

    Tarek Osman In December 2013, at a makeshift cultural center in downtown Cairo, a young Sudanese recited poems from The Papers of Room No. Eight, a collection written by the Egyptian poet Amal Donkol weeks before his death in 1983. He finished his recitation with the poignant “Do not dream of a happy world”; tears sparkled in the eyes of…

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  • The silent killer

    Ashenafi Zedebub “Some people groups are particularly affected on the continent of Africa and in the populations of African Americans,” says one research paper, which has been distributed from investigators residing in the United States.  Why “in particular Africa and African American populations”?  According to the research conducted for almost three decades, nobody has so far given the precise answer…

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  • Art Review

    The wolf of wall street: Enlightening the American nursery?

    Andrew DeCort It’s well known that when cancer reaches a certain stage, chemotherapy is no longer a viable option. In these severe cases, the “treatment” that is supposed to kill the cancer is so toxic that it ends up killing the sufferer. What is designed to be “care” instead hastens death and becomes careless if prescribed. One can’t help but…

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  • And the winner is…

    The 86th Academy Award nominees and our movie reviews Our movie review columnist Andrew DeCort has written critical reviews about some of the movies and the actors that are now nominated for the 86th Academy Award that will take place later this month. Here are some of the movies and the actors along with excerpts from Andrew’s review:  Capitan Philips…

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  • Africa

    Is funding and political will to keep africa safe dwindling?

    The cost of conflict prevention and peace building in Africa is rising. But are African countries becoming less determined both financially and politically? Tsedale Lemma   When African Heads of State and Government took the bold decision to finally disband the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and establish the African Union (AU) in 2002, they had no delusion that the continent,…

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  • Strengthen stability in Africa

    Michael E. O’Hanlon  The United States should, with a focused effort and in partnership with other states, make a significant push to improve security in Africa. No massive deployments of U.S. troops would be needed, and in fact no role for American main combat units is required. But we should step up our game from the current very modest training…

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  • Africa

    Jano and Rock ‘n Roll: A live performance like no other

    Hadra Ahmed Throughout history, live concerts by rock stars have provided unique and diverse entertainment to a global audience. In Ethiopia, however, it is only recently that rock ‘n roll live concerts have started to elate audiences to higher levels of music thrill unseen before. This opportunity came about when a group of young musicians were put together as Jano…

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  • Africa

    WB Supports Road Improvements and Maintenance in Ethiopia

    On Wed. Feb. 19th the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved funds to help Ethiopia upgrade its road system, strengthen road maintenance and reduce travel time along inter-regional corridors. The Road Sector Support Project is supported by a US$320 million IDA credit* as part of the $US385 million total project cost. The government of Ethiopia will contribute $US65 million.…

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