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It’s Actually A Good Idea For Landlocked Ethiopia To Build A Navy

13/06/2018 by Andrew KORYBKO

The development of an Ethiopian Navy would also be the first time that an African country has proactively gotten involved in the new “Scramble for Africa” that began in the Horn region in the mid-2000s following the spree of Somali piracy off the coast.

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Ethiopia: “Deceptive Facelift” Or “Full-Blown Change”?

29/03/2018 by Andrew KORYBKO / 15 comments

Abiy Ahmed’s election by the EPDRF as their new chairman and most likely the country’s next Prime Minister appears to be more than just an insincere and hasty “band-aid solution” of elevating a “token” Oromo Muslim figure to power and seems to truly indicate that the country is on the cusp of full-blown change.

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