...Theodros Dagne Theodros Dagne is a specialist in African affairs with the Congressional Research Service. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2004 Humanitarian Crises in Ethiopia and Eritrea Theodros Dagne An estimated 14 million to 16 million people...

... officials. By far the most affected country is Ethiopia, with an estimated 8 million people facing starvation. In Sudan, an estimated 1.7 million people are in need of emergency assistance, and mil- lions more in Somalia, Eritrea, Kenya, and Djibouti are also...

... relations (1991 – 3) with Sudan’s eastern neighbors, Eritrea and Ethiopia.4 Throughout the 1990s there was a constant tension between realist and Islamist doctrines in Sudan’s foreign affairs. Military officers who held formal executive offices of the state were pragmatists who did not want...

...- tifications used by al-Shabaab to wage war: the presence of foreign forces. A unified regional approach is essential, however. Most believe that Eritrea has leverage over some of the influential Islamic leaders, some of whom are in Eritrea. The ARS was founded in Eritrea, and some of its leaders are now...

... of origin, the Horn of Africa, and in particular Soma- lia and Eritrea, have thus far accounted for the large majority of irregular immigrants and asylum seekers arriving in Malta. Most recently, however, the number of immigrants from West African countries, in particular Ivory Coast and Mali, has...

..., as Russia subsequently acknowledged. (See table 2.) The countries in the Near East included Algeria, Egypt, South Yemen, Syria, and Ethiopia. During the recent war between Ethiopia and Eritrea, Russia sup- plied weapons and military advisors to both sides.4...

... the NBCFA had become “tense,” even though Egypt and Ethiopia shared a strategic interest in limiting the spread of “Muslim extremists” in Somalia by supporting the Transitional Federal Government in Mogadishu. “The two countries are divided on how to deal with Eritrea,” Scobie went on to say...

... the 1990s, the number of wars and politi- cal strife doubled in Africa and included countries such as Algeria, Burundi, Congo (Kinshasa), Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, and Uganda.11 Armed clashes led to massive population...

... at peace. I would like to strongly urge my brothers in Ethio- pia and Eritrea to find a peaceful way to resolve their differences. I would also like to appeal to my brothers and sisters in Somalia to do the same. And that will be a special gift for the people of South Sudan. Thank you and God bless...

..., Bahrain, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Qatar, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, West Bank and Gaza, and Yemen. 15. According to World Bank statistics, in terms of GDP...

... and the TNG as a threat to Ethiopia and regional stability. Since the war with Eritrea in 1998, Ethiopia’s interest in ensuring stability and eliminating potential threats coming from Somalia has increased, in part because of concerns of fighting two...

... million per annum compared with $200 million annually for the UN’s Ethio- pia and Eritrea mission. Along the same lines, Obasanjo of Nigeria pressed the agreement as “a great achievement in conflict resolution, which practi- cally reflects its cost effectiveness,” adding that the agreement “should rep...

... of a territory administered by one country is claimed by another country.1 Some territorial disputes have even led to war between neighboring countries, as seen in the cases of Morocco-Algeria (1963), Somalia-Ethiopia (1976 – 8), Burkina Faso – Mali (1985), Libya-Chad (1973 – 88), and Ethiopia- Eritrea...

... for the UN to realize that the autonomy period could become a disas- ter not unlike the aftermath of the 1999 referendum in East Timor or the botched federation of Eritrea to Ethiopia. Yet so long as the Western Sahara remains a marginal—if not all-but-forgotten—issue in world affairs, it seems...

... eighteen years. Second, the international community must provide Somalia’s coastal neighbors — Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, and Yemen — with the resources to engage the pirates along the East African coast. It is more practical for the UN to establish a coastal patrol regime under its...

... to the marginalization of the Security Council in responding to such conflicts as Iraq, Angola, Ethiopia/Eritrea, and Kosovo, and it contributed to Wash- ington’s inclination to sidestep the council and resort to either unilateralism or regional groups on key issues. But in the Libya...