...Ted Dagne In June 2006, the forces of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) took control of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. During the six-month rule by the ICU, Mogadishu became relatively stable, but efforts to bring peace did not lead to a major breakthrough. On 28 December 2006, Ethiopian troops...

... in parts of Somalia has created an envi- ronment conducive to fostering terrorist and extremist groups, and analysts do not doubt that they are present in Somalia, although their current strength and numbers are uncertain. Ethiopian security forces have invaded...

.... The most affected area in Ethiopia is the Somali region, where scores of people have fled their homes in search of food and water at feeding centers in Gode and other surrounding towns. Ethiopian and nongovernmental organization officials have criticized...

... ensued for the remainder of Sadat’s presidency, including recurrent Ethiopian charges that Egypt was planning to dispatch an expeditionary force to seize Lake Tana, the primary source of the Blue Nile. Sadat’s assassination in October 1981 reduced the level of bilateral hostility...

... and that shipments are delayed because of increasing congestion around the port of Djibouti. But donor governments have been reluctant to press Ethiopian authorities on this matter. The response by the international community to the current crisis was slow initially, but it accelerated as the crisis grew...

... Mariam in Ethiopia. During 1989 – 91, Sudan supported the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF) and its ally the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Forces (EPRDF), retaliat- ing for Mengistu’s assistance to John Garang, leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA). Eventually...

.... engagement in Ethiopia. Although Washington and Cohen are credited for the “soft landing” in the Ethiopian conflict, U.S. engagement was primarily focused on Ethiopian Jews and their settlement in Israel. The exaggerated role played by the United States came...

... often led to active U.S. engagement. Cohen asserts that the influence of members of Congress was a major driving force behind U.S. engagement in Ethiopia. Although Washington and Cohen are credited for the “soft landing” in the Ethiopian conflict, U.S...

.... engagement in Ethiopia. Although Washington and Cohen are credited for the “soft landing” in the Ethiopian conflict, U.S. engagement was primarily focused on Ethiopian Jews and their settlement in Israel. The exaggerated role played by the United States came...

... Medieval Muslims named the belt of territory in Africa south of the Sahara from the Atlantic to the Ethiopian plateau “al-bilad as-Soudan,” meaning “the land of the blacks.” After the decline of the Kush civilization around 330 AD, what is today called the Republic of the Sudan was broken up...

... into a frenzy — by aiding the Ethiopian invasion of that nation. Similarly, in Lebanon the Bush administration tacitly supported an Israeli war against Hezbollah, which merely enhanced the group’s status in that country and in the Islamic world as a heroic fighter against non-Muslim aggression...

.... Al Shabaab, which was formed by local jihadist groups and foreign fighters to confront Ethiopian and African Union forces tied to the US-­supported Mogadishu government, now control much of the country. Inspired by local jihadists, many of them Afghan war veterans, al Shabaab seeks to create...

..., and an economic strategy for reconstruction and devel- opment. A good example was the Conference for a Democratic South Africa, which designed the transition from apartheid to a nonracial political system. Another was the Ethiopian political-forces meeting in 1991...

... thus be assured of Soviet support. During the Ethiopian crisis, Turkey, in return for assuming its full obligations under Article 16 of the League of Nations Covenant, received reciprocal assurances from Britain and France concerning the straits...

... incremental vision clashed with the desires of the more militant field commanders, espe- cially those in the Somali region of Ethiopia. The neighboring Ethiopian Somalis were committed to armed struggle against the government of Ethiopia, while the proper al Ittihad leadership concluded that Somali...

... Them,” Washington Post, 2 May 2004. 46 Mediterranean Quarterly: Fall 2004 The damage caused by brain drain can be seen in the health and educa- tion sectors. There are more Ethiopian, Kenyan, and Sierra Leonean doc- tors in Europe and North America than there are in their home countries...

... has announced plans to build a mega-­hydropower plant in Benshangul Gumuz state, close to the Ethiopian-­Sudanese border.47 Ethiopia believes that implementing the proj- ect is critical to addressing its own severe energy shortage and assisting the country in becoming a major electricity...

... fair trade coffee. Similarly, the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) prints organic coffee certification 63. Getachew Mengistiie, “Capturing Intangible Values of Coffee: The Ethiopian Fine Coffee Des- ignations Trade Marking and Licensing Initiative...