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Press Review: Horn of Africa

Ethiopia and the AU: Special Responsibilities of a Host Nation:

http://fes-ethiopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/A4-PRINTING-FINISH.pdf

Can Abiy Ahmed Continue to Remodel Ethiopia?

https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/can-abiy-ahmed-continue-remodel-ethiopia?utm_source=Chatham%20House&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10454558_AP%20Newsletter%20April%2019&dm_i=1S3M,682SE,O7RUCZ,OIU68,1

The Abiy Doctrine: One year of Ethiopia’s new foreign policy:

https://africanarguments.org/2019/04/05/the-abiy-doctrine-one-year-of-ethiopia-new-foreign-policy/

US-Ethiopia relationship changing amid Horn of Africa power struggle:

https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-11-08/us-ethiopia-relationship-changing-amid-horn-africa-power-struggle

An Ethiopia-backed port is changing power dynamics in the Horn of Africa:

https://qz.com/africa/1272108/ethiopias-djibouti-somaliland-ports-power-dynamics-in-horn-of-africa/

How a tiny African country became the world’s key military base:

https://qz.com/africa/1056257/how-a-tiny-african-country-became-the-worlds-key-military-base/

New alliances in the future of the Horn of Africa:

https://globalriskinsights.com/2018/12/drafting-new-alliances-horn-africa/

Spotlight: Rapprochement in Horn of Africa fuels high expectations:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-11/16/c_137609595.htm

Peace prospects are much higher in the Horn of Africa. But obstacles remain:

https://reliefweb.int/report/ethiopia/peace-prospects-are-much-higher-horn-africa-obstacles-remain

320,000 Somalis fled conflict and insecurity in 2018:

https://www.nrc.no/news/2019/february/somali-fled-2018-press-release/?utm_source=Copy+of+Media+Review+for+February+28%2C+2019&utm_campaign=Media+Review+for+March+1%2C+2019&utm_medium=email

Kenya and Somalia’s row over offshore rights is rooted in the carve up of Africa:

https://qz.com/africa/1564609/kenya-somalia-row-over-offshore-rights-rooted-in-colonial-africa/?utm_source=Media+Review+for+March+5%2C+2019&utm_campaign=Media+Review+for+March+5%2C+2019&utm_medium=email

The unseen war:

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/special-report/the-unseen-war/

South Sudan’s bid to build a new army is troubled:

https://mg.co.za/article/2019-02-20-00-south-sudans-bid-to-build-a-new-army-is-troubled#.XG05JwetXcQ.twitter

The historical precedents of the current uprising in Sudan:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-historical-precedents-of-the-current-uprising-in-sudan/amp?__twitter_impression=true

Opinion pieces by Tana Regional Fellows (2018)

Op-ed: A more relevant Union – Lessons from the Ebola crisis for AU reform

By Nanjala Nyabola, writer and political analyst in Nairobi, Kenya

Op-ed: AU reform – A test for collaboration between the AU and RECs

By Mpako Foaleng and Niagalé Bagayoko, Senior Experts on Security Sector Reform and Governance

Op-ed: African Union reform – The challenge of ownership by the masses

By Assane Diagne, editor of Africa Check in Dakar, Senegal

Op-ed: The AU should transform ambitions into actions for a peaceful and prosperous Africa

By Mpako Foaleng, Senior Expert on Security Sector Reform and Governance

Op-ed: Reforming the AU requires stronger ties with civil society

By Mpako Foaleng and Niagalé Bagayoko, Senior Experts on Security Sector Reform and Governance

Op-ed: Do African women even do politics?

By Nanjala Nyabola, writer and political analyst in Nairobi, Kenya

Op-ed: Financing the African Union: Slow and difficult change towards autonomy

By Assane Diagne, editor of Africa Check in Dakar, Senegal

Op-ed: Towards putting the “African” back in African Union

By Nanjala Nyabola, writer and political analyst in Nairobi, Kenya

Op-ed: AU reforms to promote better governance of the security sector across Africa

By Mpako Foaleng and Niagalé Bagayoko, Senior Experts on Security Sector Reform and Governance

Opinion pieces by Tana Regional Fellows (2017)

Op-ed: Africa’s fate linked to the emergence of solid leadership
By Momar Dieng, Impact SN

Op-ed: Tana Forum brainstorms on how Africa can harness its resources
By Maureen Chigbo, RealNews Magazine

Op-ed: Pay bad African leaders to leave power – Obasanjo

By Desmond Davies, Ghana News Agency

Op-ed: Obasanjo on tackling Africa’s resource curse

By Desmond Davies, Ghana News Agency

Op-ed: Africa Rising

By Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Olusegun Obasanjo

Op-ed: Pentagon puts exploitation of natural resources in Africa into perspective

By Momar Dieng, Impact SN

Op-ed: Challenges to Natural Resource Governance in Africa: The Case of Nigeria

By Maureen Chigbo, RealNews Magazine

Op-ed: Africa needs more power to empower the continent

By Desmond Davies, Ghana News Agency

Op-ed: Tana Forum 2017 and the urgent need to reach the ‘natural resource blessing’ By Momar Dieng, Impact SN

By Momar Dieng, Impact SN

Op-ed: Tana Forum 2017 to tackle natural resource governance in Africa

By Adama Wade, Financial Afrik

Opinion pieces by Tana Regional Fellows (2016)

Op-ed: Is Africa’s “talking under the baobab” tradition the solution?

By Anwar Versi, African Business

Op-ed: Policy slips push up insecurity

By Bernard Otabil, Ghana News Agency

Op-ed: The big blindspots: Threats to Africa’s security come from unlikely places

By Chanda Adebola, Mail & Guardian Africa

Op-ed: Limitations to Africa’s contribution in setting the global security agenda

By Maureen Chigbo, News Ghana

Op-ed: Africa has the will to control its own security destiny: now let’s find the way
By Chanda Adebola, Mail & Guardian Africa

Op-ed: Some African leaders to blame for conflicts – Obasanjo
By Desmond Davies, Ghana News Agency

Op-ed: Pastoralism: A challenge to Africa’s security

By Maureen Chigbo, Realnews Magazine Online

Op-ed: When guns become sophisticated weapons

By Bernard Otabil, Ghana News Agency

Op-ed: Africa and the Jihadist threat

By Olusegun Obasanjo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and Wolfgang Ischinger

Op-ed: Why Africa must sit at the global security high table

By Anwar Versi, New African Magazine

Op-ed: Solving Africa’s security challenges the Tana way

By Maureen Chigbo, Realnews Magazine Online

Op-ed: Boko Haram and Isil: A dangerous mix for Africa

By Desmond Davies, Ghana News Agency

Op-ed: Tana shoves global security in Africa’s plight

By Desmond Davies, Ghana News Agency

Op-ed: Brexit – The only thing Africa should fear is fear itself
By Chanda Adebola, Mail & Guardian Africa

Op-ed: Peacebuilding in Africa – Is the model right?
By Desmond Davies, Ghana News Agency

Press Mentions (2018)

Media inquiries: m.muita@ipss-addis.org

29 August 2018

Kofi Annan’s Unmet Wishes

Sahara Reporters (Nigeria)

31 July 2018

A plan for the free movement of Africans across the continent is being held up by fears of xenophobia

Quartz (US)

29 April 2018

Herman Mashaba’s comments on illegal immigrants trigger negative reactions

Daily Maverick (South Africa)

27 April 2018

Reflections on Tana Forum 2018 and Ethiopia’s new PM Abiy Ahmed

Aljazeera (Qatar)

27 April 2018

In Ethiopia, Decision Makers and Stakeholders Discuss Peace and Safety in Africa

The Nerve Africa (Nigeria )

27 April 2018

Du Financement de l’Union africaine: La proposition du think tank Africa WorldWide Group

Yerimpos

25 April 2018

Tana 2018 African Unity in Debate  –  French

Africa News Agency

24 April 2018

Containing new forms of insecurity

Africanews (Congo Brazzaville)

23 April 2018

Mahama takes over as Chair of TANA High-Level Forum on Security

Breaking News Ghana

22 April 2018

The key to stabilizing Africa’s future is financing its own security agenda

Quartz (US)

21 April 2018

Participants of Tana forum urge renewed Afro-Arab unity

Xinhua (China)

21 April 2018

Tana High-Level Forum on Peace, Security in Africa Opens

Ethiopian News Agency

19 April 2018

President of the Republic to Partake in High-Level Tana Forum in Ethiopia

Sudan News

6 April 2018

Tana Forum: Obasanjo says it’s time for Africa to own its security

The Nerve Africa (Nigeria)

6 April 2018

Tana Forum: The road to elections in these African countries are uncertain

The Nerve Africa (Nigeria)

6 April 2018

Leaders, stakeholders to explore African-led security solutions   (Video)

CGTN (China)

2  April 2018

Tana Forum Reviews Financing and Reforming AU’s Peace Security Agendas

Capital (Ethiopia)

31 March 2018

AU Reform Tops Tana Forum Agenda

The Reporter (Ethiopia)

30 March 2018

Tana Forum to Consult on Peace and Security in Africa  (Video)

ENN (Ethiopia )

29 March 2018

Tana Forum to deliberate on financing Africa’s peace, security

Fana Broadcasting Corporate (Ethiopia)

17 March 2018

Seventh Edition of Tana Forum to Take Place in Bahir Dar

The Ethiopian Reporter

08 March   2018

2018 Tana Forum – the Importance to Africa

Actifate (Nigeria)

07 March   2018

7ème édition du Tana Forum : Le financement et la réforme de l’Union africaine au menu des débats 

Le Soleil Online (Senegal)

06 March 2018

Why the 2018 Tana Forum is important for Africa

The Nerve Africa (Nigeria)

26 February 2018

Rwanda’s President will deliver the Keynote Address at the 7^th Tana Forum

The Nerve Africa (Nigeria)

26 February 2018

Tana Forum to focus on financing, reforming the African Union

Capital (Ethiopia)

23 February 2018

The African Union may be grasping that solutions to security problems must be home-grown

Daily Nation (Kenya)

11 February 2018

Financement de l’Union Africaine : la dure vérité par les chiffres

Financial Afrik (Senegal)

Press Mentions (2017)

Media inquiries: m.muita@ipss-addis.org

2 September 2017

Tana Forum switches venue from Bahir Dar to Hawassa

Ezega

28 August 2017

Tana Forum 2018 to discuss African ownership and AU reform

RealNews Magazine, Nigeria

28 August 2017

Tana Forum 2018 to discuss African ownership, AU reform

Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC)

19 May 2017

Obasanjo’s antidote to military coups in Nigeria

ALC Radio

18 May 2017

African leaders take the blame for the continent’s resource curse

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

9 May 2017

Why foreign investors choose Peru and not, erm, Uganda?

Daily Maverick

5 May 2017

Forum calls for stronger African natural resources control

Ghana News Agency

3 May 2017

Pay bad African leaders to leave power – Obasanjo

Ghana News Agency

29 April 2017

Africa’s natural resources fuel industrialization

All Africa/The Ethiopian Herald

26 April 2017

Joyce Banda attends 2017 Tana High-Level Forum in Ethiopia

Face of Malawi

Here are some highlights from the Tana Forum 2017 – Financial News Nigeria

Pax Nigeria

25 April 2017

Takeaways from the 6th Tana Forum on natural resource governance

Real News Magazine

State of peace and security in Africa: little or no change

Real News Magazine

Museveni blames chiefs for loss of Africa’s sovereignty

New Vision

Museveni: Education not key to solving Africa’s problems

Daily Monitor

24 April 2017

African universities vice-chancellor’s debate held at Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia Semonegna

Africa’s security remains a concern as protests increase

New Business Ethiopia

23 April 2017

The 6th Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa wraps up

MoFA

Museveni: I love that man Trump

The Independent

22 April 2017

Museveni in Bahir Dar for security forum on natural resources

The Independent

Africa’s natural resources: From curse to a blessing

AlJazeera

Puntland President attends Tana High-Level Forum in Ethiopia

Puntland Mirror

20 April 2017

Bahir Dar to host the 6th Tana Forum on security in Africa

EBC

6th Tana High-Level Forum to be held

All Africa/The Ethiopian Herald

18 March 2017

Preparations finalized for 6th Tana Forum

Fana Broadcasting Agency

15 March 2017

Forum to deliberate on natural resource governance in Africa

AllAfrica/The Ethiopian Herald

14 March 2017

6th Tana Forum to focus on Africa’s natural resource governance

XinHua

Africa needs to improve governance of natural resources

Ethiopian News Agency

26 January 2017

H.E. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf confirmed to deliver keynote speech at the 2017 Tana Forum

Africa Update Newspaper

25 January 2017

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf confirmed to deliver keynote speech

Panafricanvisions

25 January 2017

Côte d’Ivoire-Inter/La présidente du Libéria conférencière d’honneur du Forum de Tana 2017

Abidjan.net

25 January 2017

H.E. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf confirmed to deliver keynote speech at the 2017 Tana Forum

MILTECH

25 January 2017

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf choisie pour présider le Forum de Tana prévu en avril 2017

Soleil FM

Liberian President to Give Tana Forum Keynote Address

Real News Magazine

Forum sur la sécurité : La Présidente Ellen Johnson Sirleaf invitée en Éthiopie

limpartial.net

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, conférencière d’honneur du sixième forum de Tana 2017

La Voix Des Decideurs

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf confirmed 2017 Tana Forum keynote speaker

BizNis Africa

Pres. Sirleaf to address security forum

The New Dawn Liberia

H.E. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf confirmed to deliver keynote speech at the 2017 Tana Forum

Africa Newsroom

24 January 2017

Tana 2017: de la gouvernance des ressources naturelles en Afrique

Financial Afrik

10 January 2017

Joyce Banda on Reaching Girls Before Age 10, Balancing Tradition With Change, and More

Wilson Center

Press Mentions (2016)

Media inquiries: m.muita@ipss-addis.org

19 March 2016

Tanaforum2016 to be held mid April in Bahirdar

EBC

20 March 2016

Ethiopia to host Africa’s high-level security forum next month

Sudan Tribune

Obasanjo advocates for African solutions to Africa’s security challenge

Ethiopian News Agency

Obasanjo tells Africa to advance the security agenda

Today (Nigeria)

Forum to focus on intellectuals’ role in African security
Ethiopian Press

Ethiopia gears up for Africa security forum

Ghana Web

Paul Kagame to address Africa’s security forum next month

CP Africa

Africa: Forum to Focus On Intellectuals Role in African Security

All Africa/ The Ethiopian Herald

21 March 2016

Some African leaders to blame for conflicts – Obasanjo

Tana Forum

31 March 2016

When the guns become sophisticated weapons

Ghana Web

13 April 2016

Terrorism in Africa and why it matters

Deutsche Welle

Africa and the Jihadist Threat

Project Syndicate

Sudan: President Al-Bashir to Participate in Fifth Tana Forum in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Sudan News Agency/All Africa

Africa: President of the Republic to Take Part in Tana High-Level Forum On Security in Africa

Sudan News Agency/All Africa

14 April 2016

Sudan’s Bashir to attend security forum in Ethiopia

Sudan Tribune

15 April 2016

Why Africa must sit at the global security high table

New African Magazine

Stronger African security architecture urged at meeting

Anadolu Agency

Puntland President Abdiweli travels to Ethiopia for Tana high level forum

Puntland Mirror

Premier says Africa’s peace calls for joint effort of world countries

Ethiopian News Agency

Tana Forum: Mushikiwabo outlines Rwanda’s ingredients to development

Rwanda News Agency

16 April 2016

Puntland President attends Tana High Level Forum – in Pictures

Puntland Mirror

Ethiopia: 5th Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa underway in Addis

StarAfrica

Rwanda finds regional integration sweet spot, beats drums for the ‘developmental state’

Mail & Guardian Africa

Tana Forum to Deliberate on Security Issues in Africa

The Reporter

Premier addresses the 5th Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Dr. Tedros chairs the Opening Session of the 5th Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

5th Tana Forum kicks off today, security top in the agenda

Addis Standard

5th Tana Forum kicks off in Bahirdar

EBC

Une voix africaine commune

Republicoftogo.com

Le président togolais participe au Forum de Tana en Ethiopie sur la sécurité en Afrique

Radio Chine Internationale

17 April 2016

Africa: Leaders Stress Importance of Uniting Efforts to Solve African Disputes

All Africa/Sudan News Agency

African security forum kicks off in Ethiopia

Sudan Tribune

The 5th Tana Forum on security in Africa wraps up

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The 5th Tana Forum ends

EBC

African security forum kicks off in Ethiopia

Hiiraan Online

President of the Federal Republic of Somalia attends Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa

Mogadishu Center

Somali president attends 5th Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa in Addis Ababa

Goobjoog

18 April 2016

Ethiopia: Tana forum deliberates Africa’s security issues

Sudan Tribune

The Bahar Dar Tana Forum Discussed Security Issues in Africa

DireTube

Africa moves center-stage in global security debate

Deutsche Welle

Tana Forum Promoted to Tana Foundation

Ethiopian News Agency

The Tana Forum at the Cross Section of African Security

Nigerian Reporter

Regional forum discusses Patrice Lumumba’s contribution to African Unity

Courrier des Afriques/New Business Ethiopia

Ethiopia hosts 5th Tana Forum on security (video)

Press TV

Somali President Meets Ethiopian PM in Bahir Dar

All Africa/ Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)

Le Forum de haut niveau de Tana a ouvert à Addis-Abeba

CCTV (Français)

19 April 2016

Kofi Annan to African leaders: Leave when your time is up

Tana Forum

Africa: Annan to African Leaders – Your Overstay Bringing Back Coups

All Africa/The Observer (Uganda)

Former UN head Kofi Annan urges African leaders ‘to leave when their mandated time is up’

International Business Times UK

Kofi Annan advices African leaders to handover power after serving mandated terms

This is Africa

Sudan’s Bashir urges African leaders to support South Sudan peace process

Radio Tamazuj

Africa’s security cash headache—and what its leaders really think about it

Mail & Guardian Africa

Interview with Kofi Annan at Tana Forum: armed conflict now a smaller risk to most Africans than traffic accidents

Mail & Guardian Africa

African Solution for African Problem to Ensure Reliable Peace and Security – Premier

The Ethiopian Herald

20 April 2016

Africa and the Global Security Architecture

Africa Progress Panel

Olusegun Obasanjo : « Les dirigeants africains sont responsables de l’insécurité sur le continent »

Le Monde Afrique

Africa: Solution to Africa’s Security Challenges Lies Within – Obasanjo

All Africa/Vanguard

21 April 2016

African Countries Must Stop Begging for Everything From Foreigners –Annan

Face2Face Africa

23 April 2016

Solving Africa’s Security Challenges the Tana Way

Realnews Magazine

Advancing Africa’s Place in the Global Security Agenda

The Reporter Ethiopia

24 April 2016

Africa assuming importance in the global security agenda

Daily Nation

3 May 2016

Africa’s security paradox

All Africa

Why Africa must sit at global security high table

The Herald, Zimbabwe

4 May 2016

Africa: It’s high time Africa seriously addressed the extremist threat

All Africa

5 May 2016

Africa’s global influence depends on youth’s voice

uReport Kenya

14 May 2016

Africa in the Global Security Agenda

Regent University College of Science and Technology

16 May 2016

Boko Haram and Isil: A dangerous mix for Africa

Ghana Business News

20 May 2016

Tana shoves global security in Africa’s plight

Modern Ghana

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