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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09ADDISABABA1409 |
ETHIOPIAN MILITARY ACTIVITY IN SOMALIA [...] (C/NF) Summary. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told the Ambassador on June 15 that Ethiopia had no intention of invading Somalia, but admitted that there were a small number of Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) troops 15 kilometers inside Hiraan, Somalia to protect the flank of [...] |
2009-06-16 10:29:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA142 |
USAU: AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ETHIOPIA'S [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-20 10:01:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AU |
| 09ADDISABABA143 |
USAU: AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON CHAIRMAN PING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 17 the Ambassador paid a farewell call on African Union Chairman, Jean Ping. In a wide-ranging conversation the Chairman confided he anticipates the January AU Summit will be difficult. While cautiously optimistic about the progress being made on peacekeeping in So [...] |
2009-01-20 11:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AU |
| 09ADDISABABA144 |
FOOD SHORTAGES IN TIGRAY REGION DUE TO POOR 2008 RAINS [...] Local and regional officials, relief organizations, and affected communities report deterioration of food security in southern and eastern areas of Tigray Region. Failed belg rains and uneven meher rains in 2008 resulted in poor crop production, insufficient feed and pasture for livestock, an [...] |
2009-01-20 11:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1442 |
SOMALIA: ASWJ SAYS REACHED BREAKTHROUGH WITH TFG [...] (C) Summary. Alhu Sunnah Wal Jammah (ASWJ) leadership council member Mahdi Dahir Sheikh Nur told PolOff on June 18 that ASWJ and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Sharmarke had reached an agreement "in principle" to form a military alliance against al-Shabaab and Hisb Islam [...] |
2009-06-19 05:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1450 |
ETHIOPIA PRESSING FOR UNSC SANCTIONS ON ERITREA [...] (C) Summary. Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu called in the P-5 Ambassadors on June 18 to review the recent InterGovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) trip to the UN to press for the African Union (AU)/IGAD agreed sanctions on Eritrean activities in Somalia, [...] |
2009-06-22 13:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1451 |
Ethiopian Stowaway Detained in U.S. [...] (SBU) Action Request and Summary: Embassy requests guidance, update and information to allow us to respond to an official diplomatic note from the Ethiopian Government (GOE) demanding the immediate return of an Ethiopian stowaway, Asfaw Mekonnen, an official of the Ethiopian National Intelligen [...] |
2009-06-22 14:06:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC AEIR ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1469 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW TO [...] (S/NF) Your visit to Ethiopia comes at a time when the Ethiopian Government's (GoE) growing authoritarianism (Ref. A), intolerance of dissent, and ideological dominance over the economy since 2005 poses a serious threat to domestic stability and U.S. interests. The GoE has come to believe its [...] |
2009-06-23 08:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SU SO |
| 09ADDISABABA1473 |
ETHIOPIA: IMF DETAILS ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND CONCERNS [...] (SBU) On Saturday June 20, 2009, representatives of the donor community were invited to a briefing by the head of the IMF review delegation which had been consulting with the Ethiopian government over the previous week. The IMF team was both reviewing progress on the agreed macro-economic acti [...] |
2009-06-24 07:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EAGR PREL PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA148 |
FORMER OLF HEAD ABABIYA SEEKS GOE-OLF [...] (C) Former leader of the banned Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) Ababiya Abajobir told the Ambassador on January 16 that he has returned to Ethiopia (with the permission of the Government of Ethiopia (GOE)) after 17 years' exile to "move forward with peace." Ababiya, who said he formally quit the [...] |
2009-01-20 12:19:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ET |
| 09ADDISABABA149 |
ETHIOPIA: TPLF STALWART SEBHAT NEGA ON AMCHAM, [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-20 12:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM KDEM KPAO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1490 |
SOMALIA: TIME FOR PLAN B [...] (S/NF) As Washington reviews U.S. policy towards Somalia, particularly in light of the current crisis, we offer our thoughts on how to sustain the TFG while ensuring that core U.S. interests are protected. The TFG is in the most severe crisis of its short life, and we have no guarantees th [...] |
2009-06-26 06:05:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1498 |
ETHIOPIA ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS FOOD SECURITY SITUATION [...] On June 17, 2009 the U.S. Ambassador convened a meeting with key members of the humanitarian community to discuss an action plan to address the worrisome food security situation exacerbated by consecutive seasons of failed rains and an impending food relief pipeline break in mid - July. 2. [...] |
2009-06-26 08:09:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1526 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW AND PRIME MINISTER MELES [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Meles told visiting Deputy Secretary Lew on June 29 that he was grateful for U.S. assistance to Ethiopia, and they both agreed that shifting from emergency food aid to sustainable agriculture development should be a priority for Ethiopia. Meles was comfortable [...] |
2009-06-30 10:33:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA154 |
USAU: SUPPORT FOR AMISOM FORTHCOMING [...] (U) Summary: At a meeting on January 17 at the African Union (AU), the U.S., EU, and other international partners voiced their support for AMISOM as well as for the joint Transitional Federal Government/Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (TFG/ARS) forces. The AU and its partners also e [...] |
2009-01-20 15:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN SO AU |
| 09ADDISABABA1553 |
DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 ON [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Minelik Alemu, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Director General for International Law and Consular Affairs, on July 1. Minelik was aware of the provisions of UNSCR 1874, and stated that the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) was prepared to comply with t [...] |
2009-07-02 12:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL KN ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1556 |
ETHIOPIA: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION DETERIORATING [...] The humanitarian situation in large parts of Ethiopia is deteriorating due to successive seasons of failed rains evidenced by increased food insecurity and subsequent upward spikes in admissions of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) to therapeutic feeding centers. The key indicator [...] |
2009-07-02 14:02:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1570 |
G-8 - PRIME MINISTER MELES' LETTER TO POTUS [...] (U) Embassy Addis Ababa received the following letter from Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to President Obama on July 6. We will send hard copy via diplomatic pouch. As Prime Minister Meles will attend the July 8-10 G-8 Summit in Italy, we request that the letter and its contents be bro [...] |
2009-07-06 13:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC ECON PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1587 |
ETHIOPIA'S PROPOSED ANTI-TERRORISM LAW [...] (SBU) On its final day in session, the Ethiopian parliament passed the government's Antiterrorism Law (ATL, reftel) on July 7. In a July 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Head of the Prime Minister's Office and Cabinet Affairs Minister Berhanu Adello -- one of the key drafters of the ATL and other [...] |
2009-07-07 13:56:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1589 |
ETHIOPIA URGES UNSC APPROVAL OF AFRICAN UNION CALL [...] (SBU) Summary. Ethiopian Minister for Foreign Affairs Seyoum Mesfin and State Minister Dr. Tekeda Alemu on July 7 called in the Ambassadors to the P-5 countries to urge them to convey to their respective capitals the need to support the July African Union (AU) resolution calling on the UNSC t [...] |
2009-07-07 14:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ER ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1599 |
PRIME MINISTER MELES ON BALANCING AND [...] (C) Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi underscored to visiting Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson on July 6 that Ethiopia welcomes a broad and balanced relationship that focuses not just on security but also encompasses economic development and political stability. As he commented to othe [...] |
2009-07-08 05:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1607 |
USAU: ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S CALL ON AU [...] (U) Summary: After meeting African Union Commission Chairperson Jean Ping on the margins of the AU Summit in Sirte several days earlier (SEPTEL), A/S Carson called on Deputy Chairperson Erastus Mwencha in Addis Ababa on July 6. Their discussion covered a range of issues, including structural [...] |
2009-07-08 07:33:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON PGOV PREL AU |
| 09ADDISABABA1608 |
PRIME MINISTER MELES ON TFG SURVIVAL AND ERITREAN [...] (C) In a three hour July 6 meeting with Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles praised U.S. support of cash and arms to the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) as essential for the survival of the TFG. Meles urged the U.S. to strengthen Somaliland and Punt [...] |
2009-07-08 08:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO ER ET DJ |
| 09ADDISABABA1611 |
OPPOSITION LEADERS TELL A/S CARSON OF ETHIOPIA'S [...] (C) During his July 6-7 visit to Ethiopia, Assistant Secretary for Africa Johnnie Carson met with opposition leaders and Members of Parliament (MPs) to discuss the current state of democracy in Ethiopia, the role of opposition MPs, and the direction the democratization trajectory has taken in [...] |
2009-07-08 13:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1612 |
WILL VOTE FOR FOOD- REPORTED POLITICIZATION OF [...] (C) A four day trip to the Southern Nations and Nationalities (SNNPR) and Oromiya regions shed light on the possible politicization of donor cash and food resources delivered through the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP), coercive recruitment tactics by the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolut [...] |
2009-07-08 13:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PHUM KDEM PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1613 |
PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS FLEE ETHIOPIA [...] (C) The leaders of the two most prominent human rights organizations in Ethiopia have fled the country within weeks of each other due to fear of persecution. Chairman of the independent Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) and former Supreme Court Justice Abebe Worke and Director of Ethiopia [...] |
2009-07-08 14:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1617 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW HIGHLIGHTS U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND [...] (U) Deputy Secretary of State Jacob Lew's visit to Ethiopia on June 29-30 signaled the importance the new Administration is placing on how U.S. foreign policy and foreign assistance is working in Ethiopia. Deputy Lew held discussions with the Country Team, met with the Prime Minister (reftel), [...] |
2009-07-09 05:44:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1629 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON AND FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) During a July 7 meeting, Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson and Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin discussed latest developments in Somalia and shared concerns about Sudan. In addition to re-iterating that Ethiopia had no intentions to re-intervene in Somalia, Minister Seyoum urged [...] |
2009-07-13 05:35:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL |
| 09ADDISABABA1662 |
AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT WRAP-UP: QADHAFI PULLS IT [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) Summit in Sirte, Libya, resulted in a strong call by member states for the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on Eritrea for its support of al-Shabaab forces who are threatening the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of President Sheikh S [...] |
2009-07-15 06:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR AU |
| 09ADDISABABA1672 |
GROWING WAHABI INFLUENCE IN ETHIOPIA - AMHARA [...] (C) PAO visited Dessie, in Wello province of the Amhara Region, June 3-5, to visit the Jama Negus Mosque, which is a site for a potential Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) grant proposal for FY-10. A major Sufi shrine, the mosque is the focal point of the &Moulid al-Nebi8 (&B [...] |
2009-07-15 13:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO KISL KIRF SCUL PROP ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1673 |
A/S CARSON DISCUSSES FOOD SECURITY IN ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) In a meeting with humanitarian community representatives, Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson described the Obama administration's plans to promote food security by emphasizing agricultural development. Participants described Ethiopia's chronic food insecurity and Government of Ethiopia [...] |
2009-07-15 13:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR PHUM PGOV PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1674 |
WAHABISM IN ETHIOPIA AS "CULTURAL IMPERIALISM" [...] (C) Arab Wahabi missionaries, mainly from Saudi Arabia, continue to make inroads into the Ethiopian Muslim community, but are meeting increasing resistance in doing so. Islam has existed in Ethiopia since the time of the Prophet Muhammad and the mainly Sufi Muslim community has enjoyed traditi [...] |
2009-07-15 13:40:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO KISL KIRF SCUL PROP ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1675 |
COUNTERING WAHABI INFLUENCE IN ETHIOPIA THROUGH [...] (C) Every culture that has adopted Islam has its own unique traditions and practices for expressing their Faith. This is manifested through shrines, literature, faith rituals, and objects that include manuscripts, art, and even clothing and other accoutrements. In countries with mixed faith t [...] |
2009-07-15 13:43:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO KISL KIRF SCUL PROP ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1682 |
ETHIOPIAN AUTHORITIES FORCEFULLY ARREST AND DEPORT [...] (C) On July 9, 14 American college students, a British program director, and an American researcher were forcefully removed from their host families' homes and detained by federal police in East Hararge zone, Ethiopia. The students came to Ethiopia in mid-June as part of a Learning Enterprise [...] |
2009-07-17 05:05:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1745 |
MADAGASCAR POLITICAL RIVALS AGREE TO MEET IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The second International Contact Group meeting on Madagascar hosted by the African Union (AU) July 22 condemned the violence occurring in Madagascar, called on all parties to refrain from extremism, expressed concern about arbitrary arrests, welcomed the appointment of former M [...] |
2009-07-23 06:01:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MA AU |
| 09ADDISABABA1746 |
USAU: AFRICAN UNION RUNNING OUT OF PATIENCE WITH [...] (C) The African Union will continue to try to persuade Nigerien President Tandja to drop the August 4 referendum, but a senior official with the continental organization concedes that Tandja's stubborn refusal to step down at the end of his mandate in December may lead to a grave situation in [...] |
2009-07-23 08:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NG AU |
| 09ADDISABABA1747 |
AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH AFRICAN UNION [...] (C) During Ambassador Yamamoto's farewell call with African Union Chairperson Jean Ping on July 22, they discussed the desirability of commencing a U.S./AU political dialogue patterned after the consultations the AU has with the European Union. Starting with his attendance at the UNGA this fa [...] |
2009-07-23 08:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN AU |
| 09ADDISABABA1753 |
ETHIOPIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION REPORTS ON [...] (C) The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) released its first-ever thematic report on prison conditions in Ethiopia in December 2008. The report sheds light on inadequate prison conditions - including overcrowding, unhygienic conditions, insufficient medical care, food, water, and educa [...] |
2009-07-23 13:00:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1770 |
MELES: ETHIOPIA FOLLOWING DIFFERENT "DEMOCRATIC" [...] (S) Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Ambassador Yamamoto on July 23 that Ethiopia is pursuing a "democratic" paradigm fundamentally different from that accepted by the United States. Meles stated that he rejects President Obama's assertion -- as posed in the President's July 11 speech in Ghan [...] |
2009-07-27 06:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1797 |
INCREASED ONLF ACTIVITY, POLICE PRESENCE REPORTED [...] (C) Reliable sources in Ethiopia's Somali Region report ONLF attacks on Ethiopian Government (GoE) road construction workers, increased scrutiny of passenger vehicles, and looting of commercial goods in the Somali region. Increasingly violent ONLF attacks on police and military elements lead N [...] |
2009-07-28 08:23:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC EAID SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1824 |
STAFFDEL PERKINS [...] Embassy Addis Ababa welcomes Mr. Alexander Perkins, Majority Trade Counsel, and Ms. Angela Ellard, Minority Trade Counsel to Ethiopia August 6-9, 2009. For the latest travel advisories consult the Department of State website at http://travel.state.gov. The purpose of travel is to hold AGOA-r [...] |
2009-07-30 11:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF OTRA ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1842 |
SCENESETTER FOR USTR AMB. KIRK'S VISIT TO ETHIOPIA [...] (C) Your visit to Addis Ababa comes at a challenging time for the Ethiopian economy. The economy is punctuated by a chronic -- and largely endogenous -- macroeconomic imbalance and the government and ruling party's dominance over most economic sectors. The global economic downturn has only e [...] |
2009-08-03 10:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID ETRD PGOV PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1861 |
USAID/ETHIOPIA'S GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY RESPONSE (GFSR): [...] USAID/Ethiopia inaugurates a series of background pieces profiling livestock, food security, Comprehensive Agriculture Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) status, private sector and other topics related to GFSR. We hope these information sharing cables will be useful in keeping the G [...] |
2009-08-04 06:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1864 |
AFRICAN UNION REQUESTS BODYGUARD TRAINING FOR [...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) The African Union Commission (AUC) has formally requested USG assistance in providing bodyguard training for a select number of Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) security forces and AMISOM troops. The AUC furth [...] |
2009-08-04 08:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS SO AU |
| 09ADDISABABA1866 |
AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT ON RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS IN [...] (U) The African Union (AU) will hold a Special Session of the Assembly of the Union (heads of state) in Tripoli, Libya, on August 31. According to AU Commission officials, the Special Session will be devoted to the consideration and resolution of conflicts in Africa, and specifically those in [...] |
2009-08-04 09:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC AU |
| 09ADDISABABA1907 |
PARLIAMENT PASSES 2009/10 FEDERAL BUDGET [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ethiopian Parliament passed a federal budget of 64.5 billion birr (USD 5.2 billion) for the 2009/10 fiscal year, representing an 18.9 percent increase in nominal terms from last year. The recurrent budget increased by 14.9 percent, while federal subsidies to regional states i [...] |
2009-08-06 09:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN BEXP ETRD EINV EAGR ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1908 |
SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL THOMAS VISIT TO ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) Your visit to Addis Ababa comes at a challenging time for the Ethiopian economy. Average inflation stands at 36 percent -- the second highest in Africa, after Zimbabwe. Despite two rounds of devaluation of the Birr by 10 percent each this year, the real exchange rate remains overvalued. [...] |
2009-08-06 10:19:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ECON ETRD EAID PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1911 |
AFRICAN UNION WANTS TO COMBAT DRUG TRAFFIC [...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) The African Union Commission wants to be a partner with the United States and others who are fighting the drug traffic that originates in South America, transits West Africa, and ends up on the streets of Europe. The AU [...] |
2009-08-06 13:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR XR AU |
| 09ADDISABABA1914 |
ADDIS ABABA ON SOMALIA SITUATION IN LIGHT OF [...] (C) On August 5, Charge d'Affaires and Deputy Political-Economic Counselor met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver Reftel points. The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) is pleased with USG support to Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG), including in-kind support and pledged [...] |
2009-08-07 07:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SO EAID KPKO |
| 09ADDISABABA1955 |
ETHIOPIA UNDECIDED ON UNESCO ELECTION [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Mesfin Midekssa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Specialized International Agencies, on August 11. Mesfin stated that the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) had not yet decided which candidate to support in the UNESCO Director-General race, but that [...] |
2009-08-12 06:35:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1971 |
SOMALILAND - ETHIOPIA CONCERNED THAT POLITICAL [...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting with Acting Deputy Chief of Mission on August 13, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi noted Ethiopia's concerns that the emerging political crisis in Somaliland risks undermining the region's stability, democratic record, and prospects for improved engagement with the inter [...] |
2009-08-13 14:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1972 |
SUDAN - ETHIOPIA'S ANALYSIS, FEARS, AND [...] (C) The failure of Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) is Ethiopia's "nightmare scenario" Prime Minister Meles told Admiral (ret.) Bill Fallon, Dr. Steve Morrison from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and Acting DCM on August 13. Meles assessed that the Nation [...] |
2009-08-13 15:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC SU ET |
| 09ADDISABABA1977 |
USTR KIRK VISIT HIGHLIGHTS TRADE OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Ron Kirk and his delegation visited Ethiopia from August 6-9 to highlight trade opportunities with the United States. During his meeting with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Ambassador Kirk praised Ethiopia's success under the U.S. African Growth [...] |
2009-08-17 10:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD ECON EFIN EINV PREL OVIP ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2017 |
CHARGE CALLS ON AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION CHAIR PING [...] (SBU) In his first visit to the African Union as CDA for the bilateral mission and USAU, Ambassador Meece met with AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping and reaffirmed USG interest in deepening ties with the continental organization. U.S. interest in Africa is growing, the CDA told Ping, citing [...] |
2009-08-19 13:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU |
| 09ADDISABABA202 |
SOMALIA: ASWJ SEEKING US HELP TO DEFEAT AL-SHABAAB [...] (S/NF) Summary. Somali Ahlu Sunna wal Jama'a (ASWJ) coordinator, and Dubai based businessman from the Darood clan, Mahdi Dahir Sheikh Nur told PolOff on January 24 that ASWJ would fight until al-Shabaab was "defeated and dead," and he said ASWJ was mobilizing to expand its operations. Mahdi [...] |
2009-01-26 14:12:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2034 |
MELES' RETIREMENT PLANS - ONE MORE TERM [...] (C) In response to a direct question by Admiral (ret.) Bill Fallon on August 13 on his future, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi responded that although he would like to retire at the end of his current term in office, "it looks like the (Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front - [...] |
2009-08-20 15:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2057 |
ETHIOPIA TO INVITE SELECT FOREIGN ELECTION [...] (SBU) In an August 19 courtesy call with Charge, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin stated that the Ethiopian Government (GoE) has decided to invite select foreign election observers to monitor the country's 2010 national elections. Seyoum noted specifically that the Foreign Ministry ha [...] |
2009-08-25 04:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2058 |
ETHIOPIA: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] (SBU) Attendance information follows. Post will provided updated information once it is available. A. Attendance of the Head of State -- No plans to attend. B. Attendance of the Head of Government -- At present, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi does not plan to attend. The Ministry of [...] |
2009-08-25 04:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2059 |
ETHIOPIA: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] (SBU) Attendance information follows. Post will provided updated information once it is available. A. Attendance of the Head of State -- No plans to attend. B. Attendance of the Head of Government -- At present, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi does not plan to attend. The Ministry of [...] |
2009-08-25 04:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2060 |
ETHIOPIA TO INVITE SELECT FOREIGN ELECTION [...] (SBU) In an August 19 courtesy call with Charge, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin stated that the Ethiopian Government (GoE) has decided to invite select foreign election observers to monitor the country's 2010 national elections. Seyoum noted specifically that the Foreign Ministry ha [...] |
2009-08-25 04:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2061 |
USAFRICOM COMMANDER GENERAL WARD MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: During their August 20 meeting at African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, USAFRICOM Commander General William E. (Kip) Ward and African Union Commission Chairperson Jean Ping discussed U.S./Africa cooperation in combating narco-trafficking through Africa, as well as ongoing USG [...] |
2009-08-25 05:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MASS SNAR KCRM PINR AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2065 |
GOE PASSES RESTRICTIVE BIOSAFETY LAW, BUT IS [...] (SBU) Ethiopia recently enacted highly restrictive biosafety legislation that could significantly impact the importation of bioengineered seeds, food commodities, and processed foods. Ethiopia's Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is admittedly unprepared to implement the new legislation [...] |
2009-08-25 08:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV EAGR ETRD EAID ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2071 |
USAU: NEW AMISOM FORCE COMMANDER REQUESTS USG [...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request. See para 12. 2. (C) Summary: The new AMISOM Force Commander, Major General Nathan Mugisha, took advantage of the presence of AFRICOM senior leadership in Addis Ababa on August 20 to request patrol craft, radar, US training in maritime interdictio [...] |
2009-08-26 06:34:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MCAP PREL AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2072 |
ETHIOPIA'S ECONOMY FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF THE URBAN [...] (SBU) The rising cost of fuel and imported goods, as well as the power shortages that have plagued Addis Ababa for several months, are having a sharply negative impact on families and livelihoods of the urban poor. Over a two-week period, EconOff visited several of Addis Ababa's poorest neigh [...] |
2009-08-26 07:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI PHUM ELAB PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2076 |
ETHIOPIA - ENGAGING IGAD ON COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) The head of the IGAD Capacity Building Program Against Terrorism (ICPAT), Ambassador Hiruy suggested there is significant additional room for cooperation between Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) states. Amb. Hiruy noted that while member states do share intelligence on cou [...] |
2009-08-26 11:05:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC PGOV |
| 09ADDISABABA2084 |
ETHIOPIA - PM MELES PARTICIPATION IN PITTSBURGH [...] (U) Charge had a follow-up discussion with FM Seyoum August 27 regarding the Pittsburgh G20 Summit. Seyoum confirmed that PM Meles intends to attend the Summit, following a New York stop where he will be engaged in activities associated with UNGA, the Clinton Foundation, and the UN Climate C [...] |
2009-08-27 14:33:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC ECON ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2086 |
ETHIOPIA - INTERPARTY DIALOGUE IMMINENT ON CODE OF [...] (C) In early August Prime Minister Meles formally considered sample codes of conduct suggested by the Ethiopian Partner's Group (EPG) of Ambassadors. Through the mediation of the EPG, via the British Embassy, the EPRDF has invited major opposition parties to engage in negotiations about a cod [...] |
2009-08-28 08:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PREL |
| 09ADDISABABA2092 |
SOMALILAND: ETHIOPIA BROKERS ELECTION IMPASSE [...] (C) In an August 26 courtesy call with Charge, Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu discussed his August 19-24 trip to Hargeisa, Somaliland in which he attempted to broker a resolution to the elections impasse between the ruling and opposition political parties. Tekeda [...] |
2009-08-28 09:48:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2094 |
CDA COURTESY CALL ON PM MELES; WATCHING THE [...] (C) In an introductory August 21 courtesy call by the CDA, PM Meles reviewed a range of bilateral interests. While not covering much new ground, Meles did reiterate that he and the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) generally very much value the strong relationship with the U.S., underscoring points [...] |
2009-08-31 13:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2095 |
IGAD CONSULTATIONS TO PRESENT DRAFT UNSC SANCTIONS [...] (C) During an August 27 meeting to discuss the Pittsburgh G20 summit, Ethiopian FM Seyoum also briefly mentioned to the Charge that he had been informed of IGAD consultations in New York regarding proposed Somalia related sanctions. Seyoum reported that IGAD members had reached a consensus agr [...] |
2009-08-31 13:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2096 |
CHOLERA EPIDEMIC IN ETHIOPIA REACHES ADDIS ABABA [...] (SBU) Since the emergence of initial reports of cholera cases within Addis Ababa around August 10 the number of cases has risen sharply. As of August 26, 2,592 cases and four deaths were reported in Addis Ababa to the Ministry of Health (MOH). The number of cases continues to increase, althou [...] |
2009-08-31 13:33:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO CASC SOCI KHIV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA210 |
POST ASSESSMENT OF OHCHR EAST AFRICA REGIONAL [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel,s request for Post,s assessment of the efficacy of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) East Africa Regional Office in Addis Ababa. The East Africa Regional Office covers countries in the East and Horn of Africa, focusi [...] |
2009-01-28 10:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2106 |
U.S. EFFORTS IN SUDAN "LAST HOPE" TO AVOID [...] (C) During an August 22 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Gration, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles said the United States, efforts in Sudan were "the last hope" for a country on a near-certain path to implosion. He underscored his support for the Obama Administration's approach to creati [...] |
2009-09-01 08:55:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC |
| 09ADDISABABA2107 |
SOMALILAND: UK EMBASSY VIEWS ON ETHIOPIAN [...] (C) Acting Deputy Chief of Mission met with UK Charge d'Affaires John Marshall on August 31 to cross-check the Ethiopian Government's (GoE) report on political mediation efforts in Somaliland (reftel) and discuss Marshall's August 28-29 visit to Hargeisa in support of that effort. Marshall as [...] |
2009-09-01 08:55:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2117 |
LETTER OF CONDOLENCE - AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION [...] (U) The United Mission to the African Union (USAU) has received the following letter addressed from the AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping to President Obama on August 27. We will send hard copies via diplomatic pouch. We request that the letter and its contents be brought to the President' [...] |
2009-09-01 11:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ECON PREL AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2118 |
LETTER OF CONDOLENCE - AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION [...] (U) The United Mission to the African Union (USAU) has received the following letter addressed from the AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping to President Obama on August 27. We will send hard copies via diplomatic pouch. We request that the letter and its contents be brought to the President' [...] |
2009-09-01 11:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ECON PREL AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2120 |
LETTER OF CONDOLENCE - AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION [...] (U) The United Mission to the African Union (USAU) has received the following letter addressed from the AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping to President Obama on August 27. We will send hard copies via diplomatic pouch. We request that the letter and its contents be brought to the President' [...] |
2009-09-01 12:39:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ECON PREL AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2121 |
LETTER OF CONDOLENCE - AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION [...] (U) The United Mission to the African Union (USAU) has received the following letter addressed from the AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping to President Obama on August 27. We will send hard copies via diplomatic pouch. We request that the letter and its contents be brought to the President' [...] |
2009-09-01 13:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ECON PREL AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2122 |
LETTER OF CONDOLENCE - AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION [...] (U) The United Mission to the African Union (USAU) has received the following letter addressed from the AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping to President Obama on August 27. We will send hard copies via diplomatic pouch. We request that the letter and its contents be brought to the President' [...] |
2009-09-01 13:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ECON PREL AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2125 |
ETHIOPIA ALLAYS SOUTH SUDANESE ANGST ABOUT [...] (C) Just one week after U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Gration witnessed the signing of a new protocol between North and South Sudan to accelerate implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), a South Sudanese minister (NFI) expressed angst to Ethiopian Minister and State Minister f [...] |
2009-09-01 16:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2126 |
RELIGIOUS CONFLICT FUELED BY GOVERNMENT [...] (C) A recent visit by PolOff to Dessie sheds light on a violent clash that erupted between Orthodox Christians and local police in Dessie town in late June. The local government granted the Orthodox Church a plot of land to build a church in 2006, but later prevented Christians from building [...] |
2009-09-02 04:44:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM KDEM ET |
| 09ADDISABABA214 |
IMPACT OF REDUCED COFFEE AND SWEET POTATO [...] Late, uneven, and generally poor 2008 seasonal rains resulted in poor coffee production and expected decreases in sweet potato cultivation, negatively affecting food security in eastern Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples (SNNP) Region. Humanitarian agencies expect food insecurity [...] |
2009-01-29 05:57:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2155 |
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS OF THE AFAR REGION [...] (C) A visit by PolOff to eastern Amhara and southwest Afar regions in late August sheds light on the political and economic dynamics of this geographically important region bordering Djibouti. Opposition political parties reported multiple cases of harassment and intimidation, and are cynical [...] |
2009-09-03 14:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL EAGR ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2163 |
USAU: FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND CAPACITY [...] (C/NF) Summary. A long-awaited European Commission (EC) financial audit of the African Union Commission's (AUC) bookkeeping department turned up alarming findings and threatens existing EU-AU partnership efforts. While the auditors found no evidence of fraud, financial irregularities of at l [...] |
2009-09-04 08:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2164 |
CHOLERA SPREADS THROUGHOUT ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) To date, seven of 10 regions of Ethiopia have been affected by cholera or acute watery diarrhea (AWD). The percentage of cholera cases is not known but it is expected to be significant. While cholera is an endemic disease in Ethiopia, it is rarely seen in Addis Ababa. However, a recent [...] |
2009-09-04 09:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2165 |
USAU: TFG CHIEF OF STAFF ON SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Joint Chief of Staff of the Somali National Armed Forces Major General Yusuf H. Osman (aka Dommal), accompanied by the Somali Ambassador to Ethiopia and interpreter/intelligence officer Hussein Sheikh Ali, spoke broadly about the Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) fledgling m [...] |
2009-09-08 04:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | MASS MCAP MOPS SO ET DJ |
| 09ADDISABABA2168 |
SOMALILAND AMBASSDOR TO ETHIOPIA LOOKS FOR U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY . Somaliland Ambassador to Ethiopia Hassan told Charge on September 4 that he believes the UK/Ethiopian mediation on the Somaliland elections dispute has potential, when more fully developed, to produce a government-opposition agreement that would allow the staging of elections. [...] |
2009-09-08 16:23:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2208 |
DO NOT INTERVENT IN OUR AFFAIRS: GOE LAYS DOWN A MARKER [...] (SBU) Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Mike Gonzales and Public Affairs Officer Alyson Grunder met with the Director of the Office of Government Communications Affairs, Minister Bereket Simon, on September 4 to discuss two opinion pieces published in the state-owned Amharic language Addis Zemen n [...] |
2009-09-14 08:34:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2223 |
UPDATED ETHIOPIAN ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] (SBU) Updated attendance information for Ethiopia follows: A. Attendance of the Head of State -- No plans to attend. B. Attendance of the Head of Government -- H.E. Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister -- Will arrive in New York on September 20 (3:30 AM) to attend UNGA and related meeting [...] |
2009-09-15 05:52:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2241 |
TELECOM CEO TOES THE ETHIO-CHINA PARTY LINE [...] (C) Summary: Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) CEO Amare Amsalu told Embassy officials on September 8 ETC would stay state owned for the time being. He deflected questions about poor telecom services in Ethiopia and instead focused on foreign investment. He praised the Chinese f [...] |
2009-09-15 14:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON PREL PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2245 |
ETHIOPIAN G20 AGENDA CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Charge and DCM met with the Prime Minister's Economic Advisor, and G20 sherpa, Minister Newaye Christos Gebre-Ab September 15, at the latter,s request. Gebre-Ab had just returned from the G20 sherpa meeting in the U.S. 2. (SBU) Noting that PM Meles would be representing views from al [...] |
2009-09-16 10:12:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2261 |
STRENGTHENING THE AU'S COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE [...] Summary: USAU held its second C3IS workshop on September 9-11 to continue the U.S. commitment to the African Union (AU) to assist in establishing a communications architecture for the African Standby Force (ASF). The meeting brought together civilian and military communication experts from t [...] |
2009-09-18 04:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MCAP AU SO |
| 09ADDISABABA2269 |
ETHIOPIA: LEAHY VETTING ASSISTANCE/APPROVAL FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following Ethiopian citizens and units who have been identified for receipt of USG-funded equipment, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on these units or individuals. 2. (SB [...] |
2009-09-21 04:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PMIL PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2273 |
POLITICAL INDOCTRINATION IN ETHIOPIA [...] (C) Political opposition leaders and Chairman of the National Teacher's Association allege that the government has held several political indoctrination "trainings" in recent months. They told PolOffs that students, teachers, farmers, and civil servants are being targeted for "political re-ed [...] |
2009-09-21 12:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2285 |
FRENCH FIRM PROJECT TO REHAB BERBERA [...] (SBU) At a September 16 dinner organized by the French Ambassador, representatives of the French firm Bollore Group briefed the British, EU, and U.S. heads of mission on a proposal to rehabilitate and operate the port of Berbera in Somaliland. The Bollore Group representatives reported that t [...] |
2009-09-22 12:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2294 |
AU DONOR SUPPORT GROUP PLANS NOVEMBER 2009 MEETING [...] (U) This Message contains an action request in para 9. 2. (U) Summary: Members of the AUC, UNECA and donor countries met on September 17 to discuss an up-coming Donor Support Group meeting scheduled for the week of November 30. The meeting will give high-level policymakers from donor countr [...] |
2009-09-23 06:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2299 |
EXPERIENCE ENGAGING THE ETHIOPIAN DIASPORA [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Addis Ababa compiled experiences engaging the Ethiopian diaspora community from relevant agencies at post. Post's point of contact for future submissions is Political/Economic Officer Skye Justice (justicess@state.gov). Responses to specific reftel questions follow: [...] |
2009-09-24 14:43:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OIIP SCUL SMIG PGOV BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC PHUM PREL |
| 09ADDISABABA2313 |
SOMALILAND ELECTIONS: HERDING SELF-DESTRUCTIVE [...] (C) Summary: With a good deal of activity yesterday stretching into the evening, and despite an apparently resistant President Riyale, it appears that an agreement has been reached in Hargeisa the morning of September 25 to avert the immediate crisis brewing over the issue of a president ter [...] |
2009-09-25 10:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2314 |
MONITORING REPORT ON ETHIOPIA G/TIP PROGRAM [...] (U) This cable provides monitoring information, requested ref A, to the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) to evaluate the effectiveness of G/TIP's USD 324,000 grant to Project Concern International (PCI). PCI's used the funds to support the Government of Ethiopia (GoE [...] |
2009-09-28 05:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP SMIG PHUM ASEC ELAB KWMN PREL EAID ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2318 |
ETHIOPIA SEEKS ENERGY SECTOR INVESTMENT [...] (U) Charge d'Affairs (CDA) Meece met with Ethiopia's Minister of Mines and Energy, Mr. Alemayehu Tegenu, for a courtesy call on September 23, 2009. Accompanied by DCM Mushingi and the Regional Environment Officer, CDA requested a briefing on the GoE's energy sector development priorities. Ale [...] |
2009-09-28 10:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV ENRG ETRD PGOV ECON ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2319 |
PRE-EMPTING POLITICAL VIOLENCE; ETHIOPIA ORDERS [...] (C) A close media contact on September 24 showed Information Officer a recently released tender from the Ethiopian Federal Police inviting bids to provide riot control equipment. Among the list of specific equipment required was: 8,500 riot control batons, 8,500 riot force helmets, protec [...] |
2009-09-28 12:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2323 |
USAU: AFRICAN UNION UNDETERRED BY ATTACK ON AMISOM [...] (U) The African Union Commission's Acting Head of the Peace and Security Department, El-Ghassim Wane, told international partners on September 25 that the African Union is keen to get the remaining three AMISOM battalions into Somalia by the end of the year, although he acknowledged that could [...] |
2009-09-29 05:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS SO AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2339 |
ETHIOPIAN TRADE MINISTER DISCUSSES WTO ACCESSION [...] (SBU) Ethiopia's Minister of Trade and Industry (MoTI) Girma Birru discussed World Trade Organization (WTO) and African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) issues with CDA, Pol/Econ Chief, and EconOff during a September 22 courtesy call meeting. Birru stated that MoTI is working closely with US [...] |
2009-09-30 08:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2342 |
ETHIOPIA: OPPOSITION WANTS INTERNATIONAL HELP, BUT [...] (C) On September 22, CDA hosted a lunch for 9 opposition political leaders at the CMR to discuss the domestic political environment, current talks regarding an electoral Code of Conduct, and 2010 elections. The two-hour event provided an opportunity the CDA and new country team members to me [...] |
2009-09-30 12:01:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2346 |
Ethiopia Becomes Fourth African Country [...] (U) As part of the USG's food security initiative implementation plan development, USAID Ethiopia continues to produce information sharing cables to highlight progress and plans in key areas. This Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) cable is a continuation of this seri [...] |
2009-10-01 06:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PREL AF ET |
| 09ADDISABABA239 |
UPDATE ON THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY ON [...] (SBU) Program Head (Ambassador) Hiruy Amanuel briefed PolOff on the Intergovernmental Authority on Development's (IGAD) Capacity Building Program Against Terrorism (ICPAT), which is wholly funded by foreign assistance (Denmark, Netherlands, Canada, Sweden, Spain, Norway and Italy participate). [...] |
2009-01-29 13:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV PINR ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2398 |
RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN ETHIOPIA C-C19-01825 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-05 05:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR BBSR ECON EINV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2402 |
ETHIOPIA FY 2010 DISASTER REDECLARATION [...] In July 2009, the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (GFDRE) increased the projected number of people requiring emergency food assistance between June and December 2009 to 6.2 million people, from previous January to June 2009 estimates of 4.2 million people. In additi [...] |
2009-10-05 13:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO |
| 09ADDISABABA2423 |
USAU: AFRICAN LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS LEADERS [...] (U) On October 1, U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU) Ambassador Michael Battle, A/DCM, and PolOff attended the Seventh Ordinary Session of the African Union Labor and Social Affairs Commission held at AU headquarters in Addis Ababa. The conference theme was "Impact of the Global Crisis [...] |
2009-10-09 07:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB ECON AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2425 |
ETHIOPIA: PRESIDENT GIRMA PROMISES CONTINUED [...] (U) On October 5, Ethiopian President Girma Woldegiorgis presented the Ethiopian Government's (GoE) parliamentary agenda at the opening of the joint session of the House of Federation (HoF) and the House of Peoples' Representatives (HoR). In traditional fashion, it was a short laundry list o [...] |
2009-10-09 07:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAGR ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2427 |
USAU: DARFUR PANEL HANDS OVER REPORT TO AU CHAIR [...] (U) Summary: The African Union (AU) High-Level Panel on Darfur handed over its report to AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping on October 8. Ping promptly announced that he would deliver the report to the AU Peace and Security Council (head of state level) at a late October meeting in Abuja to [...] |
2009-10-09 09:40:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM UNSC SU AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2434 |
ETHIOPIA AGOA COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2009 [...] (U) After a difficult period of socialist dictatorship and civil war, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in the early 1990s began a transition towards a more open economic system. While government and ruling party-affiliated enterprises continue to dominate the economy, the GoE has carved out so [...] |
2009-10-13 11:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2436 |
ETHIOPIA AGOA COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2009 [...] (U) After a difficult period of socialist dictatorship and civil war, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in the early 1990s began a transition towards a more open economic system. While government and ruling party-affiliated enterprises continue to dominate the economy, the GoE has carved out so [...] |
2009-10-13 12:47:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2442 |
DIPLOMATS IN ETHIOPIA OFFER PERSPECTIVES ON [...] (C) Summary: AF/E Senior Somalia Desk Officer visited Addis Ababa on October 1-2 for meetings with the U.S. Embassy, USAU mission and other diplomatic and AMISOM officials to get the Ethiopian perspective on Somalia and Somaliland. The British Deputy Head of Mission and Somaliland Ambassado [...] |
2009-10-14 09:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2493 |
ETHIOPIA - VISUALIZING IRREGULAR MIGRATION PATTERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 1, International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) officials publicized i-Map, a tool that visually maps irregular migration patterns, and recent efforts to bring the GoE on board as an information-sharing partner. Under the auspices of the Mediterranea [...] |
2009-10-20 04:50:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG KTIP KHLS ASEC AORC INS IOM ML NG SG ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2494 |
USAU AMBASSADOR AND AU'S PEACE AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In their first meeting, USAU Ambassador Battle and AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra reviewed political crises on the African continent and each pledged to reinforce cooperation in the peace and security arena, including in the emerging counternarcotics effort. [...] |
2009-10-20 08:52:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2495 |
USAU: AU DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON AND USAU AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In their first official meeting, USAU Ambassador Battle and AU Commission Deputy Chairperson Erastus Mwencha affirmed the need to broaden and deepen the U.S./AU partnership that began when the AU emerged seven years ago. Specifically, the AU leadership is seeking a strategic di [...] |
2009-10-20 09:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2497 |
ETHIOPIA: ENCOURAGING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET [...] (SBU) P/ECouns and EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Director General for Europe and the Americas Tesfaye Yilma on October 8 and Minister of Finance and Economic Development State Minister Mekonnen Manyazewal on October 13, emphasizing USG concern with the [...] |
2009-10-20 14:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2498 |
DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ETHIOPIA ON P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-21 05:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2499 |
DRUG TRAFFICKING IN ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ethiopia has become increasingly popular as a transit point along narco-trafficking routes as a result of convenient air service, limited law enforcement, and minimal criminal penalties. Heroin is the most commonly trafficked substance, followed by cannabis and cocaine. Most i [...] |
2009-10-21 05:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR ASEC ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2511 |
OPPOSITION COALITION GETTING ORGANIZED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following up on its inaugural General Assembly (GA), the opposition "Forum for Democratic Dialogue" (Forum) plans in coming days to formally apply to the National Elections Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) for legal status as a coalition of political parties and to produce a series of i [...] |
2009-10-21 15:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2535 |
INCREASED INTIMIDATION OF THE PRIVATE PRESS [...] (C) In recent months, the Ethiopian Government (GoE) has significantly ramped up intimidation of the foreign and private press. In early October, the State Prosecutor requested the file of Washington Post reporter Kassahun Addis from the Government Communications Affairs Office (GCAO), promp [...] |
2009-10-26 14:56:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2536 |
ETHIOPIA INVITES EUROPEAN UNION TO OBSERVE 2010 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-27 04:10:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2539 |
LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS ON NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FROM [...] The United Mission to the African Union (USAU) has received the following letter addressed from the AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping to President Obama on October 26. Original follows by pouch. BEGIN TEXT: Mr. President, I was very pleased to learn that you had been awarded the Nobel [...] |
2009-10-27 07:57:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PGOV PREL AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2545 |
AU ECONOMIC COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES AFRICAN [...] (U) On October 20, USAU Ambassador Michael Battle met with Dr. Maxwell Mkwezalamba, the African Union (AU) Commissioner for Economic Affairs. Mkwezalamba began by explaining that the Economic Affairs Commission is organized into three divisions: (1) Economic and Policy Research; (2) Economic [...] |
2009-10-27 13:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2554 |
OPPOSITION GROUP LOOKING MORE LIKE A PARTY, STILL [...] (C) Summary: The Forum for Democratic Dialogue (Forum) continues to try to transform itself from a collection of eight separate parties into a coherent whole. In a series of recent meetings with USG officials and the broader international diplomatic community, however, Forum representatives [...] |
2009-10-28 15:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2556 |
ETHIOPIA'S HOLD OVER THE IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: Both the local International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (Bank) representatives discussed the Government of Ethiopia's (GoE) strong position when negotiating for additional donor assistance during a October 22 lunch with Embassy officials and visiting AF/E Director. Acco [...] |
2009-10-29 05:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ET |
| 09ADDISABABA257 |
ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS PM MELES [...] (C) Acting Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Phil Carter highlighted to Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles over a two-hour January 30 meeting that while principal themes of our foreign policy are unlikely to change across U.S. Administrations, the U.S. will certainly emphasize the diplomacy [...] |
2009-02-02 14:29:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON EAID ET |
| 09ADDISABABA258 |
ACTING A/S CARTER RAISES THE ISSUE OF POLITICAL [...] (S) In a January 30 lunch with ruling party officials, Acting Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Phil Carter dramatically expanded U.S.-Ethiopian bilateral dialogue in highlighting clearly the United States' view that Ethiopia's political space has been shrinking since 2005 and pressing f [...] |
2009-02-02 14:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON ET |
| 09ADDISABABA259 |
MELES ON SUDAN: ICC AND U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (S/NF) In a January 30 meeting, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told Acting AF Assistant Secretary Phil Carter and AF/SPG Director Tim Shortley that with the expected ICC indictment of Sudanese President Bashir either 1) someone within Khartoum would take advantage of the move to attempt to rem [...] |
2009-02-02 14:31:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ASEC SU ET |
| 09ADDISABABA260 |
ETHIOPIA MAKES CASE FOR SOMALILAND [...] (C) On the margins of a discussion with Acting AF Assistant Secretary Phil Carter On January 30, Ethiopia Prime Minister Meles made the case for "semi-recognition" of Somaliland as a critical step necessary to enhance the international community's ability to support Somaliland on regional secu [...] |
2009-02-02 14:31:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA261 |
MELES OFFERS PLANS "A" AND "B" ON SOMALIA [...] (C) In the first U.S.-Ethiopia bilateral meeting on Somalia since Ethiopia's January 26 withdrawal from Somalia, Prime Minister Meles laid out Ethiopia's views on a best case scenario "Plan A" and containment strategy "Plan B" regarding Somalia in a January 30 meeting with Acting Assistant Sec [...] |
2009-02-02 14:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC MARR SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2615 |
OGADENI TRIBAL CHIEF HELD TWO YEARS WITHOUT [...] (C) PolOff recently met with Hassan Ahmed Makhtal (strictly protect), a former Ogadeni (Somali region) tribal chief, who claimed that he was imprisoned without trial for two years and denied medical treatment despite severe health problems. Hassan was released in June after having spent two y [...] |
2009-11-04 11:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2616 |
HIGH RISK OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FOR RURAL [...] (SBU) Rural Ethiopian girls are more at risk of having their rights violated compared to the general Ethiopian population due to harmful traditional practices and cultural attitudes towards females. While there are laws in place to protect girls from some rights violations, the laws are not e [...] |
2009-11-04 11:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2618 |
ETHIOPIA: SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY AND STANDARDS-RELATED [...] (U) This cable is a response to reftel request for reports on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) and Standard-Related foreign trade barriers. Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) -------------------------------- 2. (U) On September 9, 2009, the Ethiopian Government enacted Proclamation No. 655 [...] |
2009-11-04 12:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2624 |
ETHIOPIA: FOUR PARTIES SIGN ELECTORAL CODE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After nearly three months of often tedious negotiation, four Ethiopian political parties -- including the ruling EPRDF -- have signed a preamble to a code of conduct (CoC) intended to govern the political campaign leading to the May 2010 parliamentary elections. Speaking at the [...] |
2009-11-04 14:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2625 |
CONFLICTING RUMORS OF RECRUITMENT OF SOMALI ASYLUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR and the Administration of Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA) deny that recruitment of refugees or Somali asylum seekers to fight for the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) against Al-Shabaab in Somalia is occurring either in the Dolo Odo transit center or Boquolmayo refu [...] |
2009-11-05 05:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL ET SO |
| 09ADDISABABA2638 |
GOLDSTONE REPORT: ETHIOPIA NONCOMMITTAL [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-05 16:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL |
| 09ADDISABABA2639 |
UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION: [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-05 16:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
| 09ADDISABABA2641 |
USAU: AFRICAN UNION CHAIRPERSON DISCUSSES [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-06 06:52:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2642 |
USAU: SYNOPSIS OF AMISOM CONSULTATIVE MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November Consultative Meeting of AMISOM stakeholders reveals a precarious security situation and danger in continuing status quo support to both AMISOM and the TFG. While all stakeholders agree that AMISOM must not fail, few donors are willing to provide sufficiently flexible [...] |
2009-11-06 07:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | IO PGOV PREL SO AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2643 |
ETHIOPIA STUDYING" APPROPRIATE RESPONSE ON NIGER [...] (C) Pol/Econ Counselor discussed Niger with Diector of the Americas Directorate Tesfaye Wilma on November 2 and with Ethiopian Ambassador to the African Union Konjit Sinegiorgis on November 6. Tesfaye said Ethiopia is very concerned about the situation in Niger and welcomes ECOWAS activism on [...] |
2009-11-06 11:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2644 |
USAU: UNECA EXECUTIVE SECRETARY DISCUSSES DONOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAU Ambassador Battle and Under Secretary General Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), affirmed the partnership between the USG and the UN system in support of African development priorities. Janneh shared information about two [...] |
2009-11-06 12:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV IO PREL AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2645 |
ETHIOPIA: PARLIAMENTARIAN RECOUNTS HARASSMENT AT [...] (C) Summary: Member of Parliament and Central Committee member of the opposition Oromo People's Congress Mekonen Geleta reported harassment by woreda (municipal equivalent) officials of the Oromia Region during a recent trip to visit constituents and deliver official Parliamentary documents. [...] |
2009-11-09 10:23:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2648 |
G/TIP VISIT REVEALS PROGRESS, CHALLENGES IN ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) continues to take steps to curb the international trafficking of Ethiopian citizens, but is challenged by economic realities, limited law enforcement capacity, and ever-changing trafficking patterns. To combat international trafficking, the GoE passed a [...] |
2009-11-09 13:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PHUM PGOV SMIG ELAB KWMN PREL EAID DJ SU ET |
| 09ADDISABABA265 |
AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH AU [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by Ambassador Donald Yamamoto, USAID Acting Assistant Administrator Earl Gast, and Sudan Programs Group Director Timothy Shortley, met with AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra January 31, on the margins of the AU [...] |
2009-02-02 16:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO SU ZI CG |
| 09ADDISABABA266 |
AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH AU [...] (C) Summary: At a January 31 meeting on the margins of the African Union Summit, African Union Commission Chairperson Jean Ping and Acting A/S for African Affairs Phillip Carter exchanged views about the major political crises in Africa. They agreed that the international community must remai [...] |
2009-02-02 17:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU XA SU CD |
| 09ADDISABABA2660 |
RISK BASED ASSESSMENT ON AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL SELF-HELP [...] (SBU) Embassy Addis Ababa received an allocation of USD 90,000 for the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program (SSH) for the fiscal year 2009. Eight projects were selected for funding according to the SSH selection criteria and Mission objectives. We estimate that a total of 14,163 people wil [...] |
2009-11-10 14:06:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON AFIN ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2663 |
ETHIOPIA: INFORMATION ON SECURITY DIALOGUES [...] (U) Per reftel request, this cable provides information on security dialogues between the USG and the Government of Ethiopia (GoE). 2. (SBU) Security dialogue between Embassy Addis Ababa and the GoE primarily occurs between the U.S. Defense Attache Office (DAO) and the Ethiopian military. [...] |
2009-11-12 05:50:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC MARR ET |
| 09ADDISABABA267 |
AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by Acting USAID Assistant Administrator Earl Gast, and Sudan Programs Group Director Timothy Shortley, met February 1 with Sudanese Presidential Advisers Nafie Ali Nafie and Mustafa Ismael and Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor [...] |
2009-02-02 17:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU XA SU CD |
| 09ADDISABABA268 |
AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by U.S. Special Envoy for Somalia John Yates, met February 2 with newly elected Somali President Sheikh Sharif on the margins of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa. Carter said the USG would like to see Sharif appoint a broa [...] |
2009-02-02 17:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO |
| 09ADDISABABA2688 |
ETHIOPIA: MFA DISCOURAGED OVER ANOTHER POOR MCC [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-12 14:02:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2689 |
ETHIOPIA: EU ELECTION EXPLORATORY MISSION TO [...] (C) The European Commission plans to send an exploratory mission to evaluate the prospects for fielding a team to observe the 2010 Ethiopian parliamentary elections, but will not do so until February 15, 2010. In a November 12 meeting, First Counsellor and Head of the Political and Informatio [...] |
2009-11-12 14:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA269 |
AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Begin Summary: The Ambassador, AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, Acting USAID Assistant Administrator Earl Gast, and Sudan Programs Group Timothy Shortley met with Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor January 31 on the margins of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. Deng described a L [...] |
2009-02-02 17:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU SU |
| 09ADDISABABA2690 |
Ethiopia: Quiet on Food Security Demarche But Engaged on [...] (U) Post delivered Reftel demarche by diplomatic note to the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 20, and followed up with Tesfaye Yilma, Director General for Europe and the Americas, but did not receive a substantive reply. 2. (SBU) Comment: The US Mission in Addis Ababa has [...] |
2009-11-13 04:02:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2693 |
ELECTORAL PROCESS:ETHIOPIAN OPPOSITION SKEPTICAL [...] (C) At the request of the four political parties who drafted an electoral Code of Conduct (CoC), the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) hosted a series of discussions in order to solicit input from other Ethiopian political parties before submitting the companion legislative package t [...] |
2009-11-16 04:06:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA270 |
AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with UN Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy and UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Eastern Congo Alan Doss January 31 on the margins of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. Carter brought Le [...] |
2009-02-02 18:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU XA SU SO CG RW |
| 09ADDISABABA2720 |
ETHIOPIA ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC UNGA RESOLUTIONS: [...] (SBU) Ambassador Grum Abay, chief of MFA's Directorate of International Organizations, told pol/econ counselor and deputy on November 17 that the ministry has not instructed the Ethiopian Mission to the United Nations how to vote on any of the three country-specific UNGA resolutions or their r [...] |
2009-11-17 15:29:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2732 |
ETHIOPIAN PM APPLAUDS U.S. SUDAN POLICY, TELLS S/E [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles told visiting U.S. Special Envoy Scott Gration he was impressed with the revised U.S. policy on Sudan. Meles said previous U.S. policy cut off a soft landing whereas the new policy, if complemented with patience, could provide an opening for peace. Meles th [...] |
2009-11-18 16:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU ET |
| 09ADDISABABA274 |
AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with UN/AU Joint Darfur Mediator Djibril Bassole on the margins of the AU Summit. Carter thanked Bassole for his efforts thus far. Bassole predicted that if the International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese Pr [...] |
2009-02-03 09:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU AU CD |
| 09ADDISABABA2741 |
ETHIOPIA: SEACOM DEAL STILL AWAITING GOE APPROVAL [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. company Seacom arrived in Ethiopia in early October in hopes of finalizing a contract with the Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) and returned again in mid-November, but has yet to conclude a deal. The contract would allow for Ethiopia to connect to Seacom's e [...] |
2009-11-20 07:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EINT ECON ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2743 |
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES CEO KEEPS SUPPORTING BOEING [...] (SBU) In a shift from his privately-made disparaging remarks about the lobbying efforts of Airbus in June (reftel), Ethiopian Airlines (EAL) CEO Girma Wake told CDA on November 2 that Ethiopian Airlines needs a "mix of planes given the size of the airline." (Note: Wake subsequently confirmed [...] |
2009-11-20 11:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD ECON ET |
| 09ADDISABABA276 |
AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH AU [...] (C) Summary: On January 30, AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with African Union Deputy Commissioner Erastus Mwencha. Mwencha expressed enthusiasm for the incoming Obama Administration and sketched ambitious plans for the AU Commission, while Carter encouraged his interlocutor [...] |
2009-02-03 11:56:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU SU CD |
| 09ADDISABABA2763 |
ETHIOPIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent economic highlights in Ethiopia include: 1) Government of Ethiopia (GoE) claims 10 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for fiscal year 2008/09; 2) Falling inflation rates; 3) Birr still overvalued at 12.59 per USD alongside continuing foreign exchange crunch; 4) W [...] |
2009-11-23 13:18:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA277 |
AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: On January 30, AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister for Africa Zhai Jun on the margins of the AU Summit. Zhai was chiefly interested in trying to talk the United States out of its stated opposition to a UN Security Council Articl [...] |
2009-02-03 11:57:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU SU CH |
| 09ADDISABABA2770 |
INCREASE IN TCN IMMIGRANT VISAS CAUSES CONCERN IN ADDIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Consular section in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia has noted a substantial increase in the number of third country national immigrant visa cases. From FY08 to FY09, post recorded a 13 percent increase in the total number of immigrant visa cases scheduled. Over the same period, post [...] |
2009-11-24 07:58:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS KTIP PHUM PGOV SMIG ELAB KWMN PREL EAID |
| 09ADDISABABA2773 |
USAU: AFRICAN UNION TO NAME NEW SPECIAL [...] (U) This message is from USAU Ambassador Battle. 2. (C) The African Union (AU) will soon announce the appointment of Ambassador Boubacar Gaoussou Diarra as the Special Representative of the Commission Chairperson (SRCC) for Somalia, replacing Ambassador Nicolas Bwakira. Diarra, a long-time [...] |
2009-11-24 12:40:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SO AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2808 |
USAU: AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - THEME AND SCHEDULE OF [...] The African Union (AU) has announced that the theme of the 2010 AU Summit will be "Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development." 2. The schedule of meetings is as follows: a) Permanent Representative Committee of Ambassadors (PRC): 25- [...] |
2009-11-25 14:31:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2809 |
PARTY PATRONAGE AND FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IN ETHIOPIA [...] (C) Recent allegations of the politicization of foreign assistance in Ethiopia, including humanitarian food aid, are consistent with reports by non-governmental organizations, opposition political parties, the media, and members of the international donor community. The manipulation of humani [...] |
2009-11-25 14:33:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2816 |
SOMALILAND NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION TRAINING [...] (SBU) CDA was invited to a November 22 dinner hosted by the British Ambassador for the members of the Somaliland National Electoral Commission (NEC). The members of the commission are in Addis Ababa for training in electoral systems and procedures, apparently organized by the British, under t [...] |
2009-11-30 14:31:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2817 |
ETHIOPIAN PM CONSIDERING PRO-ACTIVE OPTIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told visiting AF/DAS Wycoff and CDA on November 19 that he wanted to give the USG a "heads up" that Ethiopia was considering actively supporting armed Eritrean opposition groups if the international community fails to take action to isolate Asmara. [...] |
2009-11-30 15:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2833 |
ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT PROTESTS FRENCH CRITICISM OF [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Affairs State Minister Tekada expressed strong concerns December 1 to CDA and DCM regarding reported French objections to a proposed UNSC resolution which includes sanctions directed at Eritrea. Tekada said that he and FM Seyoum had met earlier in the day with the French [...] |
2009-12-02 14:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ER ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2843 |
OCT-NOV REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT NEWSLETTER, EAST AFRICA [...] (U) Summary: This Regional Environment Office (REO) eastern Africa newsletter combines reporting from October and November 2009, with an emphasis on energy developments, the latest USG and Africa climate change positions in the run up to Copenhagen, updates on the Nile Basin Initiative, and an [...] |
2009-12-03 12:00:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV ENRG ETRD PGOV ECON ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2852 |
OIOS: ETHIOPIAN DOING DUE DILIGENCE ON OWN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-04 11:31:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UNAUS PREL AMGT ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2853 |
ETHIOPIA: 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT ON FOREIGN [...] (U) This cable is a response to reftel request for the 2010 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers. TRADE SUMMARY ------------- 2. (U) The U.S. goods trade surplus with Ethiopia was $147.2 million in 2008, an increase of 89 percent over the surplus of $77.7 million in 2 [...] |
2009-12-04 11:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2855 |
OIOS: ETHIOPIAN DOING DUE DILIGENCE ON OWN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-07 04:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UNAUS PREL AMGT ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2856 |
SOMALI REGIONAL PRESIDENT'S VISA DELAY PERCEIVED [...] (C) An ongoing delay in the issuance of a visa to Somali Regional State President Dawed Mohammed has been interpreted in the region as U.S. condemnation of his alleged participation in human rights abuses. Ethiopia's ethnic Somali population has largely welcomed this action, viewing it as a c [...] |
2009-12-07 05:18:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CVIS ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2871 |
ETHIOPIA: 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT ON FOREIGN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2872 |
NOMINATION FOR THE 2010 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] The United States Mission to the African Union (USAU) wishes to nominate Sergeant Angela Nyakeyo for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Sergeant Nyakeyo is serving in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), a critical mission that is trying to restore peace a [...] |
2009-12-07 14:18:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KWMN PHUM AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2873 |
ETHIOPIA'S NOMINATION: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD [...] (U) Embassy Addis Ababa would like to nominate Ms. Birtukan Midekssa Deme, Chairperson, Unity for Democracy and Justice Party, as our nominee for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. The remainder of this cable is tracked to nomination detail criteria outlined in reft [...] |
2009-12-08 05:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2877 |
ETHIOPIA: OPPOSITION WEIGHS ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES [...] (C) Visiting DAS Wycoff discussed in separate November 19 meetings with prominent Ethiopian opposition leaders their strategies for engagement in the 2010 national elections. Bulcha Demeksa of the "Forum" opposition coalition expressed deep resentment towards the ruling EPRDF for what he called [...] |
2009-12-09 04:39:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2878 |
DAS WYCOFF DISCUSSES TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting DAS Karl Wycoff and CDA Meece hosted a luncheon on November 19 to discuss trade and investment issues with Government of Ethiopia (GoE) officials from the trade and finance ministries. All parties expressed an interest in moving forward with scheduling the second work [...] |
2009-12-09 05:40:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2880 |
ETHIOPIA: GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION AFFAIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 19 meeting with visiting AF Deputy Assistant Secretary Wycoff, Ethiopian Minister for Government Communication Bereket Simon promised equal air time for opposition parties in the run-up to Ethiopia's parliamentary elections in 2010. The government will offer l [...] |
2009-12-09 07:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2895 |
USAU MEETING WITH SOUTH SUDAN'S REPRESENTATIVE IN [...] (SBU) On December 8 USAU Ambassador Battle and the U.S. Charge to Ethiopia Mushingi attended a lunch hosted by the French Ambassador to the African Union and Ethiopia, Ambassador Jean-Christophe Belliard, and attended by Ambassadors from the AU Partner Nations and the Sudan Head of Mission fo [...] |
2009-12-09 09:48:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU SO ER AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2900 |
ETHIOPIA SEEKS DRAMATIC CHANGE IN AGRICULTURAL LAND USE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. All land in Ethiopia is owned by the government. Farmland is leased long-term to individuals (95 percent) and companies (5 percent). Having determined that (1) vastly more acreage must be brought into agricultural production, (2) existing farmland must be made much more product [...] |
2009-12-10 07:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EINV ETRD ECON EFIN BEXP AF ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2902 |
USAU: AFRICAN UNION, UNECA HOLD PARTNERS DIALOGUE [...] (U) SUMMARY: From December 1-2, the AU and UNECA hosted a Partners Dialogue in Addis Ababa, bringing together 15 donor nations and other entities to discuss how to create a more strategic and equitable partnership between the AU/ECA and donors. Key themes that emerged included: the need for a [...] |
2009-12-10 10:12:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2903 |
NATIONAL ELECTORAL BOARD WELL-TRAINED, SOLID ON [...] (C) Summary: The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) Chairman told visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary Karl Wycoff the NEBE was prepared to hold free, peaceful and fair parliamentary elections in 2010. Over the past year, the NEBE has carried out strategic planning, structural reform [...] |
2009-12-10 10:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2905 |
ETHIOPIAN FM ON TFG AND ERITREA DURING WYCOFF VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs Seyoum Mesfin highlighted to visiting AF/DAS Wycoff the severe financial crisis facing the TFG, reiterating comments made by PM Meles. He also noted that Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheik Sharif had said during a [...] |
2009-12-10 11:48:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2908 |
ETHIOPIA ON RELIGIOUS DEFAMATION [...] (C) On December 8, Political-Economic Counselor met with the Director of the Directorate-General for International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Grum, to deliver Reftel points on religious defamation. Ethiopia voted in favor of the resolution last year. Grum sa [...] |
2009-12-10 13:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIRF ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2909 |
ETHIOPIA ON CANDIDATE FOR OIOS [...] (C) On December 8, Political-Economic Counselor met with the Director of the Directorate-General for International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Grum, to deliver Reftel A points on the potential Ethiopian candidate for the Office of Internal Oversight Services ( [...] |
2009-12-10 13:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UN PREL AMGT ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2911 |
USAU: AFRICAN UNION OPPOSES DADIS' RETURN TO GUINEA [...] (C) On December 10, USAU Ambassador Battle discussed with the African Union Commission Chairperson's Chief of Staff, Ambassador John Shinkayie, the future status of Guinean coup leader Dadis Camara as well as the planned International Contact Group meeting on Guinea. Ambassador Shinkayie state [...] |
2009-12-10 13:58:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2912 |
USAU: AFRICAN UNION PUSHING FOR SOLUTION IN [...] (SBU) In a December 10 meeting at AU headquarters, Ambassador John Shinkayie, the Chief of Staff of the AU Commission Chairperson, told USAU Ambassador Battle that the African Union is establishing an office in Antananarivo to help coordinate the transition period per the Maputo Agreement. Th [...] |
2009-12-10 14:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2916 |
ETHIOPIA: GINBOT 7 TRIALS, CONVICTION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ginbot 7 case -- which began on April 24 when security forces rounded up 35 individuals allegedly involved in a coup plot against the Meles Zenawi government -- is currently in the sentencing phase following convictions handed down on November 19. Police investigation and p [...] |
2009-12-11 08:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ET |
| 09ADDISABABA292 |
ETHIOPIA A DICTATORSHIP, DON'T LET AID ENABLE IT: [...] (C) Ethiopian opposition party leaders told Acting Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Phil Carter and Assistant USAID Administrator for Africa Earl Gast on January 30 that Ethiopia is increasingly becoming a military dictatorship where dissenting opinions are suppressed and access to cons [...] |
2009-02-04 13:31:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL EAID ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2926 |
REPORT OF 20TH GLOBAL FUND BOARD MEETING NOV 9-11, 2009 [...] The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB), and Malaria (Global Fund) held its 20th Board meeting on November 9-11, 2009, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The U.S. government (USG) holds a permanent seat on the Global Fund Board and works through the Board to make funding decisions and provid [...] |
2009-12-14 13:06:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV EAID TBIO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2935 |
PM MELES URGES ACTION ON SUDAN, NON-COMMITTAL ON [...] (C) Prime Minister Meles told visiting DASD Ambassador Huddleston that there is a "complete coincidence of vital security interests" between the U.S. and Ethiopia. He agreed to discuss the issue of Leahy vetting with military commanders, but did not agree to any specific action. Meles descri [...] |
2009-12-15 09:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PTER YE SO SU ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2936 |
DASD HUDDLESTON DISCUSSES ETHIOPIAN ECONOMY WITH [...] (SBU) Government of Ethiopia (GoE) Minister of Finance and Economic Development Sufian Ahmed reviewed local economic conditions with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Vicki Huddleston during a December 10 meeting. DASD Huddleston congratulated the GoE on stron [...] |
2009-12-15 09:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EAGR EAIR ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2937 |
ETHIOPIAN FM DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY WITH DASD [...] (C) Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin told visiting DASD Ambassador Huddleston the GoE is confident that U.S.-Ethiopia relations are as strong as ever, and agreed to work with the Ministry of Defense to resolve issues surrounding Leahy Vetting requirements for the Ethiopian military. He urged th [...] |
2009-12-15 09:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS YE SO SU ET |
| 09ADDISABABA294 |
AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH ECOWAS [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Chair Mohamed Chambas February 2 on the margins of the African Union Summit. Carter thanked ECOWAS for its principled stand against the coup in Guinea and the two discussed el [...] |
2009-02-04 15:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GN AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2941 |
FORUM CALLS FOR FAIR VOTE COUNTING AND FAIRLY [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity Forum (Forum) told members of the Ethiopian Partners Group (EPG) the 2010 election could not be free and fair because the selection of 200,000 public observers was inherently skewed to the benefit of the ruling party, including r [...] |
2009-12-15 14:50:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2943 |
GLOBAL HEALTH INITATIVE: PROMOTING GREATER AWARENESS AND [...] The U.S. Mission to Ethiopia wishes to provide the following comments in response to State cable 00125761 regarding the goals and principles of the President's Global Health Initiative (GHI). The broad goals around improving overall health outcomes and increasing country capacity to improve p [...] |
2009-12-16 04:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV EAID ET KOCI KWMN |
| 09ADDISABABA2944 |
USAU: AFRICAN UNION CONTEMPLATING SUMMIT OF ALL [...] The African Union is contemplating a summit in early 2010 that would assemble all of Sudan's political leadership ahead of the 2010 elections. AU Commissioner for Peace and Security Ramtane Lamamra raised this possibility during a meeting of the African Union Partners Group on Peace and Secur [...] |
2009-12-16 08:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SU AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2945 |
USAU: AFRICAN UNION LEADERSHIP AT STAKE DURING [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request in para 8. 2. (C) Summary: With the African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa less than six weeks away, speculation about which African head of state will be elected Chairperson of the AU Assembly for 2010 is in full gear. For the AU Commission le [...] |
2009-12-16 10:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2946 |
USAU: AMISOM MEETING UNDERSCORES FRUSTRATION, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a December 14 meeting at the AU, AMISOM stakeholders and partners expressed their frustration with the ongoing danger in Somalia and discussed how to improve the situation. Many underscored the need to enhance the TFG and its security forces, as well as the need for partners [...] |
2009-12-16 14:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2952 |
USAU: AU COMMISSIONER LAMAMRA DISCUSSES GUINEA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for African Affairs Karl Wycoff met with the African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ramtane Lamamra, on November 20 in Addis Ababa to address a range of issues. On the topic of Guinea, Lamamra said that while the AU had discussed [...] |
2009-12-17 08:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2959 |
USAU: AMISOM EXPERTS MEET FOLLOWING AUC MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a December 15 meeting of experts focusing on Somalia, the Force Commander advocated for an increase in AMISOM's troop strength in order to help the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) stabilize Mogadishu, as well as an internatQally supported program to encourage defection [...] |
2009-12-18 08:16:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AU MASS PREL SO |
| 09ADDISABABA2960 |
ETHIOPIA 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Over the last three years, the East Africa extremist networks led by al-Shabaab have increased their capability, numbers and strength. The threat posed by these networks, particularly the increase of foreign fighters and jihadist recruits, is a growing concern. The Ethiopian government is co [...] |
2009-12-18 08:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2963 |
USAU: AFRICA ECONOMIC CONFERENCE REITERATES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) hosted the Africa Economic Conference (AEC) in November at UNECA headquarters in Addis Ababa. Conference participants, including African leadership, expressed unanimous support for pan-African i [...] |
2009-12-18 13:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL AU |
| 09ADDISABABA2977 |
SUSPICIONS REMAIN HIGH AS CONFLICT, ABUSES [...] (C) Contacts in Ethiopia's Somali Regional State report that although humanitarian access has improved, the humanitarian situation has declined since 2007, as a result of continued conflict, restricted humanitarian access, trade blockage, and repeated seasons of poor rain. Government of Ethio [...] |
2009-12-22 09:10:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM ASEC MOPS PREL SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2981 |
USAU: TUNISIAN AMBASSADOR PREVIEWS KEY ISSUES FOR [...] (C) In a December 22 meeting with USAU Ambassador Michael Battle, incoming African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) Chair, Tunisian Ambassador Hatem Atallah, discussed the key issues that he anticipated would dominate his chairmanship and the upcoming Heads of State Summit in January. B [...] |
2009-12-22 14:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | AU PGOV PREL |
| 09ADDISABABA2982 |
ETHIOPIA: DEATH SENTENCES FOR FIVE GINBOT 7 DEFENDANTS [...] (U) In a packed courtroom on December 22, Ethiopia's Federal High Court sentenced 40 Ginbot 7 defendants (reftel). The Court sentenced five defendants to death, 33 defendants to life terms, and two defendants to 10 years. The charges in which the defendants were convicted included: conspirac [...] |
2009-12-22 14:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM ET |
| 09ADDISABABA3008 |
ETHIOPIA BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH FUNDING REQUEST [...] (SBU) In accordance with reftel guidance, Embassy Addis Ababa submits the following request for biotechnology outreach funds to support a biotechnology workshop to be held by the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in Addis Ababa February 2-4, 2010. USAID/Ethiopia is also supporting this effort. [...] |
2009-12-24 08:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA3010 |
ETHIOPIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES ELECTORAL CODE OF [...] (U) On December 22, the Ethiopian Parliament passed a new electoral code of conduct into law, following more than three months of negotiations between the ruling Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) and opposition political parties, and a further two months of review in Pa [...] |
2009-12-24 08:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ET |
| 09ADDISABABA3026 |
MELES IN COPENHAGEN: ETHIOPIA GIVES CAVEATED APPROVAL [...] (SBU) In the aftermath of the December 2009 United Nations Framework Convention's Fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP15) meeting in Copenhagen, Ethiopia has mixed reactions to the Accord. As Chair of the African Union (AU) Conference of African Heads of State and Governments on Climate Ch [...] |
2009-12-29 11:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA SENV ETRD PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA3027 |
ETHIOPIA: HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS REGARDING SEXUAL [...] (SBU) Ethiopia is a conservative society, as the vast majority of the population identifies itself as Ethiopian Orthodox Christian or Muslim. Leaders of both religious groups have denounced homosexuality. Homosexual conduct between adults is criminalized under Ethiopian law and punishable by [...] |
2009-12-30 05:09:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA3067 |
THREATS AGAINST WORLD FOOD PROGRAM IN ETHIOPIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. World Food Program (WFP) officials in Ethiopia have reported to U.S. Mission officials that three threats have been communicated to WFP staff during December by individuals claiming to be members of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF). Each of the communications was a th [...] |
2009-12-31 12:48:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA3068 |
ERITREAN OPPOSITION IN ETHIOPIA ASKS FOR INCREASED [...] (C) Summary: The new Head of Foreign Relations for the Eritrean National Salvation Front (ENSF), Dr. Yusuf Berhanu Ahmeddin, told Poloffs the party seeks to replace Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, and is broadening contacts with the diplomatic community to keep diplomats informed of the o [...] |
2009-12-31 13:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ET |
| 09ADDISABABA31 |
ETHIOPIA PASSES RESTRICTIVE CSO LAW [...] (SBU) On January 6, the Ethiopian Parliament passed a new Charities and Societies Proclamation (CSO law)(Refs A-C) to regulate the conduct of civil society organizations. As expected, the law prohibits civil society organizations that receive more than ten percent of their funding from foreign [...] |
2009-01-06 13:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM EAID ET |
| 09ADDISABABA314 |
ETHIOPIAN COUNTRYSIDE: SUPPRESSING DISSENT, [...] (C) A four-day visit to Western Oromiya by PolOff revealed a political environment that suppressed dissent, created fear, and clearly focused on eliminating any opportunity for political dialogue with the opposition. Landlords refused to rent out office space to opposition parties, and oppositi [...] |
2009-02-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ET |
| 09ADDISABABA317 |
AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met Vittorio Scelzo, head of the International Department of the Community of Sant'Egidio (CSE), and Kpakile Felemou, head of the CSE in Guinea, on the margins of the African Union (AU) Summit on 1 February. Discussions focused on S [...] |
2009-02-05 15:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU GN AU |
| 09ADDISABABA318 |
AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with Mauritania's National Assembly President Messaoud Ould Boulkheir on February 1 on the margins of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. Boulkheir thanked the USG for its unwavering support of the legitimately elected government of Presi [...] |
2009-02-05 15:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU MR |
| 09ADDISABABA319 |
AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by Sudan Programs Group Director Tim Shortley, met February 2 with Chadian Foreign Minister Moussa Mahamat Faki on the margins of the African Union Summit. Carter asked Foreign Minister Faki and the Government of Chad (GoC) to [...] |
2009-02-05 15:40:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU XA SU CD |
| 09ADDISABABA32 |
ETHIOPIA'S NEW PRESS LAW: BEWARE "OFFENSES" [...] (SBU) Ethiopia's new press law, the "Freedom of the Mass Media and Access to Information Proclamation," came into effect December 4, 2008 (although Part Three, the "Access to Information" portion, will enter into force on December 4, 2009 unless that deadline is extended by Parliament). The n [...] |
2009-01-06 13:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO PHUM ET |
| 09ADDISABABA320 |
AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEETS [...] (U) Action for Embassy Antananarivo -- see paragraph 5. 2. (C) On February 2 AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met Malagasy Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva on the margins of the African Union (AU) summit. The discussion focused exclusively on the crisis arising from the conf [...] |
2009-02-05 15:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MA AU |
| 09ADDISABABA321 |
AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH EU [...] (C) Begin Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by Ambassador Yamamoto and Sudan Programs Groups Director Timothy Shortley met with EU Special Envoy Torben Brylle January 31, on the margins of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. Carter discussed the potential impact of the [...] |
2009-02-05 15:57:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU SU CD |
| 09ADDISABABA322 |
AU SUMMIT -- ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEETS UK [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 1 Acting Assistant Secretary Carter met U.K. Minister for Africa, Asia and the United Nations, Lord Mark Malloch Brown, on the margins of the African Union Summit. They discussed Sudan, Somalia, Zimbabwe and the situation in the Congo. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) U.K [...] |
2009-02-05 16:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU SO SU ZI CG XA |
| 09ADDISABABA324 |
AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARTER [...] (C/NF) Summary. UN Special Envoy for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah told Acting Assistant Secretary for Africa Phil Carter and Special Envoy for Somalia John Yates on February 2 that newly elected Transitional Federal Government /Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (TFG/ARS) President S [...] |
2009-02-06 05:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA325 |
AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARTER [...] (C/NF) Summary. Malawi Foreign Minister Joyce Banda told Acting Assistant Secretary for Africa Phil Carter on January 31 that Malawi would not accept any attempt by the United States to establish a "parallel election process." Carter assured her that the United States' only goal was to help [...] |
2009-02-06 05:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM PGOV KPKO MI ZI |
| 09ADDISABABA326 |
AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe on February 1 on the margins of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. They discussed a range of topics including the Secretary's call to Nigerian President Yar'Adua, Nigerian troop contribution [...] |
2009-02-06 05:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SO NI AU |
| 09ADDISABABA327 |
AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Chair Mohamed Chambas February 2 on the margins of the African Union Summit. Carter thanked ECOWAS for its principled stand against the coup in Guinea and the two discussed e [...] |
2009-02-06 05:57:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GV EK ECOWAS AU |
| 09ADDISABABA332 |
USAU: PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVES [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para. 6. 2. (U) Summary: At its February 5 meeting, the African Union's (AU) Peace and Security Council decided to impose targeted sanctions on the Mauritanian junta that overthrew democratically elected President Abdallahi six months ago. The [...] |
2009-02-06 15:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR AU |
| 09ADDISABABA354 |
AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary met with French Ministry of Foreign Affairs AF A/S-Equivalent Stephane Gompertz, Presidential Advisor for African Affairs Remi Marechaux, and Ambassador Jean-Christophe Belliard February 2 on the margins of the African Union Summit. On Sudan, the Fr [...] |
2009-02-09 16:12:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR XA AU |
| 09ADDISABABA355 |
AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (U) Action request for Embassy Cairo -- see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met February 2 with Egyptian Assistant Minister for Africa Mona Omar Atteya on the margins of the African Union Summit. Carter asked Atteya to pressure Sudan to pause [...] |
2009-02-09 16:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU EG AU CD XA |
| 09ADDISABABA356 |
AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH EU [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by Acting USAID Assistant Administrator for Africa Earl Gast, met with European Commission Director General for Development Stefano Manservisi on February 1 on the margins of the African Union Summit. Carter sought EU support [...] |
2009-02-09 16:40:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU XA AU |
| 09ADDISABABA357 |
AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 2, AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met South African Foreign Minister Dlamini Dlamini-zuma on the margins of the African Union Summit. Their discussion focused primarily on the situation in Zimbabwe and touched on Sudan and Congo. Dlamini-zuma made tw [...] |
2009-02-09 17:06:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XA AU |
| 09ADDISABABA373 |
AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: On February 2, on the margins of the African Union Summit, AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met Rwanda's Foreign Minister, Rosemary Museminali, to discuss the Rwandan role in stabilizing Eastern Congo. They recognized the need for a delicate balance in managing the [...] |
2009-02-10 17:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RW CG AU |
| 09ADDISABABA379 |
INSIDE MFA: PARTY HACKS AND VIEWS ON BILATERAL [...] (S/NF) In a private February 10 meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, a long-term Foreign Ministry (MFA) official lamented that the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) has begun stacking government offices with newly-recruited party members through the on-going Business Pra [...] |
2009-02-11 13:44:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC ET |
| 09ADDISABABA380 |
OPIC INVESTMENT FUND: A GOOD CARROT, BUT ETHIOPIAN [...] (SBU) While an OPIC-supported private equity fund could support U.S. and nominal Ethiopian Government (GoE) economic development objectives in Ethiopia, we assess that Ethiopia's current business and macroeconomic policy environment is not conducive to taking full advantage of such a resource. [...] |
2009-02-11 13:48:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN OPIC ET |
| 09ADDISABABA381 |
ETHNIC INSURGENCY AND POLITICAL OPPOSITION IN [...] (S/NF) This cable responds to reftel request for information on political opposition and ethnic insurgent movements in Ethiopia. A. (C) WHAT POLITICAL OPPOSITION GROUPS ARE ACTIVE IN ETHIOPIA? ARE ANY OF THEM LOOKING TO MERGE AND PRESENT A CHALLENGE TO THE GOVERNMENT IN 2010? -- Unity f [...] |
2009-02-11 18:47:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PTER ET ER |
| 09ADDISABABA386 |
ETHIOPIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Post provides the following input on trafficking in persons issues in Ethiopia. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact until March 1: Pol/Econ Officer Kimberly E. Wright, office: +251 (11) 517-4112; fax: +251 (11) 124-2405, WRIGHTKE2@STATE.GOV After March 1: Deputy Pol/Econ Chief Dante Parad [...] |
2009-02-13 06:16:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC |
| 09ADDISABABA392 |
WHAT NEXT FOR ETHIOPIA AND SOMALIA? THE VIEW FROM [...] (S/NF) In response to a tasking by Acting Assistant Secretary for Africa Phil Carter, Embassy Addis Ababa offers its perspective on where things stand in Somalia, particularly with regard to Ethiopia's future involvement, and where they might go next. While predicting anything in Somali pol [...] |
2009-02-13 07:34:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA393 |
ANECDOTES ON UNITED WESTERN SOMALI LIBERATION [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief has debriefed two Somali-speaking development workers who have recently traveled throughout Ethiopia's Somali region regarding reports about the United Western Somali Liberation Front (UWSLF). While we cannot independently verify the information provided, the consistencies [...] |
2009-02-13 10:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PTER ASEC PGOV MOPS ET |
| 09ADDISABABA454 |
U.S. ENGAGEMENT VITAL TO NILE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) The Nile River runs through ten countries, whose populations depend on its waters for their livelihood. It is a shared, multi-state river basin characterized by water scarcity, poverty, rapid population, and a long history of dispute and instability. Sound and equitable management of the Ni [...] |
2009-02-23 11:01:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID AMGT XW BY RW ET |
| 09ADDISABABA459 |
ETHIOPIAN FORMIN CALLS FOR SENIOR BILATERAL TALKS TO [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin called in Ambassador and USAID/Ethiopia Mission Director February 20 to officially protest Congress' listing of Ethiopia in last year's foreign operations appropriations bill (section 620) with 20 other countries -- including Sudan, Zimbabwe and Ir [...] |
2009-02-24 04:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ET |
| 09ADDISABABA465 |
USAU: AFRICAN UNION TO REVIEW AMISOM MANDATE IN [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of a double suicide bombing against an AMISOM base in Mogadishu, the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council has ordered an "urgent reassessment" of AMISOM's mandate. The Council also appealed to the UN to accelerate implementation of a support package for AMISO [...] |
2009-02-24 12:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO AU BY SO UG |
| 09ADDISABABA47 |
G/TIP FY07 PROGRAMS: MONITORING REQUEST - ETHIOPIA [...] (U) Per reftel, this cable provides monitoring information for the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons' (G/TIP), USD 324,000 grant to Project Concern International (PCI) to support the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in the identification, rescue, assistance to and referral of tra [...] |
2009-01-12 10:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN KTIP ET |
| 09ADDISABABA472 |
WORLD BANK PBS VOTE - SETTING BENCHMARKS AND REVIEW [...] (SBU) The World Bank's Protecting Basic Services (PBS) project has filled a gap in providing critical health and education services to rural Ethiopians while creating a limited window of significant transparency in illuminating budget allocation and expenditure data to the public. Still, three [...] |
2009-02-25 12:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA49 |
USAU: AU'S URGENT REQUEST TO EQUIP AMISOM, SOMALI [...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request in paragraph 10. 2. (U) Summary: The African Union is asking the international community, principally the US, EU, and UK, to commit immediate financia and logistical support not only to AMISOM, but also to a 10,000 strong joint security force compose [...] |
2009-01-12 12:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USUN AU |
| 09ADDISABABA495 |
ADDIS ABABA RESPONSE-SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (SBU) POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND DEMONSTRATIONS ------------------------------------- A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? -Yes, there is a sizable Muslim population throughout Ethiopia as wel [...] |
2009-02-27 09:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER |
| 09ADDISABABA500 |
SOMALIA: ANECDOTES FROM A TFG INSIDER [...] (C/NF) Summary. Former Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Ambassador to Ethiopia Abdul Karin Farah told PolOff on February 26 that TFG President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed intended to reinstate Farah as the TFG's ambassador to Ethiopia as soon as possible. (Note: Farah was the TFG Ambas [...] |
2009-03-03 04:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA505 |
ETHIOPIA CIRCULATES DRAFT ANTI-TERRORISM [...] (C) The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has drafted a comprehensive anti-terrorist statute (the "Anti-Terrorism Proclamation" (ATP)) that, if enacted in its current form, would give the GoE authorities comparable to those of a police state in matters related to terrorism, as it eliminates most ci [...] |
2009-03-03 13:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ET |
| 09ADDISABABA557 |
ETHIOPIA: INFORMATION REQUEST FOR G-20 MEETINGS [...] (C) Per Ref A, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) relishes its role as the chair of The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) as the G-20 is set to convene March 14 to 15, 2009, and sees the position as a platform to help NEPAD revitalize its role in achieving policy autonomy for Afri [...] |
2009-03-04 14:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA567 |
AMBASSADOR DELIVERS MESSAGE OF CONCERN TO TIGRAY [...] (C) In a February 26-27 visit to Mekele, the Ambassador met with Central Committee members from the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF, the core party within the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) Coalition) to highlight U.S. concerns about Ethiopia's narrow [...] |
2009-03-05 05:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA574 |
KENYA: DADAAB REFUGEE CAMP CONDITIONS [...] (U) Regional Refugee Coordinator (Refcoord) Inga Heemink and Refugee Program Officer Matt Austin visited Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya January 19-26 to review current conditions at the camp, discuss ongoing negotiations for additional land allocation, and monitor PRM-funded projects. Despite th [...] |
2009-03-05 11:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV EAID KE ET SO |
| 09ADDISABABA578 |
MELES COMPLAINS OF SHIFTING U.S. POLICY [...] (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles Zenawi called in Ambassador February 25 to discuss Ethiopia's perception that the U.S. has taken a tougher policy shift towards Ethiopia, stressing human rights concerns over shared objectives on regional stability, counterterrorism and development. The meeting rei [...] |
2009-03-06 08:26:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ET |
| 09ADDISABABA594 |
BIRTUKAN MIDEKSSA IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT [...] (SBU) Ms. Almaz Gebre-Egzabhier, mother of incarcerated opposition leader Birtukan Midekssa (reftel), informed Pol/Econ Chief on March 11 that her daughter has been held in solitary confinement at Kaliti prison since January. Birtukan's attorney was able to visit her once in January but has si [...] |
2009-03-11 14:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PGOV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA598 |
USAU: AU SOMALIA ENVOY BWAKIRA ON AMISOM SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: The AU's Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Nicolas Bwakira, told USAU on March 12 that Troop Contributing Countries and the African Union Commission are readying to make a strong pitch for stronger equipment and logistical support for AMISOM troops. They deem that in [...] |
2009-03-12 09:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU SO |
| 09ADDISABABA605 |
ETHIOPIAN MFA OFFICIAL: TFG PRESIDENT SHARIF IN A [...] (C/NF) Summary. Ethiopian MFA Official, and former special envoy to Somalia, Abdetta Dribssa told PolOff on March 12 that, in his view, Unity Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif would have no choice but to ask the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) peacekeep [...] |
2009-03-13 10:44:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA606 |
ETHIOPIA: SOMALI REGIONAL PRESIDENT DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Newly-appointed Somali Regional President Dawood Mohammed told the Ambassador and delegation that Ethiopia's Somali region wants U.S. and international support for long-term development, especially in exploiting water resources. Security is still a major issue in the Somali region, Dawo [...] |
2009-03-13 11:01:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV EAID ET |
| 09ADDISABABA63 |
ETIOPIA CSO LAW AND OPPOSITION LEADER ARREST [...] (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by the UK and French DCMs, called on Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu on behalf of the Ethiopia Partner's Group (EPG)(which consists of ambassadors accredited to Ethiopia) to provide an advance copy of a statement to be issued by the EP [...] |
2009-01-13 13:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM EAID ET |
| 09ADDISABABA64 |
ETIOPIA CSO LAW AND OPPOSITION LEADER ARREST [...] (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by the UK and French DCMs, called on Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu on behalf of the Ethiopia Partner's Group (EPG)(which consists of ambassadors accredited to Ethiopia) to provide an advance copy of a statement to be issued by the EP [...] |
2009-01-13 13:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM EAID ET |
| 09ADDISABABA640 |
ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER MELES CAUTIONS DIPLOMATS [...] (C) Prime Minister Meles cautioned the Ambassador during a March 7 meeting that foreign diplomats and governments are giving misleading messages to the opposition and domestic insurgent group, the Oromo National Liberation Front (ONLF). The opposition and ONLF come away from their meetings wit [...] |
2009-03-16 12:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL EAID ET |
| 09ADDISABABA648 |
PUNTLAND MOVING FURTHER AWAY FROM THE TFG [...] (C/NF) Summary. The newly elected President of Puntland, Dr. Abdirahman Mohamed "Farole," told the Ambassador on March 14 that he felt Puntland was not being represented within the Djibouti peace process, and that UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ahmedou Ould-Abdall [...] |
2009-03-17 06:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA653 |
SOMALIA: TFG SECURITY OFFICIALS VISIT ADDIS ABABA [...] (S/NF) Summary. Somalia unity Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Internal Security Affairs Omar Hashi Aden, National Police Chief Abdi Qeybdiid, and General Mohamed Sheikh Hassan, likely to be the next TFG National Intelligence Chief, told the Ambassador on March 6 that the T [...] |
2009-03-18 08:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA662 |
ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS MARCH 18, 2009 TO REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 18, 2009 the Addis Ababa EAC convened to review Mission travel policy for travel to Ethiopia's Somali Region. EAC was chaired by COM and attended: DCM, CON, DAO, P/E, RSO, ORA and the United States Mission to the African Union. EAC agreed to continue to review closely prop [...] |
2009-03-18 13:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
| 09ADDISABABA675 |
FOREIGN EXCHANGE SHORTAGE HALTS COCA COLA PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) Coca Cola's (Coke) primary distributor in Ethiopia, Coca Cola Sabco, stopped production at their bottling facility, outside of Addis Ababa on March 12, 2009, as a result of Ethiopia's foreign exchange (forex) crisis. Coca Cola Sabco's decision to stop production in Ethiopia follows eight [...] |
2009-03-19 11:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA677 |
PARTY-STATALS: HOW THE RULING PARTIES' [...] (C) Upon taking power in 1991, the ruling Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) liquidated non-military assets held by the movement to found a series of companies whose profits would be used as venture capital to rehabilitate the war-torn Tigray region's economy. The TPLF bestowed a porti [...] |
2009-03-19 12:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAID ET |
| 09ADDISABABA697 |
MELES TOUTS "GREAT VICTORY" IN SOMALIA, CONCEDES [...] (SBU) Answering questions from Parliament, Prime Minister Meles' touted Ethiopia's "great victory" in Somalia. Meles said that Ethiopia had achieved its objective of greatly reducing the threat to the Ethiopian "system" posed by the "conspiracy" of Eritrea, Somali extremists and "anti-peace e [...] |
2009-03-24 04:56:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS ECON ET |
| 09ADDISABABA708 |
CODEL CARNAHAN APRIL 5-8, 2009 [...] Embassy Addis Ababa warmly welcomes CODEL CARNAHAN to Ethiopia April 5-8, 2009 to participate in the Inter-Parliamentary Union assembly. Travelers should check with the control officer 72 hours prior to commencement of travel, and consult the Department of State website at http://travel.stat [...] |
2009-03-24 14:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP OTRA AF CY EG ET |
| 09ADDISABABA717 |
SOMALIA: TFG AND AMISOM VIEWS OF SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Defense Mohammed Abdi "Gandhi" told the Ambassador on March 23 that his government was "out-gunned" by the insurgents and said that the UN arms embargo on the TFG should be lifted. He said his government was not engaged in any [...] |
2009-03-25 11:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
| 09ADDISABABA723 |
ARAB LEAGUE AMBASSADORS ON SOMALIA AND SUDAN [...] (S/NF) Summary. Ambassadors from Arab League countries raised with the U.S. Ambassador during their regular gatherings, questions about the new Administration in the context of U.S. policy towards Somalia. The Arab Ambassadors pressed the Ambassador on U.S. support for the new Transitional [...] |
2009-03-26 13:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER ET SO XF |
| 09ADDISABABA725 |
AMHARA REGION TRIP REVEALS POLITICAL TENSIONS [...] (C) A two-day visit to the Amhara region by Poloff revealed a tense political environment. Despite harassment and intimidation by the local administration, opposition party members and officials were numerous in attendance in meetings with Poloff, indicating a certain amount of freedom of ass [...] |
2009-03-26 14:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA728 |
MELES SUMMONS G-20 AMBASSADORS FOR PRE-SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi summoned most G-20 Ambassadors on March 26 to present a briefing of the position he will take in London on April 2 where he will represent Africa at the Summit. The meeting occurred just hours after Meles convened a separate, but supposedly similar, [...] |
2009-03-27 12:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD ET |
| 09ADDISABABA729 |
(S) BIOGRAPHIC NOTE: INFERRING PRIME MINISTER [...] (S/NF) After scores of meetings with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Post has strong confidence in our ability to infer Meles's Myers-Briggs type. We strongly believe that Meles is a strong ISTJ. A STRONG INTROVERT "I" 2. (S/NF) We have a high degree of confidence that Meles is a [...] |
2009-03-27 12:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA732 |
USAU: AFRICA COMMAND DEPUTY MEETS ETHIOPIAN PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Mary Yates, Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Activities (DCMA) at Africa Command, met on March 25 with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Their discussions covered a range of security issues including Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea, as well as the command's fledgling m [...] |
2009-03-30 08:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AU |
| 09ADDISABABA734 |
USAU: AFRICA COMMAND DEPUTY MEETS WITH AU [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-30 09:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XA AU |
| 09ADDISABABA735 |
USAU: AFRICA COMMAND DEPUTY MEETS WITH AU PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Mary Yates, Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Activities at AFRICOM, met on March 25 with African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security Ramtane Lamamra at AU headquarters. Their discussion centered on the political and security situation in Somalia as well [...] |
2009-03-30 09:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU XA |
| 09ADDISABABA737 |
INSIDE ETHIOPIA'S JAILS [...] (C) Recent interviews with individuals who have been held in non-traditional detention facilities have shed anecdotal light on beatings and abuse by Ethiopian security officials against civilians in country. While we cannot confirm the scope or persistence of such mistreatment, these first-han [...] |
2009-03-30 10:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PGOV KDEM PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA738 |
PARTY-STATAL DASHEN BREWERY SHOWS PROFITS AND THE [...] (C) In a recent visit to Gonder, PolOff and Political Specialist visited ruling party owned Dashen Brewery to explore a mid-2008 labor dispute, the media coverage of which showed the long arm of the ruling party in protecting its commercial interests. We found a company both profitable and ex [...] |
2009-03-30 11:01:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ETRD ET |
| 09ADDISABABA745 |
LUCY CLAIMS ASYLUM [...] (SBU) In a move that shocked the paleo-human rights community, Lucy -- the 3.2 million year old hominid fossil discovered in rural Ethiopia in 1974 -- claimed asylum in Seattle during the second leg of her North American tour. The move has illuminated socio-political dynamics among our ancesto [...] |
2009-04-01 04:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV CASC PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA752 |
CENTRAL BANK EASES REMITTANCE FLOWS, MOVING AML EFFORTS [...] (U) On 26 March 2009, EconOff met with the National Bank of Ethiopia's (NBE, Ethiopia's central bank and the regulator of all private banks in country) legal department head Kibre Moges to discuss reports claiming that the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) had relaxed the process for international r [...] |
2009-04-01 12:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL ET |
| 09ADDISABABA753 |
USAU: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON LOOKING FOR CHAMPION [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU) discussed ref A points with African Union PermReps from Burkina-Faso and Uganda. Both reacted very favorably to the suggestion that one or both of their countries propose to the UNSC a UN Presidential Statement (PRST) on coups in Africa. Burkin [...] |
2009-04-02 05:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU LY MR UG |
| 09ADDISABABA754 |
USAU: STATUS OF COMMAND AND CONTROL PROJECT FOR [...] Summary: USAU held a C3IS workshop on Feb. 25-27 to revive the U.S. commitment to the African Union (AU) for a communications package for the African continent's African Standby Force (ASF) program. The meeting brought together civilian and military communication experts from the AU, UN, U.S. [...] |
2009-04-02 06:23:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS MARR SO UG BU |
| 09ADDISABABA76 |
USAU: US INTERESTS AT STAKE AT ADDIS AU SUMMIT, [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union Summit in Addis Ababa from January 26 through February 3 presents an opportunity to advance US interests Q or see them take significant steps backward. The crises in Zimbabwe, Somalia, Sudan, Mauritania, Guinea, and Eastern Congo will all likely be items of d [...] |
2009-01-14 12:09:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU |
| 09ADDISABABA777 |
REPORT ON BFIF-FUNDED AMCHAM ETHIOPIA LAUNCH [...] (U) The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Ethiopia was officially launched on January 12, 2009 at the Sheraton Hotel in the presence of the Minister of Trade and Industry Girma Birru, Ambassador Yamamoto, representatives of international financial institutions, and diplomats as well as a ho [...] |
2009-04-07 06:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EINV ETRD ET |
| 09ADDISABABA780 |
COFFEE EXPORTS FALL AS GOE TIGHTENS GRIP ON MARKET [...] (SBU) The government of Ethiopia (GoE) established a new coffee quality control and marketing law (amended August 25, 2008) in order to enhance its control of the domestic coffee sector and carve out a new strategy for increasing coffee exports. However, over the last eight months, the new law [...] |
2009-04-07 09:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ET |
| 09ADDISABABA797 |
PRIME MINISTER MELES PRESSES ON HIGH LEVEL SENIOR [...] (S/NF) After a brief meeting with Senator Inhofe and his delegation on April 7 (septel), Prime Minister Meles took Ambassador to the side and privately raised three issues: 1) the need to "improve" the State Department Human Rights Report (HRR), which he felt was filled with errors; 2) allegat [...] |
2009-04-09 09:16:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM ET |
| 09ADDISABABA798 |
TREASURY FINDS AN ETHIOPIA MORE RELIANT ON AID THAN REFORM [...] (SBU) In a March 12 visit to Ethiopia, Acting Assistant Secretary of Treasury, Andy Baukol, found a Government of Ethiopia (GoE) that has become more vocal about its need for sustained aid flows from the West and more recalcitrant about implementing any reforms or liberalization of key sectors [...] |
2009-04-09 12:23:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ET |
| 09ADDISABABA799 |
REPORT ON BFIF-FUNDED REGIONAL COMMERCIAL TRAINING [...] (U) AmEmbassy Addis Ababa's Commercial Specialist (CommSpec) attended the joint State-Commerce Regional Training and Strategic Planning Program in Johannesburg, South Africa in February 2009. CommSpec appreciated the opportunity to network with colleagues from across the continent. A trip high [...] |
2009-04-09 13:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON ETRD EINV ET |
| 09ADDISABABA804 |
SUDANESE SEEKING QUIET, PRIVATE DIPLOMATIC TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Sudan's top two diplomats in Ethiopia called on the Ambassador to initiate quiet dialogue between our two Embassies on improving bilateral relations in support of the new U.S. Administration. The Sudanese questioned the veracity of USG sources of information about Sudan, and they [...] |
2009-04-10 10:06:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU |
| 09ADDISABABA805 |
SUDANESE SEEKING QUIET, PRIVATE DIPLOMATIC TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Sudan's top two diplomats in Ethiopia called on the Ambassador to initiate quiet dialogue between our two Embassies on improving bilateral relations in support of the new U.S. Administration. The Sudanese questioned the veracity of USG sources of information about Sudan, and they [...] |
2009-04-10 10:06:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU |
| 09ADDISABABA82 |
FORMER PRIME MINISTER TAMRAT LAYNE MEETS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) On January 5, the Ambassador met former Prime Minister Tamrat Layne, who spent 12 years in prison before his release in late December, 2008. Tamrat was a stalwart of the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) befo [...] |
2009-01-14 14:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ET |
| 09ADDISABABA83 |
USAU: AU'S URGENT REQUEST TO EQUIP AMISOM, SOMALI [...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request in paragraph 10. 2. (U) Summary: The African Union is asking the international community, principally the US, EU, and UK, to commit immediate financial and logistical support not only to AMISOM, but also to a 10,000 strong joint sec | ||||