Karuturi, one of the largest international agribusiness companies, will export sugar, palm oil, rice and other foods to world markets. The violence was triggered by the murder of Hachalu Hundessa, a popular Oromo musician. But some ideas could be considered: insofar as the TPLF is making a constitutional and legal case for its right to hold the vote on schedule, its leaders should first exhaust all avenues for legal redress.

(Ethiopia's war against Islamists in Somalia has violated international law, killed hundreds of civilians and displaced hundreds of thousands. I was worried that she would be sent back to Eritrea.
Giving way, they feel, would set a dangerous and unwelcome precedent.The prospect of imminent armed conflict, which was looming as a potential reaction to a Tigray vote, has receded. In itself, if Tigray's government were to cancel elections for its state council, it would not matter to the regional balance of power, as the TPLF would continue to control the regional administration. Local government officers denied claims that people are forcibly moved to make way for foreign companies. GDP growth in … Now there is no border between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Eritrea won independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a 30-year war, but has been plagued by repression at home and tense relations with its neighbours. In the  Security Council  Eritrea was named as a supplier of weapons and there was  call for sanctions to be imposed against Eritrea for its alleged support of the rebels and violation of existing sanctions.The UN peacekeeping force UNMEE withdrew from the Ethiopian-Eritrean border in July 2008, resulting in increased tensions between the two countries. Third-party mediation will likely be needed.

(Eritrea and Ethiopia pay an economic and political price for their simmering border dispute.

Western diplomats suggest that fear of losing favor when US President George Bush leaves office might drive Ethiopia to attack the weaker Eritrea before the US presidential elections.

The "costly" war with Ethiopia, popularly known as the "Eritrean-Ethiopian war", from May 1998 to June 2000, severely crippled Eritrea's economy. While Ethiopia and Eritrea both say they are trying to resolve the situation, no formal agreement has been reached. Some officials asserted that they would reassess financial grants to Tigray, which amount to half the region's budget, if it were to go ahead with its election. Senior Tigrayans believe the rapprochement is tantamount to an alliance between Addis Ababa and Asmara against the TPLF. Their border dispute has never been resolved because Ethiopia rejected the boundary commission's 2002 determination of the border, and Eritrea blamed the UN for not pressuring Ethiopia to comply with the commission's decision. AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 800 news and information items daily from over 130 African news organizations and our own reporters to an African and global public. In May, Abiy himself said:In late July, the prime minister issued a helpful and forceful clarification, characterising the idea of military action against the region as "insane talk" and stressing that he would not punish Tigray with budget cuts. According to the Ethiopian government, thirty-six countries including India, China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have leased farm land in the Gambella region for long periods at low rates. Leaked government documents confirm that the US pressured Ethiopia to invade Somalia in 2006.

Ethiopia, which has the second-largest population on the continent, will now seek access to the Red Sea through an Eritrean port to temper its reliance on a port in neighboring Djibouti.
However, with Ethiopia's rejection of the outcome of the international Boundary Commission, tensions arose on both Ethiopian and Eritrean sides limiting peacekeepers' ability to monitor troop movements between both countries.

(During a debate at the 61st session of the UN General Assembly, Ethiopia and Eritrea accused each other of blocking the peace process launched to solve their boundary dispute. The conflict has reached its extreme edge". Despite this, the international community stands still.

Third, the US and UN should de-list certain terrorists to neutralize their effect. Others oppose the ethnic federalist system the TPLF instituted, saying it fosters communal division by devolving power to regions organised according to ethnicity.The protests that brought Abiy to power and steps he has taken since to weaken the TPLF form the backdrop to today's dispute. Federal security forces arrested two TPLF officials whom they accuse of assisting terrorism. The federal government may wish to avoid military intervention, but a Tigray-Amhara showdown would likely drag it in.Tensions between Amhara and Tigray have been brewing. The aim should be to persuade Tigray to pause its elections, pending constitutional interpretation from the House of Federation, the upper house of parliament, on the legality of such a vote, and press the parties to begin dialogue on steps to address their rift. (allAfrica)A UN Security Council resolution, passed on the 22 December 2009, imposes an arms embargo on Eritrea. That border line has gone today with the display of a true love … love is greater than modern weapons like tanks and missiles. The 10 June House of Federation decision explicitly stated that it applied to regional administrations as well, while the constitution also says the National Electoral Board runs all votes. This Ban Ki-moon warns that there may be renewed war between Ethiopia and Eritrea if UN peacekeeping troops withdraw from a buffer zone separating the two countries.