Hearing on Challenges in the Horn of Africa — 26 April, 2010
European Parliament, Room Altiero Spinelli ASP1G-2
DRAFT PROGRAMME
15.00 – 16.00 Political and Security Challenges in the Horn of Africa
Jeremy Lester, Head of Unit, Relations with the countries and the regions of the Horn of Africa, Eastern Africa and Indian Ocean
Alain Délétroz, Vice President, Crisis Group
Moderator: Ana Gomes MEP
16.00- 17.00 Situation in Sudan: Leading to real change?
Roland Marchal, Research Fellow, CNRS/CERI
Patrice Lenormand, Programme Manager, External Relations, Head of Sector for EOM, European Commission
Moderator: Veronique de Keyser MEP, Chief Election Observer, Sudan
17.00 – 18.00 Elections in Ethiopia: lessons learned from 2005 and current challenges
Berhanu Nega, Ethiopian opposition leader in exile in the US, elected Addis Ababa Mayor in 2005
Siegfried Pausewang, Senior Researcher, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway
Jeremy Lester, Head of Unit, Relations with the countries and the regions of the Horn of Africa, Eastern Africa and Indian Ocean
Moderator: Thijs Berman MEP, Chief Election Observer, Ethiopia
18.00 – 18.30 Conclusions
3 thoughts on “European Parliament hearing on the Horn of Africa”
What a timing. I doubt EU will devote full concentration in times like this, when ashes are createing clouds freezing movement in air in parts of Europe and puting a big dent in the global economy..
Support the Ethiopian people out tyranny.
Ethiopian, election under all sorts of intimedations,threats are not true elections. Free and fare elections are taboo in current political seizure under the regime that would shoot citizen on their head, if one votes for oppositions.
Foreigners, don’t be fooled again and again, thinking, their would free election in Ethiopia. It is cruel joke.
So many hearing was going on for years and nothing comes out of it.
If you want freedom, fight and get it. Don’t except somebody will come and get for you.