This weeks Edition highlights: Prime Minister Hailemariam inaugurates Gilgel Gibe III Hydro-power Project 7th Ethio-U.S. Democracy, Governance and Human Rights Working Group meeting Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia vow to strive for major breakthroughs in priority areas Qatar’s Foreign Minister on an official Visit to Ethiopia The UN Security Council extends UN Mission in South Sudan The Dutch Government controls collection of Eritrea’s infamous Diaspora Tax…. …while Ms. Bruton recycles her call to ignore Eritrea’s regional activities NEWS IN BRIEF Africa and the African Union The AU’s Department of Political Affairs started a three-day consultative meeting in Abuja, Nigeria on the development of…

News in Brief Africa and the African Union Negotiators from more than 170 countries in Kigali on Saturday (October 15) reached a legally binding accord to cut the worldwide use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), by 2018 for developed countries and by 2024 for developing countries. The Kigali deal, seven years in the making, is “much stronger than Paris” and is a mandatory agreement. (See article) Morocco which holds the Presidency of the 22nd Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) hosted a Pre-COP Ministerial Meeting in Marrakech this week (October 18-19), in preparation for COP22…