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Dejen Yemane

Dejen Yemane


a PhD student at Addis Abeba University's College of Law & Governance Studies. He can be reached at engochayemane@gmail.com.


Dejen Yemane's Articles

Counterintuitively, Negotiation Can Push GERD Dispute into War

Apr 3 , 2021 . By Dejen Yemane

Too many still think of war in its traditional and classic contours. They expect the...


Smell the Coffee, End the Fruitless GERD Negotiations

Sep 6 , 2020 . By Dejen Yemane

Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan trekked a decade long journey while negotiating on the Gran...


GERD, the Victim of Dollar Diplomacy

Aug 1 , 2020 . By Dejen Yemane

To much domestic fanfare, Ethiopia announced the impoundment of 4.9 billion cubic met...


Unstable Political Dispensation Can Use Resource Nationalism

Jul 25 , 2020 . By Dejen Yemane

Revolutions and counter-revolutions have become part of Ethiopia's political vocabula...



Where the National Discourse on the Nile Went Wrong

Jul 18 , 2020 . By Dejen Yemane

Missteps on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) narrative have become a recurr...


Time to Redeem Imprudent Diplomatic Path on GERD

May 23 , 2020 . By Dejen Yemane

The foreign policy and international relations of Ethiopia with Egypt are unavoidably...


Humankind Brought COVID-19 on Itself

Apr 11 , 2020 . By Dejen Yemane

The planet is at war with a pandemic that originated in the Hubei province of China a...


After Fumbling Assab, Meles Did Right by Nile

Mar 21 , 2020 . By Dejen Yemane

Ethiopia's late prime minister, Meles Zenawi, is controversial on various fronts. Man...



Hydro Hegemony: Linchpin of the GERD Dispute

Mar 7 , 2020 . By Dejen Yemane

It has been nine years since Ethiopia launched the construction of its giant hydro-el...




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