Impact of Gulf dynamics in the Horn of Africa

This closed seminar will discuss Gulf influence in the Horn and implications for Ethiopia.

Date: 2018-08-30

Time: 09:00 to 17:00

Venue: Warka Conference Room, Radisson Blu Hotel, Addis Ababa

This closed seminar, co-hosted with the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, aims to better understand the role that Gulf states are playing in the Horn of Africa, and the opportunities and challenges this presents for Ethiopia. This new dynamic has been complicated by divisions within the Gulf Cooperation Council, along with other developments across the Horn. The seminar will discuss these issues along with policy options for Ethiopia.

Chair: Amb Mohammed Hassen, Head, Policy Research & Analysis Department, Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Welcome remarks: State Minister, MFA

Speakers:

Erzsébet N Rózsa, Professor, National University of Public Service in Budapest, Hungary

Dr Mehari Taddele Maru, Consultant

Omar S Mahmood, Researcher, ISS Addis Ababa

Attendance at this event is by invitation only. For more information contact Omar S Mahmood, +251 1 515 6320, [email protected].