Towards Confederation in the Horn of Africa Focus on Ethiopia and Eritrea

This is a new addition to the volumes of works on the Horn of Africa. From the back page of the Book: In this book Professor Tesfatsion Medhanie explores the possibility of confederal relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Such an arrangement could become the nucleus of a Horn of Africa confederation. The author discusses the obstacles at present and the necessary conditions for success in this regard.

Dr. Tesfatsion Medhanie teaches law and political science at the University of Bremen, Germany. An Eritrean by birth, he has been engaged in dialogue on the Horn of Africa and US policy for over two decades. He has written two books, discussion papers and articles on various political issues of the Horn, Africa’s liberation, human rights, and on democratization processes on the continent. Prior to joining the University of Bremen, Professor Medhanie taught in several universities in Africa and the U. S. A. in 1990-91, he served as a constitutional law advisor in independent Namibia. In 2001, he was a visiting professor at the University of Namibia, Windhoek.