Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Where is Ethiopia Anyway?

If your geography is as sketchy as mine, you might need a refresher:-) We have to finish our autobiographies tonight so we can get our policy documents submitted this weekend. So, here's today's contribution...a mini geography lesson.

Ethiopia is a landlocked country (Eritrea, Djibuti, and Somalia keep it from having any ports.)  Ethiopia used to have an agreement with Eritrea to use the port city of Assab; however, the border disputes of the late 1990s and early 2000s ended those discussions and agreements.)