Dr. Annette Weber
Africa and Middle East Senior Fellow (on leave of absence)
Areas of Expertise
- East Africa
- Ethiopia
- Horn of Africa
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Civil wars
- Fragile states
- Jihadism
- Political systems
- Regional and interstate conflicts
Regional and intrastate conflicts in the Horn of Africa, questions of political order, social change, and statebuilding in fragile states.
Short Curriculum vitae
Since July 2021 EU Special Representative for the Horn of Africa
2012-2019 Senior Advisor Berghof/ AU Mediation Sudan/ HoA
2010-2012 Research stay in Ethiopia
2003-2006 Coordinator for the Ecumenical Network on Central Africa (Berlin)
1999-2001 Researcher in the Eastern Africa Team, Amnesty International (London)
SWP Publications
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Fading Hopes: Ethiopia on the Brink?
Ethiopia is facing its greatest challenge since the Abiy Ahmed transition. Abiy must end the conflict with the TPLF and stop the pogroms or the country risks implosion. As Annette Weber argues, that would have grave consequences for the entire Horn of Africa.
Point of View, 12.11.2020 -
Sudan Conference: A Historic Opportunity
The Sudan Partnership Conference on 25 June will seek funding commitments to rebuilding Sudan’s desolate economy. As Annette Weber argues, the crucial point will be aligning financial assistance with a successful transition process.
Point of View, 23.06.2020 -
Cascading of crises in East Africa
The Corona crisis joins a multitude of existing crises in East Africa. If the responses to the various challenges are not carefully coordinated, there is a blatant risk that hunger will spread in the region. An analysis by Bettina Rudloff and Annette Weber.
Point of View, 29.05.2020 -
Covid-19 in the Horn of Africa
Gaining Trust in a Crisis
SWP Comment 2020/C 20, 06.05.2020, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2020C20
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For a Peaceful Transition in Sudan
Current Developments and Plausible Scenarios
SWP Comment 2019/C 39, 25.10.2019, 4 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2019C39
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Profiteers of Migration?
Authoritarian States in Africa and European Migration Management
SWP Research Paper 2018/RP 04, 24.07.2018, 74 Pages
External publications
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What's Driving Sudan and Ethiopia Apart?
This week on The Horn, Alan Boswell is joined by Annette Weber, senior fellow with the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, to talk about deteriorating Ethiopia-Sudan relations, the risk of a regional crisis and EU policy in the Horn of Africa.
International Crisis Group, Podcast/Africa (S2 episode 18), 18.05.2021 -
Is Sudan’s Transition Over Before It Began?
In: The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (AGSIW), 10.06.2019 (online) -
The yellow vests of Khartoum
Protests in Sudan
In: Qantara (online), 28.01.2019 -
Why a Feminist Standpoint Epistemology Is Necessary in Times of Hegemonic Masculinity: Thoughts on Intersectionality and Transrationality
in: Josefina Echavarría Alvarez, Daniela Ingruber and Norbert Koppensteiner (eds.) Echoes to Many Peaces: Transrational Resonances; Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland 2018; S. 83-108. -
Eritrea
Transitions After Military Rule
in: Hans-Joachim Giessmann / Roger Mac Ginty (eds.) The Elgar Companion to Post-Conflict Transition; Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK/ Northampton, MA, USA 2018 -
Women without arms: gendered fighter constructions in Eritrea and Southern Sudan
in: International Journal of Conflict and Violence Vol. 5, 2011, No. 2, pp. 357-370