Prof. Berhanu Nega’s Address to the European Parliament – Full Text Ethiopia as an Anchor for Peace and Stability in the Horn of Africa and The Need for a Broad-based Transitional Political Order By Berhanu Nega Dec 2 2015 Honorable chair, and distinguished members of the European parliament Ladies and Gentlemen: Allow me to first express my sincere condolences to the families of the victims, to the People of France and the European Community in general for the most recent senseless and barbaric terrorist crime committed against innocent people in Paris on the evening of November 6. In my view, such acts are not only contrary to the basic norms of civilized behavior and devoid of rudimentary moral principles, they can never be an acceptable instrument to achieve any objective, no matter how noble the cause. Madam Chair, Let me also thank you for giv
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