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Why resist the Addis Abeba Master Plan? – A constitutional legal exploration
Tsegaye R. Ararssa When,in mid April 2014, the government in Ethiopia announced its readiness to implement what it called the “Addis Abeba Integrated Regional Development Plan” (the “Master Plan” for...
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Chinese yuan devaluation is not the real concern for Africa: A weakened...
Amadou Sy From The Brookings Institution The devaluation of the Chinese yuan by about 2 percent—its largest single-day drop since 1994—on Tuesday, August 11 took global markets by surprise. Market...
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“America Needs to be Respected Again” on the Red Carpet?
Donald Trump’s shtick is: “America needs to be respected again because the rest of the world has lost respect for America.” I don’t care much for The Donald. But his shtick gnaws away at my mind as I...
View ArticleThe sun is shining over Ethiopia. By Yilma Bekele
Ethiopia has been in darkness. We had light before most but that is history. We can recite our ancient history; write beautiful poetry extolling our virtues and fill a library with our traditional...
View ArticleEthiopia: Let Teddy Play On and On and On…By Alemayehu G. Mariam
Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” opens with the Duke of Orsino declaring to the assembled musicians, “If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it… The Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s...
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Ethiopia: But For “Sheer Lack of Better Alternatives?!” – Al Mariam
In May 2015, I wrote a commentary entitled, “Why Is the T-TPLF Afraid of Its Own Shadow?” Prof.Alemayehu G. Mariam In that commentary, I expressed puzzlement over the fact that supporters of the...
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Ethiopia: The few, the proud, the Ethiopians (Yilma Bekele)
By Yilma Bekele I was present at a festival of resurgence and determination a few days ago. The program was organized to show appreciation to Arbegnoche Ginbot7 Movement’s determination to liberate our...
View ArticleEthiopians yearn for religious experience
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View ArticleVeteran journalist and author Negash Gebre-Mariam
By Arefaynie Fantahun It was a pleasure to talk to the revered journalist and author, Negash Gebre-Mariam. He is an imposing presence and he looks vigorous for a 90-year-old man but prostate cancer is...
View ArticleAfrica flatlining in 2015 governance index
By Robin Millard / AFP Progress in African governance has hit a plateau, while more than a third of African countries are backsliding, an annual index measuring key development factors showed on...
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Are pop-ups the best way for African firms to start out?
New Year celebrations give Craft Cocktail Group a chance to try out a new venue By James Jeffrey Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The two-foot-high jar of strawberry tequila is rapidly emptying, while harried...
View ArticleMulugeta Lule: Public servant to the last breath – By Abebe Gellaw
We live in tenses. ‘Is’ becomes ‘was’, ‘are’ becomes ‘were’. The future becomes present, and then it becomes past. And life is full of commas, colons, asterisks, dots, dashes and full stops. But there...
View ArticleTigrai online misrepresentation of Neamin Zeleke’s interview with VOA Setting...
By Engdu Wolde Tigrai online has recently published an article with an apparent objective of misrepresenting the content of an interview conducted by the VOA with Mr. Neamin Zeleke, Head of Foreign...
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Report of the Conference on the Future of Eritrea and Ethiopia
October 20, 2015 On Sunday October 18, 2015 a successful one-day long conference was held at Georgetown Marriott Hotel, 1221 22nd St NW, Washington, DC 20037. The theme of the conference was on the...
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6 police officers shot in Gondar, Ethiopia
ESAT (October 27, 2015) Three police officers were shot dead, and three more were critically wounded in fire exchange between a patriotic Ginbot 7 member and federal police officers in Gondar.Gondar...
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የአሌክስ አብርሀም ጸረ ፕሬስ “ሳዲስታዊ”ጩኸት –ከኢብራሂም ሻፊ አህመድ
ሳድዝም መራር ተግባር ነው፤ ቃሉ ራሱ አፍ ላይ የሚመር ይመስላል፡፡ ስጠራው ቅፍፍ ይለኛል፡፡ የሌሎችን ሰዎች ውድቀት፣ ህመም፣ ምቾት አለመሰማት እና ስቃይን እያዩ ከልብ መደሰት፣ ጥርስን ማፍነክነክ፣ “ቪቫ” ብሎ በድል ስሜት እጅን እንደመቀሰር እና መፈንደቅ የሚል ትርጓሜ የሚሰጥ ነገር ምኑ ይወደዳል? ለአንዳንዶች ግን...
View ArticleAlemneh Wase News: Exorcist father Girma wondimu, 57, Formaly charged
Alemneh Wase News: Exorcist father Girma wondimu, 57, Formaly charged The post Alemneh Wase News: Exorcist father Girma wondimu, 57, Formaly charged appeared first on Satenaw-Latest Ethiopian News...
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Fire and Federal Police killing prisoners in Gondar
The fire that started around 12:30 PM local time in Gondar prison is killing prisoners, eyewitness from the scene reported “Prisoners who try to escape the fire shoot and killed by the federal police...
View ArticleThe Ethiopian regime covering up the severe effects of the drought
by Fasil Girma | Untold Stories Birtukan Ali, a woman living in a rural district in Ethiopia, became a sensation following BBC’s report about the ongoing drought and famine. The report, which aired on...
View ArticleEthiopian Spring in a Winter of Discontent? – Al Mariam
Alemayehu G. Mariam No one predicted the Arab Spring when it exploded on December 18, 2010sparking the Tunisian Revolution. No one could have predicted a street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi would set...
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