By Mohammed Ademo Students at Addis Ababa University hold sit-ins to protest the controversial ‘Master Plan’ of the capital that is feared will evict Oromo farmers from their ancestral lands. Activists claim security forces have killed at least seven students in more than two weeks across Ethiopia’s Oromia state, where students have been protesting a
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Part I By Worku Aberra Most economists argue that a common market between two or more countries is mutually beneficial, but they also recognize that common markets create winners and losers in each country. To make everybody better off, economists suggest that the winners compensate the losers. In reality, such compensation rarely takes place: the
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Human Rights Watch Student protests are spreading throughout Ethiopia’s Oromia region, as people demonstrate against the possibility that Oromo farmers and residents living near the capital, Addis Ababa, could be evicted from their lands without appropriate – or possibly any – compensation. Social media is filled with images of bloodied protesters; there are credible reports
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HRW Student protests are spreading throughout Ethiopia’s Oromia region, as people demonstrate against the possibility that Oromo farmers and residents living near the capital, Addis Ababa, could be evicted from their lands without appropriate – or possibly any – compensation. Social media is filled with images of bloodied protesters; there are credible reports of injuries
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By Alex Thurston Source: World Politics Review Across Africa, there is renewed interest in strengthening infrastructure. In November, the African Development Bank held its “first-ever Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa Week” in Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote d’Ivoire. The conference emphasized infrastructure, especially transportation and communications, on the continent. Infrastructure development is important
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By Alex Thurston Source: World Politics Review Across Africa, there is renewed interest in strengthening infrastructure. In November, the African Development Bank held its “first-ever Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa Week” in Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote d’Ivoire. The conference emphasized infrastructure, especially transportation and communications, on the continent. Infrastructure development is important
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CPJ CPJ’s years-long advocacy paid off in July with the release from prison of Reeyot Alemu, a journalist who has been jailed in Ethiopia since 2011. Reeyot wrote columns critical of the government for the now-defunct independent weekly Feteh. In 2012, a court sentencedher on terrorism charges to 14 years in prison, which was laterreduced
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By William Davison : Bloomberg Ethiopia may face further power shortages because of low water levels at dams after a poor rainy season, an official said, following two days of sporadic cuts caused by technical faults at hydropower plants. Unspecified issues at a substation serving Oromia region’s Gibe 1 and 2 plants, which together can
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By William Davison : Bloomberg Ethiopia may face further power shortages because of low water levels at dams after a poor rainy season, an official said, following two days of sporadic cuts caused by technical faults at hydropower plants. Unspecified issues at a substation serving Oromia region’s Gibe 1 and 2 plants, which together can
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(KHARTOUM) – Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said that redrawing the borders between Sudan and Ethiopia will begin next month according to a previous agreement with Sudan’s President Omer al-Bashir. Sudanese president Omer Al- Bashir and Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn sign a series of joint cooperation agreements in Khartoum 4 December 2013 (Photo SUNA)
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Border demarcation between Sudan and Ethiopia to resume next December appeared first on 6KILO.com.