Make Addis Ababa stand for openness in development finance

Author: Gavin Hayman and Charles Kenny Next week in Addis Ababa, finance and development officials from all over the world will be discussing how to pay for the Sustainable Development Goals. The infrastructure goals alone carry a price tag of over $1 trillion a year. The world needs to ensure that money is well spent

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Egypt deports 45 Ethiopians fleeing war-torn Libya

CAIRO: Egypt has deported 45 Ethiopians who arrived in Cairo after fleeing the war-torn Libya, Youm7 reported Thursday. The Ethiopians reportedly arrived on board of a private plane coming from Tobruk airport after coordination with Egyptian authorities. Egyptian officials and diplomats from the Ethiopian embassy in Cairo received the Ethiopian returnees, who headed to Addis

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Obama Should Stay Away from Ethiopia

Washington wants a stable partner in the Horn of Africa. But cozying up to the repressive regime in Addis Ababa isn’t the way to go about finding one. BY JEFFREY SMITH, MOHAMMED ADEMO Obama Should Stay Away from Ethiopia Later this month, President Barack Obama will become the first sitting United States president to ever

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Obama Should Stay Away from Ethiopia

Washington wants a stable partner in the Horn of Africa. But cozying up to the repressive regime in Addis Ababa isn’t the way to go about finding one. BY JEFFREY SMITH, MOHAMMED ADEMO Obama Should Stay Away from Ethiopia Later this month, President Barack Obama will become the first sitting United States president to ever

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Ethiopia threatens action against Eritrea

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia warned on Tuesday it would take necessary action against arch-rival Eritrea unless it refrains from an alleged destabilizing role in the volatile east African region. While addressing parliament, Ethiopian prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, accused the Eritrean government of continuing to engage in destabilizing peace and security of Ethiopia

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Ethiopia paid $1 million for surveillance software- Hacked Email shows

Even hackers get hacked. Hacking Team, the Italian company that sells intrusion and surveillance tools to governments and law enforcement agencies, including to Ethiopian National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) has been hacked in a massive way. The company is now being ridiculed and humiliated on the internet as the Hacked Team. The hackers released

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Ethiopia paid $1 million for surveillance software- Hacked Email shows

Even hackers get hacked. Hacking Team, the Italian company that sells intrusion and surveillance tools to governments and law enforcement agencies, including to Ethiopian National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) has been hacked in a massive way. The company is now being ridiculed and humiliated on the internet as the Hacked Team. The hackers released

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Africans seeking better lives pass through Ethiopian town

BY ELIAS MESERET, AP METEMA, Ethiopia — The mood in the border town of Metema these days is quiet and watchful. Dozens of houses on the hot, dusty main road that stretches from Ethiopia into Sudan look like they have been hastily closed. Guards grimly patrol the border, stopping anyone who looks like an illegal

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Ethiopians say Obama trip will send wrong signal to repressive regime in Ethiopia

Near the White House on Friday, Serkalem Selassie and her 9-year-old son, Nafkot, protested President Obama’s upcoming trip to Ethi­o­pia. As a journalist in her homeland, she was jailed, and Nafkot was born while she was in prison. She has political asylum now. (Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post) By Pamela Constable When Barack Obama entered

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ESFNA says Teddy Afro-Gossaye Concert Cancelled Due to Visa complications

WASHINGTON, DC – Teddy Afro and Gossaye, the two superstars who were on schedule to perform at the annual soccer tournament underway in DC, were unable to clear travel problems to the United States and hence their shows have been cancelled, ESFNA announced in a press release on Thursday. ESFNA said the unhappy incident was

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