By Tsehai Alemayehu Whether or not Ethiopia’s external debt is growing too fast and too large has become an emerging topic of conversation among many observers. While the government is seeking to tap any and all sources of financing domestic and foreign, observers argue that the country needs to be very careful about acquiring any
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Colonialism never left. (Photo by Alfredo Bini) BY Daniel A. Medina@dmedin11 Quartz It’s been called by some to be a new form of colonialism. Others say it isoutright theft. Since 2000, over 37 million hectares of land, mainly in the world’s poorest nations, have been acquired by foreign investors “without the free, prior, and informed consent of communities”
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OpenDemocracy By YORDANOS ABEBE In attempting to minimize the risks attendant to human rights work in an authoritarian setting, Ethiopian NGOs have been hesitant to support young activists who face government persecution. Iain Levine of Human Rights Watch has noted that “an essential element of human rights work is to fulfill the moral imperative of
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The Independent By CAHAL MILMO Political refugee Andy Tsege ‘kidnapped’ by Ethopia and possibly facing torture. The partner of a British father-of-three being held on death row after he was spirited into Ethiopia has accused the Government of “dodging its obligations” by insisting it has no grounds for demanding his release. Andargachew “Andy” Tsege, 59, was
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By Daniel Teferra* Governments in rich as well as poor countries borrow money from domestic and international markets. In rich countries, government borrowing stimulates the private economy. It creates jobs, raises incomes and improves standard of living of the majority of the population. However, in poor countries, government borrowing does not generally produce the same
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By William Davison, Bloomberg Temesgen Desalegn An Ethiopian editor is facing as many as 10 years in prison after being convicted of inciting the public against the government through his newspaper articles, his lawyer said. Temesgen Desalegn, the former editor of Feteh, a defunct weekly newspaper, was convicted yesterday by the Federal High Court on
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Each month between 3000 and 4000 young Eritreans flee Eritrea and many of them fall into the hands of evil human traffickers and organ traders, according to the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations for Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth. The following is trailer of a shocking documentary film produced by a French TV, Public Sénat.
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By Al mariam The rise of the “baksheesh state” in EthiopiaMy long time readers by now know that I mint my own words and phrases whenever I find it necessary to convey my ideas and arguments with greater clarity, precision and creativity. In this commentary I introduce the concept of the “baksheesh state” (beggar
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ጉዳያችን የሰሞኑ በቤተክህነት በአቡነ ማትያስ ሰብሳቢነት የተደረገው ጉባኤ እና በማኅበረ ቅዱሳን ላይ የተሰነዘረው የፈጠራ ክስ፣በመቀጠልም በኢቲቪ ዜና ላይ የተላለፈው ስብሰባውን አስታኮ ”ምዕመናን ነቅታችሁ ጠብቁ” መሰል ዜና ሁሉ አንድ ነገር ያሳያል – በቤተ ክርስቲያን ላይ አንድ የአደጋ ደወል ከቅርበት እየተሰማ መሆኑን። ስብሰባው ላይ ወቀሳ የሰነዘሩት እና የፈጠራ ክሶችን በማኅበረ ቅዱሳን ላይ ያወረዱቱ ባብዛኛው የሚጠቅሱት የመፅሐፍ ቅዱስ
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Irish Times By Ahmed Soliman Some of Addis Ababa’s national-development initiatives are bringing the government into conflict with its own people Visionary: the state funeral of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, in 2012; his death took Ethiopia into unknown territory. Photograph: Mulugeta Ayene/AFP/Getty Since 2000 Ethiopia has registered some of the greatest gains in human development
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