By Pierre Crabitès Foreign Affairs October 1929 THE Egyptian Gazette of May 9, 1929, carried the text of an agreement on the long-debated question as to the use of the waters of the River Nile. The agreement, which recognizes on the one hand.that the Sudan needs more water for its development, and on the other hand that
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By Elissa Jobson in Addis Ababa Thw Africa Report Photo Credits: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Evan Schneider/UN), Debretsion Gebremichael (All Rights Reserved), Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi (All Rights Reserved) Prime Minister Hailemariam is developing a style of consensual politics, but some politicans and businessmen are having difficulty adjusting. The passing of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in August 2012
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By David H. Shinn Inernational Policy Digest Liu Zhen/China News Service Ethiopia was never colonized and along with China has a long imperial history. China’s imperial period came to an end with the fall of the Qing dynasty and formation of the Republic of China as a constitutional republic in 1912. The overthrow of Emperor
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By Getachew Begashaw (PhD)* June 12, 2014 Part I: Economic and Political Backdrop Most Ethiopians agree that appropriately planned, designed, constructed, and operated dams on Abay (the Blue Nile) are economic necessities that should be supported to ensure the long-term economic development of the country and the well-being of its people. It is an incontrovertible
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By Nael M Shama Ahram Online Although Egypt is a political powerhouse in the Middle East, its foreign policy hardly reflects that. Under its longtime president Hosni Mubarak, Egypt receded into a long phase of quietism and withdrawal. Mubarak is gone, but “Mubarakism without Mubarak” has persisted, even under the short-lived rule of Islamist president
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C. NDUTA MG Africa Ge’ez is the only original African script taught and used widely in everyday interaction – in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It is also the most successful. Followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The native African script of Ge’ez is itself extinct, used only on the liturgy of Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox churches.
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The New York Times For most migrants, packed aboard rickety boats, the journey is a gamble. “They know that they can drown,” said Carlotta Sami, a spokeswoman for the United Nations refugee agency in Geneva. “They know that they can die.” Only last week, the Italian authorities said they rescued almost 1,000 such migrants in international waters
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By Alemayehu G. Mariam Who is afraid of Eskinder Nega, Reeyout Alemu, Woubshet Taye, Zone Nine bloggers…? The “dean” of independent Ethiopian journalists and blogger extraordinaire, Eskinder Nega, is serving an 18 year sentence for blogging. The late Meles Zenawi personally ordered Eskinder’s arrest and even determined his sentence. Meles Zenawi feared and hated Eskinder Nega
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Political Periscope This article has been written by Sufyan bin Uzayr and originally published in Global Research on04-Jun-2014 ∼ Sudan is the Solution to South Sudan’s Problems sudan In spite of the recent peace deal, the conflict in South Sudan seems to be far from over. Almost all the regional and international players that are
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Cairo Post CAIRO: Details surrounding investigations into an old corruption case that dates back to March 2012 were revealed by Youm7 on Thursday, which regards a case that was labeled as “classified information/national security”. The case revolves around the illegal seizure of $4 million from public funds to be given to African leaders from Nile
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