Ethiopia: Washington Update

02/10/14 By Mesfin Mekonen The budget law that was enacted on Jan. 17 contains important provisions that a) put the Congress on record as noting the Ethiopian government is violating human rights; and b) prohibits the U.S. government from providing

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Ethiopia: Washington Update

02/10/14 By Mesfin Mekonen The budget law that was enacted on Jan. 17 contains important provisions that a) put the Congress on record as noting the Ethiopian government is violating human rights; and b) prohibits the U.S. government from providing

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Is Africa’s Economy Under the Threat of Recolonization?

Tracy African leaders (presidents, heads of government, etc.) gathered in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, this past summer to celebrate 50 years of the successes and challenges of the Organization of African Unity, OAU, now known as the African Union,

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Egypt and Ethiopia spar over the Nile

By Hassen Hussein @HusseinHxhuss10 February 6, 2014 Egypt’™s colonial-era veto power over the river’s bounties is untenable Topics: Egypt Ethiopia Water The Blue Nile in Guba, Ethiopia. William Lloyd-George/AFP/Getty Images On Jan. 8, Ethiopia turned down Egypt’s demand that it suspend construction of its mega-dam on the Nile,

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Is Dr. Catherine less human than Dr. Abebech Gobenna???

Amare Mekonnen “All humans are created equal”Is Dr. Catherine less human than Dr. Abebech Gobenna??? Here is objective comparison:- Dr. Catherine 1. Founded the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, THE WORLD’S ONLY MEDICAL CENTRE dedicated exclusively to providing free obstetric fistula

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Smelling another round of assaults

By Wowocagroup  February 3, 2014 About 2 decades ago the first round of assault was officially launched on Ethiopia by an invading anti-Ethiopia organization called TPLF.  The assault was planned and executed with the help of foreign powers, primarily the US

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Saving Ethiopia from the chopping block 

By Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam February 3, 2014 WE live in a time that gives new meaning to Shakespeare’s line in Julius Caesar: “The evil that men do lives after them…” Today we come face to face with the evil Meles

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Hailemariam: Our Children deserve a better Education

By Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn In Ethiopia, we have every reason to be very proud of the progress we have made in education over the past decade. In 1999, just 37 per cent of children were going to primary school.

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FikreSelassie Wogderess on Aman Andom and 60 officials 

By Michael Wossen (PhD)  February 1, 2014 Fikreselassie Wogderes This article is a retelling of the Amharic narrative presented by former Ethiopian PM FikreSelassie Wegderes. It is merely retold in English here. The point of this exercise is not to translate the

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US seeks Ethiopian Accountability to secure aid 

By Obang Metho  January 28, 2014 Cartoon aminarts.com Washington, DC - Is United States policy towards Ethiopia shifting?  For years Ethiopians, social justice groups, human rights organizations and civic groups have been calling on donor countries to demand greater accountability from

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