18 March 2014 Eskinder, Serkalem and Nafekot The mistakes of my life. Ah! I could go on and on and on about them. (Warning, I am aiming for your sympathy.) There are the missed opportunities. (God is generous, I…
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British Author Fred Pearce: “Saudia Arabia now Owns Most of Ethiopia” March 17, 2014 Ethio Freedom Short Description for The Landgrabbers Across the world there is a land grab. Entire countries are being snatched from under the feet of native…
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British Author Fred Pearce: “Saudia Arabia now Owns Most of Ethiopia” March 17, 2014 Ethio Freedom Short Description for The Landgrabbers Across the world there is a land grab. Entire countries are being snatched from under the feet of native…
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Monday, March 17, 2014 ADDIS ABABA – Former U.S. president George W. Bush arrived in Ethiopia on Monday morning. The former U.S. leader was welcomed by Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom and U.S. embassy officials. Bush is expected to meet with…
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March 17th 2014 The Economist Event Eritrea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied allegations that it has been militarily supporting South Sudan’s rebel leader, Riek Machar. Analysis The suggesting that the Eritrean government was backing the rebel movement led by…
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MARCH 17, 2014 Premium Times In a month when we are celebrating women, today, Sunday March 16th is Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu’s 1000th day of imprisonment for simply doing her job. A columnist for several Amharic-language newspapers, Reeyot Alemu was…
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March 15th, 2014 By Admasu Belay This article is in response to the commentary “Ethiopia Anew: A Call to Amhara Ethnic People” which has shocked many Ethiopians around the world. We all respect the work of Dr Zelalem Eshete in trying to…
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Repression of Civil Society Contravenes Organization’s Rules MARCH 14, 2014 The Ethiopian government has crushed activist groups and muzzled the media. Ethiopia’s harsh repression of independent voices is utterly incompatible with this global effort to increase public oversight over…
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Qatar News Agency (MENAFN – Qatar News Agency) The Arab League’s Ministerial Council has welcomed the Qatari mediation aimed at ending the dispute between Djibouti and Eretria through peaceful means and restoring the situation in the Ras Doumeira area and…
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By William Easterly, Time March 13, 2014 Too much of America’s foreign aid funds what I call authoritarian development. That’s when the international community–experts from the U.N. and other bodies–swoop into third-world countries and offer purely technical assistance to dictatorships like…
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