Month: July 2013

  • Africa

    Ethiopians in Middle East form alliance to fight abuses, human trafficking

    Ethiopian communities in the Middle East have formed a union to fight the abuse and suffering of Ethiopian migrant workers in the region. After a meeting in Addis Ababa on Monday, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by representatives of Ethiopian communities in Jeddah, Riyadh, Bahrain, Dubai, Yemen, Lebanon and Qatar. According to the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,…

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  • Africa

    In the absence of trust…

    Ethiopia’s PM Hailemariam Desalegn made a cool-headed reference to the forgotten NBI platform to solve the tensions over the Nile; it is another opportunity for Egypt to make the right move Tsedale Lemma In December 2009, Dr. Ali Mohamed Shein, President of Zanzibar (then Vice President of Tanzania), paid a deserving tribute to the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) when he…

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  • Africa

    The trials and tribulation of the Falashmura immigration, embodied by a 72-year-old Ethiopian woman

    Though her four older children were allowed into Israel under the Law of Return, Yazvalam Aileo herself is not conserved eligible to immigrate. Now her grandchildren are taking up her cause. Anshel Pfeffer and Ofer Aderet (Haaretz) Yezvalam Aileo is standing outside the Israeli Embassy in Addis Ababa and watching one of the last groups of Falashmura as it leaves…

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  • Africa

    Huawei, ZTE sign $1.6 billion 4G and 3G deal with Ethiopian telecom

     In the midst of an increasing network failure that come as a huge disappointment to its customers, Ethiopian telecom has signed a $ 1.6 billion 4G and 3G deal the two Chinese giant telecom companies Huawei and ZTE yesterday here in Addis Ababa. According to the deal Huawei and ZTE will assist in expanding mobile phone infrastructure and introduce 4G…

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  • Africa

    EU Directive On Dreamliner Safety Expected Soon

    (WSJ)Europe’s air-safety regulator Tuesday said it expected to issue a directive within days on the airworthiness of 787 Dreamliners, following the fire inside a parked Ethiopian Airlines 787 10 days ago, in line with similar instructions being prepared by U.S. authorities and the aircraft’s manufacturer, Boeing Co. BA +0.86% The European Aviation Safety Agency, a counterpart of the U.S. Federal Aviation…

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  • Africa

    Ethiopia to host regional banking ICT conference

    A major continent-wide conference on banking and ICT is scheduled to be held in Addis Ababa on August 2, 2013 as the horn of African Country emerges as one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The Ethiopian Banking & ICT Summit 2013, which will highlight technical and business opportunities in the country’s growing ICT sector under the theme…

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  • On Origins of human beings: Was PM Hailemariam right?

      Tesfaye Woldemichael ‘Africa deserves respect as it is the origin of mankind,’ said Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Sunday 26th. He made the remark after visiting the skeleton of Lucy and other iconic fossils found in Ethiopia that indicate the origin of mankind which were on display at the Headquarters of the African Union during the OAU/AU 50th founding…

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  • The predicament of Ethnic-federalism

    Taye Negussie (PhD) In its two different past publications, this magazine came up with some research findings and critical views of scholars who had for long observed and investigated the various aspects of Ethiopia’s ethnic-based Federalism. In the December 2011 issue, we published a story that argued by keeping a “tight-grip” on the three main forms of decentralization – fiscal,…

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  • Art Review

    Man of Steel – American Feel

    Andrew DeCort In a fairly straightforward sense, ‘Man of Steel’ is a cinematic depiction and defense of popular American liberalism’s best wishes for itself. Toward the end of the film, the victorious Superman tells the archetypal U.S. general, “I’m about as American as it gets. I’m here to help.” Before this we find out that Superman – or really Hopeman…

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  • Africa

    The cost of hunger in Ethiopia

    Implications for the Growth and transformation of Ethiopia  Last month a study called “The Social and Economic Impact of Child Undernutrition in Egypt, Ethiopia, Swaziland and Uganda”, and led by the African Union Commission (AUC) and NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency and supported by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the UN World Food Program (WFP) was launched in…

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