Day: November 28, 2014

November 28, 2014

Politicking alone

Taye Negussie (PhD) As of late we are witnessing the ruling Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Party (EPRDF) busily engag¬ing itself in undertaking a relentless mass “training” cam¬paign (often enforced) and targeting different segments of the population – from bus conductors to university stu¬dents and professors. While the official version from the government side puts the purpose as an attempt to…
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November 28, 2014

Harnessing water to power Africa: Bigger solutions for bigger problems

Zerihun Abebe Yigzaw Looking at the earth during a night flight across the con¬tinent Africa tells all the grim story of a darker and invisible continent; face it, it is not as illuminated as many continents are on earth – mainly Europe, North America and parts of Asia. Save for the North-Eastern corner of Africa (Egypt) and the southern tip…
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