Day: March 27, 2015
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Ignore Lencho Lata’s compromise idea at your own peril
Olaana Abbaaxiiqii I read Lencho Lata’s recent op-ed, “Electoral Absolutism in Ethiopia,” with great interest. Ethiopia is approaching a political dead end and there is no better alternative to seeking compromise and a third way. The absolutist idea of the Ethiopian elitist that Lencho so aptly described and the severe political and ethnic polarization that currently exists will eventually end…
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COMESA to establish virtual university
The stage is set for the establishment of a COMESA Virtual University that will work with a network of universities in a collaborative initiative aimed at enhancing the generation and dissemination of research related to regional integration. The institution will incorporate an Academy of Science, Technology and Innovation as well as Research Networks. The decision was made yesterday by the…
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COMESA Council of Ministers grants Kenya sugar safeguard
The Kenyan sugar sector has been given a one year extension of the existing safeguard subject to review and renewal for another one year. The decision was made Thursday 26 March 2015 yesterday by the COMESA Council of Ministers during its two day meeting in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. The extension will operate on the basis of the terms and conditions…
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COMESA member states urged to put more funds for infrastructure development
The Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia Dr. Debretsion GebreMichael has urged COMESA countries to allocate substantial funds to infrastructure development and renewal, so that the whole region can be inter-linked and equitably developed. He was speaking yesterday when he opened the 34th Meeting of the COMESA Council of Ministers at the African Union headquarters in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia whose…
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