Month: May 2012
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A Radisson Blu taste awaits World Economic Forum
Its general manager Guillaume Massiera positions it somewhere “between the Hilton and the Sheraton”; he doesn’t pretend his hotel to be outrageously luxurious; (unlike other branches of the hotel throughout the world, this one misses out on the fun of having a swimming pool); but Mr. Massiera believes since the Radisson Blu Addis Ababa opened its doors on January 9th…
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What now?
Ethiopia’s recent military strike against rebel-controlled outposts inside Eritrea sent a signal of yet another full-blown war in the making. All things can happen but that, says Tsedale Lemma For the leaders of two countries who embraced war as their best resort to get desperately needed power there is nothing as tickly as dragging on indefinitely in a state of…
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Poverty in Ethiopia – Arithmetic fairytale
How an interim report about poverty alarmingly omits the poor from its index and declares a decline in poverty. Hone Mandefro With the start of the new millennium in the year 2000, the World Bank and IMF replaced the decades-old Structural Adjustment Programs with Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) as the basis for their lending. It was part of the…
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What now should be clear to us all!
Dear editor, I came across with you rather unique and fascinating magazine for the first time by a sheer coincides. I would like to extend my appreciation to the professional work accomplished by the team of writers on your magazine. Having said so, I would like to comment on your cover page story (What now?, April 2012). While you are…
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Tears of elections, of revolutions and of the Golden Lady
24 is the number of countries scheduled to conduct national elections in the year 2012. Plenty of reasons to shed tears; tears of euphoria and of sadness alike. Selahadin Eshetu Getahun We live in a complicated global system that gives us plenty of reasons to shed tears. I know I am not inclined to cry but there have been a…
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AAU – home of aristocracy and aversion
Dear Editor, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Education has sponsored a large number of graduate (Masters and PhD) students from the universities all over the country. Addis Ababa University (AAU) is the host for the majority of the studies, and the number of graduate students at the university now is ten times the number a few years ago, of whom I was…
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That’s America!
The re-election of a dangerous president in modern American history In this section Addis Standard’s correspondent Tomas Mega from Las Vegas, Nevada, will be following the 2012 Presidential election in the United States of America. The battle for the Republican nomination for President is entering its final phase and, unsurprisingly, the rhetoric of the candidates has intensified. Newt…
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Tears of elections, of revolutions and of the Golden Lady
24 is the number of countries scheduled to conduct national elections in the year 2012. Plenty of reasons to shed tears; tears of euphoria and of sadness alike. Selahadin Eshetu Getahun We live in a complicated global system that gives us plenty of reasons to shed tears. I know I am not inclined to cry but there have been a…
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The last round in Gaza – and the next
The recent round of inconclusive fighting across the Gaza-Israel border prompts several observations about the outcome and possible implications for the future Heller Mark A. Israel’s Iron Dome rocket interception system underwent its first operational test and achieved some notable successes. It was able to discriminate between rockets likely to land in open areas and those headed for population centers,…
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Ethiopia – gateway to Africa
Dear Editor, Horn of Africa has a remarkable potential in agriculture that will possibly fill looming worldwide food crises. The UN has to devote and facilitate its programs designed to feed the universe as its major challenges in the 21st century. Ethiopia, the largest and notably the most prosperous state in the Horn of Africa, has ample scope in varied…
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