Year: 2012
- Africa
Valuing the ABCs of value chain
A farmer can produce a bounty and still be a poor farmer Hone Mandefro Alebel Andiye is a farmer living in the outskirt of Seqota, a small town in Wag Hemra Zone of northern Ethiopia. Sekota is a town recently connected by a 675 kms of asphalt road to Alem Ketema, another city in the north that provides…
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Buzz off far, far away
A local company brought good news to a story that is getting better Tsedale Lemma On May 19, 2012 The Economist published a story that was hugely welcomed by development partners working with African countries. ‘African Child mortality: the best story in development,’ read the headline and detailed some of the remarkable declines in child mortality rates…
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Dear Editor It is really a great honor for me to be one of your readers. Every month I buy your magazine either from a shop or I get it from a friend who is your admirer. But the recent issue of your magazine about Islam in Ethiopia (What went wrong with Islam in Ethiopia June 20 12) is somewhat…
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Ethiopia jails blogger, opposition party members
Ethiopia’s infamous anti –terrorism law saw prominent journalists, high level opposition members take lengthy prison sentences A court in Addis Ababa jailed blogger Eskindir Nega and opposition party members including Adualem Arage, deputy chairman of the Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ), the only opposition party with a lone representative in the ruling party, EPRDF, dominated national parliament for…
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That’s America!
Popular or unpopular, you can still be President – or maybe not Tomas Mega, Las Vegas, Nevada Here is a quick American Civics trivia quiz: What did Presidents Kennedy, Nixon, Clinton & George W. Bush all have in common? Answer: All became Presidents without a majority of the American people voting for them. Clinton became President twice without the…
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Your Syria Is My Bahrain
Mark N. Katz The United States and other Western countries have been highly critical of Russia for supporting the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. There are, however, some uncomfortable similarities between Russian policy toward Syria and U.S. policy toward Bahrain. Both Syria and Bahrain are ruled by undemocratic minority regimes. In Syria, the Assad regime is drawn from the country’s Alawite minority — about 12 percent of the population — which…
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Skype me not, Skype me please
If you think you are lost after reading this headline, it is because you probably are, unfortunately unnecessarily. On Friday June 22, Shimelis Kemal, Ethiopia’s State Minister for the Government Communication Affairs Office, (GCAO), appeared before the local media to give the state’s briefing on current affairs. His appearance marked – hopefully – the end of similar briefings…
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Infrastructure in Africa:A sad story that may no longer be
The story of infrastructure in Africa is simply depressing. That may be about to change now but the final push is hanging in the balance of its leaders’ resolve Addis Standard’s exclusive with: v Donald Kaberuka – President of the AfDB v Ibrahim Mayaki – CEO of the NEPAD Coordinating and Planning Agency v Aboubakari Baba Moussa – AUC…
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What went wrong with Islam in Ethiopia?
In a frantic attempt to contain Islamist extremism in Ethiopia, the government is getting close to shoot itself in the foot Selahadin Eshetu Getahun Mohammed Mustafa (not his real name) is a third year Computer Science student in Ambo University, 114 kms west of the capital Addis Ababa. Like any ordinary student he was more interested in the…
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