Year: 2012
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Once again, a week-long festival of films
The Addis International Film Festival (AIFF) kicked off with its 6th edition on Tuesday May 1, 2012 at the Italian Cultural Institute with Town of Runners, a film by Jerry Rothwell. Town of Runners is a feature documentary about the young athletes born and raised in Bekoji, who hope to emulate their local heroes and compete on the world’s stage.…
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Peanut Noodle Salad with Edamame and Bok Choy
By Joanne Bruno (courtesy of Chef Marcus Samuelson) The truth of the matter is that if you locked me up on a desert isle and told me I could only eat one thing for the rest of my life, every day, ever and anon…I would choose peanut butter. There’s no doubt about it. Peanut butter is, was, and ever shall…
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Senegal: When enough is enough and the people know it as that
A chain of constitutional breach and dishonesty are threatening a rare democracy in Africa Yordanos Gouhse, Accra, Ghana In an unfortunate turn of events, the 85-year-old Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade broke his own promise, made in 2000, to leave office after the first two terms of his presidential tenure were over, which would have been this year. Now he…
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I don’t know about Paris, but Harar is a city of love
It is easy to think of the city of Harar as an old city of ruin, but easier to depart from it with a lasting taste of a city of harmony and love Henok Wondyirad (PhD) When I first planned to go to Harar a few weeks ago, I never thought to experience anything new. All that I had imagined…
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Mr. Xi comes to town
Douglas H. Paal China’s Vice President Xi Jinping recently visited the United States on a trip intended to keep relations between the two largest economies and often mistrustful partners within constructive channels. The visit was also meant to familiarize the figure likely to head China for the next five to ten years with his American counterparts, should they be reelected.…
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Ethiopian women in the Middle East: it’s contract slavery
The vicious cycle of the lives of Ethiopian women in the Middle East shows no sign of end Hone Mandefro Following the oil boom witnessed since the ‘70s in the Gulf States, the hunt for foreign domestic workers, mostly women, to take up jobs less favored by the locals has seen a steep upward trend. In Ethiopia, thanks to the…
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It’s more than a ruin
Dear Editor, Your story on the election for chairmanship of the AUC deserves my appreciation (The AUC and its election ruin, February 2012). It is true that South Africa’s sudden involvement in the affairs of the election had caused more damages to the AUC in particular and to the continent in general than many of us would like to admit…
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From our inbox
Dear Editor, Reference is hereby made to your article published in Vol I, Issue Number 12 of February 2012, written perhaps with the intention of shedding some light on the state of the Africa Union in the aftermath of the recent elections of the post of Chairperson of the AU Commission. Unfortunately, the article paints an inaccurate picture. This Embassy…
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Death penalty – shouldn’t Ethiopia consider abolishing it?
Kiya Tsegaye Not so long ago, legally backed death penalties were embedded in constitutions of many countries around the world. But as of late the number of countries employing the death penalty is declining. It is possible that worldwide pressure may gradually influence all countries to abandon the practice. For now the world has not formed a common consensus against…
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