Year: 2012
- Africa
Addis Ababa City: Under construction at 125
Emnet Assefa Addis Ababa has just completed celebrating its 125th year of founding anniversary, which was being marked for the last one year, as Ethiopia’s capital. Being the capital city of a country with a history that stretches over 3000 years, it’s safe to say that Addis Ababa is a very young city. But in just over a few decades…
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China’s non-Interference policy and rising African concerns
Prudent Africans understand China’s non-interference policy is no longer fine. China must listen. Alula A. Iyasu, special to Addis Standard In October 2012, the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) held a China-Africa Forum in Bishoftu, 45 kms south of Addis Ababa. The event was perhaps the first of its kind held in Ethiopia with academics, policy…
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A long awaited cabinet reshuffle surprises all
Against the ruling party’s initial denial, the pressure of keeping ethnic balance saw Ethiopia’s PM appoint three deputy prime ministers Emnet Assefa A long awaited cabinet reshuffle by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn came to a surprising end yesterday Nov. 29th when the Prime Minister gave his list for approval to the ruling party dominated House of People’s…
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MTN launches football campaign in Ethiopia
Emnet Assefa MTN Ethiopia, a South African Telecom and ICT service provider launches its campaign “celebrate 31 on 831 with MTN Ethiopia.” The campaign that is said to celebrate the participation of The Ethiopian Football Team for the 2012 African Cup of Nations (ACN) that will be held in South Africa is an SMS competition that takes 5 of its…
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Face to face with institutional injustice
PM Hailemariam offers lucrative incentives to animal husbandry and meat export businesses but he may wish to fix the country’s institutional mess first Tsedale Lemma Coming face to face with a sea of business men and women in one large ball room and looking directly into their eyes is surely an intimidating experience for a first timer; coming face…
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Urban Ethiopians, their names and languages:Falling out of love
Ethiopians are largely known as conservatives, but recent trends in urban areas reveal they are every thing but that By Rose Mestika Ethiopia, like many other countries in the world, is a land of diverse tradition, multiple languages and ethnic composition. It also prides itself of being the only country in the continent that has its own alphabets, and a…
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The Gaza bombing: Operation Barak’s Seat
It was Defense Minister Ehud Barak who needed this war badly, but he may be the one who will be the bad loser Ran HaCohen (PhD), Middle East Contributor, Tel Aviv The narrow Gaza Strip – just 365 sq. km (70% of Addis Ababa’s municipal area) off sea-shore surrounded by barbed-wire is home to 1.5 million Palestinians, most of…
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Copyright protection in Ethiopia: Shining law, zero effect
The Federal Constitution of Ethiopia recognizes the protection of intellectual property rights, but no one believe it works Kiya Tsegaye The idea of enacting a copyright law was first developed to encourage creativity and further grew on that sole purpose and protecting companies’ and individuals’ right to ownership. Such protections of copyright is expressed by giving the author or the…
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Of Ethiopian Proverbs (“Neger Be-Missale”)
Ashenafi Zedebub “Tej be-brlle , neger be-missale”, is an ancient Ethiopian saying, which literally means ” “tej “- a traditional drink mainly made from honey- may be drunk out of “brille” – a bulgy glass with a narrow, long neck and “neger” – an example or a proverb – belongs to oration or talk. There is also another popular short…
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