Year: 2012
- Africa
Extractive resources in Africa : When riches mean war, poverty and corruption
Regrettably, natural resource gifted continent in the world is also home to a staggering level of poverty and corruption Alem C. It is a widely held belief both by economists and policy makers that extractive resources worldwide have dictated to a wider extent economic policies and outcomes of countries endowed by them. According to a 2002 World Bank report on…
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Hopes will die last
Dear Editor, I found your lead article of the October edition of your magazine rather interesting. (Hopes ignited die last than shattered soon, Oct. 2012). Following the death of your late PM, Meles Zenawi, your country is undergoing through an exciting period. My expat colleagues and I were very relieved to witness that unlike the doomsday reporting by the media…
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Condominiums in Addis Ababa: Slums in the making?
Mercifully, Addis Ababa has avoided having slums in many of its neighbourhoods; but that may be only so far Rose Mestika In 2004-5, residents of Addis Ababa city woke up to a pleasing news when they were asked to register in their respective Kebeles for a new housing scheme that since then has come to be popularly known as…
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Obama wins in a divided nation
A Democratic president, a Republican U.S. House of Representatives, and a Democratic U. S Senate is where this election started, and it is where it has ended Thomas Mega, Las Vegas, Nevada Barack Obama returns to the White House with an election victory brilliantly orchestrated by his campaign team. Democrats attacked Republicans at their weakest areas, and triumphed. Comparing…
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The debates: first impressions are lasting impressions
Tomas Mega, From Las Vegas Nevada After there presidential debates, the election of 2012 is closer than over. Various polls show Romney with a slim lead, Obama with a slim lead, and both in a virtual tie. Unexpectedly, some polls indicate that Obama has lost his once double digit lead among women, but improving among men. Surprised? We shouldn’t be.…
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JANO: An Ethiopian rock phenomena
Soon Ethiopia will explode with the electric sounds of Jano, a rock band of young, talented and passionate Ethiopians Zela Gayle Setting the trend for the Jano sound is a new synthesis which injects Ethiopian music into the genre of rock to create hot and harmoniously wild sounding of Ethiopian rock. Behind it is Jano, a band consisting…
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Ethiopian Muslims and the state: arrests, twists, and anger
A yearlong protest by Ethiopian Muslims against uncalled for interference by the government came to a disturbing twist on Monday Oct. 29th when a federal court in Addis Ababa decided to charge 29 Muslim protestors arrested in July with “plotting acts of terrorism” under the country’s infamous anti-terror law. Charges brought against the detainees including nine prominent members of the…
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Hopes ignited die last than shattered soon
There are many reasons to believe in Prime Minister Hailemariam as long as he stands to be a man of himself and treat himself as one Tsedale Lemma An opposition activist approached by this magazine to comment on the rise of Hailemariam Desalegn as Ethiopia’s Prime Minister concluded his remarks with the ancient Chinese curse of “May you live…
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AU’s first lady boss takes office
Mrs. Dlamini-Zuma may have been Ping’s bitter rival a few months ago, but she was not short of a courteous diplomatic thank you. South Africa’s former Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has officially assumed the office of the AUC as the first chairwoman as of today Oct. 15th. She is also the first South African to lead the…
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Yemen: the way forward?
Mark N. Katz I was in the audience for the address given by Yemeni President Abd Rabuh Mansour Hadi at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC, on Sep. 28th. He emphasized how Yemen is working with the U.S. and others to combat Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and other Islamic terrorists, Yemen is implementing the…
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