Year: 2012
- Art Review
Zem-negede Adinet – ‘A Spoken Word Collective’
Zela Gayel Zem-negede Adinet is a newly formed ‘Spoken Word Collective’ of committed performers based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the first of its kind to have both national and international poets entertaining in English and Amharic. Members of the group have come together with the aim of creating a platform that will give members free reign to poetically…
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‘Water Music’ and of the first African to write musical notes
Ashenafi Zedebub ” ..One could hear the shriek of sea-birds, the peaceful rushes and then a very strange occurrence takes place…” When I first read this paper, I really thought that the writer was rather joking. But that wasn’t at all a joke. He meant business! He went further and wrote: “The listener with his microphone would gradually dive in…
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Ethiopian Parliament to swear in Hailemariam this Friday
The national parliament has been called from its recess to reconvene on Friday 21st September to swear in Prime Minister-in-wait Hailemariam Desalgen. The Council of Ethiopia’s ruling party, the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), elected Hailemariam Desalegn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, to become its chairman replacing the late PM Meles Zenawi in its…
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Summer Fusilli with Zucchini and Heirloom Tomato
By Joane Bruno (Courtesy – Chef Marcus Samuelson) We’re reaching that time of year where you’re either totally fed up with zucchini and summer squash and bemoaning the fact that you have to think of new ways to cook them at least until after labor day (ugh how imposing can they be!). Or you’re already mourning their sure-to-be imminent…
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What his absence gave away
Dear Editor, If his passing away is likely to have a national security connotation, we don’t mind waiting until the ruling party gets control of the situation (What his absence gave away, August 2012). Any country would do the same if the information has a national security impact. As can be seen, there are many groups who are happy, wishing…
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Hailemariam Desalegn elected as chairman of EPRDF
Demeke Mekonnen of ANDM is deputy chairman The Council of Ethiopia’s ruling party, the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), in its regular meeting held on Sep. 14th and 15th, elected Hailemariam Desalegn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, to become its chairman replacing the late PM Meles Zenawi. The same meeting also elected…
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Executive power succession twist
Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hailemariam Desalegn may step into the office of the PM smoothly, but that doesn’t solve Ethiopia’s opaque constitutional provision on succession plans Kiya Tsegaye One of the most anxious developments following the mysterious disappearance from the public scene and early rife speculations of the death of Ethiopia’s late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was…
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That’s America!
It’s all about size Tomas Mega Americans now have real choices about the future direction of the country, and the choices are unkind. Romney’s selection of U.S. Representative and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan as his Vice President sends a blunt message to voters: Romney cannot only rely on a bad economy to win. Now, it’s…
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Obituary – The late PM Meles Zenawi
A hero?A dictator? A peacemaker or a warmonger? Learning about Ethiopia’s late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is mystifying but it was hard to avoid Tsedale Lemma For the average bystander trying to understand just what sort of a leader Ethiopia’s late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was is mystifying. He was loved by many but at the same time dreaded; feared…
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Emirates inaugurates non-stop daily service to Washington, DC
Emirates, one of the fastest growing airlines in the world, has launched its daily non-stop service from Dubai to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD). It is the seventh gateway for Emirates in the United States, and the twelfth new route to join the airline’s international network in 2012. “Emirates offers important new choice, competition and a higher level of internationally…
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