Month: May 2013
- Africa
Special coverage on the 50th founding anniversary of the OAU
The audacity to re-define Pan-Africanism There has not been enough effort in re-defining what Pan-Africanism is for present day Africa and African citizens. Now is the time Eyob Balcha, Special to Addis Standard (@EyobBalcha) It is not an easy decision to believe in Pan-Africanism. There are plenty of factual reasons that can keep an African desperate and…
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Pan-Africanism for peace in Africa: the long journey ahead
Finding a Pan-Africanist solution to bring in peace and security within the continent takes more than a well crafted document Hallelujah Lulie, special to Addis Standard The Common African Defense and Security Policy (CADSP), a Pan-Africanist and comprehensive peace and security document of the African Union, puts the indivisibility of the security of African States as its fundamental principle. The…
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Special coverage on the 50th founding anniversary of the OAU
Time to ask what went wrong over the last 50 years: Dr. Tewdros Emnet Assefa Speaking at the 23rd ordinary session of the AU Executive Council this morning, Ethiopia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr.Tedros Adhanom said it’s time for member states of the African Union (AU) to ask what went wrong during the continental body’s 50 year’s journey. Dr.Tedros said…
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Pan-Africanism all afresh is the answer
It was a dream of a few statesmen that helped the old Pan-Africanism born in the ‘60s. It’s now time, or even long overdue, for a fresh one to come Hone Mandefro Dr. Paul G. Adogamh, Associate professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, believes Pan-Africanism, the oldest vision of Africa, was and still remains…
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Special coverage on the 50th founding anniversary of the OAU
AUC’s PIDA projects gaining momentum Emnet Assefa Elham Mohamed, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy at the African Union Commission (AUC) said today that in an effort to integrate the continent Africa better the AUC was working on a number of projects in the areas of transport, energy, ICT and Transboundary water throughout Africa.…
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Police in Addis Ababa summons Editor-In-Chief on defaming the widow of Meles
Ferew Abebe, Editor-in-chief of Sendek, a private Amharic weekly, was summoned on Wednesday May 15thto the Makelawi Police station (Federal Police Crime Investigation Department) and was questioned by the police for five hours before he was released on a 5000.00 birr bail. Ferew was accused of defaming the name of Azeb Mesfin, widow of former Prime Minister Meles Zenawion a…
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Busted!
In a dramatic move by the country’s anti-graft body, the Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (FEACC), Melaku Fanta, Director General of the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority and his deputy Gebrewahed Woldegiorgis (both pictured here) were arrested along with 22 people including two prominent businesspeople – Semachew Kede, owner of Intercontinental Hotel and Ketema Kebede, owner of KK Trading Plc –…
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Sacked!
A few days after he presented a much criticized nine months performance by his office to the House of Peoples’ Representatives, Justice Minister Berahn Hailu was sacked on Friday May 10th from his position as a minister in a letter written by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalgen. Insiders say Berhan Hailu, a former minister at a dissolved Ministry of Information, was…
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Police named officer who shot to death twelve people in Bahir Dar
The Police in in Bahir Dar city, the capital of the Amhara regional state 578kms north of Addis Ababa, has named a member of the federal police unit who killed twelve and wounded two civilians in a weekend killing spree as Constable Fekadu Nasha. The police also said the shooter has had problems with his estranged girlfriend, whose mother was…
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Boston bombing ignites legal debates
Even with more questions than answers, legal debates surrounding the Boston bombing show America isn’t just another “Banana Republic” Tomas Mega, U.S. correspondent One week after the capture of the surviving accused terrorist in the Boston Marathon bombings, the American public is faced with more questions than answers. How did two young men manage to set off two…
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