Month: July 2013
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Institutional corruption
Dear Editor, Please allow me to express my high regard and appreciation to your neat work in discussing the root causes of corruption in Ethiopia (Inside Ethiopia’s institutionalized corruption, June 2013). It is one thing to have journalists report on the names and numbers of suspected individuals, quite another to shed a much needed light behind the root cause of…
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Somalia
Dear Editor, Please allow me to commend you on your courageous expedition to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, a country we in Ethiopia in particular and the whole world in general think is a wasted land. Your cover story (Somalia: the failed state no more, May 2013) asked a critical question on why Ethiopia was not a part of the…
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Syria: what can Obama be thinking?
Mark N. Katz Far from being on the verge of collapse as many in the West and the Arab World had hoped, it now appears that the Assad regime in Syria has gained the upper hand against its internal opponents. With Russia, Iran, and the Lebanese Shi’a movement Hezbollah all strongly backing Assad while the opposition is only receiving mainly…
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Addis Ababa city council elects Diriba Kuma
Addis Ababa city council elected today Minister of Transport Diriba Kuma as the next Mayor of Addis Ababa. At a ceremony held this morning at the city’s hall, Diriba received the symbolic key to the city from the outgoing mayor Kuma Demeksa, and was sworn in along with Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the outgoing Council Dr. Tabor Gebremedin and…
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AU suspends Egypt from membership
Emnet Assefa Following Mohammed Mors’s removal from power by the Egyptian military on Tuesday July 3rd the African Union (AU) suspends Egypt from membership of the union until the country is back to constitutional order. Following an emergency session by the AU’s Peace and Security this morning, the AU said it recognizes the situation in Egypt as an “exceptional”…
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PM Hailemariam reshuffles his cabinet
Emnet Assefa The House of People’s Representatives approved the appointment of 10 ministers presented to it by Prime Hailemariam Dessalegn this morning. The house also approved the federal budget for the 2006 Ethiopian fiscal year. The newly appointed ministers include, education, government communication affairs, industry, transport, government whipto the house, science and technology, justice, customs authority, environment and forest protection…
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Sidra Hotel joins Addis’s hotel industry
Emnet Asefa Sidra hotel, a new four star hotel, joins the hotel industry in Addis Ababa on Saturday June 28th, 2013. The hotel that went operational over the weekend specializes on hotel and Spa services with 26 hotel rooms including 1 presidential suit along with a whole floor of spa services on a 6 story building, according to its owner…
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