Month: September 2013
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Ethiopia’s developmental statism: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
Eyob Balcha, Special to Addis Standard (@eyobbalcha ) The Ethiopian developmental state is getting a comfortable ground in the political economy of the country. It is preached almost every day that it is with a strong and committed political leadership of the ruling party that the current factual success is achieved. But this is happening at the expenses of a…
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It’s more than black and white
During the days America was fixated on the live television broadcast of the Zimmerman trial, over 50 Chicagoans died of shootings; nearly all were black and many of them teenagers. But where is the outrage? Asks our U.S. Correspondent Tomas Mega from Nevada On February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida, Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old black American was shot…
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Radisson Blu to host the first New Year party
Since the opening of the Radisson Blu hotel in Addis Ababa in January 2012, the hotel has been known to welcome and organize a great number of successful events for its local and international clients. However, the hotel has not organized an event of its own yet and says “this is about to change” tomorrow Sep 10th, as it is…
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A Modest Proposal: break ties with Syria
Mark N. Katz President Obama has announced that he intends to launch a military strike against Syria in response to his strongly held conviction that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons against its people. It is not at all clear, though, when or even if he will receive approval from Congress or from many (indeed, any) other governments for…
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