Year: 2013
- Africa
Ethiopian court upholds lengthy jail terms for blogger, senior opposition member
Tsedale Lemma A court in Addis Ababa today dismissed the appeal by Eskindir Nega, blogger, and Andualem Arage, a senior opposition figure, and upheld its earlier decision of lengthy jail terms for both. The two were jailed in the summer of 2012 along with many others and charged with terrorism. “The sentencing is still correct so there is no…
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Lucy back home after six years
Emnet Assefa Lucy( Dinknesh), who is believed to be one of the oldest ancestors of the human being, is back home to Addis Ababa on may 1st after in displayed in three different states in the U.S. for the past six years. The 40 % complete hominid fossil was taken to the USA along with 148 artefacts in a…
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RESPECT THE FOURTH ESTATE!!
The press is known globally as the ‘fourth estate”, and countries which claim they are democratic and have respect for the rule of law consider a free press as guarantor of democracy and of the rule of law. It is that simple!!
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Laura James & the Writing on the Wall
By J. A. Gleichman Iconographer and painter Laura James is currently creating a permanent installation based on the Stations of the Cross for three churches in Haiti. Early experiences with racial bias, particularly in the Bible picture books of her childhood, caused James to look away from that faith and then look back. Finding relief in Ethiopian history, and…
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Lessons from the EU to the AU, and vise versa
Africa has a lot to learn from Europe; but Europe too Emnet Assefa Last week the African Union (AU) and its European equivalent, the European Union (EU), have held the sixth commission to commission meeting lead by the commissioner of The African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and the President of the European Union Commission,…
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U.S. GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES CAMEL MILK PROJECT IN SOMALI REGION
New Project Will Support up to 50,000 Smallholder Livestock Keepers April 25, 2013, Jijiga, Somali Region – As part of the U.S. President’s Feed the Future Initiative in Ethiopia, the U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), launched the Camel Milk Value Chain Development project at a festive ceremony in Fafan Village, Somali…
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What’s next for EPRDF?
The worst enemy threatening Ethiopia’s otherwise well-built looking ruling party comes from within Tesfalem Waldyes and Tsedale Lemma In mid April 2012, Bahir Dar, a lakeside city 578 km north of Addis Ababa and the capital of the Amhara regional state, has comfortably hosted the Tana High Level Security Forum in Africa, the first of its kind international conference…
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AU-EU commissioners to meet
Emnet Assefa The African Union (AU) and its European equivalent the European Union (EU) will hold their sixth commission to commission (C2C) meeting on the 25th and 26th of April here at the AUC compound. The meeting will be co-chaired by the AUC Chairperson Dr. Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma and her European counterpart José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission,…
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New SME supporting platform underway
Emnet Assefa DHL, global express operator announced a business platform that it said will assist local Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to penetrate the global market. The company made the announcement in Addis Ababa on 18th April during a national Micro and Small Enterprise business forum co-organized by AXIOS Business Services Pvt. Ltd. Co. Charles Brewer, CEO of the DHL…
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The plight of women
Dear Editor, I had an interesting read on your magazine about the plight of women in Ethiopia (Domestic abuse against women in Ethiopia: the price of not knowing her pain, March 2013). You made an interesting point in arguing that if we do not know the extent of the problem – even if we know it exists – fixing it…
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