Month: April 2015

  • Lies, damn lies, and the British election

    Chris Patten London – Democratic elections cannot be described as competitions aimed at revealing which candidates tell the unvarnished truth. Most politicians try to avoid telling outright lies; they bob and weave like prizefighters when faced with questions that might ensnare them in outright mendacity. But they invariably exaggerate what they have to offer, as well as the perils that…

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  • Africa

    Argentine urges African countries’ support in the Malvinas Islands question

    The Argentine State Secretary for Affairs Relating to the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and the Surrounding Maritime Areas has met members of the diplomatic community and the press at the Argentine Embassy in Addis Abeba on Wednesday. The State Secretary, Ambassador Daniel Filmus urged governments in the African continent to support Argentina’s attempt to reclaim the Malvinas…

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  • Islamic political parties: Secularists or opportunists?

    Mohamed Salih, Special to Addis Standard Three distinct notions of politicized Islam dominate the landscape of the Islamic World. The first is political Islam, which underpins the conceptual edifice, ethos, norms and messages as well as meanings of Islam as a political ideology. The second is Islamic political parties that represent the institutional manifestation, the vehicle or an instrument through…

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  • Africa

    New report unveils alternative policy to transform economies, make gender equality a reality

    “Progress of the World’s Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights” launches in seven cities A major report from UN Women, released today in seven locations globally, brings together human rights and economic policymaking to call for far-reaching changes to the global policy agenda that will transform economies and make women’s rights, and equality, a reality. It takes an in-depth look…

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  • Africa

    Health program improves pregnancy and delivery care in Ethiopia

    The established and comprehensive health program called Health Extension Program, HEP, aims to improve the access to health care for women and children in Ethiopia. According to Tesfay Gebrehiwot, some of the results of the program are clearly improved coordination of prenatal care, delivery care and postnatal care of women and children in particularly deprived areas. He defended his thesis…

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  • Africa

    Ziraat Bank of Turkey eyes Ethiopia

    Turkey state owned public lender Ziraat Bank is going to establish an office in Ethiopia reports the country’s Daily Sabah. Turkey’s Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci told reporters on Monday that the bank has “applied to open an office in Ethiopia” adding that Ziraat wishes to obtain a banking license in Ethiopia. In December 2014 when the country’s President Recep Tyyip…

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  • Africa

    A state organized rally against IS killing ended in chaos, many injured

    Thousands of city dwellers descended on the streets of Addis Abeba this morning to participate in a government organized rally against the killings by militants of the Islamic State (IS) of Ethiopians and possibly Eritreans and the killings of three Ethiopians by xenophobic attacks in South Africa. But the rally was marred by chaos following chants by protestors that led…

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  • Africa

    Police forcefully disperse protests held by Ethiopians against ISIS killings

    The police have today forcibly dispersed thousands of protestors who came out to the streets to protest the killings by ISIS militants of 28 Christian Ethiopians in Libya. A video released by the Islamic State group on Sunday April 19th appears to show the killing of two different groups of captured Ethiopian Christians by the extremist group’s Libyan affiliates. The…

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  • Africa

    Update – Ethiopia announces three days of national mourning for its citizens killed by IS

    Ethiopian government spokesperson Redwan Hussien said the country will observe three days of national mourning for 28 Ethiopian Christians killed by Islamic State militants in Libya and three of its nationals killed in South Africa following wave of xenophobic attack against African migrant workers.   The national parliament will convey tomorrow morning to commence the mourning period during which flags…

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  • Africa

    Shock, anger in Ethiopia over IS Killings

    After the release of a video by Islamic State on Sunday showing what the group said was the killing of 28 Ethiopian Christians, thousands of Ethiopians have taken to social media to express their shock and outrages. Many facebookers have changed their profile picture to black following by updates expressing their anger. “Wee hours of the morning here and I’m…

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