Month: December 2015
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East African Tiger Brand Donates One year’s Worth Sanitary Products for Bishoftu Hospital
East African Tiger Brands Industries has donated one year’s worth of sanitary products to Bishoftu Hospital. The donation which comes as per the city council’s request to alleviate the problem of sanitation manifest in the hospital, goes in line with East African Tiger Brand’s commitment to add value to the society it operates in, said company officials. In addition…
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White House ‘deeply concerned’ by Ethiopia’s arrest of journalists, but fails to mention massive crackdowns against Oromo protestors
In a statement by the US National Security Council Spokesperson Ned Price the White House said it was “deeply concerned” by Ethiopia’s recent arrest of journalists and cautioned Ethiopia to refrain from using its infamous Anti-Terrorism Proclamation as a mechanism to silence dissent. But the statement conspicuously avoided mentioning recent protests by the Oromos throughout the country’s largest regional state…
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Taking it to the House
It was clear from the outset that Congressman Paul Ryan didn’t want the job, yet he has become the 54th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and republicans appear to have united behind him. But How far Mr. Ryan will go to please the “party of no” Freedom Caucus members will determine whether they eventually throw him under the…
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Is Ethiopia becoming ‘No Go zone’ for investors?
In Ethiopia government and the party’s interest in doing business is protected by the law and defended by the party’s loyalty to a developmental state ideology; but beyond that five outstanding factors characterize Ethiopia’s potential failure to become an investor friendly destinatio. Kalkidan Yibeltal and Kiya Tesgaye While the regime in Ethiopia cannot be accused of squandering every…
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Oromo protests: defiance amidst pain and suffering
Ginchi, Ambo, Adama and Woliso Mahlet Fasil and Tsedale Lemma It all began on No 12th in Ginchi, a small town some 80 Kms South West of the Capital Addis Abeba. It is a town of not more than 50, 000 inhabitants, “95% of whom are Oromos”, a nation whose ethnic makeup is known to represent more than…
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School closed after mysterious mass collapse of students in Chancho town
Mahlet Fasil Chancho Elementary School , located in Finfinne surrounding, Oromiya Region Special Zone, Sululta Woreda, Chancho town, remains closed since yesterday after nearly 200 students experienced sudden (and so far mysterious) collapse yesterday afternoon. Pictures of young and unconscious students being carried away from the school compound yesterday afternoon found its way to the social media; one…
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Court passes guilty verdict on five of the six Oromo Students as fresh protests rock cities in Oromiya regional state
Opposition party Oromo federalist Congress once again denounces the Addis Abeba integrated Master Plan, excessive police response to fresh student protests The Federal High court 19th criminal bench in Addis Abeba has today passed a guilty verdict on five of the six Oromo university students who were under policy custody since May 2014. Only one was set free. Accordingly…
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Many SSA Governments Failing Their People in Fighting Corruption: Transparency International
Nearly 75 million people are estimated to have paid a bribe in the past year Transparency International’s latest “People and Corruption: Africa Survey” highlights a clear disparity between a few strong performing countries in regard to the fight against corruption and the many weak performers across the continent. However, there is no government which is rated positively on its anti-corruption…
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Transforming agriculture helps Africa reduce poverty, food insecurity
“African agriculture is in urgent need of an upgrade and fast-track into 21st century productivity,” said Mr. Adam Elhiraika, Director of the Macroeconomic Policy Division at the Economic Commission for Africa, in a statement on behalf of the Executive Secretary, Mr. Carlos Lopes, during the opening of the African Economic Research Consortium Biannual Research workshop on ‘Agriculture and Structural Transformation…
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