Year: 2015
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Bring them back now
Gordon Brown London – It has been nearly a year since the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from their school in the town of Chibok in northern Nigeria on April 14, 2014. This week, on the website for the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, I will be publishing pictures of the missing…
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Thai police drop slavery case against Dr Yonas Tegegn of the World Health Organization
Police on Friday April 10th 2015 dropped an investigation into allegations of slavery leveled by an Ethiopian maid at her employers a top Bangkok-based World Health Organization official and his wife. However, a lawyer acting on the young woman’s behalf said legal proceedings would continue. The unnamed 25-year-old maid filed a complaint with Thai police last month accusing Dr Yonas…
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Ethiopians badly burned in S. Africa anti-foreigner violence; Zulu king walks back attack remarks
Two Ethiopian nationals suffered serious burns when their shop in a South African township was set alight by a mob, police said Saturday, as violence against foreign immigrants spread. The men were in the shop in Umlazi, south of Durban, when it was petrol bombed on Friday night. “They suffered severe burn wounds and are being treated in hospital,” police…
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Hillary Clinton: Too big to fail
Despite the latest debacle Hillary Clinton and Democrats appear comfortable to maximize her current principal qualities: gender and name. Neither of which should be underestimated, but once she declares her intention to run, scrutiny will prevail, says our U.S. correspondent Tomas Mega from Nevada. At the recent Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) extravaganza, Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard and…
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Fifty $ hades of money
Tomas Mega Valentine’s Day – a day for us to celebrate those we love, cherish, appreciate and express our thanks for making our lives and ourselves happier because of their presence. It is a day dominated by the sale of flowers, chocolates, jewellery, perfume, romantic greeting cards and even teddy bears. However, on this year’s Valentine’s Day in America, things…
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Tripartite Committee to Select Consulting Firm
The Tripartite Committee of Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt kicks off its meeting 5th round meeting here in Addis Ababa on Wednesday. It is expected to to select an international firm that that will carry out technical studies on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in its. The international firm will take between five and 12 months to conduct studies on…
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French Minister in Ethiopia
In preparation for the Paris Conference on climate change to be held in December this year, the French State Minister for Development and Francophonie, Annick Girardin is visiting three East African countries including Ethiopia this week. In her visit the Minister is meeting with local authorities and representatives of civil society, NGOs, companies, and local government. She and her…
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“Now my brain is free to the wind and the rain again”
Born in 1972 in Ethiopia, Daniel Lemma left Ethiopia at a tender age to Sweden. Now based in Swedish Daniel is emerging musician/singer-songwriter who first came to fame Lemma first became in 2000 when he provided the soundtrack for Josef Fares’ film Jalla Jalla. Daniel’s music is intimately connected to what music critics say is roots music; American folk music…
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COMESA at twenty: Of the successes, challenges and promises
Sindiso Ndema Ngwenya is the fifth Secretary-General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) since it was transformed from the PTA in 1994. Before his appointment as Secretary General, Ngwenya was the Assistant Secretary General of COMESA in charge of Programs a position he held for ten years. In this position, he was responsible for overseeing the…
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The government owns the numbers Dear Editor, I read your cover page story with great interest as it tries, not successfully though, to answer a question that is always in the back of mind, (Who owns the numbers? Feb, 2015). I said not successfully because your article, great as it was, didn’t push the limits to show your readers how…
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