Month: April 2016
- Africa
Oromia International Bank recognizes its “High Value Customers”
Oromia International Bank (OIB), one of the private banks operating in the country, has awarded certificate of appreciation for 126 of its “high value customers” on Friday April 8, 2016 at Elily Hotel here in Addis Abeba. According to a statement from the Bank, the awardees include top depositors, top exporters, top remittance earners and top IFB (Interest Free Banking) depositors.…
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Opinion- Panama Papers: Illicit financial flows, tax havens not just another recommendation
Thabo Mbeki Over the past few days, there has been a furore in the global community regarding reports on “the Panama Papers”, an enormous leak of more than 11 million documents which are said to date back up to four decades and are allegedly connected to a Panama law firm. According to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), this…
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EU boosts aid to Ethiopia amid worsening drought
The European Commission announces €122.5 million to help Ethiopia deal with a deteriorating humanitarian situation caused by the El Niño extreme weather phenomenon Today the European Commission has announced €122.5 million for Ethiopia to address the immediate needs of people affected by the worsening humanitarian situation caused by one of the most severe extreme El Niño weather phenomenon on…
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Op-Ed: EU-Africa: A common future
By Jean-Claude Juncker and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma As we face the challenges of the 21st century there is more that unites Africa and Europe than divides us. We share a common history of thousands of years. Today more than ever we need to work together to build our common future and to work jointly on the defining global issues of our…
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Solitary struggles: Of soul-searching Ethiopian adoptees
Zecharias Zelalem, Special to Addis Standard Thousands upon thousands of skinny, dusty, women and children clad in dirty rags, sitting on a barren land, (the scorching sun consuming what’s left of them), barely able to muster the strength to bat away overzealous flies. The scent of death is all around as another shawl is wrapped around the lifeless…
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#OromoProtests: The martinet’s message meets its match
Ezekiel Gebissa, special to Addis Standard In his book, The Dictator’s Learning Curve, William J. Dobson argues that old-school dictators like Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao and Idi Amin ruled with unrestrained violence before the advent of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social media networks known for instantaneous communication. Contemporary dictators cannot keep their evil deeds secret even when those…
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