Month: May 2016
- Africa
National Higher Education Entrance Exam Cancelled Due to Leakage
The Higher education entrance exam scheduled to take place as of Monday 30th May, has been cancelled by the Federal Ministry of Education (MoE) after the exam papers have been leaked ahead of time. The exams are taken by 12th graders in order to determine their entrance into tertiary education. The MoE as well as the state owned Ethiopian Broadcasting…
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From control to demagoguery
Kalkidan Yibeltal In Mao’s China, children were instructed in the “Great Leader’s” teachings from a very humble age. Not only that pictures of Mao were on the jackets of each text book, the contents of the subjects were intended to deepen the students’ comprehension of Mao’s acumens. As Anchee Mee relates to us in FROM MAO TO AMERICA: A WRITER’S…
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Book Review: A legend’s life & tragic death revealed
A New Book peeks into the life, works and mysterious disappearance of Ethiopia’s beloved author Baälu Girma, reveals a shocking secrete Kalkidan Yibeltal Towards the beginning of Endalegeta Kebede’s captivating yet, perhaps unduly, long new book, Baälu Girma: Life and Works, we find the young Baälu apprehensive and estranged, in a garments shop at the heart of Merkato, Addis Abeba’s…
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Exclusive: “I told [your Prime Minister] that a real leadership doesn’t depend on repression” Gianni Pittella
On March 30 – April 1, a group of three EU parliamentarians from the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), the second largest grouping within the European Parliament after the European People’s Party (EPP), visited Ethiopia. Led by S & D Group President Gianni Pittella (pictured above), the visiting members included Cécile Kyenge MEP, ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly vice-president…
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Opinion – Who is in control in Ethiopia?
By Leenco Lata Who is presently in control in Ethiopia? This is a strange question coming from a person who never minces his words when criticizing the EPRDF for installing an authoritarian order in Ethiopia, in which the top official is unquestionably in control. It is also strange to pose the question about a country where who is in control…
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Deaths Reported over Clashes as City Tried to Demolish Houses Built on “Illegally Obtained Land”
Mahlet Fasil The Addis Abeba city administration, backed by police, has reportedly clashed with residents in Woreda 12 of Bole Sub city it deems “illegitimate settlers” causing the deaths of multiple people yesterday. The clashes occurred as the administration tried to demolish houses built on “illegally obtained land.” As Sinishaw Assefa, a resident in the area known as Wora Ganu,…
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Obituary: Admasu Berhanu – The loss of an icon
On February 14, 2016, devotees of Dhebuu, a very popular Television serial drama in Afaan Oromo, woke up to the tragic news of the passing of Admasu Berhanu, one of the most prominent actors that had helped make the show a gripping watch week after week. Admasu played Abbaa Latta, a prosperous old man who persists on badgering his eligible,…
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The US announces nearly $128m in additional humanitarian aid to Ethiopia
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today nearly $128 million in additional humanitarian assistance to help the people of Ethiopia face the impacts of the worst drought in fifty years. Triggered by El Niño, the drought follows successive poor rainy seasons and now exceeds many people’s ability to cope. “Today’s announcement will provide vital humanitarian aid including…
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Ethiopia: The dawn of another ‘structural opening’
Ezekiel Gebissa, Special to Addis Standard Since the creation of the modern Ethiopian state a little more than a century ago, the polity has failed to achieve three objectives: peaceful political transition, democracy, and national unity. The efforts to achieve all three have always been characterized by violence. Some Ethiopian and expatriate intellectuals posit that the repeated failures are because…
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Rush for the exits: Why is Ethiopia’s capital flight accelerating?
Ayele Gelan (PhD), Special to Addis Standard A substantial sum of money has been illegally flowing out of Ethiopia during the last decade. What is even more worrying is not just that the levels of out flows are high but also the sizes of illicit capital outflows have been rising at alarming rates. This rather unique pattern has attracted the…
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