Year: 2016
- Africa
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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Analysis: Ethiopia’s simmering sores and the re-opening of old wounds
Kalkidan Yibeltal & Tesfalem Waldyes The current government in Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), often claims the multi-national constitutional federalism that it introduced a quarter century ago answered the country’s age-old question – famously known as the ‘national question’ – once and for all. Ethiopia’s constitution, the government further claims, is multi-foundational by its nature and…
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The US “deeply concerned” by Ethiopia’s decision to charge opposition members with terrorism
Mahlet Fasil The United States on Friday April 29 said it was “deeply concerned by the Government of Ethiopia’s recent decision to file terrorism charges against Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) First Vice-Chairman Bekele Gerba and others in the Oromia region.” Bekele Gerba On April 22 federal prosecutors have charged 22 individuals, including prominent opposition member Bekele Gerba, first secretary…
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Four missing Oromo Federalist Congress members, co-defendants appear in court this morning
Mahlet fasil Twenty two defendants, including four missing senior members of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) have appeared at the Federal High Court 19th Criminal Bench this morning. The court adjourned the next hearing, which will be a defense hearing, until May 10th. Federal prosecutors have charged 22 members of the OFC on Friday April 22nd with…
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Commentary – What was troubling Konso?
How Konso people’s demand for constitutional self-determination was met with state violence Abate Seyoum, from Konso Undoubtedly, Ethiopia is going through nervous times. The much publicized massive anti-government protests by the Oromo, the country’s largest ethnic group, since the last five months reveal the depth and length of the government’s intolerance for dissenting voices. But unconcerned by a…
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