Month: September 2018
- Africa
Opinion: The Ethio-Eritrea Rapprochement: A Model for Regional Reconciliation?
PM Abiy Ahmed and President Isaias Afwerki exchanging pleasantries with Debretsion Gebremichael, deputy president of Tigray regional state yesterday during yesterday’s reopening of Bure and Zalambesa border crossings Semungus H. Gebrehiwot, for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, September 12/2018 – A historic paradigm shift is underway in the Horn of Africa following the recent rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea that ended…
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News: Ethiopia tops global list of highest internal displacement in 2018
Displaced civilians from the Gedeo and West Guji zones of SNNPR and Oromia regional states, respectively Addis Abeba, September 12/2018 – Ethiopia has seen the highest number of people forced to flee their homes within their country in the first half of 2018, according to the IDMC report on global displacement out today. “It beggars belief that 1.4 million people…
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Breaking: Commissioner of Ethiopian Investment Commission resigns. “I am leaving for family reason” Belachew Mekuria
Belachew Mekuria (PhD), Commissioner of Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC), has resigned from his position effective yesterday September 11. Belachew was appointed to the position by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in April this year during a reshuffle that saw Fitsum Aregaa, now PM Abiy’s chief of staff, leave his position as commissioner of EIC for the PM’s office. Belachew, who was…
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The Interview: Every society has to have some kind of moral compass to exist. Our moral compass has been lost: Berhanu Nega
Having acquired his PhD in economics from the New School for Social Research, in New York City, Berhanu Nega is an accomplished economist and author of a book ‘Yenetsanet Goh Siked’ (“The Dawn of Freedom”), which he wrote while serving time in prison as a result of the post 2005 contested-turned-deadly general elections in Ethiopia. But as someone who participated…
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News: Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea establish high level committee to oversee joint declaration on multifaceted collaborations; Ethiopia reopens its embassy in Asmara
Addis Abeba, Sep. 06/2018 – Following a Tripartite Summit between PM Abiy Ahmed, President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, and President Isaias Awerki, the leaders of Ethiopia, the Republic of Somalia and Eritrea, respectively, which took place yesterday in Eritrea’s capital Asmara, the trio issued a four pillar comprehensive joint declaration which included the establishment of a high level committee tasked…
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Opinion: The new era of transformation in Ethiopia and the Elephant in the room
Kebadu Mekonnen, (PhD), For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, September 05/2018 – We live in and through a story whether we know it or not. If it is in someone else’s story, we probably get a marginal part and that may not be to our liking. Or perhaps we might not have the faintest idea about the story we are in,…
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Breaking: Ethiopian investment board lifts restrictions on logistics industry reserved exclusively for Ethiopians, opens sector for joint venture
Liyat Fekade Addis Abeba, September 04/2018 – A landmark decision by the Ethiopian investment board has reversed a major regulation that restricts foreign investors from engaging in parts of Ethiopia’s Investment Incentives and Investment Areas reserved for domestic investors by lifting the restriction on logistic industry which was exclusively reserved for Ethiopian nationals. Accordingly, the board, which comprises of key…
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