Month: December 2018
- Africa
In-depth analysis: Arba Minch University pacifies prospective graduates, grapples with another concern as fate of students hangs in limbo
Yared Tsegaye Addis Abeba, December 28/2018 – Following a heated controversy between Arba Minch University (AMU) management and about 50 prospective graduates who studied in the “Production Engineering Department” of the university, the management of the university began reaching out to employers which will potentially absorb the graduates, focusing mainly on giant industrial companies, Addis Standard has learnt. Accordingly, a…
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In-depth Analysis -As Libya finds bodies of Ethiopians executed by ISIS, the film director of that horrific video is alive and remains at large. What we know
Zecharias Zelalem, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, December 24/2018 – Yesterday Reuters reported that “the bodies of 34 Ethiopian Christians executed in Libya by Islamic State (IS) in 2015 have been exhumed from a mass grave.” Reuters cited Libyan authorities as the source of the news, the kind of news that sends chills through the hearts of millions of Ethiopians…
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Commentary: Somalia’s South West State: A new President installed, a crisis inflamed
Against all sensible advice, the Federal Government of Somalia muscled in on a local election to shove aside an Islamist conservative candidate. It scored a tactical victory but created significant additional risk for the country already wracked by conflict and divided along regional and clan lines. Rashid Abdi Addis Abeba, December 24/2018 – On 19 December, local lawmakers in Somalia’s…
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Moyale: A week in a battle field: Firsthand account of a medical doctor who survived an RPG
Henok Samuel, MD Addis Abeba, December 24/2018 – After the last conflict which I posted [in November this year] titled ‘The endless battle of Moyale’, the town was in a tense situation – there had been palpable fear and tension in the air and we were wary of the situation. There have been occasional clashes leaving casualties and some deaths…
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Entertainment: The 13th Ethiopian International Film Festival to kick off
Addis Abeba, December 21/2018 – Organizers of the the Ethiopian International Film Festival (EARTHOPIAN) said the opening ceremony of the 13th edition of the festival will be held on the 24th of December 2018, at 5; 00 pm, at the VAMDAS Cinema. “The ceremony will be inaugurated by the Guest of Honor Nebiyu Bayeh, Head of the Addis Abeba Administration…
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Op:Ed: A government led by a reformist prime minister is failing citizens’ basic security. Priorities, please!
Daniel Negash Ajema, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, December 21/2018 – Over the last few days, there has been yet another communal violence in Ethiopia, an all-too familiar story. The Borana-Garri conflict in Moyale and its environs is historically old, yet it defied the test of time and efforts (albeit partisan) by successive governments and continued to claim the lives…
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Commentary: Uncovering the nextgen carbon market: Ethiopia in Perspective
Ambachew F. Admassie, for Addis Standard Part 2 Addis Abeba, December 20/2018 – Part 1 of my rejoinder attracted some interesting reactions from readers. Some seemed apparently misled by the picture of local traffic pollution in Addis inserted by the editors, expressed they were worried the Addis’s pollution has been extrapolated to the whole country. Others stressed our per…
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Commentary: Ethiopia’s census dilemma: from implementation gap to the politics
Major cities in Ethiopia are experiencing an unprecedented boom in population sizes Yordanos Seifu Estifanos, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, December 18/2018 – Population and housing census is one of the main sources of data on vital statistics ranging from birth to death. It is used as a basis for many social and economic projections, trend analyses, national planning, budget…
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News Alert: at least a dozen civilians killed by army inside Bekele Molla Hotel in Moyale: sources
Addis Abeba, December 17/2018 – Sources reaching out to Addis Standard say a deadly shooting involving the federal army which took place inside the Bekele Molla Hotel in Moyale city has claimed the lives of at least a dozen civilians. According to the information sent by sources, the incident happened during talks between regional security forces, representatives of the two…
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