Africa
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Why resist the Addis Abeba Master Plan? – A constitutional legal exploration
Tsegaye R. Ararssa, Special to Addis Standard (@RArarssa) When,in mid April 2014, the government in Ethiopia announced its readiness…
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Opinion – The meek flyby: Silences and reactions
Tarikua Getachew (@tarikawipeace) Obama and My Mother I hesitated between hundred ways to begin this piece. I wanted to…
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Drought in Ethiopia affecting millions, worsens food insecurity as government appeals for emergency food assistance
The less than usual drops of rain in the past several rainy seasons have caused drought in many parts of…
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EDITORIAL: The Trial of Abubaker Ahmed et al: Ethiopia must avoid a symbolic miscarriage of justice
Monday July 6, 2015 was an important milestone in a court case that has been simmering since Ethiopia’s crackdown on…
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Opinion – The unfair trial of Muslim Leaders: Why it undermines counterterrorism in Ethiopia
Abadir M. Ibrahim Something was awry at a hearing of the High Court of Ethiopia on July 6, 2015. As…
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Kiilabii Yannikoo – one of a kind
Mahlet Fasil During the military Derg regime of the ‘70s and ‘80s, when the motto of the day was…
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PM Hailemariam to address The Economist Ethiopia Summit
Summit brings together leading policy makers and business leaders with multinational investors Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn will be…
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Policing Ethiopia: The force vs. service dilemma
Kalkidan Yibeltal On the last Sunday of May 2015, more than 35 million Ethiopians have flocked to cast their…
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An Ethiopian court jailed Muslim leaders, activists to lengthy terms
Mahlet Fasil The Ethiopian federal high court fourth criminal bench today sentenced eighteen Ethiopian Muslims including four members of Ethiopian…
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The Obama on a third business date with Africa
Tarikua Getachew, for Addis Standard (@tarikawipeace) No other visit to anywhere from sitting presidents, US or otherwise, has caused as…
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