Africa
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Second half of the year to see increased humanitarian need
Insufficient rain during the last short (Belg) rainy season of February to May this year has unexpectedly changed the humanitarian…
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Egypt’s dead men walking
Omar Ashour Cairo – Mass death sentences are usually associated with regimes like those of Adolf Hitler’s Nazis or Pol…
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Donald N. Levine: A sociologist at work and in love
Andrew DeCort Professor Donald N. Levine (June 16, 1931 – April 4, 2015), affectionately known to the greater Ethiopian community…
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The tragedy of Ethiopian migrants: This is no ‘get rich or die trying’
Editorial In mid April this year, a group of militants belonging to the Islamic State (IS) released a sickening…
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Election and the Political Class: Beyond Winning (or Losing) Elections in Ethiopia: Part IV
Tsegaye R. Ararssa 1. Introduction In the last instalments, I have charted out the ‘mood’ in order for us…
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Court sentenced five individuals in the gang rape & subsequent death of Hana Lalango
Mahlet Fasil The Third Criminal Bench of the Lideta Federal High Court sentenced five individuals found guilty of the gang…
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Elections in Ethiopia: Beyond Winning (and Losing), Part III
In an attempt to make sense of beyond winning (and losing) elections in Ethiopia, in the last two pieces, Tsegaye…
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Bekele Gerba speaks!
Born in 1961 in West Wollega region of western Ethiopia, Bekele Gerba went to elementary school in Boji Dirmaji and…
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Elections in Ethiopia: Beyond winning (and losing) Part II
Ed’s Note: In the first part of this series of reflections on elections in Ethiopia, Tsegaye R. Ararsa of the…
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