10-1-2017 The Quest for Press Freedom, 2013, is a book about press development and freedom in Ethiopia, with a focus on the history of Ethiopian media and a book written by the late Ethiopian media professor, Meseret Chekol. Meseret Chekol Reta taught in the Department of Journalism at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls until his death in November 2012. He received his ... Read More »
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“የዳዊት ፈተና” ከበፍቃዱ ሃይሉ የፌስቡክ ገፅ የተወሰደ
2-1-2016 አዋሽ ሰባት በነበረኝ “የተሀድሶ” ቆይታዬ ተዋውቄያቸው ከወደድኳቸው ሰዎች መካከል ሁለት ዳዊት በሚል ሥም የሚጠሩ ወጣቶች ነበሩበት። አሁን የማጫውታችሁ ግን ስለ ዲያቆኑ ዳዊት ነው። ዲያቆን ዳዊት ተወልዶ ያደገው ትግራይ ውስጥ ነው። የሚያገለግለው ሥላሴ ካቴድራል ነው። የፖለቲካ ተሳትፏቸው እምብዛም እንደሆኑትና በአዲስ አበባ እንደሚኖሩት አብዛኛዎቹ የትግራይ ተወላጆች የሚያውቀውም፣ የሚያምነውም፣ የሚወደውም ኢሕአዴግን ብቻ ነበር። “ነበር” ያልኩት ያለምክንያት አይደለም። እንዳጋጣሚ ሆኖ፣ ዲያቆን ዳዊት የተመደበው ... Read More »
ETHIOPIA: LAND AS A COMMODITY AND A HUMAN RIGHT ISSUE–THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS
Teshome Abebe* December 23, 2016 “Buy land son, they don’t make them anymore”. ‘Tony Soprano’—The Sopranos. If we were residents of “The Culture”, we would face no scarcity, and I wouldn’t even bother to write this short article. You see, “The Culture” (series by Ian M. Banks) is the fictional post-scarcity, post-human ‘society’ of humanoids as well as artificially intelligent ... Read More »
How Gambella’s large scale commercial farms were corrupted by cliques of Ethiopia’s ruling Front
20-12-2016 Report reveals 84pc of loans DBE advanced used for intended purposes Massive loans poured over the years into commercial farms in the Gambella Regional State have results with 84pc spending on the intended purposes, but with disappointing results of productivity that is a fraction of the investments, a report presented to the Prime Minister’s Office reveals. The report comes ... Read More »
Ethiopia and Eritrea Cold to Hot War
It’s now widely assumed that Ethiopia can no longer provoke a potentially destabilizing conflict against Eritrea given the procedurally shifting strategic balance between Ethiopia and Eritrea as a result of Asmara’s newly christened strategic relationship with the GCC. By Andrew Korybko | for Global Research, Because of the unpredictability of the Eritrean government and the opaqueness of the information environment ... Read More »
Earthquake in Debre Birhan
አዲስ አበባ፣ ህዳር 25፣ 2009 ከአዲስ አበባ ሰሜን ምስራቅ አቅጣጫ 100 ኪሎ ሜትር ርቀት ላይ በሚገኝ አካባቢ የመሬት መንቀጥቀጥ መከሰቱ ተነገረ። በደብረ ብርሃን ምስራቃዊ ዳርቻ ቅዳሜ ለእሁድ አጥቢያ ሌሊት 10 ስአት ከ55 ላይ ነው የመሬት መንቀጥቀጥ የተከሰተው። የመሬት መንቀጥቀጡ በሬክተር ስኬል ከ4 ነጥብ 5 በላይ እንደሆነ ታውቋል። ክስተቱ አዲስ አበባ ከተማ ጀሞ አካባቢ ድረስ መሰማቱም ተገልጿል። በአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የጄዩ ... Read More »
THE PEOPLE OF ETHIOPIA’S FORESTS
15 November 2016 / Maheder Haileselassie Tadese In the rugged landscape of Ethiopia, which has only 10 percent of forested land, regular people’s lives are inextricably linked to the future of the forests. Ethiopia’s forestry sector contributed $893.7 million to the economy in 2011, or about 3.2 percent of the GDP. After decades of significant loss, the country’s forests have ... Read More »
A New Report on Ethiopian Sugar Projects
27-9-2016 A new report from the Oakland Institute debunks the myth that Ethiopia is the new “African Lion.” Miracle or Mirage? Manufacturing Hunger and Poverty in Ethiopia exposes how authoritarian development schemes have perpetuated cycles of poverty, food insecurity, and marginalized the country’s most vulnerable citizens. Miracle or Mirage? Manufacturing Hunger and Poverty in Ethiopia Read More »