By T, Staffer of De Birhan Media 04 March 2012 © (http://www.debirhan.com/) According World Youth Report of UN, 2003 to criminologists, juvenile delinquency encompasses all public wrongs committed by young people between the ages of 12 and 20. Sociologists view the concept more broadly, believing that it covers a multitude of different violations of legal and social norms, from minor ... Read More »
Category Archives: Research
Slums of Ethiopia: trenches of revolutionaries
By T, Staffer of De Birhan Media16-2-2012 A friend just came back from a holiday in Addis Abeba. He spoke of the “new Addis” highly. He said the sky rocketing building for hotels, malls and multipurpose complexes is unbelievable. Unlike old times you can find Western standard resorts, hotels and pubs. He told me how extravagantly posh Addis Abeba has ... Read More »
Restorative Justice in the “new democratic Ethiopia”
By T, Staffer of De Birhan Media 07-02-2012 Ethiopia has had a troubled past and is having an agonising one today. Most of these agonies had been economical but according to this writer they originated from political corruption and bad governance. A particularly worrisome part of our history and future is the prevailing ethnic tension. Ethnic tensions mostly have historical ... Read More »
African defences remain politicised
Report Despite important democratic advances in Africa over the past several years, many of Africa’s militaries remain politicized. This is reflected in situations (such as in Côte d’Ivoire and the DRC, among others) where security sectors have actively aligned themselves with incumbent leaders seeking to stay in power. Such positioning is discrediting security sector institutions and marginalizing the role they ... Read More »
Exploring strategic interests in the Horn
EU moves in Map of the Horn of Africa By De Birhan Media Team (http://www.debirhan.com/) 10-12-2011 Strategic studies seem to be a Western take mostly. A friend wrote on a social media once if Africa ever has gotten strategic analysts. We recall of one African man appearing on Aljazeera as a strategic analyst and giving his mumbo-jumbo – pro African ... Read More »
Africa and the Arab Spring: A New Era of Democratic Expectations : report says Springs reshaped Africa’s governance landscape
Compilation by T, Staffer of De Birhan Media 02 November 2011 A Special Report released today (November 2, 2011) by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies’ entitled “Africa and the Arab Spring: A New Era of Democratic Expectations” stated that the ousting of longtime autocratic leaders in North Africa over the course of 2011 combined with democratic breakthroughs in a ... Read More »