News - Ethiopia
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
by Dessalegn Asfaw
A lot of us, including me, spend quite a bit of time criticizing the leadership of the Ethiopian democracy movement. But when they do something good, in this case, brilliant, they must get their due. Siye Abraha and Negasso Gidada's decision to join the UDJ, and the UDJ's ...
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
In unprecedented move in Ethiopian politics, Negaso Gidada, president from 1997 to 2001, and Seye Abraha a former rebel leader who became defence minister for four years from 1991, joined the opposition party Unity for Democracy and Justice party (UDJ) on Thursday.
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By Barry Malone, ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A former ...
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
Tewodros Abebe
It was exactly one hundred years ago this week that a brilliant citizen was born in Ethiopia in the month of TiQimt. Haddis Alemayehu —a prolific writer, a patriot, a diplomat, and a statesman— was an extraordinary man of letters whose contributions to Ethiopian literature are simply monumental. ...
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Dr. Negaso Gidada
The Current Political Situation in Dembi Dollo
I visited Dembi Dollo, in Qelem Wallaga Zone of Oromia Region from September 18-28, 2009. During my visit, I tried to gather as much information as possible on the current political situation. I was unable to hold public meetings because the local ...
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
By Simegnish Yekoye
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Foreign diplomats have started to broker negotiations between the ruling party, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Front (EPRDF) and a forum of opposition parties, Mederek on issues concerning the upcoming Ethiopian election to be held next year.
Diplomats from the British and US embassies have started consultations ...
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Telecommunications Market Report
Ethiopia is the last country in Africa allowing its national telco, ETC a monopoly on all telecom services including fixed, mobile, Internet and data communications. This monopolistic control has stifled innovation and retarded expansion.
The government tries to encourage foreign investment in a broad range of industries by ...
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
By Abebe Gellaw
The Cato Institute, a respected libertarian public policy foundation in the United States, has been searching for the fifth recipient of its liberty award. Named after the late Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman [1912-2006], the award is “presented every other year to an individual who has made a ...
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Thursday, September 17th, 2009
VOA/Reuters
In a two-and-a-half-hour meeting with reporters, prime minister Meles Zenawi had harsh words for the authors of a new report that warns of the potential for ethnic violence ahead of next year's national elections. The report by the International Crisis Group describes Ethiopia as a de facto one-party state ...
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Thursday, September 17th, 2009
The Egyptian Prime Minister Dr. Ahmed Nazif, is due to visit Ethiopia in October at the head of a delegation of businessmen and Egyptian investors to boost bilateral cooperation between Egypt and Ethiopia in various areas of development in addition to their joint water projects, APA learns here.
Speaking to the ...
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Picture - Meles Zenawi
By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's ruling party wants Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to remain its leader for another five years, making it likely the former rebel will run the Horn of Africa nation for some time to come.
"We have made a decision ...
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