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Political Unrest in Ethiopia: The Failure of Top-down Development Approach
By Tsegaye Tegenu (PhD) 2018-02-22 The political unrest of the youthful population in Ethiopia reflects the failure of top-down development approach in generating economic transformation and...
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Ethiopia ponders Oromo lipstick on tyranny (Teshome Borago -Satenaw Columnist)
By Teshome Borago | Satenaw Columnist In response to pressure from tribal protests, the TPLF dictatorship in Ethiopia is contemplating to replace its ethnic Welayta prime minister with an Oromo one....
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Chinese investment hotspot and a state of emergency: What’s going on in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn resigned last week following anti-government protests. A state of emergency has since been imposed on the country. Ethiopia is one of the world’s fastest...
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Ethiopia: New State of Emergency Risks Renewed Abuses
REPORT from Human Rights Watch Overbroad, Vague Provisions Undercut Rights Ethiopia’s newly proclaimed state of emergency risks further closing the space for peaceful political activity, Human Rights...
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In a continent dominated by WhatsApp, Ethiopia prefers Telegram
Quartz WRITTEN BY Abdi Latif Dahir In a recent survey of social media use in Africa, WhatsApp—and its Facebook-owned sister app Messenger—was crowned the king of appsin Africa. All except for one...
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MEET THE NEW BOSS SAME AS THE OLD BOSS – The Cult of Personality & The...
By Belay Zeleke February 24th2018 I started writing this article around 5am eastern the day Haile Mariam Desalegn handed in his resignation. Around 8am eastern I heard the news and decided to wait and...
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Ethiopia federal forces detain recently released Oromo leaders
Afric News Reports from Ethiopia indicate that leading opposition chiefs, Merera Gudina and Bekele Gerba are among a group detained by federal security forces in the country’s west. The recently...
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A white wedding during Ethiopia’s Red Terror
By Philipp Schütz & Wongel Abebe Addis Ababa BBC Love can often flourish in the most hopeless of situations. And so it was for Aynalem and Genet who married each other in 1978 during the height of...
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Ethiopian academic inspires U.S. lawmaker to fight for visa lottery
Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban A United States lawmaker, Rep. Keith Ellison, has disclosed part of his motivation for strongly advocating that his country maintains the Diversity Visa (DV) lottery program....
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Ethiopia risks ‘unprecedented’ protests with ‘rearrest’ of OFC leaders
Ethiopia will most likely slide back into a state of unprecedented protests with the re-arrest of top Oromo opposition leaders, a freelance journalist, Mohammed Ademo has cautioned. Ademo who is editor...
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Dear Negussie Mengesha (director of VOA’s Africa Division) Dear Amanda Bennett (VOA director) Dear Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) First, I write you this letter to express my concern and...
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Berhane Dibaba Wins Second Tokyo Marathon
Dibaba winning the 2018 Tokyo Marathon (AFP) Tokyo, Japan – Ethiopia’s Berhane Dibaba and Dickson Chumba of Kenya captured convincing victories at the Tokyo Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label road race, here...
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Yohannes Tilahun, CEO of the Ethiopian Tourism Organization in Hot Water for...
After nine months in office, Yohannes Tilahun, CEO of the Ethiopian Tourism Organization (ETO), is in hot water for his alleged receipts of “double salaries” both from the government and the United...
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Ato Andargachew Tsige Life in the Prison – Abebe Kesito on VOA Amharic The post Ato Andargachew Tsige Life in the Prison – Abebe Kesito on VOA Amharic appeared first on Satenaw: Ethiopian...
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An “Independent Commissione” for Ethiopia?: A Rejoinder to Tsadkan Gebretensae
Al Mariam’s Commentaries I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. It hurts too much to cry and it is too funny not to laugh. The T-TPLF will do anything to cling to power. For one more nanosecond. One...
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Poetry and Art: Kebedech Tekleab – Pt 3 The post Poetry and Art: Kebedech Tekleab – Pt 3 appeared first on Satenaw: Ethiopian News|Breaking News: Your right to know!.
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UN welcomes Ethiopia PM’s resignation
Agency Report The UN said it welcomed the recent decision of Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, to resign, amidst steps toward governance reforms and increased political participation in...
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All Eyes on Ethiopia PM Post as Oromo Party Picks New Leader
By Andualem Sisay In what looks like a bid to take up the prime minister’s position, the Oromo People’s Democratic Organisation (OPDO) — one of the four members of the ruling coalition in Ethiopia — on...
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Water wars: Tensions build over a Nile dam in Ethiopia
THE EDITORIAL BOARD Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Water wars: Tensions build over a Nile dam in Ethiopia A major drama is building in northeast Africa, among Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, as Ethiopia nears...
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