The Amahara: Not responsible for past or present wrongs A response to Dr Zelalem Eshete’s article By Alemayehu Behulu March 14, 2014 In recent days, my cousin, Dr. Zelalam Eshete…
Ethiopia Anew: A Call to Amhara Ethnic People REALLY? A reply to Zelalem Eshete’s article (PhD) By Andualem Tefera March 14, 2014 In present-day Ethiopia there are two political schools…
Stop Sending Aid to Dictators By William Easterly, Time March 13, 2014 Too much of America’s foreign aid funds what I call authoritarian development. That’s when the international community–experts from…
Ethiopia: Spying on the Diaspora By Joshua Kopstein, New Yorker March 12, 2014 Tadesse Kersmo Before Edward Snowden sparked a global debate about government surveillance, it was a fact of…
Tesco emphasises ethics as plans to buy clothes from Ethiopia Reuters March 12, 2014 LONDON (Reuters) – Tesco, the world’s third-largest retailer, expects to source more clothes from Ethiopia, but…
Reykjavik Plans to Start $2 Billion Ethiopian Power Project By William Davison, Bloomberg March 12, 2014 Reykjavik Geothermal, the Icelandic power-plant builder, plans to begin drilling in Ethiopia by July…
Al Shabaab leader urges Somalis to battle old enemy Ethiopia By Abdi Sheikh March 11, 2014 MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The leader of the al Qaeda-aligned Islamist group al Shabaab has…
Addis Ababa looks like a construction site By Jenny Vaughan, AFP March 11, 2014 Addis Ababa (AFP) – Above Addis Ababa’s concrete skyline, cranes tower high amid blasts from nearby…
Boy finds bone marrow match By Jason Schreiber, Seacostonline March 11, 2014 STRATHAM — Behaylu Barry had little doubt that a sibling back in Ethiopia would be a match when…
Do massive dams ever make sense? By Lauren Everitt, BBC March 11, 2014 A new report from researchers at Oxford University argues that large dams are a risky investment –…