by Irob Rights Advocacy Association (IRAA), June 2013 On June 3rd 2013, Egypt’s leader, President Mohamed Morsi, held a meeting with some other Egyptian plotters to discuss measures his country could take to thwart the Blue Nile dam project that Ethiopia is constructing. According to the information made available by mainstream media, most of the […]
By Yilma Bekele No question I have to be careful writing this column. That is why I choose the title. Some of us are quick to take offense or assume holier than thou attitude when it comes to the subject I am gingerly trying to confront. I decided to approach the issue head on and
Yared Ayicheh – June 25, 2013 The recent shift in the political narration of Ethiopian Diaspora politics is the desire among some Amara and Oromo elites to engage in dialogue for bridge building among the two elite groups. At the surface it is a noble idea; but looking closer at the proposed Amara-Oromo bridge building
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Ethiopia loses around 16.5 percent of its GDP each year to the long-term effects of child malnutrition. That’s just one of the statistics to emerge from “The Cost of Hunger in Africa” study which measures the economic impact of malnutrition in 12 different countries. Ethiopia is the third country so far to publish its findings.
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Bloomberg News By Rudy Ruitenberg Ethiopia’s child malnutrition costs the country an estimated 55.5 billion birr ($3 billion) a year, or 16.5 percent of gross domestic product, according to a study backed by the United Nations’ World Food Programme. More than two out of every five children in Ethiopia suffer from stunting, meaning they’re short
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Africa’s largest hydropower project, a new 6,000-megawatt dam on the Blue Nile, has sparked a row between Egypt and Ethiopia. But it could increase the overall water flow in the Nile. By William Davison, Correspondent / June 25, 2013 christian science monitor GUBA, ETHIOPIA Egypt is newly worried about a huge Ethiopian dam now under construction on the Nile’s main
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From Rosa Abadir rosabadir@yahoo.com I’ve been reserved for some time, prefer not to write about individuals but this time I am making exceptional because of his nonstop contribution of articles (of course most of them are hogwash, inexperienced, cultish and naïve argument) to Abugida website as well as because of his popularity Ato Girma Kassa
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Target: HaileMariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia Sponsored by: The Unity For Democracy and Justice (UDJ) We demand that no prisoners of conscious be in notorious Ethiopian prisons We demand that the Anti-Terrorism Law be abolished immediately because: it violates many rights of the Ethiopian people and it is in contradiction with the Constitution. We demand the
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By Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam (This week my regular Monday commentary is presented in the form of a “flash drama” on Obama (a sub-genre of theatrical play sometimes described as a “ten minute one-act play”). The scene is a barbershop somewhere in Africa. Two young African college friends are talking soccer as they await their
The Nominated Housemates took to the Diary Room to reflect on their time spent in the House Ethiopia’s Betty has been booted out of The Chase! Tonight is indeed a sad day for Betty. The gorgeous Ethiopian was all set to win not only a cool USD 300 000, but also a sexy Sierra Leonean
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