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Ethiopia and the next revolution – by Abebe Gellaw

ANALYSIS, OPINION & MORE / July 31, 2013

July 31, 2013 by Abebe Gellaw Exactly a year ago, ESAT (Ethiopian Satellite Television) declared the death of Meles Zenawi. That was the most important breaking news in the last two decades. TPLF went into frenzy to bury the news under a barrage of counter-propaganda. Bereket Simon went on ETV to curse ESAT and reassure …

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ESAT ENEWYAYE on Ethiopian current politics Amsterdam July 31 2013

ANALYSIS, OPINION & MORE / July 31, 2013

NBE to print birr notes in Sudan

News / July 31, 2013

By Groum Abate The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) is considering printing its birr notes in Sudan. Sources told Capital that a group of experts travelled to Sudan and visited the Sudan Currency Printing Press (SCPP), a private enterprise established in 1994. The company that installed state-of-the-art printing machines for currency notes is said to have …

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Inclusive Discourse: A Prelude to National Reconciliation

ANALYSIS, OPINION & MORE / July 31, 2013

By Teklu Abate To ensure the rule of law, freedom, and democratic governance in Ethiopia, the opposition mainly use two modes of struggle. What appears to be the dominant modus operandi is peaceful struggle, to which all the political parties operating in Ethiopia are required to subscribe. Armed struggle is preferred by other opposition parties/groups, …

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Sacrilegious: TPLF Holy fuhrers ‘canonized’ the let despot Meles Zenawi

ANALYSIS, OPINION & MORE / July 31, 2013

Sacrilegious: TPLF Holy fuhrers ‘canonized’ the let despot Meles Zenawi July 31, 2013 The Horn Times Newsletter July 31, 2013 by Getahune Bekele-South Africa Few months ago, a hotshot protestant preacher by the name of evangelist Semayat Toma, cousin of riff-raff historian Lapeso Gedelebo told an elite congregation at the national palace that he saw …

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Ethiopia: Registration Kicks for Housing Associations Under the New Scheme

News / July 31, 2013

BY ASHENAFE ENDALE The Addis Abeba Housing Bureau wants to divert capable registrants from the 20/80 scheme, for which over 800,000 home seekers registered a month ago, to the scheme designed for associations. The Addis Abeba City Administration last week started registering existing housing associations that will be given plots to build their own homes …

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An Ethiopian Maid ends life in Saudi

News / July 30, 2013

An Ethiopian housemaid committed a suicide by tying a power cable around her neck and jumping off a chair at her employer’s house in Saudi Arabia. Police said they received a phone call from a Saudi man saying he had found his maid hanging in her room at his house in the central town of …

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Response to Bewketu Seyoum’s Article

ANALYSIS, OPINION & MORE / July 30, 2013

By Tesfaye Kebede* Not sure what to make out of this gibberish (read here: http://zehabesha.com/amharic/archives/5735) from a certain Bewketu Seyoum writing about the ongoing Oromo and Southern cultural revolution; each of his sentence is constructed to deliberately use the rarest Amharic word/phrase possible (even those words used only during ESLCE Amharic exams) – all the …

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ESAT Daliy News July 30, 2013

News / July 30, 2013

Ethiopia: Democracy Not an Option in Ethiopia, Abay Tsehaye

ANALYSIS, OPINION & MORE / July 30, 2013

BY ZERYHUN KASSA, 27 JULY 2013 Establishing a democratic system in Ethiopia is not an option; it is a matter of death and life in Ethiopian context; these are words of Abay Tsehaye Director General of the national Sugar Corporation. This came as training to Presidents, Deans and department heads of Universities began at Civil …

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Record set straight on Ethiopia’s Oromo people

News / July 30, 2013 / Record set straight on Ethiopia’s Oromo people

PRESS TV Ethiopia is one of the most historic nations on the face of this earth, but writers are creating a stream of confusion about the breakdown of Ethiopians, particularly the Oromo people, and many are losing site of the truth, experts say. Professor Feqadu Lamessa, a former Adama University professor and writer, says Qatar-based …

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Ethiopia Habtemariam, Senior VP of Motown, Makes Billboard’s 40 Under 40 List

News / July 30, 2013

In her dual role, Ethiopia Habtemariam, 33, maintains one single focus: “Quality songwriters, producers and artists who will have careers for a long time. Nothing novelty,” she says. Universal Music Publishing Group’s urban division is having a hot year, thanks to Miguel (his own “Adorn” as well as work on Janelle Monáe’s new album The …

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