ETHIOPIA Growth likely to slow to 7% Ethiopia’s economy was likely to grow 7 percent a year over the next three to five years, below its average of the past decade, and to push that rate higher, the government needed to change policy to encourage private investment, the World Bank said yesterday. While 7 percent […]
By: John Roberts The last of the Ethiopian Jews, a community that traces its ancestry to biblical times, arrived in Israel on Monday, capping a decades-long saga that brought tens of thousands of immigrants from Ethiopia to the Jewish homeland. About 450 immigrants flew on two charter flights organized by the Jewish Agency as part
The last remaining Jews from Ethiopia arrived in Israel. Read More »
The Horn Times Newsletter- August 27, 2013 By Getahune Bekele-South Africa Created by the dead enclave hero Meles Zenawi and officially known as the regional state of Tigray, state within a state and the birthplace of the current ruling party in Ethiopia, Tigre People Liberation Front/TPLF; Tigray republic is holding its glittering annual Tigray Development
Tigray Republic flaunting her wealth at glittering TDA functions across the globe Read More »
by Keffyalew Gebremedhin – The Ethiopia Observatory At the end of his four-year duty tour in Ethiopia as Finland’s Ambassador, Mr. Leo Olasvirta made some observations in his August 14, 2013 article, which appears on the Finnish Foreign Ministry webpage (in Finnish), highlighting Ethiopia’s contributions to the stability of the surrounding troubled Horn of Africa countries. In his
Finland’s envoy exposes “the dark side” of Ethiopia’s regime Read More »
BY ZERYHUN KASSA, Bakers are good at keeping secrets. And Yodit Seyoum is no exception: “Only me and my husband make the dough,” she told me over the phone when I asked her if I could tag along on a batch of what some call the best injera in Seattle. Injera is a soft, sour
Ethiopia: Recipe for Ethiopian Flatbread Remains a Treasured Secret Read More »
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A day of defeat for Woyanne junta in Minnesota – (Audio) Read More »
OLF Statement on the death of Engineer Tesfahun Chemeda who died in the notorious TPLF/EPRDF prison of Qaallittii yesterday (August 24, 2013). Short Biography Engineer Tesfahun was born in 1976 from his father Mr. Chemeda Gurmessa and his mother Mrs. Giddinesh Benya at Harbu village, Guduru district, eastern Wallaga, western Oromia. He was lucky enough
For the past several months, I have been commenting on the findings of the World Bank’s “Diagnosing Corruption in Ethiopia”, a 448-page report covering eight sectors (health, education, rural water supply, justice, construction, land, telecommunications and mining). In this my sixth commentary, I focus on “corruption in the justice sector”. The other five commentaries are
Corruption in the Ethiopian JUST US Sector – By Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam Read More »
(Getahune Bekele-South Africa) “Wolahi, Wolahi…” swears 85 year old Totolamo village barley farmer and cattle herder Hajji Abdinur Shifa when a reporter asked him if he know any terrorist hiding in his village. His face looks like a paint of sorrow and grief. His wife affectionately called by the villagers, Adiyo, was too fragile to
The Totolamo-Kofele blood bath victims named, death toll still climbing. Read More »
