By Abinet Hunegnaw INTRODUCTION To all readers, particularly for foreigners, please be advised that even as we speak, the present TPLF dominated regime in Ethiopia using its restrictive laws, the ATP or Anti terrorism proclamations of 2009 and the State of emergency of 2016, is committing untold persecution in the form of extrajudicial killings and […]
Jen Reviews What is the most used drug in the world? It’s not nicotine or anything illegal. It is caffeine. And the most popular form it comes in is coffee. Many people joke that they can’t function without coffee. Others hate it. Coffee has many clear health benefits, but also side effects especially if over-consumed.?
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A Sudanese official revealed yesterday that intense diplomatic efforts made by Sudan to persuade other countries and international bodies that the US embargo against Khartoum were “unethical” and “illegal” had bore fruit, as diplomatic efforts from other states allowed for sanctions to be lifted. In a press conference held in Khartoum, State Minister Kamal Ismail
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(BBC) Tensions are high in Ethiopia’s north-western cities of Gondar and Bahir Dar ahead of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Epiphany (Timket) celebrations that begin this evening and end tomorrow evening, the Amsterdam-based opposition Ethiopian Satellite TV has reported. It added that residents in the two cities, both tourist attractions and places of historical interest, were refusing to
The course in Ge’ez, which could be a first step to launching a larger Ethiopian Studies program, was helped made possible by a donation of $50,000 each from a prof, the school and the Weeknd. University of Toronto Professor Robert Holmstedt teaches Ge’ez to a classroom of students on Wednesday. University of Toronto Professor Robert
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“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old but on building the New”. Socrates Summary It has become a common knowledge, that, the name Ethiopia itself has different meaning to different people. This difference in meaning has its origin when some say Ethiopia is a 3000 years
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By ELIAS MESERET, ASSOCIATED PRESS ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Jan 10, 2017, 9:18 AM ET Ethiopia says it will launch a civilian satellite into orbit in three to five years to better predict weather conditions and for remote sensing activities inside the country. The announcement comes after a severe drought left more than 10 million
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Toronto MP Ahmed Hussen is the new immigration minister, Chrystia Freeland is the new Foreign Affairs Minister (update) Toronto (Voice Online) — AHMED Hussen, MP for York South-Weston, and a Member of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, is the new of Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, while Chrystia Freeland, currently Minister
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The Strong and Pervasive Evidence of Ethnic Inequalities in Ethiopia By Girma Berhanu* Abstract Ethnic inequalities in all sectors of life in Ethiopia have increasingly become serious and pervasive. Access to higher education (including scholarship grants) and most sought-after disciplines appear to be disproportionately distributed along the multitude of ethnic groups in the country.
Cyberwar for Sale (The New York Times Magazine) After a maker of surveillance software was hacked, its leaked documents shed light on a shadowy global industry that has turned email theft into a terrifying — and lucrative — political weapon. (BY MATTATHIAS SCHWARTZ JAN. 4, 2017) In the morning of May 18, 2014, Violeta Lagunes
