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May 2019

Brother of Sudan’s Bashir escaped with Ethiopian support: report

May 16, 2019 (KHARTOUM) – Ethiopian intelligence service facilitated the escape of the brother of former President Omer al-Bashir to Turkey where he arrived through Addis Ababa. Al-Abbas Hassan AHmed al-Bashir (file photo) Last week the spokesperson of the Transitional Military Council (TMC) Shams al-Din Kabbashi admitted that al-Abbas Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir fled the country

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No bright colours Maxima? Queen of the Netherlands opts for a stylish but subdued black outfit for the first day of her trip to Ethiopia for the United Nations

Queen Maxima of the Netherlands appeared to be in high spirits as she arrived in Ethiopia for a two-day visit with the United Nations. The royal, 47, who is often seen in brightly coloured clothes, donned a stylish but practical ensemble as she arrived at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport today. She was seen wearing

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Save the Children: Starve the Bad and Feed the Good Wolf in Ethiopia

By Alemayehu G. Mariam I have a dream that Ethiopia’s young people will put their shoulders to the wheel and take full charge of their country’s destiny; leave behind the politics of hate and ethnicity; turn their backs on those wallowing in moral bankruptcy and create a New Politics for a New Ethiopia based on dialogue, negotiation and compromise.  I

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ETHIOPIA PARTNERSHIPS FORUM (EPF)

The Ethiopia Partnerships Forum (EPF) is a U.S.-Ethiopia economic engagement platform to raise awareness of Ethiopia’s recent economic reforms and emerging business opportunities, and accelerate American investments to transform Ethiopia’s economy. Coinciding with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund’s Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, the EPF will bring together private sector leaders and policymakers

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Is Eritrea coming in from the cold?

By James Jeffrey and Milena Belloni BBC Business reporters For decades the Eritrean economy has struggled due to a combination of war, dictatorship and the impact of United Nations sanctions. But the East African country’s recent rapprochement with its southern neighbour, Ethiopia, and the end of the embargoes, means that its economy now has a

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Former Head of Ethiopian Intelligence Charged in Absentia

(THE MAY 7 STORY WAS refiled to correct the former Prime Minister’s ethnic group in paragraph 8) ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The former head of Ethiopia’s intelligence service was charged in absentia on Tuesday with misuse of power and corruption, part of a crackdown by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government on senior security officials suspected of

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Please Stop Predisposing Amaras to  Continue Perishing in Cities and Rural Areas!

Please Stop Predisposing Amaras to Continue Perishing in Cities and Rural Areas!

By Belayneh Abate It is with a deep grief that I watched the body of a toddler slaughtered with a spear that penetrated his belly and passed out through his lower back in Metekel. This tragedy tests our humanity, brotherhood, sisterhood and parenthood.  We are becoming parents, sisters and brothers who cannot protect our children,

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“Scheming African minds”: Neocolonialism and Africa’s uncertain future

By Temesgen Aschenek Zeleke Introduction Africa was divided among colonial powers since the late 1800’s where the whole of the continent was partitioned like a homemade peach pie.  However, due to the major international developments, the impact of World War II (the defeat of the axis powers) and the emergence of new sense of African

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