ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian lawmakers on Saturday revised election laws to pave the way for polls next year, but some opposition parties said the changes would make it more difficult for them to challenge the ruling coalition. FILE PHOTO: Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at a news conference at his office in Addis …
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Asmelash Yohannes (PhD, Mekelle University School of Law) From strategic point of view, the leaders of TPLF (Tigray People’s Liberation Front) know, or they are predicting to say the least, that the ruling EPDRF party may not survive the upcoming general election. You can call this a gamble or a bluff! But it could make …
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August 15, 2019 Begging could soon be banned in Addis Ababa, according to laws under discussion Officials in Ethiopia’s capital are weighing bans on sex work and street begging, the latest in a series of measures intended to clean up the country’s image, the mayor’s office said Thursday. Draft legislation detailing the terms of the …
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By Belayneh Abate It is regretful to see some anti-Ethiopian and anti-Amara elites trying to treat their inferiority complex by undermining Debteras, who served as professors, philosophers, patriots and as nation builders of Ethiopia. As the Bible and other Holly Scriptures teach, Ethiopia is one of the very few nations that started to follow monotheism …
As emperor of Ethiopia at the turn of the 20th century, Menelik II maintained his country’s independence in the face of foreign threats and expanded Ethiopia’s territory. Who Was Menelik II? Menelik II (also written as Menilek; 1844-1913) became emperor of Ethiopia in 1889. After his army defeated Italian forces at the Battle of Adwa …
Fekadu Bekele (Ph D) 08. 2019 Human dignity is offended when persons are denied the opportunity to participate in their own development, when development “takes place over their heads” (Yuengert M. Andrew, What is “Sustainable Prosperity for all” in the Catholic Social Tradition? in: The True Wealth of Nations- Catholic Social Thought and Economic life. …
By Gemechu Aba Biya Whenever Hizkiel Gebissa is asked about secession, he equivocates, but he is a committed separatist. He just doesn’t have the decency, integrity, or honesty to say it openly. He tries to cleverly camouflage his separatist intention, while actively working with like-minded individuals, groups, and political organizations to dismantle Ethiopia gradually, steadily, …
By Dawit W Giorgis The term Balkanization has frequently been used in reference to Ethiopia’s ethnic federalism, which has been codified in the country’s dysfunctional constitution that curiously defines politics, citizenship, rights and privileges on ethnic grounds. However, the use of the term Balkanization in reference to the current situation in Ethiopia is inaccurate, since it …
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By Zeate Medhin, July 29, 2018. Addis Ababa. Engineer Simegnew Bekele is a national hero who went above and beyond the call of duty. He led the construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam with unwavering commitment and patriotic zeal. Ethiopia will forever revere and honor him. I am appalled by PM Abiy Ahmed’s reference of …
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Part II of an III Part Series Aklog Birara, DR “A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.” Nelson Mandela Governing a complex, …
ADDIS ABABA, July 27 (Xinhua) — The Ethiopian government on Saturday said the country made more than 1.2 billion U.S. dollars in revenue from the exports of coffee and oilseeds during the just-concluded Ethiopian fiscal year that ended on July 7. The revenue was generated from the export of coffee, mung beans, white kidney beans, …
July 27, 2019 Tegenaw Goshu I am writing this comment which is a supplement to my previous piece titled “IS IT NOT FALLACIUOS?” The purpose is neither simply to defend my view nor to provoke unnecessary dialogue. It is just to make my argument a straight-forwardly clear to those who seem trying to twist things …
