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August 2022

Government Put Sugar Factories Up for Auction

Government Put Sugar Factories Up for Auction

The Government of Ethiopia has invited investors to submit their expression of interest(EOI) to participate in the tendering process of eight sugar factories. As part of the ongoing economic reform, the Government of Ethiopia affirmed its commitment to ensuring efficient use of national resources by shifting towards a competitive market structure, with a greater role […]

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Tedros Is Playing The Race Card To Revive Western Support For Terrorism Against Ethiopia

Tedros Is Playing The Race Card To Revive Western Support For Terrorism Against Ethiopia

Andrew Korybko He’s immorally taking advantage of the Western population’s growing awareness of their authorities’ racist policies to manipulate perceptions in order to mislead that targeted audience into wrongly thinking that their governments’ scaling back of support for the TPLF is due to racism against Tigrayans when it was actually their tangible support for that

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The Ethiopian Waters Advisory Council (EWAC) would like to congratulate the people of Ethiopia

The Ethiopian Waters Advisory Council (EWAC) would like to congratulate the people of Ethiopia

The Ethiopian Waters Advisory Council (EWAC) would like to congratulate the people and Government of Ethiopia for the successful completion of the third filling of the GERD and starting the generation of electricity from the 2nd turbine. We continue to support principled negotiation based on equitable, reasonable, and sustainable use principles enshrined in the UN charter.

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Speaking in Forked Tongue: Antony Blinken’s “Cotton Candy” New Africa Strategy Deconstructed (Part I)

Speaking in Forked Tongue: Antony Blinken’s “Cotton Candy” New Africa Strategy Deconstructed (Part I)

Al Mariam’s Commentaries August 14, 2022 Who is minding the Africa section of the store at the U.S. State Department? Two months ago, Samantha Power, USAID boss, was threatening to unleash a “revolution of dignity” on the world, with Africa squarely in her crosshairs. On August 4, 2022, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda

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“Boundary works between Addis Abeba, Oromia a big mistake” EZEMA

“Boundary works between Addis Abeba, Oromia a big mistake” EZEMA

Addis Abeba: The Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (EZEMA) Party said that the decision to delimit the administrative boundaries between Addis Abeba city and the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finnfine is a “big mistake” and also called it an “attempt to forcefully impose” whereby the disadvantage would outweigh the advantages. Following the emergency meeting of the

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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL ETHIOPIANS

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL ETHIOPIANS

Today I heard from PM Abiy of Ethiopia about the completion of the 3rd filling of the GERD with unimaginable jubilation. I am cognizant that Ethiopia is being challenged by a multitude of political ups and downs. The massacre of thousands of Amhara civilians in Tole, Wolega, the displacement of thousands of Amharas, Oromos, Sidamas, Guarges, and

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Ethiopia Starts Power Generation From Second Turbine At Mega-dam

Ethiopia Starts Power Generation From Second Turbine At Mega-dam

Technical REFILE Ethiopia kickstarted electricity production from the second turbine at its controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Thursday, despite continuing objections by Egypt and Sudan over the project. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed also confirmed that a third filling of the multi-billion-dollar Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was under way, a development that led

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Political conjectures about Transition from Authoritarianism to Democracy and Tasks for Constructing Integrative Federalism in Contemporary Ethiopia

Political conjectures about Transition from Authoritarianism to Democracy and Tasks for Constructing Integrative Federalism in Contemporary Ethiopia

Paulos Milkias* Professor of Political Science Concordia University, Montreal, Canada Introduction In order to understand the trajectory of transition from authoritarianism to democracy, we need to look at the roots of the two contradictory world views. The most noted right wing philosopher of authoritarianism is the English thinker, Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) who unflinchingly  promoted tyranny

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The Horn of Africa States  The Insecurities of the Arab Gulf States

The Horn of Africa States The Insecurities of the Arab Gulf States

By Dr. Suleiman Walhad August 10th, 2022 The Red Sea, the Gulf of Berbera and the Somali Sea separate the Horn of Africa from the Arabian Peninsula, where the widest water separation between the two regions is about some 355 km. Historically the two regions were always connected through trade and people movement from one

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Ethiopian military carries out airstrike in central Somalia

Ethiopian military carries out airstrike in central Somalia

BELEDWEYNE [SMN] – Ethiopian warplanes have bombed parts of the Hiran region in central Somalia today. The shelling took place in the areas of Bagda, Qabno, and Cowmaad located between the districts of Mataban and Mahaas in the Hiran region. According to local residents, the airstrike targeted areas where Al-Shabaab militants were present. There is no

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