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Fanno in Need of Strategic Direction and Clarity of Endgame

ANALYSIS, OPINION & MORE / July 31, 2023 / Fanno

Yonas Biru, PhD Lurking beneath the current Amhara-Oromo conflict is a quantum energy gathering strength like the crackle of electricity before a lightning storm. Understanding and harnessing this dynamic phenomenon is essential to thwart the malignant crisis that is metastasizing and carries in its womb the seeds of the nation’s destruction. Let us make one …

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Chinese doctors provide free medical services in Ethiopia

News / July 31, 2023 / Chinese doctors

ADDIS ABABA, July 30 (Xinhua) — Chinese doctors on Sunday provided much-needed services to about 240 workers at the Eastern Industry Zone (EIZ), about 40 km south of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. A total of 36 doctors from the 24th batch of the Chinese medical team in Ethiopia, the ninth batch of the …

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Senior army members were on a visit to Gorgora resort when deadly confrontations occurred

News / July 30, 2023

The West Denbiya Woreda Council in Central Gonder Zone of Amhara regional state has confirmed reports of deadly confrontations between local armed group and senior members of the federal army that resulted in the death and injuries of people on Wednesday 26 July. According to the local council, the confrontations erupted during a visit of …

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Ethiopian Airlines Africa’s Only Profitable Carrier Still Faces Real Challenges

News / July 30, 2023 / Ethiopian Airlines

Ethiopian Airlines weathered the Covid pandemic but still faces challenges in sourcing parts and remaining competitive during inflation. Ethiopian Airlines successfully weathered the Covid pandemic by shifting its strategy, but Africa’s only profitable carrier still faces “real challenges” in sourcing parts and staying competitive at a time of inflation, its CEO told AFP. The 2022-2023 financial …

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Meet Ethiopia’s Richest Man, Al-Amoudi, worth $5.4 billion

Awaze News / July 30, 2023 / Billionaire

by Deborah Dan-Awoh Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country, has witnessed its fair share of challenges over the past fifty years, from military rule and civil war to devastating famine. However, in recent times, the nation has gradually begun experiencing economic growth and garnering increased strategic importance in the region. At the forefront of this transformation …

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The Massacre at Gorgora : Abiy’s Latest Genocide Backfires!

ANALYSIS, OPINION & MORE / July 28, 2023

Girma Berhanu (Professor) A rump Ethiopian Army, encroached by elements of the OLF, opened fire on local people at Gorgora, Gonder, after deliberately scandalizing them by feasting on meat on a fast day –Wednesday, July 26,which coincided with the annual festival of the Archangel Saint Gabriel, one of the most observed religious days in the Orthodox …

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The Misallocation of Finite Financial Resources in Ethiopia (Aklog Birara (Dr)

ANALYSIS, OPINION & MORE / July 28, 2023 / Aklog Birara (Dr)

Ethiopia a capital starved country In this VOA interview I argue with another Ethiopian, that Ethiopia’s Prime Minister is elected to serve all of the Ethiopian people and Ethiopia as a country. He is bound by his country’s constitution to ensure that: a) The sources of funding for intended projects –Chinese, UAA or other are gained …

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Scrambling for Front Seats as the Ship Sinks

ANALYSIS, OPINION & MORE / July 28, 2023

Metaphorically speaking, present-day Ethiopia is not unlike a leaking ship struggling to remain adrift and navigate through a vast, turbulent ocean. Stretching the metaphor further, the ship’s captain is a deluded sociopath, with a drunken undisciplined crew to boot. Add to the mix thousands and thousands of rowdy, greedy passengers, oblivious to the catastrophe awaiting …

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The Forgotten Suffering: Global North’s Double Standards and the Plight of the Amhara People

ANALYSIS, OPINION & MORE / July 27, 2023

In the shadows of international diplomacy, a disturbing trend emerges – the selective blindness to the suffering of the Amhara people in Ethiopia. While Getachew Reda, the architect of devastating invasions, enjoys VIP treatment in Denver, over 10,000 peaceful Amhara individuals are unjustly imprisoned for exercising their constitutional rights. As the world applauds dubious peace …

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The Hidden War: A leader Winning the Nobel Peace Prize to All Out War in Just One Year

ANALYSIS, OPINION & MORE / July 27, 2023

By Rund Abdelfatah, Ramtin Arablouei, Julie Caine, Devin Katayama, Casey Mine, …… NPR July 27, 2023 How does a country go from its leader winning the Nobel Peace Prize to all-out war in just one year? That’s the question surrounding Ethiopia, which has become embroiled in one of the deadliest wars of the 21st century. …

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Egypt and Ethiopia: Abiy Ahmed Announced to Delay the Fourth Filling

News / July 26, 2023 / egypt and ethiopia

Beth Daley/ The Conversion Egypt and Ethiopia have waged a diplomatic war of words over Ethiopia’s massive new dam – the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – on the Blue Nile, which started filling up in July 2020. The political row has threatened to get out of hand on occasion but now the two countries have …

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The Gutting of the CSA of Ethiopia and the Christening of Oromummaa

ANALYSIS, OPINION & MORE / July 25, 2023

Yonas Biru, PhD Yesterday, I published a piece titled “Unprecedented Economic Data Fabrication Threatens the Survival of Ethiopia.” One of the issues I flagged was the dismissal of professionals at the Central Statistical Agency (CSA) who refused to publish fabricated data. One of the disagreements between the Prime Minister and CSA officials was the so-called …

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