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Ethiopia Fails to Pay Coupon, Becoming Latest African Defaulter

Ethiopia Fails to Pay Coupon, Becoming Latest African Defaulter

Fasika Tadesse and Colleen Goko Bloomberg Businessweek Mon, December 25, 2023 Ethiopia became Africa’s latest defaulter after it failed to make an interest payment following the end of a grace period on Monday. The Horn of Africa nation had to pay a $33 million coupon on Dec. 11. The government didn’t want to make the […]

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URGENT: Looming Christian Genocide in Ethiopia Lurks Behind the Veil of Ethnic Conflict

URGENT: Looming Christian Genocide in Ethiopia Lurks Behind the Veil of Ethnic Conflict

December 25, 2023 The Honorable John James Chairman, Subcommittee on Africa US House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 RE: Looming Christian Genocide in Ethiopia Lurks Behind the Veil of Ethnic Conflict Dear Representative James: On a personal note, I am an Ethiopian citizen of an Oromo and Amhara ethnic construct, an Orthodox Christian, and a

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African Development Bank to withdraw international staff from Ethiopia

African Development Bank to withdraw international staff from Ethiopia

Reuters December 19, 2023 JOHANNESBURG, Dec 19 (Reuters) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) will withdraw its international employees from Ethiopia following what it said was an assault on its staff members by government security forces, two sources familiar with the decision told Reuters on Tuesday. The AfDB lodged a formal complaint with Ethiopian authorities last month,

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 Five Years of Hell is Enough in Ethiopia-urging change in U.S. government policy – Part 4 

 Five Years of Hell is Enough in Ethiopia-urging change in U.S. government policy – Part 4 

Aklog Birara (Dr) “Being in a city proclaimed as the Capital of Africa, where running water is available only once every week or two, what Ethiopians truly need at this moment is a “Survival Party,” and not the purported prosperity party.” A Kenyan Diplomat stationed in Addis Ababa Part 4  The Kenyan diplomat is right.

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Colonial Borders in Africa: Improper Design and its Impact on African Borderland Communities

Colonial Borders in Africa: Improper Design and its Impact on African Borderland Communities

By Tasew Gashaw November 17, 2017 Pictured here is a map of the Partition of  Africa. Photo courtesy of Stuart Rankin via Flickr Commons.  The Scramble for Africa began with the Berlin Conference (1884–85) and ended by the early twentieth century. During this period, European colonizers partitioned Africa into spheres of influence, colonies, and various segments. They partitioned

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