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Ethiopia: The Dam Dammed by Cash Flow? – By Pro. Alemayehu G Mariam

Ethiopia: The Dam Dammed by Cash Flow? – By Pro. Alemayehu G Mariam

In my March 2013 commentary, “Rumors of Water War on the Nile?”, I argued: … Whether there will be an actual “Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam” [GERD] is the $5bn dollar question of the century. Because Egypt has been successful in pressuring multilateral development and investment banks not to fund the project, the regime in Ethiopia

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Hailu Shawel: A Political Force for Democracy and Reform in Ethiopia’s 2005 Elections

Hailu Shawel: A Political Force for Democracy and Reform in Ethiopia’s 2005 Elections

Hailu Shawel, a prominent Ethiopian politician, served as the former president of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD), a political party that gained significant attention during the 2005 Ethiopian general elections. He was a key figure in the opposition movement during that time, advocating for electoral justice and democratic reforms. The 2005 Ethiopian general

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“I can’t eat GDP!”– Why Numbers don’t Matter!  (Fekadu Bekele, Ph D)

“I can’t eat GDP!”– Why Numbers don’t Matter! (Fekadu Bekele, Ph D)

Fekadu Bekele, Ph D April 27, 2014 On 25th February 2014 a one-day seminar was conducted by Heinrich Böll Stiftung, a foundation which is founded after the name of one of the legendary figures of  peace movements during the 1970s and 80s, famous for his many critical works as a writer. The foundation intimately linked

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Emperor Menelik II – Abyssinia’s Ruler Said to be a Heavy Buyer of American Railway Stocks

Emperor Menelik II – Abyssinia’s Ruler Said to be a Heavy Buyer of American Railway Stocks

First Published on New York Times- Oct. 27, 1909 Updated Jan. 6, 2014 BRUSSELS (Oct. 27) – Baron de Jarlsburg, the Belgian explorer, just returned from Abyssinia, has much to relate about Emperor Menelik, whose serious illness was recently announced. “Menelik,” said Baron de Jarlsburg, in an interview with the New York Times correspondent, “has

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The Habesha People

The Habesha People

Habesha The Habesha peoples, also known as “Abyssinians“, is the name given to three distinct ethnic groups and some minor ones inhabiting the Horn of Africa. They are the various related ethnic groups in the Eritrean Highlands and Ethiopian Highlands who speak languages belonging to the South Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. Members’ cultural, linguistic, and in certain

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The history of the Axum Empire and Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

The history of the Axum Empire and Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

SEMERE T. HABTEMARIAM Two Slave Brothers Birthed Africa’s Oldest State Church The two Christian missionaries that showed up in the ancient northeastern African empire of Axum in the fourth century could not have been more unlikely. Kidnapped while traveling with a relative, the two young brothers were brought as slaves to the royal family’s household.

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