Draining development: illicit flows from Africa
Since 1970, Africa has lost at least $854 billion through capital flight which is not only enough to wipe out the continent’s total external
The Ethiopian Diaspora: A cash cow of TPLF?
By Yilma Bekele What are the ways the Diaspora help the TPLF Government to rule with an iron fist and abuse our people and
US first couple host Ethiopian counterparts
By Robele Ababya Introduction Giant vultures of business are hovering over the abundant natural resources of the African continent; the old colonial masters are
DC cab drivers say they're fed up with the city's 'abuses'
By Naomi Gingold Addis Gebreselassi is a taxi driver in Washington, DC. Like a lot of other immigrant drivers, he’s pretty highly educated — he
Ethiopia: Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: Egyptian Style (Awash Lemma)
By Awash Lemma Introduction The Benefits of the GERD to Ethiopia and also to the downstream countries of Egypt and the Sudan have been
Abebe Gellaw’s Open letter to President Barack Obama
Addis Voice– Journalist and activist Abebe Gellaw, who demanded the U.S President Barack Obama to support freedom in Ethiopia during a DNC event Thursday
China in Africa – investment or exploitation | Inside Story | Al Jazeera Tv (video), May 4, 2014
China in Africa: investment or exploitation? Premier Li Keqiang shrugs off problems as “growing pains” and says relationship is based on equality and mutual
“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
Ethiopia regularly and easily records phone calls using foreign equipment
NAIROBI, KENYA – A rights group says that Ethiopia’s government regularly listens to and records the phone calls of opposition activists and journalists using
U.S., Ethiopia, PNG to join anti-corruption drive
(Reuters) – Ethiopia, the United States and Papua New Guinea are on course to join the leading world initiative to combat corruption in the
The Myth of Development and Growth in Ethiopia
By Alem Mamo “The government talks about poverty reduction, but what they are really trying to do is to get rid of the poor.
Civil Society Cannot Exist in Ethiopia!”
SMNE Calls for Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Board to Reject Ethiopia’s Re-application for Membership PRESS RELEASE. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2014. Washington,
2014 Golden Pen of Freedom awarded to jailed Ethiopian journalist
Eskinder Nega, an Ethiopian publisher, journalist and blogger who is serving an 18-year jail sentence under anti-terror legislation, has been awarded the 2014 Golden
Ethiopia: Absolute power corrupts absolutely
SET BY BERHANE ASSEBE ALEHUDRES I believe absolute power corrupts absolutely because of the examples in history and our modern world .this can be
Court Grants Bail to Three Defendants in Corruption Probe
Addis Fortune /Addis Ababa Three people in the first indictment file read at the Federal High Court on Monday, October 21, which includes 31