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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May 03, 2022 Millions of people across eastern Africa are facing a severe hunger crisis as an ongoing drought causes the driest conditions seen in decades and worsens widespread food shortages. A drought of this magnitude has not been seen since 1981. Anastasia Mbatia, Senior Technical Manager for Agriculture A back-to-back drought has hit
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Al Mariam’s Commentaries / February 23, 2022 The narrative not long ago was that Ethiopia is imploding. The message (disinformation) spread by our shameless “friends” announced, “All Ethiopians who live in Ethiopia, abandon all hope. All expatriates, get the hell outta ‘Dodge City’ Ethiopia!” But Ethiopia is alive and well and humming towards peace and
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Jason Burke Thu 9 Sep 2021 Rebel forces in northern Ethiopia have been accused of killing more than a hundred civilians during fierce battles. Local government officials said the massacre in a village 6 miles (10km) from the town of Dabat took place just over a week ago and was perpetrated by fighters loyal to the Tigray
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Tsegaye Tegenu, PhD 2021-09-06 Self-reliance is a commitment to use the natural and human capital of the country to generate sustainable growth and employment that is not excessively dependent on the outside world for markets, supplies and investments. China has followed different strategies to attain self-reliance and studying the journey and Chinese commitments provides valuable
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Dawit Endeshaw June 30 (Reuters) The Ethiopian army could re-enter the seized Tigray regional capital of Mekelle within weeks if needed, a spokesman for a government task force said on Wednesday, adding that government-allied Eritrean forces had withdrawn from the region. It was the first public statement by a federal government official since Mekelle was
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The Ethiopian elections are an imperfect step in the right direction by Birtukan Midekssa June 20, 2021 on June 21, Ethiopians will go to the polls for the country’s sixth general elections We have been here before. The 2005 election was arguably the first one in Ethiopia’s history that saw meaningful political competition, and the party
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By A. Alemayehu June 13, 2021 Let me start by stating that I strongly support the recent calls for national dialogue and reconciliation in Ethiopia. I am also one of the those who believe that Abiy Ahmed’s government has committed genocidal crimes. Recent US and European positions and statements, however, ignore this documented genocide against
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By Dawit W Giorgis June 03, 2021 (Some parts of this article are excerpts from my autobiography which will be published in the first week of July of this year.) The politics and security of the Horn of Africa has never been so complex. The Horn of Africa is said to be the most complex
NJ/NY Ethiopians Task Force May 31, 2021 Dear Senator Senator Bob Menendez We are a group of Ethiopian Americans residing in New Jersey and New York. We are writing you this letter to express our concern regarding your recent statement on the current situation in Ethiopia including your discussion with Egyptians regarding the GERD (Great
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Admasu Workneh May 30, 2021 Is Ethiopia the next country to be demonized by the United States? America has a list of favorite countries it considers antagonistic to its interests. Surely, Ethiopia does not want to join America’s enemy list, for that matter who does? But what is a country to do when America some
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