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Ethiopia’s Growth Program Cuts Out Dissent

Lone opposition voice in Parliament says economic goals trigger clampdown on criticism By HEIDI VOGT ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—The sole voice of opposition in Ethiopia’s 547-member national legislature will soon fall silent—the latest in a long line of people who have given up the fight as the government actively mutes dissent while pursuing populist economic expansion. […]

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What can be expected from the ONLF-Ethiopia peace-talk process?

By Ahmed Abdi The Eritrean EPLF and the Ethiopian government agreed to enter into negotiations mediated by former United States president, Jimmy Carter, in mid-1989, after Mengistu succeeded in thwarting a coup attempt. The two sides agreed to hold another round of peace talks in Nairobi , Kenya , on November 20, 1989, after a

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Ethiopia’s Commercialization of Farming by Expropriating Indigenous Pastoralists/Farmers

By Mikael Wossen (PhD) “The meek shall inherit the earth, but not its wealth.” – Anonymous Access to clean water and electricity are accepted as the sine qua non of modernity. Yet a sizable portion of the people of Ethiopia has no immediate access to both. Lack of clean water and its key consequence hygiene,

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IF LONGING FOR FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS, SAY EMPHATICALLY ENOUGH TO TPLF

By a patriotic Ethiopian In my most recent posting, referring to an article in the Financial Times of December 2, 2014, I wrote about the unusual revelations of the current mafia-like TPLF regime holding power in Ethiopia.  The revelations are related to some of the dreadful situations the Ethiopian people have been going through during

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CAN WE COLLECTIVELY OWN BOTH THE GOOD AND THE UGLY PARTS OF OUR PAST SO WE CAN BE FREE AT LAST FROM THE SHACKLES OF OPPRESSION?

December 15, 2014                                                                     SMNE FORUM SERIES II: MINNESOTA STARTING THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN DIVERSE ETHIOPIANS IN MINNESOTA First of all, I would like to thanks Ato Girma Biru, all members and supporters of the SMNE in Minnesota for taking your time to organize this wonderful forum. Thank you for inviting me to speak to you on

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Will Eurobonds Boost Ethiopian Food Security?

Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan will handle the sale of a 10-year, dollar-based Ethiopian bond yielding 6.75 percent to fund increased agricultural production, power generation and transportation infrastructure, InvestorIntel reports. Agriculture investments in Africa increased by 137 percent in the first half of 2014 compared to the same period in 2013, thanks in part to

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