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By Associated Press, Published: June 18 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Egypt and Ethiopia have agreed to start consultations aimed at resolving their conflict over Ethiopia’s huge dam on the Blue Nile River, their foreign ministers

By William Davison & Salma El Wardany – Jun 17, 2013 Egypt must drop its objection to an Ethiopian dam on the main tributary of the Nile River or it may struggle

Dagmawi Gudu Kassa – Ethiopia Background There are intelligence organs almost in every country. Their job is ‘defending’ the political and economic interests of their respective nations. Amongst these, KGB of the

By Mohammed Ali Mohammed Water politics has played a crucial role in shaping the economic, social and diplomatic relations of the Nile co-basin states. For the Nile region, inhabited predominantly by agrarian

By Robele Ababya, 15 June 2013 Tribute to the Blue Party The heroic decision by the Blue Party in planning, organizing and brilliantly implementing the demonstration of 25 May 2013 was a

By Yemeretal Y. I read your letter written to the intention of the new Oromo political organization, ODF, with great interest and emotion. I am not geek enough to comment on the

did not work on the Blue Nile/Abbay Valley but I participated on Abbay tributaries like the Dabus Irrigation Project. I also learned from a close friend who worked on Beles Tana Irrigation

Fayyis Oromia It is really good news that Amharas are slowly waking up and starting to figure out that they are suffering, not only under the repressive regime, but also under the

BY: Zelalem Abate E-mail: zelalem.abate1@gmail.com Academic activities such as studying, teaching, inventing, leading, administrating and other responsibilities in a university or college require at a minimum academic freedom. Unfortunately, however, academic freedom

By Yilma Bekele Meles Zenawi is dead. Meles Zenawi is alive. I am afraid in our case both statements are true. We saw the tyrant being buried or placed six foot under

June 6, 2013 By Yared HM The Egyptian politicians and the Media have been feeding false information to the people and now they have started believing their own propaganda. Sudan to some

ALEMAYEHU G MARIAM Watching American Diplocrisy at the African Union I enjoy watching American diplomats chilling out and kicking it with African dictators. I like seeing them kumbaya-ing, back-patting and carrying on.