Ethiopia, Egypt to ink ‘political deal’ over Nile water

CAIRO – Egypt and Ethiopia are expected to sign a political declaration by this end of this month regarding the Nile river water and a controversial Ethiopian dam, Egyptian political sources have said. “The political declaration will be signed by leaders of Egypt and Ethiopia on the sidelines of the African Summit, due to be

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Ethiopia, Egypt to ink ‘political deal’ over Nile water

CAIRO – Egypt and Ethiopia are expected to sign a political declaration by this end of this month regarding the Nile river water and a controversial Ethiopian dam, Egyptian political sources have said. “The political declaration will be signed by leaders of Egypt and Ethiopia on the sidelines of the African Summit, due to be

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Leaked Report Says World Bank Violated Its Own Rules In Ethiopia

ICIJ | By Sasha Chavkin This article was reported by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a Washington DC-based global network of 185 reporters in 65 countries who collaborate on transnational investigations. Internal watchdog finds link between World Bank financing and Ethiopian government’s mass resettlement of indigenous group The World Bank repeatedly violated its own

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President Barack Obama’s State Of The World Address Translated

By Josh  Rogin Not waving at you, Yemen. Tonight, I attempt to translate for you the foreign policy related portions of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address: Obama: I believe in a smarter kind of American leadership.  We lead best when we combine military power with strong diplomacy; when we leverage our power

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Who are Members of the Election Board that Perform TPLF’s Dirty Job?

By Muse Abebe After virtual disappearance since the end of the ‘historic election’ of 2010 in which TPLF won 99.6 % of parliamentary seats, the National Election Board has once again resurfaced in the last few weeks in a bid to carry out the dirty job assigned to it by the TPLF for the upcoming

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Travel: On top of the world, Simien Mountains, Ethiopia

By Derek Fanning The Simien Mountains in Northern Ethiopia are vast and beautiful, and, like all mountains, they can be extremely challenging. Few would undertake to scale them without proper weatherproof clothing and sturdy boots. But some people are made of sterner stuff as I discovered when climbing the slopes of a mountain called Bwahit,

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Travel: On top of the world, Simien Mountains, Ethiopia

By Derek Fanning The Simien Mountains in Northern Ethiopia are vast and beautiful, and, like all mountains, they can be extremely challenging. Few would undertake to scale them without proper weatherproof clothing and sturdy boots. But some people are made of sterner stuff as I discovered when climbing the slopes of a mountain called Bwahit,

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Utopia for Ethiopia

Mumbai Mirror By Vivek Ajinkya Mumbai’s streets have served as a hallowed battleground for Kenyan and Ethiopian marathoners over the years. Ever since its inception in 2004, the Mumbai Marathon has somehow always turned into an African slugfest. The Kenyans, had, for long, dominated the feature men’s race, while Ethiopia’s longdistance women’s runners had held

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Utopia for Ethiopia

Mumbai Mirror By Vivek Ajinkya Mumbai’s streets have served as a hallowed battleground for Kenyan and Ethiopian marathoners over the years. Ever since its inception in 2004, the Mumbai Marathon has somehow always turned into an African slugfest. The Kenyans, had, for long, dominated the feature men’s race, while Ethiopia’s longdistance women’s runners had held

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Elections and helicopter-an Ethiopian drama

By Yilma Bekele I am thinking you must have read my last report on Ethiopian helicopters that made an unauthorized trip to Eritrea. I felt I left the story hanging out there and it is not just fair to my readers not having a closure on the subject. Some might say why dwell on that

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