Ethiopia needs Centralism not Ethnic Federalism: Yeharerwerk Gashaw

SBS By Kassahun Seboqa (Yeharerwerk Gashaw-iPJ) Yeharerwerk Gashaw, Sociologist and Political Activist argued that Ethiopia needs centralism not ethnic federalism.  

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Hailemariam Desalegn slams ICC

Source: World Bulletin The Ethiopian premier said his country was implementing railway and manufacturing projects worth a total of $6.4 billion. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Thursday defended his government’s policies and accused the International Criminal Court (ICC) of “intimidating” African leaders. “Proof of this is the economic performance that made Ethiopia one of

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Bole Airport the 5th best Airport in Africa to spend over night

By Thandi Skade If you were ever to be stuck between flights and forced to spend a night at an airport, Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International is apparently where you’d want to be. This is according to travellers website sleepinginairports.net’s 2014 Best Airports in Africa survey. The survey asks travellers to vote for their best airports

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South Africa rejects hosting Africa Nations Cup

AFP South Africa is not ready to host the Africa Cup of Nations in January if Morocco withdraws South Africa is not ready to host the Africa Cup of Nations in January if Morocco withdraws because of the Ebola epidemic, Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula said Monday. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has reportedly approached

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Arabica in Addis Ababa: Climbing the coffee ladder in Ethiopia

By James Jeffrey, Al Jazeera ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Eighteen-year-old Aster Endale quickly gives the coffee cups a rinse before putting them back into her basket and picking up a bag with canisters of coffee. Then she crosses the road, weaving between traffic, to find her next customers. Time wasted is coffee not poured —

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Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia to choose int’l firm by December

Ahram Online Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia will choose by December an international firm to conduct studies on Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam, which Cairo fears will reduce its share of potable Nile water. In a press conference held in Cairo on Sunday, Egypt’s irrigation minister Hossam Moghazi said on Sunday this week’s tripartite talks over the

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How many Ethiopians live in the USA?

Debirhan – The study titled “The Foreign-Born Population From Africa: 2008–2012”  based on a nationwide sampling of households between 2008 and 2012 prepared by the American Community Survey (ACS) Briefs and published in October 2014, found that there were 164,000 (10% of the African population) Ethiopians living in the U.S. within the five year period. About 221,000

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Castro offers to co-operate with US on Ebola

Cuba’s former leader says offer not aimed at ending animosity with US but needed in the interests of “world peace”. (AL Jazeera) Fidel Castro, the 88-year-old former Cuban leader, has said his country is ready to work with the US in the battle against Ebola, saying that such co-operation would be in the interest of

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Betelhem Moges won Amsterdam Marathon 2:28:35

In the women’s race it was Moges who emerged as comfortable victor and she was followed home by Kenya’s Ogla Kimalyo in second place. Burundi’s Diane Nukuri Johnson finished in third. The Ethiopian came home in a time of 2:28:35; here she is finishing the race, courtesy of TCS News:

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The Role of Credit in Ethiopia’s Economic Progress

By Tsehai Alemayehu Whether or not Ethiopia’s external debt is growing too fast and too large has become an emerging topic of conversation among many observers.  While the government is seeking to tap any and all sources of financing domestic and foreign, observers argue that the country needs to be very careful about acquiring any

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