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በቅርቡ የህወሃት ኣርባኛ ዓመት ለየት ባለ መንገድ መከበሩ ገርሞኛል። በየዓመቱ እንደሚከበር ሁላችን እናውቃለን። ይሁን እንጂ የዓርባኛ ዓመቱ በዓል እንዲህ ለምን እንደተወራለት ለምን የሌላ ኣገር መሪ ሳይቀር እንደተጋበዘበት ኣልገባኝም። ብዙ ጊዜ እንዲህ ዓይነት ለየት ያለ ድግስ የሚደረገው የኢዮቤልዩ በዓል ሲከበር ነው። የሆነው ሆኖ የመነሻ ኣሳቤ ይሄ ኣይደለም። ህወሃት ኣርባኛ ዓመት በዓሉን ሲያከብር እኔ በህወሃት ተፈጥሮ […]
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The UK’s prestigious Royal Television Society has presented its Judges’ Award to Al Jazeera’s Peter Greste, Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy. The award is given to recognise their outstanding contribution to the advancement of television journalism. The trio were put in prison by the Egyptian authorities on 29 December 2013. Greste was only finally released […]
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As part of the preparations to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) on 18 February, the government organised a trip to Mekele for TPLF veterans and EPRDF (ruling coalition) officials on 22 December. The delegation included TPLF founder member Sebhat Nega, former foreign affairs minister Seyoum Mesfin and the TPLF […]
Read More →Zenawi’s death leaves a ticking time-bomb
The death of Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi on the night of Aug. 20 will amount to no less than a time-bomb for the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) and for its hard core, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) because it will ignite previously restrained ambitions of his would-be successors. Haile Mariam Desalegn, […]
Read More →Industry minister scolds foreign leather company bosses
The Ethiopian Minister for Industry Ahmed Abetew rang alarm bells when he spoke to the Ethiopian Federal Assembly on 27 January. Outlining disappointing results for the leather industry, he ordered the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA) to no longer issue export licences to foreign firms in the sector that sell their products below world […]
Read More →Selome Tadesse, independent election candidate
The ex-General Manager of Ethiopian Television & Radio Enterprise, Selome Tadesse, is on her way to becoming the first woman independent candidate in the general election on 24 May. She collected over 5,000 support signatures, more than four times the minimum needed to register with the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), and will run in the Bole […]
Read More →$1.2 million memorial for Meles Zenawi
After a mausoleum and a foundation, the late Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died in Brussels on 20 August 2012 and became a national icon, is to have a memorial built in Mekele. The work will be carried out mainly by the firms Yurap Plc, Elias Power and Sami Machinery plus some small companies. […]
Read More →Desalegn asks IOG to calm Issa leader
The traditional Issa elder Moustapha Mohamed Ibrahim, based in Dire Dawa, has drawn the wrath of Addis Ababa. The creation of three kebele (small administrative entities) administered by the Issa within the Afar Regional State is a cause of ongoing concern for the Ethiopian authorities. During his official visit to Djibouti on 7 February, Ethiopian […]
Read More →MEP Ana Gomes still critical of Addis Ababa
The Portuguese MEP Ana Gomes (Portuguese Socialist Party) hasn’t dropped her guard against Ethiopia since she led an electoral mission to Addis Ababa in 2005. She helped to persuade Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to oppose sending a mission to observe the Ethiopian elections […]
Read More →A French firm vs the tycoon Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi
After complaining unsuccessfully for two years, the small French company providing luxury services Advalis (ION 1375) managed to make his debtor, the Saudi-Ethiopian tycoon Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi, give a little leeway. Acting via his Paris-based lawyers, François Meynot and Valentine Guerrero in December 2014, Al-Amoudi recognised a portion of the debt he owes Advalis, namely […]
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