Interview With Ato Abraham Gebremedhin, Diapsora Office Director for Tgrai Regional Governemnt, Ethiopia! The decision by regional governments to open a Diaspora Directorate Office is a long overdue decision that will augment well the Federal Diaspora Directorate Office under the Foreign Ministry. Ato Abraham Gebremedhin is Director of the Diaspora office in Tigrai regional government. Ato Abraham during his interview with online audience at gezategaru explained how his new office is ready to help the Diaspora invest in their own mother land. He told the audience there are many well researched investment ideas and projects for the Diaspora to take advantage.
Thought for Today!
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. R. Buckminster Fulle
PM Meles Zenawi Interview with Meskerem Getachew
It is based on the documentary, Endegena
Thank you Meskerem and thank you ETV! This is a wonderful insightful interview. We hope this type of interview will continue. Infact we hope ETV will turn this to a late Sunday evening program where key figures will share their thoughts and views on a wide range of topics. For a starter it would be interesting to interview former leaders of the EPRDF govt! Let people hear what they think as far as the transition goes now that it has been a year since it started! What will they say about the Tehadeso movement with the advantage of hindsight? Ethiopia’s history of the last decade is rich, it can be told and retold by many, let us hear them pls!
Environmentally Economic Development with Dignity: A Theoretical Plan for Full Employment in Ethiopia
Asayehgn Desta, Ph.D. July 22, 2011- High unemployment accompanied by rampant inflation which persists in Ethiopia cannot be solved without appropriate adjustments in real income and factors of production. Because of insufficient and ineffective demand, according to the Keynesian monetary and fiscal demand mode...
"The United Nations Security Council held an Iinformal Iinteractive Dialogue with the members IGAD and Eritrea yesterday July 19, 2011. During the discussion the chairman of the Council of Ministers of IGAD, H.E. Hailemariam Desalgne, the rapporteur of the Council, H.E. Saitoti the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kenya, the Permanent Representative of Djibouti to UN, the Deputy Permanent Representative of Somalia and the Charged Affairs of Uganda have spoken in one voice about the destabilization and terrorist activities of the regime in Eritrea. Accordingly, they request the Council to strengthen the implementation of previous United Nations Security Council Resolution 1907 and to impose concrete economic sanction that will deny the regime the resources it needs to continue its destabilization and terrorist activities in the region. In the Interactive Dialogue Eritrea was represented by their Foreign Minister."
Statement Delivered By H.E. Mr. Hailemaraim Desalegne
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs at
The Informal Interactive Dialogue with members of the United Nations Security Council
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Young Eritreans in Ethiopia face future in limbo
SHIRE, Ethiopia, July 21 (UNHCR) - As the world focuses on the impact of the severe drought in East Africa, a silent crisis is brewing in a remote corner of Ethiopia. Hundreds of Eritreans are arriving here every month with claims of escaping open-ended military service and allegations of rights violations back home.
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UN declares Somalia famine in Bakool and Lower Shabelle
The United Nations has declared a famine in two areas of southern Somalia as the region suffers the worst drought in more than half a century.
The UN said the humanitarian situation in southern Bakool and Lower Shabelle had deteriorated rapidly.
It is the first time that the country has seen famine in 19 years.
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Technological Response to Africa’s Horn Drought: Green
Revolution as Policy Instrument Tsegaye Tegenu July 16, 2011
Since April 2011, the international news media has zoomed in to the Horn of Africa to warn an impending drought and a possibility of massive scale catastrophe if there is a delay in international responses....
Note on the Economics Effects of Queen Sheba Schools on the Town of Adwa Desta, Asayehgn, Ph.D, July 15, 2011- Based on artifacts and historical relics, the ancient town of Adwa can be defined as the cradle of African civilization. Available archaeological evidence clearly shows that the town of Adwa is one of the principle homes of the legend of Queen Sheba...
Ambassador Dr. Yeshimebrat Mersha Kassa presented credential to South African president July12, 2011- Ambassador Dr. Yeshimebrat Mersha presented her letter of credentials to H.E. Mr. Jacob G. Zuma the President of South Africa, on 12 July, 2011.On the occasion, H. E President Jacob Zuma said the two countries have enjoyed long lived political and historical ties...
Boeing has suspended deliveries of 787 Dreamliner airplane sections from its suppliers to the assembly line in Everett and will hold the line in place a month ...Ethiopian Airlines, which previously had expected delivery of its first 787s to begin around the turn of the year, indicated it will have to wait some three months... Remembering the Ethio-South Korean Friendship
Ermias Haile, July 9, 2011- A tiny country in the far eastern tip of the Asian continent, sandwiched between Japan and the People�s Republic of China, with a population of close to 50 million and once an economic basket case, South Korea has managed to transform itself...
"The United Nations Security Council held an Iinformal Iinteractive Dialogue with the members IGAD and Eritrea yesterday July 19, 2011. During the discussion the chairman of the Council of Ministers of IGAD, H.E. Hailemariam Desalgne, the rapporteur of the Council, H.E. Saitoti the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kenya, the Permanent Representative of Djibouti to UN, the Deputy Permanent Representative of Somalia and the Charged Affairs of Uganda have spoken in one voice about the destabilization and terrorist activities of the regime in Eritrea. Accordingly, they request the Council to strengthen the implementation of previous United Nations Security Council Resolution 1907 and to impose concrete economic sanction that will deny the regime the resources it needs to continue its destabilization and terrorist activities in the region. In the Interactive Dialogue Eritrea was represented by their Foreign Minister." 
