Ethiopia: Land of Contrasts, Nation in Transformation
Ethiopia is among the 10 poorest countries in the world but also among its fastest growing economies. These two facts combine to make it a compelling focus for U.S. development assistance.Agriculture and rural development is the engine of Ethiopia’s growth and a healthy, educated population is the driver of the country’s transformation.
Food Democracy: An Alternative Development Strategy for Africa
Desta, Asayehgn (Ph.D) May 2012- The theoretical and practical links between democracy (freedom) and economic development (food prosperity) has preoccupied academics and policymakers alike for several decades. Lipset (1959) argues economic growth first, democracy later.
በግንቦት 20 የተበሰረ፣ በህገ መንግሥቱ የታሰረ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አንድነት
ሠይፈ ደርቤ May 26, 2012-
ያሳለፍናቸው 21 ዓመታት የልማትና የዴሞክራሲ ዓመታት ብቻ ነበሩን? ለመሆኑ ኢህአዴግ አገሪቱን ከተቆጣጠረ በኋላ ባለው አንድ ወር ጊዜ ውስጥ የፀደቀው ቻርተር ሀገራችንን እስከ 1987 ዓ/ም ድረስ እንዴት ይዟት ተጓዘ? ጣጠኛና ህዝብ አጫራሽ የተባለው ህገ መንግሥት ለኢትዮጵያ ብሔሮች ብሔረሰቦችና ህዝቦች የልማትና ዴሞክራሲ ጥማት ምን አበረከተ? በየዓመቱ የምናከብ ራቸው ግንቦቶች እነዚህን ጥያቄዎች... Eritrea at 21: still in President Isaias’ grip
Eritrea celebrated its 21st independence day yesterday with President Isaias making his address to the nation in a manner that befitted his penchant for conspiracy theories. There had been a number of recent rumours suggesting he was seriously ill after he failed to appear in public for a month...See AlsoA Week in the Horn
(5.25.2012)
The next national target: Eritrea!
By ISAAC HERZOG 24/05/2012 The public discourse that deals with the issue of infiltrators and migrants from Africa is missing one central fact: Nearly two-thirds of them come from one country adjacent to the Red Sea: Eritrea. አንፀባራቂው ህዳሴ ያስደነበራቸው
ሟርተኞቹና ቅዥታቸው
በሰለሞን አጎናፍር May 25,2012-ይወነጃጀላሉ፣ ይዘላለፋሉ፣ ይረጋገማሉ፣ ይወቃቀሳሉ፣ አንዳንዴም ሲበረታ በቦክስ ይቦቃቀሳሉ። የአገሬ ሰው “መልከ ጥፉን በስም ይደግፉ” እንደሚለው ሆኖባቸው ተግባርና አላማቸው የሰማይና የምድር ያህል ተራርቆና
... Ethiopia's Rebounding is Nothing Short of Dramatic.
Ezana Sehay May 25, 2012- Nowadays, a day never passes without one reading or hearing about the Ethiopian economic phenomenon. But haw deep and comprehensive is this economic growth?
የጠላሁትን ጥሉልኝ ከንቱ ምልጃዎች /ክፍል ሁለት/
ኢብሳ ነመራ - 5/24/12-
በዚሁ ርዕስ በቀረበው ክፍል አንድ ፅሁፍ በ22ኛው የስምንቱ የበለፀጉ አገራት ጉባኤ ላይ የኢትዮጵያው ጠቅላይ ምኒስትር መጋበዛቸውን አስታኮ ሲፒጄ ለባራክ አባማና ለጉባኤተኞቹ ያቀረበውን አጀንዳ ተመልክተናል፡፡ በዚህ ክፍል ሁለት ፅሁፍ ደግሞ አምነስቲ ኢንተርናሽናል ያቀረበውን አጀንዳ ለመዳሰስ እሞክራለሁ፡፡....
See Also: Part 1 Ethiopian Airlines leads African pack
Later this year Ethiopia Airlines will become the first African carrier to operate the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner.Undoubtedly this is a milestone for the continent as a whole, but touring the US manufacturing giant’s premises in Seattle, airline chief executive Tewolde Gebremariam was keen to emphasise just how far ahead of the chasing pack his carrier is.
Egypt: Current events and the implication to Regional Politics! Biruk Mekonnen May 2012
The best story in development
Africa is experiencing some of the biggest falls in child mortality ever seen, anywhere! According to Mr Demombynes and Karina Trommlerova, also of the World Bank, 16 of the 20 African countries which have had detailed surveys of living conditions since 2005 reported falls in their child-mortality rates (this rate is the number of deaths of children under five per 1,000 live births). Twelve had falls of over 4.4% a year...
