Daily Archives: October 28, 2012
By Eskinder Haile The IMF Vs. Ethiopia Alternative Methods Of Measuring Economic Growth ” If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.” -George Bernard Shaw Ethiopia is clearly booming, not only the Ethiopian government … read more »
Posted in Article, Ethiopia, IMF
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Economic growth, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian government, ethiopian news, GDP, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Politics of Ethiopia, United States
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By Mareng Chuor Deng When the word honesty is mentioned, its antonym dishonesty easily comes to mind. A combination of such reference and rampant betrayal makes politic such a dirty game indeed. This is because those who make politics dirty … read more »
Posted in Article, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Aweil, IndepthAfrica, Madut Biar Yel, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Salva Kiir Mayardit, South Darfur, South Sudan, Sudan, Sudan news, sudanese news
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A bold experiment by the One Laptop Per Child organization has shown “encouraging” results. By David Talbot Why It Matters Around a 100 million first-grade-aged children lack access to schools. A foundation is testing whether poor children who … read more »
Posted in Article, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, David Talbot, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Negroponte, Nicholas Negroponte, OLPC, One Laptop Per Child, Wonchi
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By Steve Paterno October 28, 2012 — Finally, it is officially confirmed, early next months, the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will make an official trip to the Republic of South Sudan. This visit is intended as a gesture of good … read more »
Posted in Article, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Al-Bashir, IndepthAfrica, Juba, Khartoum, List of heads of state of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, Salva Kiir Mayardit, SouthSudan, Sudan, Sudan news
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by Major General Alexander Madiebo Many people have been commenting on Professor Chinua Achebe’s comment on Chief Obafemi Awolowo in his book, There was a Country. What Achebe said, as I told some people, in all aspects, is correct. In fact, … read more »
Tribune Where is the $25million plea-bargain money paid by a multi-national company operating in the country and indicted in the monumental Halliburton scandal? This is the riddle security operatives are trying to unravel as they commence investigations into the $25million … read more »
By Zechariah Manyok Biar What I heard from my Church on Sunday, October 28, 2012, sent chilly air down my marrows. It made me worry about the future of our country. What I heard was that our pastor had been … read more »
Posted in Article, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, Juba, Khartoum, mubarak, national security, South Sudan, south sudan news, SPLM, Sudan, Sudan news, Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement
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Ethiopians have continuously chosen and sometimes forced by circumstances to leave their country and reside in different parts of the world. The dispiriting politics that failed to improve and tolerate opposite views, extreme poverty and the desire to enjoy better … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Derg, Diaspora, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Meles Zenawi, Oppositions
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By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong Veteran Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene, of BBC fame, disclosure that out of 45 Ghanaian medical students surveyed 41 believe witchcraft is responsible for existential problems; once again, reveal the immense obstacles entangling the Ghanaian development process. Here … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Kofi Akosah-Sarpong, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged bbc, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, IPad, J.K. Rowling, Medical school, Mensah-Bonsu, Ottawa, Witchcraft
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document U.S. Mission to the United Nations Remarks by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, At a Memorial Service for Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi at Abyssinian Baptist Church AS PREPARED Good morning. Reverend Butts, … read more »
Posted in Documents, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, List of heads of government of Ethiopia, Meles, Meles Zenawi, Susan Rice, United Nations
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Zelalem Eshete, Ph.D. It takes two to tango. In part 1 of my article, I focused mostly on the opposition. Now, I present my reflections regarding the call for a paradigm shift targeted primarily to the government. I also touch … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Hailemariam Desalegn, Hailemariam Desalegne, Indepth Africa Magazine, Meles Zenawi, Prime minister
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Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam There are few things more difficult or dangerous than speaking truth to abusers of power. But for Reeyot Alemu, the 31 year-old young Ethiopian heroine of press freedom, no price is high enough to keep her … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, Ethiopian Review, International Women's Media Foundation, IWMF, Maya Angelou, Reeyot Alemu, Serkalem Fasil
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Rabbi Jerome Epstein After arrival in Israel, Ethiopian Jews are optimistic, but need further help It was still dark and chilly at 5:45 AM in Gondar, Ethiopia when we drove onto the Jewish Agency grounds. We were there to meet … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Aliyah, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Gondar, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jewish Agency for Israel, Jewish Federations of North America, tel aviv
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Yakume A. The peace negotiation between Ethiopian Government and ONLF was a big opportunity for Ethiopian Government and ONLF, Ogaden and Ethiopian people, and also regional and international community. But unfortunately, the peace negotiation has collapsed, when the government failed … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian government, ethiopian news, Nelson Mandela, Ogaden, Ogaden National Liberation Front, ONLF, Politics of Ethiopia
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There are some intelligence reports that suggest Egypt is moving warplanes to sudan after the Isreali jeg fighters attacked a Sudanese military factory outside the capital Khartoum. The Russian Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, General Nikolai Makarov reported … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Egypt, Egyptian Air Force, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Israeli Air Force, Khartoum, Sudan, Yarmouk
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Somalilanders abroad feel cheated by the international community. By successfully attending the London conference on Somalia many of them thought that their unrecognised nation was finally taking the diplomatic steps needed to be politically visible after more than two decades … read more »
“I want people to remember me as someone whose life has been helpful to humanity. We hope and believe that the best way of limiting the usurpation of power by individuals, military or otherwise, is to put the people in … read more »
Patrick Makau won the Frankfurt marathon in cold and sunny conditions but failed to break his world record on Sunday. The 27-year-old Kenyan crossed the line in an unofficial time of 2 hours, 6 minutes and 12 seconds. Makau was … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Other Sports, Sports
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Tagged Bazu Worku, Berlin, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Frankfurt Marathon, Gilbert Kirwa, indepthsport, Kenya, Meselech Melkamu, Patrick Makau Musyoki
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Victim of extremismStoning adulterers is not “extremist”; it is Islamic law. The caliph Umar, one of Muhammad’s closest companions, even maintained that it was originally in the Qur’an: ‘Umar said, “I am afraid that after a long time has passed, … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somali, Sudan
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Allah, IndepthAfrica, Muhammad, Rajm, Sharia, Somalia, Stoning, Umar
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press release Jerusalem — The Israeli military has since June 2012 prevented dozens of asylum seekers, most of them Eritreans, from crossing Israel’s newly constructed fence on its border with Egypt, Human Rights Watch, the Hotline for Migrant Workers, and … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Press Releases
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Tagged Egypt, Eritrea, Eritrean Asylum seekers, eritrean news, Eritrean refugees, ethiopian news, Gerry Simpson, Human Rights Watch, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Sinai, UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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Two suicide bombers drove vehicles packed with explosives into a Catholic church in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing and wounding several, witnesses said. The bombers both managed to get inside the packed St Monica’s church, in volatile ethnically and religiously … read more »
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