Tag Archives: Addis Ababa
By Tambay A. Obenson A year ago, Yidnekachew Shumete was one of 3 Ethiopian filmmakers selected for a week-long visit to Monaco and Cannes for workshops, programs and events happening during the 2012 Cannes Film Festival in May. Shumete, along … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged 2012 Cannes Film Festival, Addis Ababa, Berlin, Cannes, Ethiopia, Film festival, IndepthAfrica, Medal Of Honor, Monaco, Seattle International Film Festival
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Alemu Tafesse, Political Analyst and academic Anti-authoritarian struggles creep into the symbolical world both in content and form. Acts of defiance send across sparks of moments that carry multiple meanings to multiple audiences. In many instances, with more repression, more … read more »
Posted in Alemu Tafesse, Article, Columnist, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Amharic, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, ethiopian muslim, Government, Kality, Muslim, People of Ethiopia, wedding
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — An Ethiopian court ruled Tuesday that prosecutors have two weeks to finalize corruption charges against two dozen people who have been arrested, including a senior Cabinet minister. The 24 people charged include the head of Ethiopia’s … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Anti-Corruption, Associated Press, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, Melaku Fenta, prosecutor, Rod Blagojevich corruption charges
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By Teklu Abate Thanks to advances in information and communication technologies, people overcome spatio-temporal limitations. We communicate in real time regardless of where we live. Traditionally, communications and collaborations were made between people and organizations that somehow know each other … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Democracy, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Facebook, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, New York, United States, World Bank
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By; Kiflu Hussain Uganda is a 50 year old independent African country unlike Ethiopia that has been hosting OAU/AU for five decades while enjoying her own thousands of years of “independent”history.Ironically, Ethiopia has no independent institution which is equally … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kiflu Hussain, Nigeria, Op-ed, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Obafemi Awolowo University, Organisation of African Unity, Osun State, Pan-Africanism
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Ethiopian police have arrested a minister and 11 other people on corruption charges, an official and state media said on Saturday, in the country’s most high-profile swoop against graft for more than a decade. Businesses in the region regularly complain … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Pan African News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Global Financial Integrity, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Reuters, Rwanda, Siye Abraha
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by Sadik When the dictators incarcerate valued and exceptional leaders without justice, it is not only to bar them from their followers, but to break their soul in irreversible manner. Today our brave Ethiopians broke the passion of the oppressor … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, Journalist, Prison, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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As Addis Ababa prepares for grand festivities, galas and events in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of the African Union (AU), formerly known as the Organization of African Unity (OAU), on May 25, 2013, we, Africans, … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Emperor Haile Selassie, Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, League of Nations, United States
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By Shem Oirere, construction.com Ethiopia’s capital city, Addis Ababa, may boast Africa’s tallest building by 2017. While a 58-story building had been announced, plans unveiled by a private Chinese developer now call for a 99-story office-hotel tower. Guangdong Chuanhui Group has … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Carlton Centre, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Ethiopia, ethiopioan, Guangdong, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi
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Source: Human Rights Watch Free Jailed Journalists, Allow Media Freedom (Nairobi) – The Ethiopian government should mark World Press Freedom Day, on May 3, 2013, by immediately releasing all journalists jailed under the country’s deeply flawed anti-terrorism law. On May … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Feteh, Freedom of the press, Human right watch, IndepthAfrica, Temesgen Desalegn, United Nations Human Rights Council, World Press Freedom Day
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ADDIS ABABA — The family of Reeyot Alemu, this year’s winner of the World Press Freedom Prize, says her situation in an Ethiopian prison is worsening by the day. Reeyot Alemu and Eskinder Nega are two of the best-known Ethiopian … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Amnesty International, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Prison, Reeyot, Reeyot Alemu, UNESCO
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Ethiopia is prepared to start a genocide against its LGBT citizens, according to a religious group affiliated with the government of the African nation. Details follow. According to GayStarNews: Government officials, religious leaders, leading heath professionals, charities and members of … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Capital punishment, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Game Show Network, Homosexuality, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, LGBT, Religious denomination
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(AFP) – ADDIS ABABA — An Ethiopian court on Thursday dismissed the appeal of blogger Eskinder Nega and opposition leader Andualem Arage who were jailed last year for terror-related offences. “The sentencing is still correct so there is no reduction,” … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Committee to Protect Journalists, Eskinder, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia, Ginbot 7, IndepthAfrica, PEN America, Serkalem Fasil
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Bloomberg News Ethiopia is negotiating with Brazil, Russia and India to finance and build rail links after agreeing terms last year with Chinese and Turkish companies for other routes, the head of the state rail company said. Russia’s government may … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, China, China-Africa Development Fund, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Hailemariam Desalegn, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi
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Oromo Press A historically pro-Oromo refugees Norway has been evolving into an unfavorable place for Oromo refugees and refugees from the Horn of Africa in recent years. Abandoning its own humanitarian streak, the Norwegian government has drifted too far in … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Horn of Africa, Ogaden, Oromia, oromo, Oromo people, Oslo
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Getahune Bekele Although the word “hard labour” sounds brutal and primitive, Zambian magistrate Shadreck Chanda was merciless in passing judgment when he sent 50 destitute Ethiopians to jail for entering the landlocked nation illegally on 29 March 2013. The Ethiopians … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Boeing, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopians, ethiopians news, Nairobi, Prison, UNESCO, United States
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Recent demands have been the most vocal and the most sustained in the history of Ethiopian Muslims. But if they have gone the least bit beyond the scope of religion, then, ironically, they have been overtly secularist. Many observers have … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Government, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslim, United States
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By Betre Yacob Imprisoned Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu has won the 2013 UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. She is given the prize in recognition of her “exceptional courage, resistance and commitment” to freedom of expression. According to UNESCO’s news … read more »
Posted in Article, Betre Yacob, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa University, Committee to Protect Journalists, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Feteh, IndepthAfrica, Muammar Gaddafi, Reeyot Alemu, UNESCO
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Source: France 24 Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn was elected as chairman of the African Union in January. Since then, he has to deal with the war in Mali. After months of fighting, the country still needs the international community’s … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, France, Hailemariam Desalegn, Hailemariam Desalegne, IndepthAfrica, List of heads of government of Ethiopia, Mali
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(ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, said that recent reports alleging oil discovery in the horn of Africa’s nation are misleading. Addressing a parliament session on Tuesday Hailemariam told lawmakers that the drilling work is in its early … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Pan African News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegn, Hydrocarbon exploration, Indepth Africa Magazine, Kenya, London, Tullow Oil
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Despite the sudden death of long-standing Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in August 2012, the smooth handover of power and his successor’s endorsement of the status quo should see stability and broad policy continuity preserved through to elections in 2015. We … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Special Reports
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Tagged Addis Ababa, August 2012, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, National Bank of Ethiopia, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
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(Reuters) – Ethiopia will withdraw its troops from Somalia soon, its prime minister said on Tuesday, voicing frustration with the Mogadishu government and African Union peacekeeping forces that are also battling Islamist militants there. After waging an ill-fated war in … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Al-Shabaab, Ethiopia, Ethiopian National Defense Force, Hailemariam Desalegn, Hudur, Somalia
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The US government has criticised countries in the East African region for their continued human rights violations and political oppression in its annual report on human rights practices around the world. The US state department’s 2012 Country Reports on Human … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Somali, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Addis Ababa, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Red Sea, Somalia, United States' Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
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Cattle herding. Tribal nomadic lifestyles. The last rest stop for the Ark of the Covenant. The birthplace of Haile Selassie I and the Queen of Sheba. These images perhaps readily come to mind when one thinks of Ethiopia, but Ethiopian … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Anthony Hylton, Ark of the Covenant, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Indepth Africa Magazine, Lake Tana, Mengistu Hailemariam, United States
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by Alemayehu G. Mariam “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”, said Edmund Burke. But what happens when evil triumphs over a good young woman journalist named Reeyot Alemu in Ethiopia? Do … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Amnesty International, Ethiopia, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, International Women's Media Foundation, Meles Zenawi, Reeyot, World Press Freedom Day
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(ADDIS ABABA) – Saudi Arabia on Saturday removed the Kingdom’s deputy defense minister who recently made hostile remarks over Ethiopia’s massive dam project being built on the Blue Nile River only 30km upstream from Sudan. Speaking at a session of … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Cairo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Khalid Bin Sultan, Nile, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Dessalegn has denied that the government is forcing tens of thousands of people off their land in order to lease it to foreign investors. “As far as land grabbing is … read more »
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle (ADDIS ABABA) – The Eritrean government said this week that it supports Egypt’s stance over a colonial-era treaty that granted Egypt a right to utilise the lions share of Nile river’s water resources. The Red Sea nation … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mohamed Morsi, Nile, Sudan, Yemane Gebreab
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Press point/Brussels 18 April 2013 Good morning ladies and gentleman, It is a great pleasure to welcome Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn on his first official visit to Europe. I also know this is the first official visit that he pays … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, Documents, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Ethiopia, European Development Fund, European Union, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Prime minister
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By Robele Ababya, Self-defense is a natural right Self-defense at this critical time in the history of Ethiopia threatened by divisive ethnic policy being perpetrated by TPLF’s warlords is a natural right. The Amharas subjected to ethnic cleansing and indeed … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed, Robele Ababya
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Amhara people, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Flag of Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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