Tag Archives: Economy of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Academic Sexuality

December 27, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

y Getachew T. Alemu, Addis Fortune (Addis Ababa) column My memories of university life contain lots of adventures. They encompass both good and bad experiences. I would say, however, that it was the most apolitical phase of my life. I was … read more »

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Who is Responsible for the Mess of Ethiopia’s Economy?

January 5, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Anteneh Shiferaw First of all, anyone who understands how our country’s situation is in a ‘state of complete mess’, could immediately raise other key indispensable questions such as, what about: the overt & covert killing of citizens, the prison … read more »

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Ethiopia: The Fakeonomics of Meles Zenawi

June 20, 2011 by benim

There is the economics of Adam Smith, the intellectual father of capitalism. There is Levitt & Dubner’s freakonomics of weird stuff. Then there is the fakeonomics (economics by gimmickry) of Meles Zenawi, the dictator in Ethiopia and author of the … read more »

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Can mobs of the millennium be trusted to build The Renaissance Dam?

May 31, 2011 by benim

Power does not corrupt man; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power- G. B. Shaw When I first heard about His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie’s “billion” dollar Swiss Bank account, I was a naïve 9th … read more »

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Ethiopian Diaspora Divided at GTP Town Halls

April 15, 2011 by benim

United We Stand, Divided We Fall,” was the theme for the Ethiopian government’s Five-Year Growth and Transformation Plan Convention in Harlem this past Saturday. Both government and opposition supporters came out to fill the seats at the convention, while protesters … read more »

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How to bring down Ethiopia PM Meles Zenawi (Part 111)

March 9, 2011 by benim

The winds of change that has been rocking the Arab world have once again confirmed the fact that every tyranny is a house built on sand. Unlike rock solid democratic systems that are built on the consent of the people, … read more »

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How to bring down Ethiopian Meles Zenawi

February 13, 2011 by benim

As ordinary Egyptians have erupted in jubilant euphoria at Tahrir Square and on the streets of Egypt after the fall of the three-decade long dictator Hosni Mubarak, Ethiopians in and outside of the country have been keenly watching the wind … read more »

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