Ethiopia Muslims wonder what life after PM Meles will be like

While there is still too much uncertainty surrounding the future of Ethiopia’s political scene, Muslims in the country have begun to think of a future post-Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.

Why Are All Ethiopian Eyes on Brussels?

 

The cancellation of a scheduled press conference this week, to discuss the health of the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi – currently in Belgium for treatment – started rumors flying. Belgians might be interested to know why Ethiopians are watching events in Brussels so keenly.
Claiming to follow the Chinese model of development – economic growth first, rights later – is a tempting fig-leaf for despots around the world eager to justify their suppression of dissent at home.

Ethiopia ‘forcibly displacing’ for sugarine plantations

June 20, 2012

The displacements are function in a country’s Omo Valley, according to a news by a New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).

The valley, a World Heritage site, is also a site of a argumentative dam.

The Ethiopian supervision has denied forcing anyone from their homes and says a plan will emanate jobs.

HRW says that in sequence to make space for a plantations, supervision confidence army are constrained communities to immigrate from their normal lands, regulating assault and intimidation.

2012 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners Risk Their Lives

April 18, 2012

• Ikal Angelei of Kenya, a 2012 Goldman Prize leader for Africa,has dedicated herself to interlude for a Gibe 3 Dam on a Omo River, source of 90 percent of Lake Turkana’s water.Lake Turkana, a World Heritage Site, is a largest dried lake in a world, populated by crocodiles, hippos, snakes and fish. It serves as a vicious H2O supply for a hundreds of thousands of inland farmers, herders and fishermen.

Ethiopia: The Bridge on the Road(map) to Democracy By Alemayehu G Mariam

April 16, 2012

 Last week I had an opportunity to address a town hall meeting in Seattle sponsored by the Ethiopian Public Forum in Seattle (EPFS), a civil society organization dedicated to promoting broad dialogue, debate and discussion on Ethiopia’s future. I was asked to articulate my views on Ethiopia’s transition from dictatorships to democracy in light of my recent emphatic commentaries on the subject.

Ethiopia: The Bridge on a Road(map) to Democracy By Alemayehu G Mariam

April 16, 2012

Last week we had an event to residence a city gymnasium open in Seattle sponsored by a Ethiopian Public Forum in Seattle (EPFS), a polite multitude classification dedicated to compelling extended dialogue, discuss and contention on Ethiopia’s future. we was asked to clear my views on Ethiopia’s transition from dictatorships to democracy in light of my new fatiguing commentaries on a subject.

The Aid Republic of Ethiopian By Tedla Asfaw

 April 11, 2012

A country that failed to feed its people can only be called a failed state or the ” Aid Republic”. World bank with its rich members are feeding more than 8 million people if the number is correct until 2015, The Aid Republic “election”, according to their press release of last month. Will the eligible “voters” out of the 8 million people “vote” for the regime or for the World Bank which is feeding them ?