Identity politics on the scales of democracy and justice (Geletaw Zeleke)
An article published last week on opendemocracy.net calls Ethiopians ‘to get rid of ethnic-based politics and engage in the counter movements of justice and democracy’. Though intended for an Ethiopian audience, the article makes a general claims that identity politics is irreconcilable with the basic tenets of democracy and justice. That is based on the … Read more
Why the Arab Spring failed to spread south of the Sahara? (Phil Clark)
Phil Clark, an academician specializing on African issues, published an interesting piece on ‘Why has the Arab Spring so far failed to spread south of the Sahara – and should some African leaders be looking over their shoulders?’. He begins with the premise that ‘all of the principal causes of revolution in north Africa also … Read more
US State Dept. | 2011 Human Rights Reports: Ethiopia
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor of US State Department issued its annual report concerning ‘Human Rights and Practices’ of virtually every country on the globe. Except, the United States itself. One of those is an about 30-pages long document, titled the ‘2011 Human Rights Reports: Ethiopia’. As usual, the reports contains factual … Read more
Interview| Meles Zenawi: I’ll probably teach at the leadership academy
A certain man named Richard Dowden, Director of the Royal African Society, apparently met Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi this month during the World Economic Forum meetings in Addis Ababa. He published ‘a selection of quotes from the interview’ this week. The interview, albeit very brief, covers a range of issues. However, based on Mr. … Read more
Ethiopia and Sudan’s Extradition Treaty
The Ministry of Justice of Ethiopia and the Republic of the Sudan’s Minister of Justice signed an Extradition Treaty and an Agreed Minute on their Joint Legal Affairs on May 16th in Addis Ababa. The extradition agreement between the two countries will be another instrument to expand the already existing cordial relations between the two … Read more
Norway to start repatriating Ethiopian refugees
Over 70 Ethiopians have elected to leave Norway voluntarily under the government’s recent repatriation agreement. According to the Directorate of Immigration (UDI), 73 applied during the so-called ‘voluntary’ period between the end of January and March 15. Those who do choose to leave are given an initial 15,000 kroner in cash (about 2,500 dollars) when … Read more
የማኅበረ-ቅዱሳን ሪፖርት| የዋልድባ ገዳምና የወልቃይት ስኳር ልማት ጉዳይ [Amharic]
መንግስት በትግራይ ክልል ወልቃይት ወረዳ የጀመረው የስኳር ልማት ፕሮጀክት በአካባቢው የሚገኘውን ጥንታዊው ዋልድባ ገዳም ላይ ጉዳት ያደርሳል በሚል ሲያወዛግብ መቆየቱ ይታወሳል፡፡ ጉዳዩን አስመልክቶ የተለያዩ አካላት መግለጫ የሰጡ ሲሆን፤ ባለፈው ሳምንት ደግሞ ማኅበረ-ቅዱሳን ሪፖርቱን አቅርቧል፡፡ ሪፖርቱ በዋልድባ ገዳም ሕልውና ላይ አደጋ እንደሌለ ቢያመለክትም በአቅራቢያው በሚገኙና ዝምድና ባላቸው ሦስት ቤተክርስቲያኖች በፕሮጀክቱ ሳቢያ እንደሚነሱ ይጠቁማል፡፡ መንግስት ጉዳዪን ያስተናገደበትን … Read more
Ethiopia, Rwanda receive the 2012 Resolve Award for health
2012 has been a breakthrough year for reproductive health. On 22 May, 2012, the Honourable Joy Phumaphi, former Minister of Health Botswana, will present the 2012 Resolve Award to government representatives from four countries who have embodied these gains: Ethiopia, Malawi, Nepal, and Rwanda. The Award recognizes the enormous progress each has made towards making … Read more
The Female “Army” Leading Ethiopia’s Health Revolution
A fleet of 35,000 frontline extension workers and their “model” families are helping carry out Ethiopia’s mission to provide universal access to basic health services and are empowering communities to take charge of their own health from the grassroots. Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous nation, is also overwhelmingly rural. Bucking the global trend of mass … Read more
A meeting of AU Ministers of Justices in Addis Ababa
A meeting of Ministers of Justice and Attorney Generals of AU Member States on Legal Matters was held in Addis Ababa this week May 14th -15th. It was preceded by a meeting of legal experts May 7th – May 14th. The meeting was attended by the Ministers of Justice of Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, … Read more
