Independent 1. By 2050, India will have overtaken the US as the world’s second largest economy It’s also projected that the gap between the three biggest economies, China, India and the US, and the rest of the world will widen over the next few decades. 2. The UK will no longer be among the top…
Martin Plaut It began with a suicide blast at the gates of the African Union’s AMISOM base outside the southern Somali town of el-Ade. A fierce battle ensued, at the end of which some 60 Kenyan troops were dead; some of their bodies had been reportedly dragged through the town and al-Shabaab left with stockpiles…
The largest hydroelectric project in Africa has so far produced only discord The Economist WHEN Egyptian politicians discussed sabotaging the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in 2013, they naturally assumed it was a private meeting. But amid all the scheming, and with a big chuckle, Muhammad Morsi, then president, informed his colleagues that their discussion was…
Cohen -Cancer of Ethiopia Hey, all you Abyssinians out there. While you are wasting time squabbling with each other and not talking to each other, the governments of the Arabian Peninsula are eating your lunch. Have you noticed that warships from the United Arab Emirates are operating out of the port of Asab 24/7? Their…
Foreign Policy American Memory The foreign relations of the modern Ethiopian state were driven by the government’s quest to establish this multiethnic polity as a viable nation-state and to maintain its territorial integrity. In many respects, then, the foreign policy pursued by the leaders of postrevolutionary Ethiopia was consistent with the foreign policy of the old…
According to Be Fitsum Girma Here are the 6 major agreements reached at Khartoum’s meeting among the Foreign and Water ministers of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan or during the 11th TNC; 1. Artelia replaced deltares as a subcontracting firm, 2. The Foreign and Water Ministers of Egypt and Sudan are invited to visit GERD, 3. The…
Egyptian Streets Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have signed an agreement aimed at curbing Egypt’s alarm at the speed of which the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (‘the dam’) is being constructed. The agreement is based on a preliminary agreement that had been reached in March 2015 between the leaders of the three countries in Khartoum, Sudan.…
አዲስአባባ ስለምን ታወዛግባለች? በዘላለምክብረት ሕሩይ ሚናስ አስደናቂ ሰው ነው፡፡ የገበሬ ልጅ፣ በአስራዎቹ መጨረሻ አዲስ አበባ የገባ፡፡ ከዛም የአብነት ተማሪ ሆነና ቅዳሴና ቅኔ ሞካከረ፡፡ እሱ አልሆን ሲለው ጎዳና ወጥቶ ጎዳና አዳሪ ሆነ፡፡ ቀጠለና የለማኝ መሪ (sighted guide) ሆነ፡፡ እሱም ሲያልፍ ‹ለምን አልማርም?› ብሎ ትምህርት ተማረና ዩንቨርሲቲ በገባ በዓመቱ ‹ማርክሲስት› ሆነ፡፡ ትምህርቱንም ለአቢዮቱ ሲባል ተወውና መፅሃፍ ነጋዴ…
By Jennifer Williams VOX “Madonna with the Book (Conestabile Madonna)” by Raffaello Sanzio, 1504.Sergio Anelli/Electa/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images Christmas, as everyone knows, commemorates the birth of Jesus and is a major religious celebration for Christians around the world. But what many people don’t know is that Jesus is an important figure in Islam, too, even…
By Yohannes Woldemariam Associate Professor of International Relations and Environmental Studies at Fort Lewis College The Ethiopian government is now faced with unprecedented rebellion from the Oromo ethnic group, consisting 35% of the Ethiopia’s population, which it disingenuously claims is inspired by terrorism. The immediate pretext is the Addis Ababa Master Plan encroaching and displacing…