The Whitehouse National Palace Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1:47 P.M. EAT PRIME MINISTER HAILEMARIAM: Members of the press, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to once again welcome His Excellency, the President of the United States of America, to Ethiopia. We are honored to receive a sitting U.S. President for the first time in the history…
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BY REDIET WEGAYEHU Barack Obama will become the first ever sitting U.S. president to visit Ethiopia. This is a testament to the firm friendship that the two countries enjoy. Ethiopia has had a close relationship with the U.S. ever since Emperor Menlik II earned recognition as the only sovereign state leader in Africa after defeating…
Ipss-Addis– Barack Obama will be the first sitting US president to visit the African Union or its predecessor the Organisation of African Union (OAU) when he makes his long-awaited visit to its headquarters in Addis Ababa next week. With the historic visit grabbing the headlines, the African Union’s relations with the United States is expected…
Lawsuit alleges that Addis Ababa used private technology to monitor Internet communications of dissident-linked American By Jenifer Fenton, Aljazeera A first-of-its kind lawsuit that resumes in a U.S. District Court on Tuesday has drawn attention to the private surveillance-technology industry as a potential enabler of spying on Americans. The case involves a U.S. citizen who alleges…
The Guardian Development economist Owen Barder gives an insight into what the coming five days of plenaries, roundtables and side events will be all about Addis Ababa is a great city for running, according to Owen Barder. Photograph: David Levene On Monday 13 July, world leaders will gather in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, for…
The crackdown on Muslim activists is part of Addis Ababa’s crusade against independent voices and opposition leaders By Awol Allo I Aljazeera On July 6, Ethiopia’s Federal High Court convicted leaders of the Ethiopian Muslims protest movement on charges of terrorism and conspiracy to create an Islamic state in Ethiopia. The verdict — against two Muslim journalists,…
CSO Online Credit: Steve Ragan Hacking Team is awake, and the first order of business is to promote fear, uncertainty, and doubt On Sunday evening, someone hijacked the Hacking Team account on Twitter and used it to announce that the company known for developing hacking tools was itself a victim of a devastating hack. Note:…
By RENÉ LEFORT I Open Democracy The history of this country is one of eternal recurrence. The ‘national question” re-emerges where it has always been, with varying degrees of visibility: at the heart of Ethiopian political life. steamroller has flattened everything in its way. The opposition held one seat in the outgoing parliament. It will not hold a…
Washington wants a stable partner in the Horn of Africa. But cozying up to the repressive regime in Addis Ababa isn’t the way to go about finding one. BY JEFFREY SMITH, MOHAMMED ADEMO Later this month, President Barack Obama will become the first sitting U.S. president to ever visit Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous country, and…