A few years ago I travelled to Cape Town to attend an academic conference. I reserved a couple of days for sightseeing at the end of that event. It would be silly to leave the place without climbing Table Mountains Read more…
On March 19th, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) Governor, Yinager Dessie, presented eight months review of Ethiopia’s 2011 budget to the house of representatives. In that report he spotlighted Ethiopia’s miserably low foreign exchange reserve. In his attempt to Read more…
እዚህ ቪዲዮ ላይ የምትሰሙት የዳንኤል ንግግር ጭብጥ “የዓላማ ጽናት” ወሳኝነት ነው። ጽናቱ ደግሞ ኢትዮጵያ ሳትቀየር እንደነበረች ከትውልድ ትውልድ የማስተላለፍ ሃላፊነትን ይመለከታል። ባንድ መልኩ በጎ አስተሳሰብ ይመስላል፣ የዓላማ ጽናት ተፈላጊ የምሆንበት ጊዜ አለና! የዳንኤል ድስኩር ግን መርዛማ የምሆንበት ምክንያት አለው። ይሀውም Read more…
PM Abiy seems to have chosen to approach Ethiopia’s economic governance by taking it for granted that he has inherited a vibrant and rapidly growing economy. As far as politics is concerned, there is no doubt that he has been Read more…
Ms. Adanech Abeebee, Ethiopia’s Minister of Revenues, is perhaps the busiest among PM Abiy’s cabinet members. Ethiopian authorities seem to be determined to strengthen domestic resource mobilization by improving tax collection and administration efficiency. The renewed emphasis on domestic resource Read more…
I am deeply saddened to hear Legesse Abddii passed away! During those days, never mind a TV set, even a radio used to be a rarity in most parts of Ethiopia, especially in the countryside. My father was among the Read more…
This is the second and final piece on my observations on amusing bogus stories by EPRDF propaganda. Creating hoaxes has been a familiar tactic the EPRDF propaganda machine has utilized for quite long time. Two hoaxes have circulated during the Read more…
Episodes of popular uprisings proved to be rare occasions that expose the barbaric nature of the EPRDF government its trigger happy security forces. During such landmark events, the regime finds itself in the limelight of international media, in sharp contrast Read more…