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A look at Ethiopia After Meles Zenawi| Swedish Megazine

(By Cecilia Bäcklander) When Meles Zenawi died a year ago, many people hoped for a liberalization of state control in…

Tuesday, October 15, 2013 @ 1:27 am

(Joris Leverink) Muslims in Ethiopia have been protesting against government interference in religious affairs for more than twenty months. But…

Monday, October 14, 2013 @ 6:58 pm

The World Bank’s “Africa Pulse” report, an analysis of the issues shaping Africa’s economic prospects which comes out every two…

Wednesday, October 9, 2013 @ 1:15 am

At least 130 people died and hundreds more are missing after a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank…

Friday, October 4, 2013 @ 1:12 am

In an address to the UN General Assembly on Monday (September 30), Eritrea’s Foreign Minister, Osman Saleh Mohammed, said the…

Friday, October 4, 2013 @ 1:11 am

Ethiopia has registered fast and impressive growth for the last decade and this has provided momentum for accelerated economic development.…

Friday, October 4, 2013 @ 1:07 am

(Peter Schwartzstein) “Ethiopia is killing us,” taxi driver Ahmed Hossam said, as he picked his way through Cairo’s notoriously traffic-clogged…

Monday, September 30, 2013 @ 12:56 am

In a rare defiance of Egyptian pressure, to which Sudanese scholars acquiesced to for decades, a renowned legal scholar wrote…

Thursday, September 26, 2013 @ 9:09 pm

Timeline: How a busy Saturday at a smart Nairobi mall descended into a bloodbath as al-Shabaab terrorists stormed the centre,…

Sunday, September 22, 2013 @ 7:08 pm

(Jonathan Gornall) The word "famine" has a natural ring to it - an inevitable act of nature, if not God,…

Wednesday, September 11, 2013 @ 5:08 pm