Politics and Legal

Dire Dawa Elected a New Mayor [Analysis]

The Council of Dire Dawa City Administration elected Speakers of the Council, Mayor, and Dep. Mayor to serve for the…

Ethiopia – Who’s Who in the New Cabinet?

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi formed a government, last week. So far 25 members of the new Cabinet that is 20…

EPRDF’s New Leadership (Executive & Council members lists)

Ethiopia’s ruling party, EPRDF, held its Eighth Party Congress from Sept 17-19/2010 under the theme "We will make Ethiopian Renaissance…

Kenyan Voters Approved New Constitution

Chairman of Kenya's election commission announced voters approved the new constitution in the referendum held on August 4/2010. Here is…

KENYA: Divided by the colours of a new constitution

Copied from IRIN Kenyans are hoping not to see a repeat of the violence that rocked much of the country…

Ethiopia’s Legitimate Government, Worrisome Demography

Published On  July 18,  2010; Addis-Fortune,Volume 11, Number 533 The Failed Sate Index, annually conducted by the US-based Fund for…

How Long is ‘Too Long’? Meet 10 Long-serving Western Leaders

In western media reporting of EPRDF’s election win, three points were common. The margin of win, the length of EPRDF…

‘Election-win-EPRDF-style’ in 8 Liberal Countries

“Can you think of any government that purports to be a multi-party democracy, but manages to win all but two…

‘Addis Neger’: when deceit becomes the norm

It took International Press Institute (IPI) only two days after the polling to make a press statement alleging "Independent Media…

Media Darling: Human Rights Watch’s 10 flagrant blunders

Several western newscasts and blogs misleadingly blended sound bites from the EU Observers Preliminary Report with the Human Rights Watch…

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