Politics | Horn Affairs

Reality-check: Renaissance dam a fraud? | Ethiopia

There is no explicit reference to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in the 5-year Growth and Transformation Plan(GTP), the opposition…

Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 7:35 pm

Speaking in general terms, I don't like the way the Ethiopian private press is molded. It is characterized by outright…

Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 5:13 am

A columnist of the weekly Amharic, Féteh, is behind bar as of Tuesday, CPJ claimed in its press release today.…

Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 4:02 am

The Committee to Protect Journalists(CPJ) claimed Wubeshet Taye, deputy editor of the Amharic weekly Awramba Times, is in detention since…

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 6:51 am

Former US Ambassador to Ethiopia David H. Shinn claimed the revolts in Northern African and Middle East, dubbed 'Arab Spring',…

Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 4:50 am

In an interview hosted by Kojo Nnamdi Show, last Tuesday, Former US Ambassador to Ethiopia David Shinn praised the Ethiopian…

Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 4:13 am

አንድነት ለዴሞክራሲና ለፍትሕ ፓርቲ (አንድነት) UNITY FOR DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE PARTY (UDJ) ለ2ዐ ዓመታት ተፈትኖ የወደቀ አካል በቃህ ሊባል ይገባዋል!…

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 5:43 am

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to arrive in Addis on Monday. It will will be the last…

Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 3:10 am

This post presents two Top 25 lists of Military spenders in Africa. The first table lists 25 countries which have…

Sunday, June 12, 2011 @ 4:11 am

The US media CBS-News has been running a series titled 'The world's enduring dictators' since mid-May - intended to profile…

Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 4:28 am