Politics

Ethiopian Army orders 200 tanks for $100 mln

Ethiopian Defense Ministry signed a contract with the Ukrainian company Ukrspetsexport for the sell of 200 T-72 Tanks, according to…

China’s ‘Permanent Signature in Africa’

The following article was originally posted on AsiaTimesOnline yesterday, titled 'China's scramble for the African Union'. It is posted here…

A misplaced advice as ‘the other-side of the Ginbot 20 celebrations’

[By Fetsum Berhane] I accidentally came across an article is titled "Celebrating Ginbot 20: Two Sides of the Same Story"…

Update: DV 2012 mess under review by Inspector General

Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of State is to conduct a review concerning the the recently…

Eritrea, Sudan worst of the worst: Freedom House

Freedom House labeled 17 countries and 3 territories as places where citizens live in extremely oppressive environments in its report…

René Lefort blames the Oromos in his ‘Beka’ revolution prophecy

Hoping for a Tunisian-styled revolution on May 28 in Addis Ababa, René Lefort, the former reporter of Le Monde, wrote…

Freedom House: Worst of the Worst 2011: The World’s Most Repressive Societies

Freedom House released a report titled Worst of the Worst 2011: The World’s Most Repressive Societies. Here is a general…

The Middle Class in African countries : AfDB report

The size of Africa's middle class tripled over the last 30 years to 313 million people, or more than 34%…

Update on DV 2012: Pressing the State Department

US state department voided the results of DV 2012 it had posted on its website from May 1-13, 2011. State…

Dergue officials Pardon: Setting the Stage for Release | Ethiopia

[Updated with list of the pardoned former officials] Ethiopian President Girma Woldegiorgis pardoned 23 former Dergue officials on May 28/2011.…

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