Upgraded-T-72-Tanks
Ethiopian Army orders 200 tanks for $100 mln

Ethiopian Defense Ministry signed a contract with the Ukrainian company Ukrspetsexport for the sell of.

African Union new Head Quarter building (under construction)
China’s ‘Permanent Signature in Africa’

The following article was originally posted on AsiaTimesOnline yesterday, titled ‘China’s scramble for the African.

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.

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.

Eritrea, Sudan worst of the worst: Freedom House

Freedom House labeled 17 countries and 3 territories as places where citizens live in extremely.

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.

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.

The Middle Class in African countries : AfDB report

The size of Africa’s middle class tripled over the last 30 years to 313 million.

Update on DV 2012: Pressing the State Department

US state department voided the results of DV 2012 it had posted on its website.

former Dergue Officials in Court
Dergue officials Pardon: Setting the Stage for Release | Ethiopia

[Updated with list of the pardoned former officials] Ethiopian President Girma Woldegiorgis pardoned 23 former.