South Africa’s Vodacom says interested in “attractive” Ethiopia
TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS JUNE 6, 2018 / 8:08 AM Reuters Staff JOHANNESBURG, June 6 (Reuters) – South Africa’s Vodacom Group is interested in the Ethiopian telecoms market, it said on Wednesday, a day after the East African country opened its state-run telecoms monopoly. “Vodacom has said on many occasions that Ethiopia is an attractive […]
Ethiopia’s PM says ending war, expanding economic links with Eritrea key for regional stability
JUNE 6, 2018 / 12:08 PM Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s prime minister said on Wednesday that ending war and expanding economic ties with neighboring Eritrea is critical for stability and development in the impoverished Horn of Africa region. Ethiopia’s newly elected Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed addresses the members of parliament inside the […]
Corruption an existential threat to Ethiopia: PM
Source: Xinhua 2018-06-06 22:25:01 ADDIS ABABA, June 6 (Xinhua) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday warned Ethiopia is facing an existential threat from the proliferation of corrupt activities. Ahmed made the remarks during the fourth national anti-corruption partnership conference currently being held in Addis Ababa, reported state media Ethiopia News Agency. “While Ethiopia […]
Easing control of Ethiopia economy a ‘necessity’: analysts
By AFP Wednesday, Jun 6th 2018 Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, pictured in a blue suit, has decided to sell shares in the national carrier Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopia’s move to open its markets has been hailed as a seismic policy shift, but analysts say the new government had little choice after years of tight control took their […]
Chinese-built rail puts Ethiopia on higher development track
Wednesday, Jun 6, 2018 (People’s Daily Online) 13:37, June 06, 2018 For Muftah, a medical student in the city of Addis Ababa, getting to school used to take a lot of time and money, as traffic jams were an integral part of the chaotic city. Now it takes less time to reach his school on the […]
UN ‘very encouraged’ by developments in Ethiopia
Transforming politics and belief By agency reporter JUNE 6, 2018 On 5 June 2018, Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, made the following statement on recent developments in Ethiopia. “We are very encouraged by the lifting of the State of Emergency Decree in Ethiopia Saturday, three months ahead of its […]
UN says scores of Ethiopians drown on boat en route to Yemen
Sixteen others are missing after boat that left Somalia with at least 100 people capsized in the Gulf of Aden. Forth-six Ethiopians drowned and 16 were missing after a human smuggler’s boat carrying at least 100 refugees capsized as it approached Yemen. The vessel left the port of Bossasso in Somalia on Tuesday with 83 […]
ሁለቱ ውሳኔዎች – የመሳይ መኮንን ትንታኔ
June 6, 2018 ሁለቱ የዛሬ ውሳኔዎች የራሳቸው ጥቅምና ጉዳት እንዳላቸው አያጠራጥርም። በየትኛውም መለኪያ ግን የህወሀት አጥር እየፈራረሰ መሆኑን ያመላከቱ ውሳኔዎች ናቸው ማለት ይቻላል። አብዮታዊ ዲሞክራሲን በመቃብሬ ላይ ካልሆነ ብሎ የተቸነከረው ኢህአዴግ የርዕዮተ ዓለም ለውጥ ማደረጉን ሳይነግረን በህይወት እያለ የሊብራል ኢኮኖሚን መቀበሉ አስገራሚ ክስተት ነው። ኒዮ ሊበራሊዝም ሸሸ ወይስ አፈገፈገ የሚለው የውይይት ርዕስ አሁን መልስ አግኝቷል። […]
ህወሓት “ከቆሞ ቀርነት” ወደ “በቁም መሞት” ተሸጋግሯል! (ስዩም ተሾመ)
June 6, 2018 እንደ ህወሓት ያለ አስገራሚ የፖለቲካ ቡድን ያለ አይመስለኝም። በጣም ገራሚ ነው። ከአመታት በፊት ያስቀመጥከው ቦታ ቁጭ ብሎ ይጠብቅሃል። በራሱ ምንም ዓይነት ለውጥ እንዲመጣ አይሻም። ከራሱ ባለፈ በሌሎች ዘንድ ምንም ዓይነት ለውጥና መሻሻል እንዲኖር አይፈቅድም። ከሁለት አመት በፊት ህወሓት “ቆሞ-ቀር” እንደሆነ የሚገልፅ ፅሁፍ አውጥቼ ነበር። ዛሬም ቢሆን ከነበረበት ቦታ ንቅንቅ አላለም። ህወሓት ፀረ-ለውጥ […]
የሕወሓት የንግድ ድርጅቶች ካልታገዱ [ካልተወረሱ] ለታቀደው ፕራይቬታይዜሽን ትልቅ አደጋ ነው!!
June 6, 2018 ምንሊክ ሳልሳዊ የሕወሓት የንግድ ድርጅቶች ካልታገዱ ለታቀደው ፕራይቬታይዜሽን ትልቅ አደጋ አለው ። የፖለቲካ ድርጅቶች በንግድ ስራ ላይ እንዳይሰማሩ ጥብቅ ህግ መውጣት አለበት። ፕራይቬታይዜሽን ጠቃሚ ነው፣ ግን ጎን ለጎን መንግስት ሙስና ላይ ዘመቻ መክፈት አለበት፣ የፖለቲካ ድርጅቶች ከንግድ ስር መውጣት አለባቸው፣ የተዘረፉ ሃብቶች እንዲመለሱ ያስፈልጋል ። ሕወሓት የኢኮኖሚ የበላይነቱንና የስለላ መስመሩን ለማጠናከር በግል […]