Abiy, Ethiopia’s new saviour
June 08, 2018 Gwynne Dyer Jun. 08, 2018, 12:30 am By GWYNE DYER Nobody outside the ruling party really knows much about Abiy Ahmed beyond his official party biography, but Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister looks a lot like Magic Man at the moment. Three years of mounting protests have suddenly stopped, the state of […]
Ethiopia has taken an unexpected step towards peace with long-time enemy Eritrea
Hello, it’s Ethiopia. (Reuters/Tiksa Negeri) WRITTEN BY Abdi Latif Dahir June 06, 2018 Quartz Africa Ethiopia’s premier just made the surprise announcement that it’s going to make peace with its enemy Eritrea. In a statement made last night (June 5), the ruling coalition declared that it will fully accept the terms of an agreement signed in 2000, which […]
Kiir-Machar meeting to be attended by Ethiopian PM
FRIDAY 8 JUNE 2018 June 7, 2018 (KHARTOUM) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir and his main rival Riek Machar will meet in Khartoum in the third week of June in presence of the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who is also the IGAD chair. President Salva Kiir walks his First Deputy Riek […]
Ethiopia offers an olive branch to Eritrea
And it is very much in Eritrea’s interest to accept. by Awol K Allo The two-year war between Eritrea and Ethiopia killed an estimated 100,000 people. In this file photo from 1999, Eritrean forces are seen near the Belesse front line, preparing for battle [Reuters] It has been 18 years since Ethiopia and Eritrea signed the Algiers Peace Accord […]
MTN, Vodacom mull Ethiopia move
07 JUN 2018 Vodacom and MTN both expressed interest in having an Ethiopian presence, following news the government is opening up the country’s state-run operator to domestic and overseas investors. MTN told Reuters the Ethiopian market “would be a natural fit” for its current operations on the continent. The country “presents many exciting telecommunication opportunities” the company added. A […]
Likely Ethiopian withdrawal from disputed territory decreases interstate war risks, will embolden anti-government opposition in Eritrea
Jordan Anderson and Corinne Archer – IHS Jane’s Intelligence Weekly 07 June 2018 Key Points Eritrean engagement with Ethiopia will depend on the latter withdrawing its troops from territory awarded to the former, which Ethiopia is likely to follow through on during 2018. Ethiopian withdrawal would likely embolden Eritrean anti-government demonstrations, increasing the probability of a […]
“ድመቲቱ ጥቁር ሆነች ነጭ ግድ የለም፣ ዓይጥ እስከያዘች ድረስ!”
June 7, 2018 ኢት-ኢኮኖሚ /ET- ECONOMY ‹‹ ድመቲቱ ጥቁር ሆነች ነጭ ግድ የለም፣ ዓይጥ እስከያዘች ድረስ! ›› ‹‹ከኢትዮጵያ ኢኮኖሚክስ ማህበር›› ‹‹It doesn’t matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.››Deng Xiaoping Quotes የኢትዬጵያ የውጪ ብድር ክምችት፣ ከብሄራዊ አማካይ ጠቅላላ አመታዊ ምርት ድርሻ በ2011 እኤአ 19.9 በመቶ […]
የዶክተር አብይ፤ የብ/ጄ አሳምነው ፅጌ እና የሜ/ጀ አለምሸት ደግፌ ማዕረግ መመለስ ውሳኔ ቀድሞው ይሻላል እንጅ ፍትሕ አይሆንም
June 7, 2018 የኢትዮጵያ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዶ/ር አብይ አህመድ ለሜጀር ጄኔራል አለምሸት ደግፌ እና ለብርጋዴር ጄኔራል አሳምነው ጽጌ ለአገር ያበረከቱትን አስተዋጽኦ ከግምት በማስገባት የነበራቸው ወታደራዊ ማዕረግና ደረጃ ተጠብቆላቸው በጡረታ እንዲሰናበቱ ወሰኑ፡፡ (EBC) ጌታቸው ሽፈራው የብ/ጄ አሳምነው ፅጌ እና የሜ/ጀ አለምሸት ደግፌ ማዕረግ እንደተመለሰ እየተገለፀ ነው። የጡረታ መብታቸውም ይከበር ተብሏል! አንድ ወዳጄ በእነዚህ ጀኔራሎች ላይ […]
ምን ዓይነት አገር ይኑረን? – አስራት አብርሃም
June 7, 2018 የኢትዮጵያና የኤርትራ ነገር እጅግ አሳዛኝ የሚያደርገው በዚህ ዓለም በሰለጠነ ዓለም፣ የቅኝ ግዛት ዘመን ታሪክ ከሆነ ከአምሳ ዓመታት በኋላ በቀኝ ግዛት ውሎች ምክንያት ኩናማው፣ ትግርኛ ተናጋሪው፣ ሳሆው ኢሮብ እና አፋር በመካከሉ ባዕድ የሆነ መስመር ተሰምሮበት ለሁለት መከፈሉ ነው። ከሁሉም በላይ ኣሳዛኝ የሚሆነው ደግሞ በሻዕቢያና በህወሀት የተመራው የትግርኛ ተናጋሪው ህዝብ ትግል መጨረሻው የኢጣሊያና የምኒልክ […]
The Tigrean Minority Junta to control the Ethiopian economy under the guise of privatization?
June 6, 2018 By Aschalew Aberra My take on the executive committee’s decision to liberalize the Ethiopian economy.There are several school of (economic) thoughts that discuss the pros and cons of liberalization of the economy by privatizing government owned companies, commonly known as parastatals. There are mixed experiences (both good and bad) as a result […]