The World Bank and Ethiopia’s “Growth and Transformation” [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]

The World Bank lies, Ethiopia dies… from onerous “odious debt” I had completely forgotten about the so-called “Growth and Transformation Plan” (GTP) of 2010, until...

Boycotting Ethiopian National Elections: Damn if You Do, Damn if You Don’t! [Messay...

I maintain that the upcoming elections will be a turning point for Ethiopia, not because they will result in a major change of policy...

If you have a meeting in Ethiopia, you’d better double check the time

PRI's The World Reporter Dalia Mortada Things always get lost in translation. Sometimes, words or phrases just cannot be converted word-for-word from one language to the...

Ethiopia Bloggers to Enter Pleas in Terrorism Case Next Week [Bloomberg]

By William Davison Ethiopian bloggers accused of plotting acts of terrorism will probably enter pleas next week after a court accepted amended charges from the prosecution. The...

Ethiopia: Crackdown on Dissent Intensifies [HRW]

Human Rights Situation Dire Ahead of May 2015 Elections (Nairobi) – The Ethiopian government during 2014 intensified its campaign of arrests, prosecutions, and unlawful force...

World Bank-ruptcy in Ethiopia [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]

 The moral bankruptcy of the World Bank in EthiopiaEthiopians have been the object of a cruel bureaucratic joke by the World Bank. Last week, an 81-page official investigative report...

UK diplomats clash over Andargachew Tsige[dailymail]

By Ian Birrell An explosive row has erupted between diplomats and Ministers over their reluctance to help a British man on death row in Ethiopia. A...