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In Ethiopia, famine stalks the land once again [GRAHAM PEEBLES]
OpenDemocracy
The answer to famine is not increased levels of food aid, but strategic planning to enable communities to survive the impact of extreme weather, made more acute by climate change.
Women and children carrying jerrycans filled...
The Wrath of Karuturi and the “Power of India” in Ethiopia [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Authors note: I have written this commentary not because I care about the legal dispute between Karuturi and the T-TPLF over a land deal in Gambella. I could not care less how thugs and those who do business with thugs resolve or do not resolve...
Briton detained in Ethiopia must be freed urgently, says charity
by Press Association
A British man locked up in Ethiopia must be released imminently, a charity has urged, as a psychiatrist’s report showed a serious deterioration in his mental health.
Andargachew “Andy” Tsege has been detained in the...
The United States Calls for release of politicians, journalists imprisoned in Ethiopia
BY GIBE
The United States today called for the release of political prisoners and journalists in Ethiopia. The statement released by the department of state in connection with the ongoing protest in the Oromia region of Ethiopia called “for...
Ethiopia cancels Addis Ababa master plan after Oromo protests [BBC]
Ethiopia’s government has abandoned plans to expand the boundaries of the capital, Addis Ababa, which have caused months of deadly protests.
Demonstrations by people from the Oromo ethnic group have been sparked by fears that Oromo farmers...
Fly, Ethiopia, Fly…[Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
“What if they were really set free?”
That was the question The Economist asked in the headline of its article last week about Ethiopians.
Its response was equally breathtaking:
“If the government let people breathe, they might fly.”
These...