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Africa Requires Ethiopia Fill Its Dam Lawrence Freeman July 17, 2020 Ethiopia is entering a crucial period for the future of its nation, as we approach the second half of July. Ethiopia must use the forthcoming rainy season (July to September) to begin the partial filling of its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) being built Read more
“አገር ለማተራማስ ከህወሀት ጋር ያልተቀደሰ ጋብቻ የፈጸመው አሸባሪው ጃዋር በዓለም አቀፍም ሆነ በሀገር አቀፍ ደረጃ የሚያስከስስ የሚከተሉትን ዋና ዋና ወንጀሎችንና በደሎችን ፈጽሟል፡፡” ሀገራችን ኢትዮጵያ በመለያየትና ጥላቻ አጀንዳ ላይ እንድትጠመድ ሰፊ ስራ ሰርቷል፣ ከፍተኛ የሆነ ማህበራዊ፣ ኢኮኖሚያዊ፣ታሪካዊ፣ ባህላዊና ፖለቲካዊ ጉዳት አድርሷል፡፡ ህዝብ በስጋትና በስቃይ እንዲኖር አድርጓል፡፡ከፍተኛ ሰብዓዊ መብት ጥሰት ፈጽሟል ፡፡ ይህ ሰው ኢትዮጵያን ለማፈራረስ የሚከተሉትን Read more
June 26, 2020 By Biruk Terrefe PhD Candidate, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford Source: qz.com Urban investments across the African continent are at an all-time high. Yet the nature of these investments differs starkly across cities. Many of them are driven by political considerations. For example, in Addis Ababa, a city that has made Read more
What will the COVID-19 pandemic mean for politics in Ethiopia? Credit: UNICEF Ethiopia/2015/Tesfaye (above picture) AUTHOR: YOSEPH BADWAZA Source: africanarguments.org On 8 April, Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers took the dramatic step of declaring a national five-month state of emergency. This was the latest of an escalating series of measures taken by the federal government since Read more
COMMENTARY / THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND DEADLY CONFLICT 15 APRIL 2020 Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Ethiopia has delayed elections slated for August and declared a state of emergency. Authorities should now consult with the opposition on how to manage the period ahead in order to smooth the country’s stuttering transition to multi-party democracy. Read more
At Bujumbura airport. Credit: dmitri_66 The world faces unprecedented crisis. The full health consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic are yet to be calculated. This is not to say we should diminish the extent of previous catastrophes. The First World War cost 40 million lives, or 2.5% of the 1914 world population. This trauma was followed, within a Read more
Ethiopia and Egypt are in a heated standoff over a dam the former is building on the Blue Nile. To buy time for reaching a comprehensive settlement, the parties should agree on an interim fix covering the first two years of filling the dam’s reservoir. A dispute between Ethiopia and Egypt about the construction of Read more
Dr Mintwab Bezabih1* and Dr Belachew Tesfa2 1. Introduction In 2011, Ethiopia began building the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile River in a place called Guba, 60 kilometres from Sudan mainly for the electric power generation. In addition to the electric power supply, GERD benefits the downstream countries mainly Sudan and Read more
