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Archives for August 2018
THE RULES FOR RULERS
A Post-American Africa -The U.S. Is Falling Behind
Reuben Brigety | August 28, 2018 | Foreign Affairs Africa is transforming rapidly, and the United States’ approach to Africa is not keeping pace. While other countries are jumping at opportunities to invest in growing African economies, the United States is struggling to keep up. China’s commitments to the continent are stronger than ever, as evidenced by the upcoming … [Read more...]
Whatever Happened To … That Guy Who Wanted To Make Quinoa A ‘Thing’ In Rwanda?
Malaka Gharib | August 27, 2018 | NPR In March, I interviewed Cedric Habiyaremye, a 31-year-old Ph.D. student at Washington State University who is trying to get Rwandan farmers to grow and eat quinoa. How's his project going? Cedric Habiyaremye, 31, wanted Rwandan farmers to get excited about quinoa because of its nutritional punch. But now, he says, they're a little … [Read more...]
Asmara is a jewel’: but can Eritrea’s modernising capital retain its charm?
Tom Gardner in Asmara | Tue 28 Aug 2018 | The Guardian It is unlike any other city in the developing world – brilliantly planned with hardly any slums. As the cold war with Ethiopia finally ends, Asmara can at last look to the future Nakfa House, a mammoth building by Asmara’s standards, is a remnant of the last era of real optimism in Eritrea. Built in 1995, four years … [Read more...]
ቃልስናን ታሪኽናን በርኔንተ ኮይኑ ከይተርፍ (Lest Our Labour Come to Naught)
ብ ኣማኑኤል ሳህለ ኣቦታትና ቀደም፡ ኩሉ እቲ ዝጸዓሩሉን ዝደኸሙሉን ተስፋ ዘንበሩሉን ዕማም ይኹን ዕላማ ኣብ ቅድሚ ኣዒንቶም ከም ትኪ ኪበንን ከሎ ኪርእዩ ከለዉ፡ ዓሕ! በርኔንተ፡ ማለት ንብላሽ ደኺመ ይብሉ ነይሮም። እዛ በርኔንተ እትብል ቃል፡ ሽሕኳ ናይ ጣልያን ቃል እንተ ነበረት፡ በርኔንተ! ኪብሉ ኸለዉ ግን፡ እቲ ኣበሃህላ ነቲ ንብላሽ! ዚብል ቃል፡ ፍሉይ ሓይልን ስፍሓትን ትርጉምን ይህቦ ነይሩ አዩ። ኣብዚ ዘለናዮ እዋን፡ ማለት ሃገርና፡ ድሕሪ ነዊሕን መሪርን ብረታውን ደማውን ቃልሲ፡ ናብቲ ቅድመ-ገድሊ ዝነበረ ግዜ ክትምለስ ቀሪባ ኣብ ዘላትሉ ኩነታት፡ ነቲ ኣሕ በርኔንተ ዚብል … [Read more...]
As Ethiopia embraces forgiveness, government victims call for justice
Maggie Fick | August 14, 2018 | The Christian Science Monitor ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Ethiopia has released thousands of prisoners as a new prime minister reverses decades of security abuses. No-one knows how many were tortured. But some of those torture victims are now talking openly – to the media, to their relatives, and to their friends – about what happened to them … [Read more...]
Our Man in Tehran (Part One)
Frontline S36E19 Our Man in Tehran Part One Aug 15, 2018 … [Read more...]
The sudden end of the Ethiopia-Eritrea war, explained
Alexia Underwood | Jul 31, 2018 | Vox After 20 years of conflict, the two countries have reconciled. But what happens now? On July 21, Eritrea appointed an ambassador to Ethiopia — the first one in 20 years. It’s the latest positive step in a series of shocking moves that signal a new peace between the two countries, which have spent the past two decades mired in … [Read more...]
World Bank to give Ethiopia $1bn in budgetary assistance: PM
25 Aug 2018 | Aljazeera In first press conference since taking office in April, Abiy Ahmed also says 2020 election will be free and fair. The World Bank will provide $1bn in direct budget support to Ethiopia in the next few months, the prime minister has said, more than 13 years after the body and other donors suspended budgetary help over a disputed election in … [Read more...]