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Obama warns leaders who refuse to step down
Agence France Presse ADDIS ABABA: Barack Obama Tuesday condemned African leaders who refuse to give up power and urged the continent to end “the cancer of corruption,” in the first ever address to the...
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Analysts: Obama’s Africa Trip Underscores Drive for Foreign Policy Legacy
Luis Ramirez/VOA July 29, 2015 9:41 AM WHITE HOUSE—U.S. President Barack Obama’s trip to Africa this week culminates a streak of accomplishments that he has achieved at a time in a president’s term...
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Obama draws criticism for saying Ethiopia is democratic
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Some African activists have greeted President Barack Obama’s remarks that Ethiopia has a democratically elected government with scorn and concern. Obama...
View ArticleThe Greek debt crisis: Why austerity program is not a solution ! – Fekadu...
Fekadu Bekele, Ph D On 25th January of this year the Greek people have elected a new parliament and a new government which is led by the SYRIZA party which is opposing the economic and social...
View ArticleIs Africa really rising ? – Fekadu Bekele, Ph D
July 29, 2015 Introduction President Barack Obama praised Africa’s economic performance in his speech on the 2015 Global entrepreneurship summit which was held in Nairobi from July 25-26, 2015. He...
View ArticleEthiopian opposition urges Obama to keep up pressure
kal-sas/ser France-Presse US President Barack Obama’s visit to Ethiopia, which saw him speak out against democratic restrictions, was positive but Washington must maintain pressure on the government,...
View ArticleLawsuit reveals extent of Ethiopian hacking amid Obama visit
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS | July 29, 2015 WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Barack Obama faces pressure to discuss human rights in his first official visit to Ethiopia this weekend, a unique lawsuit back home...
View ArticleWhat President Barack Obama didn’t see on his trip to Africa
US President Barack Obama (left) speaks with a farmer (second righ) participating in the Feed The Future programme as he tours the Faffa Food factory in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 28, 2015. Photo:...
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Prof. Berhanu Nega Chairman of Patriotic-Ginbot 7 Joins His Armed Comrades in...
Ethiopian armed opposition group Patriotic-Ginbot 7 chair person Professor Birhanu Nega Joins his army comrades in Eritrea. The Armed group has vast support both inland and abroad. It is recalled that...
View ArticleUN: India on Track to Be Most Populous Country by 2022
Reuters LONDON— India is set to overtake China and become the world’s most populous country in less than a decade, six years sooner than previously forecast, the United Nations said Wednesday....
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Laughing at Ethiopia’s 2015 Elektion: Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam
July 31, 2015 by Alemayehu G. Mariam UPDATE: Prof. Al’s response on the word “Elektion”: A real election is spelled “election”; a bogus and fraudulent one I spell with a ‘k’. There is no such word as...
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Think Again: Nonviolent Resistance
BY ERICA CHENOWETH foreignpolicy.com Resisting the temptation to take up arms against a dictator isn’t just the moral thing to do — it’s also the most effective way to win. “Nonviolent Resistance Is...
View ArticleObama’s Africa Trip Cost Taxpayers $6 Million on Airfare Alone
BY: Joe Schoffstall President Obama’s recent trip to Kenya and Ethiopia ran taxpayers roughly $6 million on roundtrip air transportation alone. The National Taxpayers Union Foundation conducted a study...
View ArticleOver 20 Al Shabab members surrender to Somalia officials
BY WARKA · AUGUST 2, 2015 The Somalia government troops launched an operation that nabbed at least 80 people in connection with Al Shabab members in Bakol region, officials said. Somalia’s deputy...
View ArticleEthiopia hands lengthy prison terms to Muslim activists
By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – An Ethiopian court sentenced 17 Muslim activists on Monday to prison sentences ranging from seven to 22 years on charges they plotted to create an Islamic state...
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