Ethiopia: Shoots of life in drought-ravaged land

What’s being done to protect people from the worsening drought in Ethiopia?

Ethiopia : Waving the Flag – Its Beauty And Contradictions (AllAfrica.com)

The Ethiopian flag contains the universally recognised tri-colours (green, yellow, and red).

Civic beat // Money saved by consolidating Park Board and city? (Southwest Journal)

Money saved by consolidating Park Board and city? Not in IT If combining city and Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board services were to create a more efficient and affordable local government, it’s not to be found in information technology (IT) services.

Tadesse and Asaminew: Historic Parallels in Search for Justice within the Systems They Served

By Jawar Mohammed Generals Tadesse Birru and Asaminew Tsige are two soldiers separated by generation, ethnicity and political views.

Ethiopia: Two Former Prominent Members of EPRDF join the Opposition

By Tola Biya Today, Negasso Gidada, a former titular president of Ethiopia, and Siye Abraha, former Defense Minister of the Tigre Liberation Front (TPLF) fascist army, announced their intent to join the Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) Party of Burtikan Mideksa. Burtikan Mideksa is a 36 year old lawyer, Ethiopia’s prominent opposition leader and a single mother of 3 years old daughter who is serving life sentence for organizing opposition political party in Ethnic Apartheid Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Challenges and Prospects of ‘Land to the Grabbers’ Policy

Tuji Jidda Though I haven’t seen, I assume that the newly implemented ‘land for Grabbers’ policy is an extension of Ethiopia’s a combined Investment policy, agriculture-led industrial development policy and export-oriented trade and industrial policy. As such, there is no problem with providing arable lands to foreign investors per say. However, concerns come from the perception that ‘countries have been on a quest for the ultimate ‘breadbasket’ of grains to feed their growing population and to combat world wide rising food prices’.

Ethiopia : USAID Helping Ruling Party’s Company

Amid a growing concern over foreign aid abuse by Ethiopian authorities, Jason McLure for Bloomberg News reports, the USAID is helping bolster one of

Ethiopia : It is time to rechant “Land to the Tiller!”

The “Land to the Tiller” movement was the major part of the Ethiopian Students Movement of the 1960’s and 1970’s – Oromo activists Baro Tumsa, Zegeye Asfaw and many others had played a central role in galvanizing the people for the land reform. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnoxL_NWuRA

The Future of Armed Groups in Ethiopia

By David H. Shinn Oromo and Somalis have long been politically marginalized and both have legitimate grievances. In the early years after the EPRDF took power, the OLF and ONLF participated in the new government only to become disenchanted after a brief period.

Horn of Africa food crisis: Perfect storm

Roger Middleton, December 2009, The World Today, Volume 65, Number 12

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