Vol 54 No 12 | EGYPTETHIOPIA Gaffes on the Nile 7th June 2013 Such is the level of distrust around President Mohamed Mursi’s beleaguered government that some insiders are convinced his officials deliberately misled opposition politicians about the ‘secrecy’ of...
Vol 54 No 11 | ETHIOPIA Cutting taxmen 24th May 2013 Amid an anti-corruption drive, on 10 May police arrested the Director General of the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority, Melaku Fenta, his deputy, Gebrewahid Woldegiorgis, and 30 others,...
Vol 54 No 8 | ETHIOPIA Toeing the party online 12th April 2013 The government tries to increase access to the internet and mobile telephony while restricting free speech and the media The government has grown more sensitive to dissenters using the internet. Now it is blocking opposition websites and some social media, and using special programmes to spy on...
Vol 54 No 7 | ETHIOPIA ‘With the thoughts of Meles’ 29th March 2013 The EPRDF conference was meant to show unity and quell doubts about the Growth and Transformation Plan Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has been unanimously confirmed as Chairman of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front for another two years. Nothing less was expected from a celebratory...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 11 | ETHIOPIACHINA Beijing will connect your call 3rd September 2013 The government does not want to liberalise the telecommunications sector and has hired Chinese contractors to carry out much-needed improvements On 18 August, the acting Chief Executive Officer of state-owned telecoms operator Ethio Telecom, Andualem Admassie, signed the second of two US$800 million deals that will drastically improve...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 11 | ETHIOPIAINDIA Grab first, drop later 3rd September 2013 Addis Ababa reconsiders policies after India-backed agribusiness projects fail to deliver Ethiopia is rethinking its land policies after the failure by India’s large agribusiness ventures, which have also drawn much criticism from non-governmental organisations, to deliver results.
Vol 6 (AAC) No 4 | ETHIOPIACHINA Learning from the East 11th February 2013 The World Bank is working with the government so that Addis Ababa can repeat the successful growth model of its Asian trading partner In December 2012, the World Bank published an in-depth study of Chinese investors in Ethiopia. Based on interviews with the executives of 69 companies operating there, the study...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 1 | ETHIOPIA Lee Jang-Gyu 30th October 2012 President, Adama Science and Technology University, Ethiopia Following an invitation from the late Premier Meles Zenawi, Lee Jang-gyu went to Ethiopia to take the reins of Adama Science and Technology University in...
Vol 53 No 22 | ETHIOPIA Addis on a caution 2nd November 2012 A packed court in Addis Ababa saw 29 protestors face charges of ‘terrorist acts’ on 29 October. Ethiopian law defines ‘terrorism’ as including serious damage to property and...
Vol 53 No 17 | ETHIOPIA After Meles 24th August 2012 The Premier’s death removes one of Africa’s most prominent leaders and will test the unity of the country and the ruling party The death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on 20 August has triggered a constitutional succession mechanism which he personally designed, having led the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic...