Like repressive governments before it, Abiy’s administration seeks to control the narrative by controlling that most democratic of news-dissemination tools: social media
Ethiopia
Posted inBusiness
Decolonising Africa’s economies is the solution to an integrated continent
African countries are missing an opportunity to work closer together to boost trade and infrastructure
Posted inHealth
Ancient ailments and current contagions
The effects of plagues in antiquity and modern ages reveal startling similarities.
Posted inNews/Politics
Deals at high levels that don’t deliver for the people
By Donné Cameron This is turning out to be a big week of big deals; first Greece, now Iran and very soon Addis. I am writing from within a bubble, albeit a loud bubble, of bureaucracy in the middle of downtown Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where the UN has chosen to host people to talk about […]
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Discovering ubuntu in the Somali regions of Africa
By Namhla Thando Matshanda On a recent trip to the Horn of Africa I spent a substantial amount of time in Somali-inhabited areas. Most of this time was spent in Ethiopia’s Somali regional state, with a brief visit to the autonomous northern region of Somalia, Somaliland. I feel compelled to write this piece in the […]