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Ethiopia’s phony social media conundrum silences reports of mass rapes

by Tafi Mhaka 6 September 20215 October 2021

Like repressive governments before it, Abiy’s administration seeks to control the narrative by controlling that most democratic of news-dissemination tools: social media

Posted inBusiness

Decolonising Africa’s economies is the solution to an integrated continent

by Yamkela Makupula 20 May 202120 May 2021

African countries are missing an opportunity to work closer together to boost trade and infrastructure

Posted inHealth

Ancient ailments and current contagions

by Luke Waltham 15 November 202015 November 2020

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 Reader Blog 15 July 2015

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 Reader Blog 16 March 201220 March 2012

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 […]

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