|
|
|
| Tigrai_Net an Ethiopian News and Information site focusing on Educational Communications, & Technology! | |
| |Home| | |Tourism| | |Education| | |Mekellena| | |Ethio-Links| | |News-Archives| |
Economy
Policy review imperative to tackle economic crisisThe previous week was not good for Ethiopia in terms of economic outlook. A projection by the World Bank indicated that Ethiopia's real GDP had declined by 3.8 percent in the just ending fiscal year of 2003. [Source: The reporter]
Interview with Professor Haggai Erlich
For the last thirty years, the Israeli scholar Professor Haggai Erlich has been studying the history
of Ethiopia and the Middle East."The Muslims would be Ethiopian Muslims and not the subject of influence of Islamic radicals who would like to see Islamic victory and not Islamic participation." "Ethiopia should be compensated in terms of technology, commerce by the Muslim-Arab world for not taking its rightful share of the Nile because if it does so, it will ruin Egypt. There should be a big exercise like that." [Source: The Reporter]
Commentary
The Algiers Agreement and its Aftermath: A View from AddisBy G.W.M. (May 17, 2003)
Opinion
Dejen Radio barking up the wrong and newly blossoming Atse Yohannes treeBy Tesfai Hailu (May 14, 2003) As an alumnus of Atse Yohannes School, I was thrilled to learn on the web about the formation of the Atse Yohannes Alumni Association (AYAA). And although, due to extreme time constraint, I have not had the privilege of being part of such noble cause, I felt indebted to those who have been working hard to make a difference in the school they left behind long ago. Less than a month later, it’s really appalling and upsetting to read Dejen Radio’s alleged blasphemous attack on such innocent organization in its infancy.
Petition
Harsh Lessons For a Young AssociationRecently Dejen Radio (DR) on its weekly newscast (on April 19th,2003 of its radio program) opened with an inexcusable tone of commentary over the formation of Atse Yohannes Alumni Association (AYAA).
Opinion on Religion
ETHIOPIA: Religion "new breeding ground for conflict"
IRINnews Africa, Thu 8 May 2003ADDIS ABABA, - Religion is the new breeding ground for conflict in Ethiopia, a conference in the capital Addis Ababa heard on Wednesday. "Medhane argued that both the Islamic and Evangelical Church were increasingly being backed by foreign interests which were “non-Ethiopian in culture and content"
Petition
Petition L-43/2002 (The Issue of Irobland)THE REVEREND ABBA TESFAMARIAM BARAKI "I have received the European Parliament, Committee of Petitions, letter dated 1 April 2003 informing me that the petition filed on behalf of the people of Irob has been duly referred to the Africa Caribbean & Pacific Group of States-European Union Joint Parliamentary Assembly for consideration."
Analysis
ETHIOPIAN INTELLECTUALS AND THEIR ROLE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE ETHIOPIAN
PEOPLEBy Tadela (May 3, 2003) An African American civil rights activist concerning the black intellectuals once he said: " Very often our people at home and abroad have been led to believe that a black man can only be considered an intellectual or scholar if he has been to Oxford University or Harvard University. This approach to education has only helped to produce black Europeans out of our educated people and false black scholars who have been a liability to the black race in Africa. An intellectual in my opnion constitutes a guiding light in a revolutionary period and is the bond that unites the abstract and the concrete."
Press Release
Tigrian Solidarity Calls On Ethiopian People, Armed Forces To Defend Nation and Remove Meles and Associates:WASHINGTON DC (APR 25) - We members of the Tigrian International Solidarity for Justice and Democracy (TISJD), have been voicing for too long our serious concerns and protests to relevant international bodies over the continued weakening of our age-old independent country, Ethiopia.
Religious Festivals
Fasika (Easter)
Fasiga (Easter) is one of the greatest festivals of
Ethiopian people, celebrated after 55 days severe Lent fasting.
Easter always takes place in glorious weather and enormous effort is put into making the occasion memorable.
Resolution
RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE T.I.S.J.D.TORONTO CHAPTER
ON THE PLANNED ILLEGAL ETHIOPIA- ERITREA BOUNDARY DEMARCATIONToronto (April 20, 2003):By Tigrayan International Solidarity for Justice and Democracy Toronto Chapter
Opinion
Revamping the Civil Service "The question, however, arises whether the firing of a considerable number of extremely poor and underpaid civil servants can solve the complex problems of the Ethiopian civil service. Layoffs are, of course, normal if we are to adopt the principles of good public sector management. But the problem in our case is the incompetence and corrupt practices of individuals placed in higher administrative positions who have no vision or creativity to engage the bulk work force under them in a motivating and productive environment." [Source: Addis Tribune]
Commentary
THE PRICE OF PEACE IS ETERNAL VIGILANCEBy Gomaraw (April 21, 2003): The Algiers fiasco has been orchestrated and signed hastily by Melles simply to satisfy the whims of the then already defunct Clinton era, and it is becoming clear lately that we are on a losing side of this debacle. (Requires Adobe Acrobat reader - Download here)
|
| |Home| | |Tourism| | |Education| | |Mekellena| | |Ethio-Links| | |News-Archives| | |Disclaimer| |
| TigraiNet is © Copyright 2000-2003 By TOESPNG (www.tigrai.org). Material by others included here is copyright by the original author unless otherwise specified. All Rights Reserved. If you have any concerns, comments or suggestions about this site, please send e-mail to: Tigrai_Net@yahoo.com |
BBC June 25, 2003: Ethiopia has given a lukewarm reaction to comments by US President George W
Bush that the introduction of safe biotechnology could end global hunger.
