Worancha ወራንቻ

There is little dispute over the major economic achievements of the ruling Developmental Democrats, whose latest dissociation from the prefix ‘revolutionary’ has created a wildfire of speculation and analyses within the politically active population of the nation. Their commitment in transforming the nation’s economy from its war-torn state to stability is well recorded within all the available public records. International institutions continue to provide them with recognition, having reduced the volatility of the economy by virtue of strengthening its fundamentals. Macroeconomic analyses released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since 2003/04, for instance, acclaim the state under the Developmentalists for the sound public finance management. A sound and resilient public finance management has played its part in the fast economic growth the country has witnessed under the Developmental Democrats. Of course, this does not mean that international institutions, be it th

comparative six-month performance of export items,2012/13 and 2013/14 fiscal years, in revenue Ever since the incumbent government, under the late Meles Zenawi, disclosed its five-year Growth & Transformation Plan (GTP) – proclaimed as rather ambitious by many members of the diplomatic community and representatives of international organisations based in Addis Abeba – it has been entertaining shortfalls in its lofty targets. No sector has been as disappointing for the administration – now presided over by Hailemariam Desalegn, who came to power following Meles’s unfortunate passing – however, than the export sector. Throughout the three years, there has been a sizeable gap between the level of achievement and the four billion dollar annual earnings target. As if to further this long standing disappointment, the recently released six month export performance for 2013/14 fiscal year by the Ministry of Trade led by Kebede Chane (pictured) has shown that the downsides have contin

Breaking News: Medrek Suspended UDJ, and Accepted Sidama Liberation Front as a Member According to an email communiqué from the leadership of the obscure political organization called Medrek – Medrek, on its 9th Congress held yesterday, unanimously suspended UDJ (Unity for Democracy and Justice) for undermining the activities Medrek while it unanimouslyaccepted the Sidama Liberation Front as a new member. In recent months, UDJ – now with all Amhara leadership – has aligned itself with the Amhara supremacist  Neftegna  group called the Blue Party. The suspension of UDJ from Medrek now officially makes UDJ a Northern-ethno-nationalist political group, while Medrek is largely a Southern-ethno-nationalist political group. Medrek is criticized by many for being organizationally weak, and the regime leaves no room of accommodation for Medrek; for instance, while UDJ holds rallies in its Amhara-base of the Ethiopian empire with the blessing of the TPLF regime, the obscure Medrek d

Chris Franz, founder of Cita Ministries, says approximately 1,500 people responded to an altar call for those who want to be used by God as missionaries at a crusade in Ethiopia. ( Facebook ) I’m absolutely speechless about what the Lord Jesus did here in Wendo Genet, Ethiopia. We witnessed God move in an incredible way, resulting in thousands of decisions for Christ and amazing miracles. More than 600 first-time decisions for Christ were recorded and are being carefully followed up by the local churches. God really had His protecting hand upon us. A nearby tree broke and fell because of a very heavy storm. It plunged to the ground, missing our big sound tower by just 2 yards. If the tree would have hit the tower, our campaign would have probably ended. But God was faithful and didn’t allow it to happen. I was deeply moved in spirit on Sunday. Approximately 1,500 people responded to an altar call for those who want to be used by God as missionaries. Only eternity will reveal

በተጠለፈው አውሮፕላን ውስጥ የነበረው ኢትዮጵያዊ እማኝነት “የተሳፋሪው ፍላጎት የሆነ መሬት ላይ ማረፍ ብቻ  ነበር” በሃዋሳ ከተማ በተለምዶ ኬሮ ሰፈር እየተባለ በሚጠራው አካባቢ ተወልዶ ያደገው ወጣት ምህረቱ ገብሬ፣ የመጀመሪያ ደረጃ ትምህርቱን በቀድሞው ሀዋሳ ኮምቦኒ የመጀመርያ ደረጃ ት/ቤት ነው የተከታተለው። የሁለተኛ ደረጃ ማጠናቀቂያና የመሰናዶ ትምህርቱንም በቅዱስ ዳንኤል ኮምቦኒ የሁለተኛ ደረጃና የመሰናዶ ት/ቤት አጠናቋል። ከሃዋሳ ዩኒቨርሲቲ በ2001 ዓ.ም በሲቪል ምህንድስና የመጀመሪያ ዲግሪውን ካገኘ በኋላም፤ እስከ 2004 ዓ.ም ድረስ በዩኒቨርሲቲው ውስጥ በመምህርነት አገልግሏል፡፡ በመቀጠልም ነጻ የትምህርት ዕድል በማግኘት፣ ወደ ጣሊያን አምርቶ የሁለተኛ ዲግሪ ትምህርቱን በመከታተል ላይ ይገኛል፡፡ በቅርቡ ለእረፍት ወደ አገሩ የመጣውና በሃዋሳ ቆይቶ ወደ ጣሊያን ለመመለስ አውሮፕላን የተሳፈረው ምህረቱ፣ ባለፈው ሰኞ በረዳት አብራሪው ተጠልፎ ጄኔቭ እንዲያርፍ በተደረገው የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ ቦይንግ 767 አውሮፕላን ውስጥ ከነበሩት 200 ገደማ ተሳፋሪዎች ውስጥ አንዱ ነበር፡፡ በአሁኑ ወቅት በጣሊያን የሚገኘው ምህረቱ፣ የጠለፋውን አጋጣሚ በተመለከተ ጋዜጠኛ አንተነህ  ይግዛው በኢ-ሜይል ለላከለት ጥያቄዎች የሰጠውን ምላሽ  እንደሚከተለው አጠናቅረን አቅርበነዋል፡፡ የጉዞው አጀማመር ምን ይመስል ነበር? አርፍዶ ወደ አውሮፕላን ጣቢያ መምጣት የሚያደርሰውን ጣጣ ስለማውቀው፣ አውሮፕላኑ ከሚነሳበት 50 ደቂቃ ያህል ቀድሜ ነበር የተገኘሁት፡፡ ከምሽቱ አራት ሰዓት አካባቢ ማለት ነው፡፡ ያው ጉዞው ሲጀመር እንደሌላው ጊዜ ሁሉ ስርአቱን የጠበቀና ሰላማዊ ነበር።  አውሮፕላኑ ከበራራ ሰዓቱ ሰባት ደቂቃ ያህል ዘግይቶ ነበር የተነሳው። አውሮፕላኑ ውስጥ አ