Worancha ወራንቻ

By Keffyalew Gebremedhin A former colleague from my previous life, who still runs strong, recently called me to share nail-biting occurrence that he learned about in his office. It was regarding an invitation extended to a renowned Ethiopian expert in Addis Abeba to participate in an international forum on video/Skype, in tandem with other experts from other regions of the world. The organization was inviting the Ethiopian because of his expertise so that he could share his insight in the light of Ethiopia’s experiences in poverty reduction and growth and development; it boils down whether, after all, poverty is defeated or still remains daunting and, if so, the problem has its origin in vision, policies, institutions or politics. The expert’s brief response, I was told, was “heartrending.” His letter thanked the inviting agency for the honor it has bestowed on him. But he simply said he could not be a part of that important undertaking for three reasons: a.   Where he li

The UN Human Rights Council adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Ethiopia on September 19, 2014. On that date, Ethiopia was given 252 recommendations by the UN Human Rights Council member States [1] to improve human rights infringements in the country, based on the general human rights situation assessment made to Ethiopia on May 2014 at UPR. The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa welcomes the adoption of the outcome of the UPR on Ethiopia and appreciates the majority of the UN Human Rights Council member states’ recognition that one of their members, Ethiopia, has committed gross human rights abuses in its own country contrary to its responsibility to protect and promote human rights globally.  Most of the Recommendations the Ethiopian Government received on September 19, 2014 were similar to the 2009 recommendations that were given to the same country during the first round of UPR human rights situation assessment in Ethiopia [2] . This proves th

-   Ries Engineering invests 150 million to introduce new facilities   Ford Motor Company, already present in Port Elizabeth and Pretoria, South Africa is keen to bring some 25 new products between now and 2016 across the Middle East and Africa.  According to Jeffery Nemeth, president and chief of the Sub-Saharan Africa region Ford will sell new products out of which 17 will specifically be destined for the Sub-Saharan region.  In his roundtable with the reporters, Nemeth said that Ford currently faces difficulties in bringing highly sophisticated and fuel-efficient vehicles. He said he was in town to discuss fuel quality with government officials so that Ford’s brand new models could be on the road.  “We can’t bring our highest technology engines because of fuel quality. But we are confident that the government will get there and the refineries will also get there. At this point we are discussing with the government what plans they have; with little sulfur and high qua

የወራንቻ ኢንፎርሜሽን ኔትዎርክ ብሮድዌይ የተባለው ድረ _ ገጽ ጠቅሶ እንደዘጋበው፤ ከኣሜሪካን እንደዘጋበው የ Winifred Haun & Dancers ዳንሰኞች ቡድን ጥቅምት መጀመሪ ላይ "Breaking Ice," የተባለ የሙዝቃ፤ ዳንስ እና የቪድዮ ምሽት በኣሜሪኳዋ የቺካጎ ከተማ ያቀርባሉ። Photo from  Winifred Haun & Dancers ከዝግጅቱ የምሰበሰበው ገቢ በሃዋሳ ወላጅ ኣልባ ሕጻናትን ለመርዳት ጥቅም ላይ እንደምውል ከኣዘጋጆቹ ለመረዳት ተችሏል። ለበለጠ መረጃ ከታች ያንቡ፦ Winifred Haun & Dancers will be featured in Fused Muse Ensemble's "Breaking Ice," an evening of cutting edge music, dance and video, from October 16 to 18 at Link's Hall. Breaking Ice explores themes of water, ice, our rising oceans, and the fragility of nature. Other collaborative artists in this project include: Video Artist Jessica Segall, Choreographer/Dancer Matthew McMunn, and University of Chicago Physicists Ivo Peters and Qin Xu. Winifred Haun was invited by Fused Muse Ensemble's Artistic Director, Sophie Webber, to choreograph two works, one to Vivaldi's "Winter" (Four Seasons) and another to Osva

ሰሞኑን ለሦስት ቀናት ጉብኝት ወደ ኢትዮጵያ መጥተው የነበሩት የዓለም ባንክ ማኔጂንግ ዳይሬክተርና የኦፕሬሽን ዋና ኃላፊ ስሪ ሙሊያኒ ኢንድራዋቲ፣ እያደገ የመጣው የብድር ዕዳ መጠን በኢትዮጵያ ላይ አደጋዎችን ሊያስከትል እንደሚችል ገለጹ፡፡  ኢንድራዋቲ ባለፈው ረቡዕ ለጋዜጠኞች በሰጡት መግለጫ እንዳስታወቁት፣ ምንም እንኳን የአገሪቱ የብድር ዕዳ መጠን ከጠቅላላ የአገር ውስጥ ምርት አኳያ ያለው ድርሻ አነስተኛ ቢሆንም፣ የዕዳውን መጠን በግልጽነት ለማስተዳደር የሚችልና ግልጽነት የሰፈነበት አስተዳደር ማስፈን የመንግሥት ግዴታ መሆኑን አስታውቀዋል፡፡  የገንዘብና ኢኮኖሚ ልማት ሚኒስቴር ይፋ ያደረገው መረጃ እንደሚያመለክተው፣ አገሪቱ ያለባት ጠቅላላ የብድር መጠን 20 ቢሊዮን ዶላር ደርሷል፡፡ ከዚህ ውስጥ 12 ቢሊዮን ዶላር ከውጭ ምንጮች የተገኙ ብድሮችን የሚሸፍን የዕዳ መጠን ነው፡፡ በዚህ መሠረት ከጠቅላላ አገር ውስጥ ምርት አኳያ የዕዳው ድርሻ 44 ከመቶ መድረሱን ይጠቁማል፡፡  ኢንድራዋቲ እንደሚገልጹት፣ ይህ አኃዝ ዝቅተኛ በሚባለው የዕዳ ደረጃ ላይ የሚገኝ ነው፡፡ ነገር ግን የመንግሥት የኢንቨስትመንት ወጪዎች እየተበራከቱ በመምጣታቸው ምክንያት የዕዳ መጠኑን በዚያው ልክ እያደገ በመሆኑ፣ የመንግሥት የልማት ድርጅቶችን በሚመለከት ከጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ኃይለ ማርያም ደሳለኝና ከሚመለከታቸው ሚኒስትሮች ጋር መነጋገራቸውን አስረድተዋል፡፡ ከውይይቶቹ መካከልም በመንግሥት አስተዳደር ማሻሻያ ሪፎርሞች ላይ ያተኮረው አንዱ እንደነበር አስታውሰዋል፡፡ በዚህም መንግሥት በአስተዳደራዊ መዋቅሮቹ ላይ ማሻሻያ በማድረግ፣ ግልጽነትና ኢኮኖሚውን በብቃት የማስተዳደር ጉዳዮች ላይ ተወያይተዋል፡፡  የመንግሥት የልማት ድርጅቶች በየጊዜው እየጨመረ የመጣውን  የኢንቨስትመን