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Western Attempts to help Ethiopia have had little effect

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wsj.comBy WILLIAM EASTERLY

If it were possible to sum up in one sentence Ethiopia's struggles with famine over the past quarter-century, I'd suggest this: It's not the rains, it's the rulers. As Peter Gill makes clear in "Famines and Foreigners," his well-turned account of the country's miseries since the 1984-85 famine and the Live Aid concert meant to relieve it, drought has not been as devastating to Ethiopians as their own autocratic governments.

Dilemmas of higher education massification

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By: Kate Ashcroft

opride-newsEthiopia is moving very rapidly from an elite towards a mass public sector higher education system. The considerable challenges raised by 'massification' include teaching quality, funding, the need for a more professionalised leadership, staff shortages and institutional structure and mission. The operation of the Ethiopian system, where innovation is highly centralised, also makes local responsiveness difficult.

Ethiopia: 2nd Most Expensive Place to Get a Broadband Connection

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Pics : BBC NewsYou think your broadband fix is expensive? Think again.

I republish the following Excerpt from a class research, completed approximately two years ago (part of it appeared here first), in order to give readers a background on a report by Nazret.com, at the bottom of the page.

Oromo : 14th Anniversary of the Execution of Eebbisaa Addunyaa

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It has been 14 solid years since Eebbisaa Addunyaa, the extremely fearless and vocal advocate of the Oromo people, was gunned down in his home, along with his friend - Tana Wayessa, by Ethiopian security forces on August 30, 1996. "Today, Monday, August 30th marks the 14th Anniversary of the Execution. They killed our Eebbisaa; but they will never kill his work or the cause for which he was martyred for. Aluta continua!" - Nemera G, Secretary of UOSE/TBOA

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What It Costs to Run Somalia

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It's been almost a quarter of a century since Somalia has plummeted into the state of lawlessness. And there is no hope of law and order in sight. Every attempt by the "international community" to form a government outside Somalia's shores and delegate back into the country has been an utter failure. Prehaps, the first most promising such attempt, the current Transitional government of Somalia, proved spurious due to an unholy alliance with neighboring Ethiopia.
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Dechatu River : a threat to those living on its banks

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Gende Ada Village , Photo: NRWThe Dechatu River in Ethiopia is a threat to people living on its banks. But it also offers opportunities. "If we use it properly, it's an important source in our lives," says a riverside resident. "If we don't, it will destroy us."

His flip-flops sink into the mud as farmer Abdullah Moussa from Gende Ada, a village on the outskirts of the Ethiopian city Dire Dawa, walks around his orange plantation. The fields are swampy.
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Liberians in Minnesota: A community divided

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We cross-post an article by Wynfred Russell via Mshale News, about a dispute among Liberians in Minnesota, in the spirit that the lessons given by Representative Erik Paulsen and from the occurance of such high-level dispute, serve other African communities around the states.
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