Daily Ethiopia

PRESS RELEASE: Ethiopia is among the 10 poorest countries in the world but also among its fastest growing economies. These two facts combine to make it a compelling focus for U.S. development assistance. There is great need, tremendous potential and measurable progress. These confounding facts also make USAID¡¯s portfolio of humanitarian and development programs in Ethiopia one of the largest and most complex in Africa.

A reminder from physics: a body at rest stays at rest and a body at motion stays in motion. Thanks but no thanks, the EDA reminded me about my physics class to determine its kinetics, which is perennially static with no limber, but subject to excavation, contention, and inquisition which fits into my own narratives. And that is, "EDA [is] stagnant [and] will remain stagnant." Currently, in the trips and tropes, wrenching faults still emit tremors; clashes of our diversities are revolting against mindless authority, a stark of Eritrean political hubris, all still reverberating as we speak.

The challenges faced by strategic leaders in implementing complex and long-range consequential decisions demand that they be sophisticated with respect to issues of leadership, power and influence. The changes that are shaping the nature of work in today's complex organizations require that we develop the political will, expertise and personal skills to become more flexible, innovative and adaptive.

PRESS RELEASE: Lights, Camera, Jemuru – Adventures Of A Film-maker In Ethiopia tells the remarkable story of Bob Maddams, who swapped a high-flying advertising career in London to go and teach a group of young people, who included kids who had been living on the street, in a back-street community film school in Addis Ababa called Gem TV.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." That is from the bible, just in case. But the bible is ancient, and thanks to the modernizing factor of the PFDJ, we should have another bible: "After the beginning there was another Word, and the Word was Law, and the Law was Isaias."

Whether we thought him dead, alive, arrested, or in intensive care, we have to admit that his sudden disappearance and reappearance was an act of grand performance. He deftly played a lone hide-and-seek with the entire nation and won; deceiving his supporters and enemies alike!

Thirty days to the day, Eritrea¡'s dictator Isaias Afwerki re-appeared on state TV to counter rumors that he is seriously sick or dying.

Ethiopia began its transformation to a federal democratic system in 1995 with its new constitution containing provisions of general, fundamental and democratic rights, including the right of all Ethiopian communities to protect and promote their religion, culture, language and historical heritage. The constitution stipulates that state and religion are separate. There is no state religion; the state does not interfere in religious matters.

A discussion forum between members of the Ethiopian Diaspora and representatives of government ministries and other institutions was held on Tuesday, April 24th at the Civil Service University Hall in Addis Ababa.

Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki has not made a public appearance since March 28, 2012 when he received the credentials of the incoming ambassador from South Africa. Given that his appearance is the daily diet of the State media, this has, understandably, fueled speculation that he is either seriously ill or even dead. Yesterday, Eritrea’s Ministry of Information issued a statement claiming that the president’s health is "robust" and that the rumors of his failing health are propagated by the CIA.