Enkutatash (Ethiopic እንቁጣጣሽ) is the first day of the New Year in Ethiopia. It occurs on Meskerem 1 on the Ethiopian calendar, which is 11 September.This year New Year was celebrated on september 9 at Haus der Begegnung.
Month: October 2014
The Thugplomacy of the TPLF
I have often contended that the ruling regime in Ethiopia controlled by the Tigrean Liberation Front (TPLF) is a thugtatorship, the highest stage of African dictatorship. If democracy is government of the people, by the people and for the people, a thugocracy is a government of thugs, for thugs, by thugs.
General Kemal Gelchu Removed from OLF
WASHINGTON, DC – The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) said on Thursday its chairman, General Kemal Gelchu, has been relieved of his post and removed from the organization because of “poor leadership qualities and dictatorial actions.”
The Role of Credit in Ethiopia’s Economic Progress
Whether or not Ethiopia’s external debt is growing too fast and too large has become an emerging topic of conversation among many observers. While the government is seeking to tap any and all sources of financing domestic and foreign, observers argue that the country needs to be very careful about acquiring any more loans. As always, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are the thought leaders and have taken it upon themselves to point out all of the hidden dangers of the growing external indebtedness. But others, including Ethiopian academics, are chiming in their agreement with the concerns raised by the two multilateral institutions.