Ethiopia will address internal challenges itself not bypass its constitutional mechanisms Felix Horne, Human Rights Watch’s Ethiopia researcher, has been making yet another HRW effort to interfere in Ethiopia’s internal affairs, this time in Brussels, demanding the EU use its role as Ethiopia’s main cooperation partner to “push Ethiopia” to accept an international investigation into the way the government had responded to recent protests. As usual drawing exclusively on opposition allegations, and totally ignoring what is in fact already being done, Mr. Horne called for the government to take a number of measures, including respecting divergent views and bringing security…
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Business VISA All business visa applicants should attach a letter addressed to Ethiopian Embassy from his /her organization explaining the purpose of his/her travels. US Officials or Diplomats traveling with Diplomatic, Official or Service Passport must bring an official letter from US State Department. Officials or Diplomats of other countries traveling with Diplomatic, official or service Passport must bring official letter from appropriate Authorities or Embassies. The passport must be valid for at least six months. One recent passport-size photograph. Copy of Green Card or I-94 or Work Permit (Except US National) A letter from his/her organization explaining the purpose…
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የተከበራችሁ የህዝብ ተወካዮችና የፌዴሬሽን ምክር ቤቶች አባላት፣ የተከበራችሁ መላ የአገራችን ህዝቦች፣ ጥሪ የተደረገላችሁ እንግዶችና ክቡራትና ክቡራን፤ ከሁሉ በማስቀደም ሁለቱ ምክር ቤቶች በ5ኛው የስራ ዘመናችሁ፣ ሁለተኛውን ዓመት ለምትጀምሩበት ለዛሬው ቀን በመብቃታችን የተሰማኝን ልባዊ ደስታ በራሴና በኢፌዴሪ መንግስት ስም ለማቅረብ እወዳለሁ፡፡ በዚህም አጋጣሚ በአገራችን ልዩ ልዩ አካባቢዎች በተካሄዱ ግጭቶች በህይወትም ሆነ በአካል ለተጐዱ ወገኖቻችን፣ እንዲሁም በቅርቡ በኦሮሚያ ብሄራዊ ክልል የኢሬቻ ባህላዊ ስነ-ስርዓትን ለማክበር ከተሰበሰቡ ወገኖቻችን መካከል ፀረ ሰላም ኃይሎች በፈጠሩት ግርግር ህይወታቸው ላለፈ ወገኖችና ቤተሰቦቻቸው እንዲሁም ለመላው የኦሮሞና የአገራችን ህዝቦች የተሰማኝን ጥልቅ ሃዘን በራሴና በመንግስት ስም ለመግለፅ እወዳለሁ፡፡ የተከበራችሁ የህዝብ ተወካዮችና የፌዴሬሽን ምክር ቤቶች አባላት፣ የተከበራችሁ መላ የአገራችን ህዝቦች፤ በፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አስተዳደር…
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The Econometrics of Diplomacy in Ethiopian Foreign Policy Econometrics, at the risk of oversimplification, is the use of mathematical methods (especially statistics) to describe economic systems. Here, I want to use it to define the parameters of Ethiopia’s diplomacy: in a word, the econometrics of diplomacy. Ethiopia is one of the oldest of nations. It has a long and proud record of political and territorial independence, and as an independent political entity it has enjoyed a wide range of diplomatic relations. For most of its history, Ethiopia’s diplomacy has effectively served the survival of the nation. Edmond J. Keller in…
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Daryl Copeland in his seminal work “Guerilla Diplomacy” (GD)[1] discussed how conventional diplomacy is losing its monopoly on intergovernmental communications across borders. Deconstructing the span of control over information, the public is no longer at the receiving end of news and information. The public rather than assuming the role of content-consumer, has literally transformed to content producer; citizen journalist. Diplomats are no longer agents of privileged information. In the digital age, overseeing unpredictable turn of events and managing predictable public opinion has never been easy. Now many believe in the idea of ‘the death of authority!’ as Fareed Zakaria wrote…
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Since my childhood, as any Ethiopian, I have followed the successes of a whole series of golden athletic winners, winning race after race around the world. One of my own favorites among a string of great runners Miruts Yifter, commonly referred to as “Yifter the Shifter” because of his unique tactic of shifting the pace of the race and confounding his competitors. In the middle of the race, he changed his game, changed the pace and split his opponents. It was an approach which won him gold medal after gold medal. It was highly successful tactic, and I would argue…
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On May 19, Dr. Tedros Adhanom was presented with the Award for Perseverance during the Fourth Global Conference of Women Deliver in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Award for Perseverance, as Jill Sheffield, Founder and Ex-Officio President of Women Deliver introduced, is given to people who advanced the cause of women against many odds and challenges. It is an award that goes to an exceptional leader who has shown unbending commitment for equal opportunity for women. The award was one of only two given during the four-day conference. In presenting the award, Sheffield said, “We celebrate today Dr. Tedros’ vision and accomplishment…
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On April 8, 2016, Ethiopian Airlines Group (Ethiopian) started celebrating its 70 years anniversary amid massive expansion of air transport services. Since its maiden scheduled commercial flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Cairo, Egypt, Ethiopian has shown tremendous growth which earned it the name, The Pride of Africa. Over these years, Ethiopian has managed to maintain its corporate identity of providing excellent air transport service even in the times of economic recessions and political turmoil in Ethiopia and most parts of Africa. At present, Ethiopian Airlines is the prime airline in Africa, and it flies to more destinations than any…
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Africans have started marching towards the achievement of Agenda 2063, the Vision of the African Union for the continent’s future. Agenda 2063 is more than a vision, of course; it is also an Action Plan. It is a call for action to all segments of African society to work together to build a prosperous and united Africa based on shared values and a common destiny. Indeed, in order to fully achieve the transformational Agenda 2063, various implementing mechanisms have already been set in motion. In these, African people are naturally key players to bring this continental vision to success, and…
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On Easter Sunday, I was sitting on the bank of the Omo River with Major Kiros Hadush and Sergeant Abreham, listening to their reminiscences of service in Liberia wearing the famous Blue Helmets of UN peacekeepers. Their talk carried me away into the forests of Liberia. I was like a fly on a wall as they discussed their mission in Liberia. Their memories were both good and bad but, above all, I learnt what it means to wear a Blue Helmet and what it really means when an Ethiopian soldier wears one. They were very clear. “It is a huge…