March 18, 2005
Ethio forum, the new merkato and Taiwan
Anyone in Los Angeles tomorrow (Saturday Mar 19) can turn up to a free "Special Forum on Contemporary Ethiopia" organised by the UCLA International Institute. The talk that looks most interesting to me is "The Paradox of Ethiopia’s Under-development" by Berhanu Abegaz, professor of economics at William and Mary College. If anyone out there is going, it would be great to get some reports.
Contemporary Ethiopia: Revolution and Transformation?What is the status of Ethiopia, 20 years after famine relief? Why hasn't Ethiopia progressed as predicted? Former Clinton advisor for Africa, Gayle Smith, along with leading Ethiopian scholar, Edmond Keller, lead a panel discussion focusing on the state of Ethiopia. Where were you when "We Are the World" dominated the radio waves? Marcia Thomas of USA for Africa discusses the 1984 famine relief effort and pop culture.
I still need to find my way round the old lay-out.
City Admin Approves New Design for Merkato, Half a Million Birr NeededThe Daily Monitor - The Addis Ababa Tourism Commission in association with the Addis Ketema Sub City have launched the first step of redesigning Merkato, the biggest open air market in Africa.
The people of Taiwan will sleep a little less easy in their beds tonight.
Ethiopia's parliament speaker supports China's Anti-Secession LawADDIS ABABA, March 16 (Xinhuanet) -- Ethiopia's parliament fully supports China's adoption of the Anti-Secession Law, which is intended to prevent Taiwan's secession from China, Speaker of the Council of People's Representatives of Ethiopia, Ato Dawit Yohannes, said Wednesday.
Posted by aheavens at March 18, 2005 6:08 AM
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Hallo to you,
Quite informative blog you have got going here,
even if I don't always agree with you I do enjoy
getting the glimpse of happenings and events
with the touch you give them.
Did you get any report on the talk at UCLA?
Posted by: Ayehou at April 6, 2005 7:41 PM
Good to hear from you Ayehou. No, I haven't had any feedback on the conference. I will have a look online to see if there are any reports.
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I'M HERE TO TELL EVERY ONE THAT
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Posted by: AMAN at February 10, 2006 8:25 AM
I was just watching this video and it said "123,000" ethiopian troops were killed in the border war against Eritrea. No wonder Meles refuses to confirm or deny this number.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IJENRhyiUk
Posted by: BraveHeart at September 29, 2006 8:20 AM