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April | 2011 | ሀገር ፍቅር - Hager Fiqir
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ሀገር ፍቅር – Hager Fiqir. A blog on Ethiopian and Horn issues. Monthly Archives: April 2011. Nile Dam Debate and the Ethiopian Opposition. Current arguments on diaspora media outlets against the proposed Nile dam boil down to “. We don’t like TPLF, TPLF is proposing to build a dam, therefore we don’t like the dam. April 25, 2011. Error: Twitter did not respond. Please wait a few minutes and refresh this page. Follow Blog via Email. የቅዳሜ ማስታወሻ – ተስፋዬ ገብረአብ. No longer active - but still great reading.
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Ethiopia: Diaspora Policy Document | ሀገር ፍቅር - Hager Fiqir
https://myethiopia.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/ethiopian-government-diaspora-policy-document
ሀገር ፍቅር – Hager Fiqir. A blog on Ethiopian and Horn issues. Ethiopia: Diaspora Policy Document. December 4, 2011. There is a new Diaspora Policy document. That the Ethiopian government is circulating. In my opinion, the most important thing for this (or any other) Ethiopian government to do on this issue is to allow Ethiopians to retain their citizenship by opening the door for dual citizenship (constitutionally). Currently, the government has adopted another strategy ( the Yellow card. How do you use yo...
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United States Policy Towards Africa – Atlantic Council | ሀገር ፍቅር - Hager Fiqir
https://myethiopia.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/united-states-policy-towards-africa-atlantic-council
ሀገር ፍቅር – Hager Fiqir. A blog on Ethiopian and Horn issues. United States Policy Towards Africa – Atlantic Council. November 1, 2011. Herman Cohen, whom many Ethiopians blame for Eritrea’s eventual succession from Ethiopia, described how he alone made the decision to recognize Eritrean rights to Self Determination. At the time, the decision went contrary to what was established U.S. policy. He says the following on events that took place during the London conference in 1991:. I go back to the embassy, an...
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August | 2011 | ሀገር ፍቅር - Hager Fiqir
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ሀገር ፍቅር – Hager Fiqir. A blog on Ethiopian and Horn issues. Monthly Archives: August 2011. Wikileaks: Starbucks vs Government of Ethiopia. In 2006/2007 the Ethiopian government (GoE) and different NGOs had a highly publicized. Dispute with Starbucks over trademarking Ethiopian coffee brands. As this wikileaks cable. Poor Farmer and Coffee Politics. August 28, 2011. Wikileaks: Bereket’s Warnings. Here is an interesting cable. From Wikileaks in which Bereket tries to convince Huddleston (the then. Have bee...
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ሀገር ፍቅር - Hager Fiqir | A blog on Ethiopian & Horn issues. | Page 2
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ሀገር ፍቅር – Hager Fiqir. A blog on Ethiopian and Horn issues. Is there a way forward for the opposition? A good place to start, I think, is for the opposition to take a hard look at how it has defined itself so far. Rather than any policy position, the opposition is characterized by a fervent dislike of EPRDF. Though some had attempted to temper this attitude (e.g. Birtukan, Dr. Birhanu – pre Ginbot 7), the average supporter, harbored feelings of. 8221; kind of arguments* ) are needed. October 13, 2011.
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November | 2011 | ሀገር ፍቅር - Hager Fiqir
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ሀገር ፍቅር – Hager Fiqir. A blog on Ethiopian and Horn issues. Monthly Archives: November 2011. Drone Base in Ethiopia and Ethiopia-U.S. relations. A few days ago the Washington Post reported that the U.S. now has a drone base in Arba Minch, Ethiopia. In 2009, after Obama took office, Meles continued to complain about U.S. policies toward Ethiopia. The EPRDF leadership was signaling that a worsening of relations would not be consequence free for U.S. interests. Thankfully for Meles, the Obama administration...
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Drone Base in Ethiopia and Ethiopia-U.S. relations | ሀገር ፍቅር - Hager Fiqir
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ሀገር ፍቅር – Hager Fiqir. A blog on Ethiopian and Horn issues. Drone Base in Ethiopia and Ethiopia-U.S. relations. November 2, 2011. A few days ago the Washington Post reported that the U.S. now has a drone base in Arba Minch, Ethiopia. In 2009, after Obama took office, Meles continued to complain about U.S. policies toward Ethiopia. The EPRDF leadership was signaling that a worsening of relations would not be consequence free for U.S. interests. Thankfully for Meles, the Obama administration proved to be m...
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አደግን ተመነደግን (Satire) | ሀገር ፍቅር - Hager Fiqir
https://myethiopia.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/አደግን-ተመነደግን-satire
ሀገር ፍቅር – Hager Fiqir. A blog on Ethiopian and Horn issues. December 15, 2011. እውቀት የዘለቀው መሪ ስለሰጠን በጣም ይገባናል ፈጣሪን ማመስገን አይገኝም ከቶ እንደ ኣያ መለስ እንኩዋንስ በአፍሪቃ - አለም ቢታሰስ . ደግሞም ከእውቀት በላይ ወሬ ሲያውቁበት ተናግረው አይጠግቡም ስለ ህገር እድገት አደግን ተመነደግን ለሰማይ ቀርበናል 'ኢሊትም' ተብለናል አለም ቀንቶብናል! 009; አምልጠንም ወጥተን ከተረጂነት ባህላችን ነውና ሲራቡ ማብላት እንደ ሳኡዲ ላሉ ለተቸገሩት ለመስጠት ደርሰናል ማደሪያ መሬት ደስ ይበልህ ህዝቤ! 009; በተቀረው መሬት ለደስታ መግለጫ አበባ ዘርተናል በዚህ ጥጋብ ዘመን እህል ምን ያደርጋል? ልሳን (2002 እ.ኢ.አ). Ethiopia: Diaspora Policy Document. Follow “ሀገ...
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March | 2012 | ሀገር ፍቅር - Hager Fiqir
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ሀገር ፍቅር – Hager Fiqir. A blog on Ethiopian and Horn issues. Monthly Archives: March 2012. Transferring public assets to friends. Ethiopia sells off seven state firms. Meles and friends are continuing the transfer tradition of public assets to private hands that they started long ago. In the latest bout of auctions 5 of 7 firms went to their good friend Al-Amoudi – the same person that has previously received many other public assets including a gold mine. I have no problems with privatizing as long as th...
