Ethiopian News and Politics Journal
The Homeless Prime Minister
Oct 23rd
By Hama Tuma: Sometimes we Ethiopians like to boast. The first in everything! The cradle of humankind. The first bare foot runner to win the Marathon. The first to claim an annual economic growth of 12% and ask for food aid for 12 million people or more. The first country since the 1970s to claim a 99.9% wins for the ruling party in the general election. And now to top it all we have come to stun the world by having the first homeless prime minister in History. Read More…
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Ethiopian police seize weapons smuggled from Sudan
Oct 17th
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle: Ethiopian security forces have seized hundreds of illegal weapons smuggled into the horn of Africa nation from neighboring Sudan, federal police said on Saturday. Read More…
Language rules pose challenge for immigrants
Oct 16th
Winnipeg Free Press: Starting next month, if you want to be a citizen, you better talk like a Canadian. For the first time in Canada's history, people applying for citizenship will have to provide documented proof of their proficiency in either official language. … "It's not fair," said Ali Saeed, who has interpreted for people who took their citizenship test verbally administered by a citizenship court judge. Read More…
