Couleurs On voudrait voir la vie en rose, Le ciel bleu toujours Le rouge comme l’amour L’herbe verte, ailleurs. Est-ce là tout le spectre ? La dictature tient la peur La politique, l’argent, les couleurs Le billet vert, Le sang rouge Le noir triste, l’Afrique...

By Muluken Yewondwossen In Capital Newspaper , Tuesday, 15 November 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange has been so successful trading produces like coffee, sesame, peas and beans that many other African countries want to model...

Events in Ethiopia have taken a disturbing turn following reports that a teacher in his late 20s burnt himself alive last week in protest against the ongoing brutal clampdown on dissent in the country. According to reports Yenesew Gebre made an impassioned...

By Pawlos Belete In Capital newspaper , Tuesday, 15 November 2011, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia Two years after the international conference held in Bonn, Germany adopted to set up the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Ethiopia tabled the bill to...

By Mulugeta Demissie In Capital Newspaper, Monday, 07 November 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ‘Coverage to reach 92 percent in two months,’ says Water Authority. Drying wells, the end of the rainy season and power outages are blamed for acute water shortage...

By Kirubel Tadesse In Capital Newspaper , Monday, 07 November 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The Eritrean President Isayas Afewerki has requested a meeting with the United Nations Security Council to oppose a draft resolution currently in the final pipes...

By Pawlos Belete In Capital Newspaper , Monday, 07 November 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia This season Ethiopia hopes to harvest 215 million quintals of crops. According to the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), by attaining this goal Ethiopia could become self...

Propos recueillis par Quentin Léal 9 novembre 2011, Addis Abeba, Ethiopie En 2009, après l’obtention de son diplôme d’enseignement général, Meseret Semu, 21 ans, intègre la formation technique en informatique dispensée par l’ONG éthiopienne Yeteem Children...

La pluie La pluie est tombée sur Addis Trois mois durant La terre s’en est rassasiée Goulument Les rivières ont grondé Leur débit fulgurant. La pluie fait se terrer Toute forme de vie La ville est à l’arrêt Le froid l’a envahi La tôle ondulée chante Routes...

Après la pluie Disparues les rivières Et le vert des champs Le soleil accompli Un travail étonnant La terre par endroits Se fissure, se craquèle Les pierres ne chantent plus Qu’un profond requiem Ici et là, on rebâtit les rues On repeint les maisons Ephémères...