A Lecture Series on Japan’s Development Experience held at AAU

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) conducted an Illustrated Lecture Series on Japan’s Development Experience with a theme: Education for Development in Ethiopia: Experiences and Lessons from Japan at Addis Ababa University (AAU’s) Ras Mekonnen Hall on the 27th of October 2021. YumikoYokozeki (PhD), Director at UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA) and former JICA senior advisor, […]

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Facebook’s ‘Dangerous Individuals and Organizations’ list concerns Oromo users in Ethiopia

Facebook’s secret blacklist of Dangerous Individuals and Organizations (DIO) was leaked on October 12, 2021. Among the list of 4,000 banned entities which includes hate groups, criminals, and terrorist organizations, is the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) which Facebook categorized as a “violent Non-state actor.” Many Oromo Facebook users claim that Facebook is also censoring and silencing Oromo activists […]

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Lacking Coherent Policy USA Is Reacting to Media & Human Rights Reports: American Journalists

Threats of economic sanctions of the US administration have come with no real coherent policy but in reaction to media and human rights reports, American journalists said. The two journalists working at Break Through News (BT) stated that the US policy its calculation are not understandable. They cited the threat of America to destroy Ethiopia’s […]

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Ministry Vows to Capacitate Institutions of Higher Leaning

Education Minister Professor Berhanu Nega said his ministry will build the capacity of public universities to make them qualified and autonomous institutions of higher learning. The minister held discussion today with presidents and vice presidents of public universities. about capacitating the universities . During the occasion, Professor Berhanu said creating autonomous institutions of higher learning […]

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