The complete manuscript of Messay Kebede’s new bookThe desire to allow open access to a large number of Ethiopian readers explains the reason why this manuscript was not submitted to a normal academic publisher. Unfortunately, the agreement fell apart following my resolution to include a chapter critical of Abiy Ahmed’s policy, the current prime minister of Ethiopia. Aware of the closure of any possibility for open access posting in Ethiopia so long as the present government is in place, I decided to send out the manuscript to some of the websites stationed outside Ethiopia and regularly visited by Ethiopian intellectuals and a wide Ethiopian readership. I hereby extend my gratitude to the editors and webmasters of the websites I contacted for agreeing to post the manuscript in its entirety. IntroductionChapter IISurvey of Ethiopia’s Survival: Definition and ControversiesChapter IIIThe Ethiopian Forces of SurvivalChapter IVEurocentric versus Ethio-centric Approaches to Ethiopia’sModernization Lag: The Concept of DerailmentChapter VDerailed Modernization: The Imperial PhaseChapter VIThe Radicalization of Ethiopian StudentsChapter VIIThe Overthrow of the Imperial RegimeChapter VIIIDerailed Modernization: The Derg’s PhaseChapter IXDerailed Modernization: The Ethnonationalist PhaseChapter XWhere to, Ethiopia?

Mariwan Naqshbandi talks with youth from the Lehi Utah Pheasant Pointe Stake near a replica of the ancient tabernacle of Moses in Highland, Utah, on Oct. 5, 2023. Yet at the end of the week, Shifa said the visit that stood out to him the most was the tabernacle exhibit. Visitors to the tabernacle replica progress through stages of the exhibit, starting with entering the gate on the east side. As the books of Moses are canon for many religions, the tabernacle exhibit has seen visitors from several faiths. “One of the things about the tabernacle being an Old Testament experience,” said Elder Russell, “is that it doesn’t matter if they’re Jewish or Muslim or evangelical.

The seal of Cirque du Soleil is at the service, this time, to pay tribute to the figure of Lionel Messi, and has achieved this unique combination of Messi10. To all this traditional circus art are added small games with freestyle balls – it is impossible not to include them -, more or less the protagonist depending on the paintings, and often combined with other circus disciplines. And this is because each scene is organized around a value or attribute of Messi, which it seeks to express. One, perseverance, hard work, constant training: “17 years of hard work brought Leo Messi to become a success overnight,” the screen says, among other things. The two, they said from the production, are what the star asked to be highlighted when he joined the production of the show.

When Yared Markos moved to London 25 years ago, he did not see any Ethiopian coffee shops. In Ethiopia, coffee is usually drank at the end of each meal. “They sell our coffee in Starbucks and other places, but they don’t follow our traditions,” said Markos, who has owned Kaffa Coffee since 2004. Anteneh Mulu is one of the owners of The Ethiopian Coffee Company in central London. He said the festival has helped spread Ethiopian coffee to a new community.

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All popular movements, including Eritrea’s secession led by EPLF, revealed the true characteristics, limitation and historical nature of the Ethiopian central state. These movements profoundly questioned the capability of the Ethiopian central government to change the material wellbeing of the local people. That was absolutely contrary to my view and expectation about the Ethiopian central state. Why Professor Donald Crummey interpreted century of history in the way that I did not mean to be interpreted. History shows that whatever mantle it wears, unitarist or federalist, the central Ethiopian state is true to its tradition: very much elitist and extractivist.

ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said it has encountered a funding shortfall in meeting the needs of refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and communities in Ethiopia. The WFP, in its latest Ethiopia country brief issued late Thursday, said it is facing a funding shortfall of 420 million U.S. dollars to support its humanitarian activities in Ethiopia until the end of the year. "Reports from WFP's conflict sensitivity assessment indicate that the food security situation is worsening in many areas of the country," the WFP said. According to the WFP, Ethiopia has faced conflict, displacement and drought over the past few years, eventually resulting in growing food insecurity. It said some 15.1 million people in Ethiopia were in need of emergency food assistance for the third quarter.

Hundreds of Muslims and conservative Christians in Kenya’s capital rallied Friday outside the Supreme Court to protest its decision last month to reaffirm the LGBTQ community’s right of association, saying that the verdict condoned immorality. "We, as a country, we do not want any donations from any other countries to force us with the LGBTQ laws. The court last month reaffirmed an earlier ruling that the Non-Governmental Organization Board in Kenya had discriminated against LGBTQ people when it refused to register their association. The two dissenting judges opposed the ruling because Kenya’s laws outlaws same-sex relationships. The LGBTQ community in Kenya is often targeted by homophobic people, including in cases of physical and verbal abuse.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced that it will resume limited food aid in Ethiopia, AFP News reports. Broader aid for Ethiopia will remain on hold as the U.S. implements additional reforms to prevent diversion. USAID halted all food aid to Ethiopia in June, alleging widespread and coordinated diversion of donated supplies. U.N. agencies warned in June that some 60 million people need food assistance in the Horn of Africa due to armed conflict, record droughts, and high global prices. Despite its controversies, aid organizations are looking to the potential of biometrics to ensure food reaches those in need.

Unexploded weapons have continued threatening the lives of communities in conflict-affected parts of northern Ethiopia, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said. “It is an absolute tragedy for someone to be killed or to lose a limb due to the detonation of unexploded weapons. It has trained nearly 50 volunteers who promote risk awareness and safer behaviour in 23 districts across Tigray, the ICRC said. It added that ICRC weapon contamination teams also visit victims and refer them for medical or physical rehabilitation care in facilities supported by the ICRC. Some victims of weapon contamination accidents with exceptional difficulties have also received emergency financial assistance from the ICRC to cover their urgent needs, it said.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Ethiopia has warned that the lives of children and farmers are at risk from unexploded weapons. ‘It’s an absolute tragedy for someone to be killed or to lose a limb due to the detonation of unexploded weapons, even more so after the end of a conflict’, ICRC’s weapon contamination specialist in Ethiopia, Vasanth Kanags, said in a statement. ‘It’s urgent that we inform communities of this danger, especially children who naturally want to play with new, interesting-looking objects’. According to international humanitarian law, civilians exposed to unexploded ordnance must be protected and assisted. Development Diaries calls on the government of Ethiopia to sign, ratify and implement the Convention on Conventional Weapons and its fifth protocol on explosive remnants of war.

Oslo: The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all. The announcement was made by the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo. “This year’s peace prize also recognises the hundreds of thousands of people who, in the preceding year, have demonstrated against Iran’s theocratic regime’s policies of discrimination and oppression targeting women,” the Institute said. Last year, the prize was conferred jointly to Russian human rights group Memorial, Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties and jailed Belarusian rights advocate Ales Bialiatski for the “promotion of peace” on the backdrop of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Since its inception in 1901, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to 110 individuals and 30 organisations.

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSyria on Friday held funerals for scores of people killed in a drone attack on a graduation ceremony at a military academy in the Homs region the previous day, one of the bloodiest strikes against the military in more than 12 years of civil war. Several weaponised drones hit the Homs Military Academy’s courtyard where families were gathered with the new officers on Thursday, minutes after defence minister Ali Mahmoud Abbas had left. On Friday morning, coffins carrying victims and draped in the Syrian flag were sent out from the Homs Military Hospital. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which reports on the Syrian conflict, put the toll at above 120. Russia has helped in efforts to strengthen the Syrian military.

ISLAMABAD, OCT 6 /DNA/ – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to Islamic Republic of Pakistan Jemal Beker Abdula has said that joining of his country to BRICS would deepen its economic cooperation with the emerging markets of the world. Addressing a round table discussion on “Expanding BRICS and the New Alignments”, the ambassador underscored that the BRICS expansion would be instrumental in Ethiopia’s ten-year development plan, aligning with the economic reforms initiated by Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed. Ambassador Jemal Beker emphasized that Ethiopia’s entry into BRICS would open new avenues for increased trade, foreign direct investment, and opportunities for technology transfer, knowledge sharing, and infrastructural development. He also underlined Ethiopia’s vital role in the African Union, stating that Ethiopia brings not only economic strength but also a deep understanding of regional dynamics to the group with its addition. “As the headquarters of the African Union, Ethiopia holds significant influence over regional affairs and aims to become a hub of connectivity and manufacturing in the African continent, offering BRICS a gateway to African markets,” the ambassador remarked.