China Is Very, Very, Very, Very Big

By Noah Smith, Bloomberg Larry Summers and Lant Pritchett have written a paper predicting a Chinese growth slowdown. In 2013, Barry Eichengreen, Donghyun Park, and Kwanho Shin wrote a paper with much the same message, which accurately predicted the recent Chinese slowdown from about 10 percent annual growth to about7.5 percent. In fact, the most…

39 Countries Ethiopian Citizens Can Travel to Without Visa

Visa requirements for Ethiopian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Ethiopia. In 2014, Ethiopian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 39 countries and territories, ranking the Ethiopian passport 88th in the world. Visa requirements map   Ethiopia   Visa free access   Visa on arrival   Visa required  …

Why is the US Navy practising for war with China?

By Rupert Wingfield-HayesBBC News, USS George Washington off Guam BBC By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes USS George Washington off Guam The US prefers to talk about engaging with China, but it is clear its navy is now also practising for a potential conflict, reports the BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes. You don’t get invited out on a US nuclear…

8 ጊዜ የተቀያየሩትን የኢትዮጵያ ባንዲራ ዓይነቶች ያውቋቸዋል?

 አንድ አድርገን ኢትዮጵያ ዘመን ተሻጋሪ የሰንደቅ አላማ ታሪክ ካላቸው ሃገራት መካከል አንዷ ናት  ፤ የኢትዮጵያ ሰንደቅ አላማ እስከ 1890ዎቹ ሁለተኛ አጋማሽ ድረስ በቀለማትም አንድ ወጥ አልነበረም ፤ አረንጓዴ፣ ቢጫና ቀይ  ቀለማት ያሉት ሰንደቅ አላማ ቀለማት ወጥነት ባለው በተያያዙ አራትማእዘናት በጥቅም ላይ የዋሉት በ1890ዎቹ መጨረሻ ነው ፤ በሃገራችን ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ ለሰንደቅ አላማ ልዩትርጓሜና ስርፀት የተሰጠው በ1898 እንደሆነ ይነገራል ፤ ቢጫ የብርሃን፣ ቀይ የመስዋዕትነትና አረንጓዴ የተስፋምልክት ተደርጐ ይወሰዳል፡፡ ከዚህ በኋላ ሰንደቅ  አላማችን  አንድ  ጊዜ መንፈሳዊ ሌላ ጊዜ ፖለቲካዊ ትርጓሜ እየታከለበት ዘመን ተሻግሯል ፤  እኛ ኢትዮጵያውያን በሰንደቅ አላማችን ስም በጐም ሆነ መጥፎ ተግባራት በተፈፀሙባቸው ዘመነ መንግስታት ጭምር ለሰንደቅ አላማችን ያለን ፍቅርና ክብር እጅግ ጥልቅ ነው ፤ ጥንታውያንጀግኖች ወላጆቻችን ሰንደቅ አላማችንን ይዘው አስደናቂ ትግልና ውጊያ በማካሄድ ከባዕዳውያን ቀጥተኛ ተፅዕኖ ነፃ የሆነች ሃገር አስረክበውናል ፤ በአንዲት ባንዲራቸው ጥላ ስር በመሆን ወራሪውን ሃይል በእግዚአብሔር ረዳትነትና እና በታማኝ አርበኞች ጀግንነት ከቀኝ ግዛት ነጻ የሆነች ሀገር አቆይተውልናል ፡፡ ኢትዮጵያውያን ለአያሌ ዘመናት ብሔራዊ ክብራችንን ባዋረደና እንደ ህዝብ አንገታችንን ባስደፋን አስከፊ የድህነትማቅ ውስጥ ኖረናል ፡፡ አሁን ሰንደቅ አላማችን የጭቆናም የጭፍጨፋ  አርማ አይደለም።  የሰንደቅ አላማችን አረንጓዴ፣ ቢጫና ቀይ ቀለማት እንደ ዱሮው ሁሉ የልምላሜ የተስፋና ለነፃነት የሚከፈል መስዋዕትነት ምልክቶቻችን ናቸው ።  “አፍ ሲያመልጥ ራስ ሲመለጥ አይታወቅም” እንደሚባለው የቀድሞ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር…