By\ Mekki Elmograbi COMESA 18 – Addis Ababa (1) Before we comment on the upcoming summit let us have some tales from the previous one; the handover speech of the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni at the 17th summit in Kinshasa was comprehensive and straightforward but a little bit funny! As expected, Museveni didn’t miss the […]
Djibouti, the Pomegranate of the Scale in East Africa (1) By: Mekki Elmograbi The leadership of this small country has committed itself to wise and balanced policy in a surrounding full of conflicts. It has succeeded in employing the unique geographical location, where modern ports and investments – in stony and arid lands – are […]
Mount Entoto thinks and goes green in PACCI’s Conference! “2014 Think and Go Green Afrique-Africa Conference and Fair” held in the first Ethiopian Green Building in Addis Ababa By\ Mekki Elmograbi The Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PACCI) together with it’s partners organized 4-day conference and fair from 11th -14th December […]
Djibouti opens doors for media to report on Total’s pollution, insisting to sentence oil companies $272 million fine. By\ Mekki Elmograbi The Djiboutian government rejected any kind of settlement with oil companies that convicted by the Djiboutian judiciary with pollution and sentenced to pay 204 million euros ($272 million) for damages in a case dating […]
South Sudan and U.S. “Moral Trusteeship”! By\ Mekki Elmograbi Last January, I wrote an article under the title “American Proposal: South Sudan must be under American Trusteeship”. It wasn’t my own dream or “nightmare”, it was a real proposal published by New York Times, the article said “It Needs to be Put Under U.S.-led Trusteeship”, […]
The “three Generations Exhibition” – Khartoum December 10th, 2014 By\ Mekki Elmograbi With its three colors; blue, red and green, it doesn’t make sense it is a “human rights activity”; but in fact, it is an exhibition dedicated for human rights, and it will be on December 10th, the International Day of Human Rights. Sudan […]
The African Court works from Addis Ababa: the Ogieks against the Government of Kenya The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) held on 27th of November 2014 a public hearing on the case of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) – representing the people of Ogeik – against the Government […]
By\ Mekki Elmograbi The Sensitization Seminar in Addis Ababa: Four Questions to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights It was really a good opportunity for me to travel to Arusha while I was still staying in Addis Ababa! Actually Arusha came to Addis to conduct “the Sensitization Seminar on the African Court on […]
Redwan Hussein sheds light on the elements of Ethiopian Economic Renaissance In an inclusive interview, Mr. Redwan Hussein the Ethiopian Minister of Government Communication Affairs, answered several questions on the Ethiopian economy. Redawn explained the structure and the dynamics of the Ethiopian economy which is considered by the World Bank as one of the fastest […]
By\ Mekki Elmograbi Hello to Hilton Addis Ababa Whenever I read “Tadias Magazine”, I say “Alen”, because I feel that some is greeting me, “Tadias” In Amharic language means how are you? “Alen” is the response to “Tadias”. “Tadias Magazine”, published an enjoyable interview with the General Manager of Hilton Addis Ababa Mr. Haakon […]
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