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በግዳጅ ማፈናቀል ለ “አዲስ ድህነት”

የሸራተን አካባቢ እና ሌሎች በልማት ስም ተፈናቃይ ኢትዮጵያውያን እንደ ሜክሲኮ ገበሬዎች የመደራደር አቅም የላቸውም። እንኳን በእገታ እና በነውጥ መንግሥትን ሊያስገድዱ ቀርቶ መብታቸውን እንኳ ለመጠየቅ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ ማድረግ ለእስር የመዳረግ ዕጣን አከናንቧቸዋል። የመግሥትን የልብ ትርታ ያዳመጠ በሚመስል መንገድ “ልማታዊ ነን” ብለው ቢማጸኑም መንግሥት እውቅና ያልሰጠው ልማታዊ ሰው/ቡድን/ሕዝብ “ፀረ ልማት” ነው ተብሎ በሚፈረጅበት አገር ስላሉ “ጸረ ልማት” እና “አመጽ ቀስቃሽ” ናችኹ በሚል ክስ ለእስር ተዳርገዋል። ሌሎቹም ጥያቄያቸውን ደግመው እንዳያነሱ ጎረቤቶቻቸውን መቀጣጫ ስላደረጉባቸው ታፍነዋል። 5ሺሕ የሚኾኑት አባወራዎች “የአዲሱ ድህነት” መሞከሪያዎች ኾነዋል።

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In the Name of Development

Under any displacement scheme, with or without compensation, forcibly evicted residents generally fall to a lower level of the social stratum. In most cases, the new change does not emancipate these people from their original poverty level; it rather widens the poverty gap. According to Professor Theodore Downing, who has contributed many research works on this issue, failure to mitigate or avoid risks related to displacement may generate “new poverty”, where poor people become even poorer in comparison with their former standards of living.

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Of price and menus: sleeping with bogus Prices

The latest currency devaluation reveals one of the many strategies by which traders inflate the market to set a new false price. As sources from Addis Ababa disclosed to Addis Neger Online, major wholesalers were able to convince retailers to adjust new prices almost immediately upon verifying that the devaluation of the Birr was true.

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Ethiopia: Trumpeting the Bizarre

No a place is found for any “discourse” on the Ethiopian economy like the house of the people representatives. The Ethiopian parliament, of course, is the place where parody and fictitious economy talks overshadow the real economic changes in the system. The real economic features like higher inflation, high unemployment rates, retarded development trend and [...]

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Ethiopia: Trumpeting the Bizarre

No a place is found for any “discourse” on the Ethiopian economy like the house of the people representatives. The Ethiopian parliament, of course, is the place where parody and fictitious economy talks overshadow the real economic changes in the system. The real economic features like higher inflation, high unemployment rates, retarded development trend and [...]

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