Ethiopia: The illicit financials outflow in perspective
The United States-based non-profit research body, Global Financial Integrity(GFI), released a report, titled ‘Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries Over the Decade Ending 2009‘. The report claims that Ethiopia lost US$ 7.9 Billion (conservative estimate) to 11.7 Billion (high-end estimate) to illicit financial outflows between 2000 and 2009. However, six months ago GFI indicated that … Read more
David Shinn: Ethiopians ain’t Raged enough to Revolt
Former US Ambassador to Ethiopia David H. Shinn claimed the revolts in Northern African and Middle East, dubbed ‘Arab Spring’, are unlikely to spread into the Horn of Africa. David Shinn made the remark in his article titled, ‘Revolutionary winds from North to South of the Sahara: Wishful thinking?‘, published on EastAfricanForum.net last Monday – … Read more
Frm. US Amb.: accusing Ethiopia of genocide ‘is unmitigated nonsense’
In an interview hosted by Kojo Nnamdi Show, last Tuesday, Former US Ambassador to Ethiopia David Shinn praised the Ethiopian army for its record as a peacekeeping force. Shinn said: Ethiopia has a tradition of sending peacekeepers around the region when called upon and they’re very good peacekeepers. They have a lot of experience, more … Read more
