See English Translation at the end Après plus de dix ans de travaux et de pourparlers avec l’Egypte et le Soudan, l’Ethiopie a officiellement lancé ce dimanche 20 février 2022 la première production d’électricité de son grand barrage de la Renaissance sur le Nil Bleu. Le Premier ministre éthiopien Abiy…

by Kitaw Yayehyirad KITAW (Yayeh KITAW) PhD Fellow in Governance and Policy Analysis Introduction: The debate around the Internet and Democratization Since the late nineties, scholars, policymakers, media professionals have strived to untangle the puzzle of the relationship between the use of the Internet and democratization. Relying on statistical as…

Was the visit in 1965 by Hailé Sélassié of the Grande Dixence dam in Switzerland decisive in the development of a similar project on the Blue Nile? Was the emperor hoping to get insights from the neutral alpin country when all others were unwilling to help? …

Par Kitaw Yayehyirad KITAW Alors que le monde a les yeux rivés sur la pandémie Covid-19, ce juillet 2020 annonce le début de la fin d’une injustice séculaire sur l’utilisation des eaux du Nil. Ce fleuve légendaire, souvent cité comme nourricier des grandes civilisations du delta, a manqué de récits mentionnant l’Éthiopie, pourtant source…

Ethiopia does not celebrate an Independence Day but the Adwa Victory Day. 125 years ago, the 1st of March 1896 saw the Victory of Emperor Menelik II of #Ethiopia over the colonizing Italian army. Ethiopians from all regions in #UnityForEthiopia joined forces to safeguard their sovereignty and resist colonization. Empress…

by Yayeh KITAW (Kitaw Yayehyirad KITAW) Photos from publicly shared sources on Twitter and LinkedIn Last year, in February 2019, ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao and ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau Director Doreen Bogdan-Martin met in Addis Abeba with H.E. …