Photographing the Sweet Crazies of Addis Ababa-Ethiopia

According to the World Health Organization, 15 percent of Ethiopian adults (12 million people) suffer from mental illness. Yet there is only one psychiatric clinic in the whole country. By Jan Hoek, The first metally ill person I saw in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, was having an animated chat with the sky in the middle […]

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IMF Severely Slams Zenawi’s Five Year GTP

By The Reporter, The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has severely criticized the five-year Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP), which was announced in October, 2010, for its ‘lack of feasible financial and implementation planning and adequate prioritization of targets in the plan.’ Following the staff visit to Ethiopia, it was to be remembered that the Fund […]

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