Semhar Araia: Rebuilding Peace in Eritrea Opened My Eyes

BY WORLD REMIT – STORIES As a descendant of Eritrean immigrants, Semhar Araia was raised in a diaspora community. This inspired her to go on and support people of the diaspora and promote international development. And so today as UNICEF USA’s Managing Director for Diaspora and Multicultural Partnerships, she advocates engagement within the diaspora communities […]

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Forex Crunch: Ethiopia’s Immovable Object

The recurrent cause of Ethiopia’s forex crunch ranges from declining export performance to increasing imports; from declining net official public and private capital to stagnating individual transfers, … BY ABDULMENA MOHAMMED | ADDIS FORTUNE The Ethiopian economy has not in recent years been battered with as severe a shortage of foreign currencies as now. The situation […]

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Rehabilitation and Recovery Tax (RRT): Why the Uproar?

By Mela Ghebremedhin, The mainstream media has, of late, latched on to this queer “fascination” – obsession may be a more appropriate term – with Eritrea. I fully understand the “agitation”. Eritrea is a very fascinating and mysterious place if you have never been to the country or do not hang out with Eritreans in […]

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