Word: ethiopia
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...private enterprise. Ours is a national democratic revolution and not a socialist revolution at this stage. To transform Ethiopia from a feudal to a modern state we need the participation of all sectors. The role of private capital is quite prominent: private farming accounts for 95% of agricultural production. We have laws and special provisions for private investment. We do not reject foreign investment. It is unthinkable for a country to have substantial economic development in isolation. We have a joint-venture law for the introduction of foreign capital, technology and skills. A number of American and European firms have...
...constitution. We are now on the threshold of the formation of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The constitution was drafted by representatives of the people themselves. It has been submitted to all Ethiopian citizens, including those living abroad, and it will be promulgated after it is put to a referendum. Such democratic participation is unparalleled in the history of Ethiopia. Once the constitution assumes its final shape, Ethiopia will never again be ruled by the personal absolutism of any one individual or a handful of individuals. There will be no more discrimination according to sex, religion or ethnic...
...elections are being closely monitored in Washington and throughout the Arab world. Sudan strategically abuts several Arab and African countries, including Egypt, Libya, Chad and Marxist-ruled Ethiopia. It also lies just across the Red Sea from Saudi Arabia. The U.S. has considered the country an ideal staging area for its forces in the event of a military threat to the gulf region. Even when Arab nations shunned the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat for entering peace negotiations with Israel, Nimeiri was staunchly pro- Western and firmly allied with Egypt. The U.S. has attempted to ensure Khartoum's loyalty...
...world, charges that the Ethiopian government's efforts to resettle 575,000 famine-stricken peasants from the country's northern highlands may have left as many as 100,000 refugees dead. Says Author Claude Malhuret: "There can be no doubt that today resettlement is the biggest killer in Ethiopia, not famine...
Dismayingly little was yet known about what was happening in the war itself. The beleaguered President, Ali Nasser Muhammad, 46, apparently made a quick trip to nearby Ethiopia, possibly to secure arms and ammunition, then returned to South Yemen, where he was reported to be assembling a force of 40,000 soldiers and volunteers in the Abyan region, his stronghold to the east of the capital. Rebel radio broadcasts rarely referred to Abdul Fattah Ismail, the former President who was thought to be leading the rebellion, thereby fueling speculation that he had been killed when fighting began two weeks...