Addis Ababa (AFP) – Ethiopia’s electoral board on Wednesday proposed holding landmark national polls in August, at the height of the rainy season, a schedule that immediately drew criticism from at least two political parties. The elections are a critical step in the political transition being managed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who was appointed Read more
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Friction with Cairo over the Israel air defense system for Ethiopia’s Great Nile dam
Israeli firms have finished installing the advanced Spyder-MR air defense system for the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam upstream of the Nile – in the face of discord with Egypt. Cairo has strongly resisted the construction of Ethiopia’s mega-dam as a threat to its water security. It is estimated that the new dam when filled will Read more
Facts behind Egypt’s water crisis – and why it wants Ethiopian Nile water
As Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia gather in Washington to discuss the Grand Renaissance Dam Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, it’s important to bear some points in mind. 1. Despite relying almost entirely on the Nile, Egypt has allowed its population to increase exponentially. The Egyptian population grew seven fold in the twentieth century, Read more
Egypt-Ethiopia row: The trouble over a giant Nile dam
The latest talks to resolve the dispute between Ethiopia and Egypt over the future of a giant hydropower project on the Nile River are due to resume in Washington later. Last year a deadline of 15 January was set to solve the long-standing impasse but the latest round of talks, last week, ended in deadlock. Read more
River of the Dammed
River of the Dammed: Ethiopian builders work on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near the Sudanese-Ethiopian border on March 31, 2015. ZACHARIAS ABUBEKER/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Ethiopia’s continued efforts to dam the Nile could end in war with Egypt. Here’s how to stop that from happening. In October, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Read more
Ethiopia asks South Africa to mediate Nile dam dispute
Pretoria, South Africa | AFP | Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday asked South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in a long-running dispute with Egypt over a massive dam being built on the Blue Nile River. Ethiopia’s ties to Egypt have soured since the east African country launched the construction of the Grand Read more
Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan deadlocked over giant Nile dam, look to Washington talks
Water flows through Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam as it undergoes construction work on the river Nile in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia on September 26, 2019. PHOTO | REUTERS Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan remained deadlocked after two days of talks in their disputes over a giant hydropower dam on the Nile though Cairo said Read more
Egypt finds itself downstream without a paddle
GERD from space. The essentials: Egypt and Ethiopia failed again to find a compromise on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a massive construction project on Ethiopia’s Blue Nile, which is due to be finished in the coming years. Filling the reservoir and using part of the water for irrigation in Ethiopia would severely reduce Read more
እውን ምርጫ ቦርድ ነጻና ገለልተኛ ነው ? – ይናገር የነበረ(ከምድረ ኢትዮጵያ)
የምርጫ ቦርድ አባላት ምልመላ ስውር ድራማ ! እውን ምርጫ ቦርድ ነጻና ገለልተኛ ነው ? – ይናገር የነበረ(ከምድረ ኢትዮጵያ) ይናገር የነበረ(ከምድረ ኢትዮጵያ). ይህ መጣጥፍ ዋና የምርምር ትኩረት በግንቦት ወር 2011 አም ማክተሚያ ላይ በጠቅላይ ሚኒስቴር አቢይ አህመድ በኩል በኢህአዴግ ፓርላማ ፊት ቀርበው ከፍተኛ የሚባል ሀገራዊ ሃላፊነት የተጣለበትን የብሄራዊ ምርጫ ቦርድ እንዲመሩ የተመረጡት ወገኖችን እንዲሁም እነዚህን አዳዲስ Read more
‹‹ግብፅ የህዳሴ ግድቡ ለኢትዮጵያ አያስፈልጋትም የሚል ፍላጎት እንዳላት ነው ለእኛ የሚገባን›› ስለሺ በቀለ (ዶ/ር)፣
የውኃ፣ መስኖና ኢነርጂ ሚኒስትሩ ስለሺ በቀለ (ዶ/ር) ከግብፅና ከሱዳን ልዑካን መሪዎች ጋር ዮሐንስ አንበርብር ግብፅ ኢትዮጵያና፣ ሱዳን የታላቁ የህዳሴ ግድብን የውኃ ሙሌትና አለቃቀቅ በተመለከተ ሲያካሂዱት የቆየው የቴክኒክ ድርድር ያለ ስምምነት መጠናቀቁ የሚሰጠው ትርጉም፣ ግብፅ ግድቡ ለኢትዮጵያ አያስፈልጋትም የሚል ካልሆነም ግድቡ በተገቢ ዓመታት ውስጥ በውኃ እንዳይሞላ ፍላጎት እንዳላት ነው ሲሉ የውኃ፣ መስኖና ኢነርጂ ሚኒስትሩ ስለሺ በቀለ Read more
Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed asks South Africa leader to help in dam dispute
South Africa Ethiopia South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, right, with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed looks on during the singing of the national anthems by a guard of honor prior to their talks at the Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Read more
Ethiopian Group CEO Tewolde GebreMariam Named, ‘Airline Executive of the Year’ by CAPA
Addis Ababa, 07 December 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam has been recognized as ‘Airline Executive of the Year’ at the annual Global Aviation Awards for Excellence organized by Centre for Aviation (CAPA) in Malta on 5th December 2019. Mr.Tewolde GebreMariam won the title for his commendable individual influence on the aviation industry, Read more
በኢትዮጵያ በደንቢ ዶሎና ጋምቤላ መሃል የታገቱት የደንቢ ዶሎ ዩንቨርስቲ ተማሪዎች
ጉዳያችን /Gudayachn ጥር 2/2012 ዓም (ጃንዋሪ 11/2020 ዓም) በኢትዮጵያ በደንቢ ዶሎና ጋምቤላ መሃል የታገቱት 13 ሴት እና 4 ወንድ የደንቢ ዶሎ ዩንቨርስቲ ተማሪዎች ጉዳይ ብሔራዊ እና ዓለም አቀፋዊ ትኩረት ተነፍጎታል በምዕራብ ወለጋ፣ መንግስት ሸማቂዎች ጋር ግልጥ ጦርነት ላይ ነው። መንግስት በእዚሁ አካባቢ በሚያደርገው ሽፍቶችን የማጥራት ሥራ ተጠናክሮ ቀጥሏል።በቅርቡ ሁሉም ነገር ወደነበረበት ሰላማዊ ሁኔታ ይመለሳል። ለእዚህም Read more
U.S. regulator seeks to fine Boeing $5.4 million for defective parts on 737 MAX planes
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Friday it was seeking to fine Boeing Co <BA.N> $5.4 million (£4.14 million), alleging it failed to prevent the installation of defective parts on 737 MAX airplanes. The FAA alleged Boeing “failed to adequately oversee its suppliers to ensure they complied with Read more
Trump says he deserves Nobel Peace Prize not Abiy Ahmed
US President Donald Trump seems to think that he was overlooked for last year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Why, what did he say? “I’m going to tell you about the Nobel Peace Prize, I’ll tell you about that. I made a deal, I saved a country, and I just heard that the head of that country Read more
Power-starved Ethiopia rallies around Nile dam as Egypt dispute simmers
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will become the largest hydropower plant in Africa The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will become the largest hydropower plant in Africa (AFP Photo/EDUARDO SOTERAS) Metekel (Ethiopia) (AFP) – Cell phone batteries constantly dying, health centres bereft of modern equipment, a dependence on flashlights after sundown — Kafule Yigzaw experienced all Read more
ጀነራል ጃገማ ኬሎን
ጀነራል ጃገማ ኬሎን ታዉቋቸው እንደሆነ አላውቅም፤ ግን ጄነራሉ ገና በዐሥራ አምስት ዕድሜያቸው አካባቢ፣ ኢጣልያን ሀገራችንን ከወረረ በኋላ፣ ሽማግሌና ሕፃን ሳይለይ ሲገድል፣ ያገሩን ሀብት ሲዘርፍ፣ ሚስት ሲደፍር፣ ያልተከለውን ዛፍ ለገበያው ሲቈርጥ፣ ያላሳደገውን ፈረስ ቀምቶ ሲጋልብ፣ ያላቀናዉን መሬት ከሕዝብ ዘርፎ ከባሕርማዶ ላመጣው ወገኑ ሲሰጥ፣ ቤቶችንና ቅዱሳት ስፍራዎችን ሲያቃጥልና ሲያረኵስ አይተው፣ ወንድሞቻቸውንና እኅቶቻቸውን አስከትለው፣ ሊዋጉ ጫካ የገቡና፣ ኋላም Read more
“ሰላም ያስከተለው የብድር ድርሻ” ጥቅሙና ጉዳቱ ምንድን ነው? – አክሎግ ቢራራ (ዶር)
አክሎግ ቢራራ (ዶር) Dr. Aklog Birara እትዮጵያና የእርዳታ ታሪኳ ኢትዮጵያ የጣልያንን ፋሽስት ኃይል እንደገና አሸንፋ ነጻነቷን ከተጎናጸፈች በኋላ በሁለተኛው የዓለም ጦርነት አጋር የነበረችው ዩናይትድ ኪንግደም ለኢትዮጵያ እርዳታ መስጠት ጀመረች። እንግሊዝ እርዳታዋን በ 1952 አቋረጠች፤ አሜሪካ ተካቻት። ከ 1950-1970 ባለው ጊዜ መካከል ኢትዮጵያ ከአሜሪካ፤ ከዓለም ባንክና ከሌሎች ለጋሶች ያገኘችው የእርዳታ መጠን $600 ሚሊየን ይገመታል። አንድ ሶስተኛ Read more
Ugandan police detained the singer and political activist known as Bobi Wine
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan police on Monday detained the singer and political activist known as Bobi Wine, who was prevented from holding his first public meeting with supporters as a presidential aspirant. Police fired tear gas as they dispersed a crowd of supporters outside the capital, Kampala. Gunfire was heard but it was not Read more
Chekole Menberu, Ethiopian engineering graduate who cleans shoes for a living.
Chekole Menberu, now 27, had high hopes when he graduated with a degree in chemical engineering two years ago in Ethiopia. It was a moment to savour, considering the years of toil and the difficulties he had gone through to reach this moment. For years, he had cleaned shoes on the streets in order to pay Read more
እኔን ብትመርጡኝ ፣ ለሚመጣው ምርጫ ለጠጪዎች ውስኪ ፣ ለቃሚዎች በርጫ
የምረጡኝ ቅስቀሳ (በላይ በቀለ ወያ) ፈገግ ብላችሁ እደሩ😂 . . እኔን ብትመርጡኝ ፣ ለሚመጣው ምርጫ ለጠጪዎች ውስኪ ፣ ለቃሚዎች በርጫ ለእግርኳስ ክለቦች ፣ ለእያንዳንዱ ዋንጫ ለፈረሶች ፍጥነት ፣ ለአህዮች እርግጫ በነፃ አድላለሁ። ።።። በሚመጣው ምርጫ ፣ እኔን ብትመርጡኝ ድምፃዊ ሳትሆኑ ፣ ድምፅ ብትሰጡኝ አንድ ዜማ ሰሪ ፣ አንድ ጊልዶ ካሳ😂 አንዲት ውብ ኮረዳ ፣ Read more
የትግራይ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ ‘ለትግራይ ሕዝብ ያለኝን አማራጭ ሃሳብ እንዳላቀርብ ተቸገርኩ’ አለ
, የትግራይ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲአ ማራጭ ሀሳቦችን እንዳያይ ሕገ-መንግሥታዊ መብቱ ታፍኖና ነፃነቱ ተገድቦ የሚገኘውን የትግራይ ሕዝብ’ በአማራጭነት ለማገልገል የማካሄደው ሕጋዊ ትግል ተገድቦብኛል ሲል የትግራይ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ አስታወቀ። በአሁኑ ወቅት የትግራይ ሕዝብ ከመቸውም ጊዜ የተለየ ጭቆናና አፈና ውስጥ ነው በማለትም ፓርቲው አመልክቷል። የኢትዮጵያ ዜና አገልግሎት (ኢዜአ) የተለያዩ የፖለቲካ ፓርቲ አመራሮችንና ምሁራንን በወቅታዊና ሀገራዊ ጉዳዮች ላይ አወያይቷል። በውይይቱ Read more
በመላው አለም ከሚኖሩ የአርማጭሆ ተወላጆች የተሰጠ መግለጫ
1/3/2020 በመላው አለም ከሚኖሩ የአርማጭሆ ተወላጆች የተሰጠ መግለጫ: ሰሞኑን በምዕራብ ጎንደር፣ በአርማጭሆና ጠገዴ መካከል በታጠቁ ሽፍቶች የታገቱ ስድስት ህጻናት መጨፍጨፋቸውን ስንሰማ እግጅ ከባድ ሀዘን ተሰምቶናል፣ አስደንግጦናል፣ አበሳጭቶናል። ይህ በታዳጊ ህጻናት ላይ የተፈጸመ ጥቃት የቤተሰቦቻቸው ብቻ ሳይሆን፣ ወላጆች የሆንን፣ ከዛም አልፎ ሰዎች የሆንን ሁሉ ጥቃት ነው። ይህ ጥቃት የጎንደር ብቻ ሳይሆን በአጠቃላይ በአማራው ህዝብ ላይ ያነጣጠረ Read more
ዴሞክራሲያዊ ምርጫ ወይንስ ሁንም ፍጅት እና ኮሮጆ ግልበጣ? – መንግስቱ ሙሴ/ዳላስ
በመንግስቱ ሙሴ – ከዳላስ የማይረሳው የ 100% አሸናፊነት እና መጭው ምርጫ በኢሕአዴግ ሸናፊነት ይጠናቀቃል ለ28 አመታት በስልጣን ላይ የቆየው ኢሕአዴግ በስውር ስብሰባው የወሰነውን ባናውቅም እራሱን ለሁለት ከፍሎ ለምርጫ እየሄደ መሆኑን ግን እያየን ነው። ከዚህ ቀደም የኢሕአዴግ/ህወሓት ተቃዋሚ ነን የሚሉ ትቂት ስብስቦችም ሌላ ቀርቶ በወጉ ሀገራዊ እርቅ እና በግልጽ ተነጋግሮ ሂሳብ ባልተወራረደባት ኢትዮጵያ ከሁለቱ የኢሕአዴግ ጎራ Read more
በእምነት ተቋማት ላይ የሚፈጸሙ ጥቃቶች በአስቸኳይ ይቁሙ! – ኢሰመጉ
ታኅሣሥ 14/2012ዓ.ም በኢሰመጉ የተሠጠ መግለጫ ኢሰመጉ – የኢፌዲሪ ሕገ መንግሥት አንቀጽ 27 (1) ማንኛውም ሰው የማሰብ፣ የኅሊና እና የሃይማኖት ነጻነት እንዳለው ይደነግጋል፡፡ ይህ መብት ማንኛውም ሰው የመረጠውን ሃይማኖት ወይም እምነት የመያዝ ወይም የመቀበል፣ ሃይማኖቱንና እምነቱን ለብቻ ወይም ከሌሎች ጋር በመሆን በይፋ ወይም በግል የማምለክ፣ የመከተል፣ የመተግበር፣ የማስተማር ወይም የመግለጽ መብትን እንደሚያካትት ይገልጻል፡፡ የሃይማኖት ተከታዮች ሃይማኖታቸውን Read more
Ethiopia charges 50 for profiteering from Blue Nile dam
Ethiopia charges 50 for profiteering from Blue Nile dam Addis Ababa (AFP) – The former head of Ethiopia’s public electric company, Azeb Asnake, and 49 others were charged with corruption linked to a dam on the Blue Nile river, the state-owned ENA press agency said Friday. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), set to be Read more
POLICE brutality – in Zimbabwe journalists suffer as regime tightens grip
Harare (AFP) – Fanuel Mapfumo has been unable to lift heavy objects since a Zimbabwe police officer fractured his left arm as he was covering a story last August. The 28-year-old journalist was filming a banned protest in the capital Harare when it happened. Opposition supporters were voicing their discontent with the country’s ailing economy when Read more
Eritrean players fail to return home once again
Seven players from the Eritrean football team have gone missing after playing in the East African regional championship in Uganda. The rest of the squad have returned home following the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup, where they finished runners-up. It’s the second time this year footballers from Eritrea have disappeared while on international duty after five Read more
የሊቅ ዐቢይ የሰላም ኖቤል ሽልማቱ ሲፈተሽ – ከኀይሌ ላሬቦ
ከኀይሌ ላሬቦ – ሊቅ ዐቢይ የሰላም ኖቤል ሽልማት በመቀበሉ የብዙዎቻችን ደስታ የሰማይ ጣራ እስከመንካት ደርሷል። አገሪቷ ያሳለፈችውንና እየተፋጠጠች ያለውን ስፍር ቊጥር የሌለውን ለሚሰማ ሁሉ ዘግናኝና አሰቃቂ ግፍና ሥቃይ ወደመርሳት ያለች ይመስላል። ሆሆታውንና እልልታውን እንደከንቱ ውዳሴ የሚያዩትም አልጠፉም። እንደነዚህ ዐይነቶቹ ሀገራዊ ክብርና ኩራት፣የሌላቸው ተብለው እየተወቀሱ ናቸው። የተሸለመችው፣ኢትዮጵያ፣ነች። ይኸንን የማይረዳ ጤንነቱ መመርመር አለበት እስከማለትም ተደርሷል። ይቅርታ ይደረግልኝና Read more
Five people suspected of burning down four mosques in Ethiopia’s Amhara region were arrested on Saturday
By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Five people suspected of burning down four mosques in Ethiopia’s Amhara region were arrested on Saturday, a regional spokesman said, as rising inter-communal and ethnic violence threatens political reforms initiated by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. “Five people who are suspected of leading and organizing the attacks have now Read more
የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝባዊ አብዮታዊ ፓርቲ (ኢሕአፓ )በሀገሩ ውስጥ ህጋዊ ሰውነት ለማግኘት የሚያስችለውን ጉባኤውን በአዲስ አበባ እጅግ ስኬታማ በሆነ መንገድ ከአጠናቀቀ በሗላ የእውቅ ሙሁራኖችና አንጋፋ ፖለቲከⶉቻችን አስተያየት ምን ይመስላል?
የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝባዊ አብዮታዊ ፓርቲ (ኢሕአፓ) ኢሕአፓ የአላማ ጽናት ተምሰሌት ቅዳሜ ታህሳስ 4, 2012 (hዲስምበር 14, 2019) በሀገራችን ታሪክ የመጀመሪያው የሆነው የፖሊቲካ ፓርቲ የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝባዊ አብዮታዊ ፓርቲ (ኢሕአፓ )በሀገሩ ውስጥ ህጋዊ ሰውነት ለማግኘት የሚያስችለውን ጉባኤውን በአዲስ አበባ እጅግ ስኬታማ በሆነ መንገድ ከአጠናቀቀ በሗላ የእውቅ ሙሁራኖችና ፖለቲከⶉቻችን አስተያየት ምን ይመስላል? ከፈተ
In Burkina Faso, ‘poor man’s bomb’ reaps a bloody toll
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Pakistan sentences ex-leader Musharraf to death
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Thousands of Gambians demand President Barrow step down
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Ethiopia’s surveillance network crumbles, meaning less fear and less control
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ጠ/ሚ ዶ/ር ዐቢይ አህመድ የደረሱ ሰብሎችን የሚሰበስቡ አርሶ አደሮችን አበረታቱ
ጠ/ሚ ዶ/ር ዐቢይ አህመድ የደረሱ ሰብሎችን የሚሰበስቡ አርሶ አደሮችን አበረታቱ December 14, 2019 | Filed under: የዕለቱ ዜናዎች | Posted by: ዘ-ሐበሻ አዲስ አበባ ፣ ታህሳስ 4 ፣ 2012 (ኤፍ ቢ ሲ) ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዶክተር ዐቢይ አህመድ በዛሬው ዕለት በአርሶ አደሮች ማሳ በመገኘት የደረሱ ሰብሎችን ሰብስበዋል። በዚህም አርሶ አደሮች የደረሱ ሰብሎችን በወቅቱ በመሰብሰብ የሚያጋጥመውን የእህል Read more