Armed groups whose motives are not yet identified attacked civilians in Afar region of Ethiopia but it is established that attackers used Somali region special forces uniform and Djibouti Defense Force uniform. October 14, 2019 At least 17 were killed and 34 others wounded after heavily armed gunmen opened fire in Asaita and Dubti area Read more
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Brig. General Tefera Mamo el at on bail amid mounting protest for their release
October 14,2019 A court in Bahir Dar in Amhara regional state released on Monday Brigadier General Tefera Mamo, Colonel Alebel Amare, and Colonel Bamlaku Abay, Amhara Mass Media Agency (AMMA) reported. They were released on a bail bond of 10,000 Ethiopian Birr. And it is confirmed that they are released from jail in the afternoon. Read more
ኢትዮጵያ፡ 2011 እንዴት – 2012 ወዴት? ወቅታዊ ቃለ ምልልስ በ SBS ራድዮ
ዶ/ር አብርሃም ዓለሙና አቶ አክሊሉ ወንድአፈረው፤ የኢትዮጵያን የ2011 ሽግግር ሂደት በምልሰት በመንቀስ ከ2012 ፊት የተደቀኑ ተስፋና ስጋቶችን ያነሳሉ። አማራጭ የመፍትሔ ሃሳቦቻቸውንም ያጋራሉ። ዶ/ር አብርሃም “ሁሉን አቀፍ የዕርቅና የሽግግር ጉባኤ ማካሄድ የሚያስፈልግ ይመስለኛል” ሲሉ፤ አቶ አክሊሉ “አዲስ ሥርዓትን ለማዋለድ መንግሥት ትናንሽ ሳይሆን መሠረታዊ የሆነ ለውጥ ለማድረግ መጣር አለበት” ይላሉ።
Eritrean soccer players who defected
PALERMO, Italy (AP) — Soccer gave Mewal Tesfai Yosief hope in an authoritarian nation, a job in a country of forced military conscription and, possibly, freedom at last. After scoring two goals for Eritrea’s national under-20 soccer team during a tournament in Uganda late last month, Mewal defected with three teammates. But after applying for Read more
Philippine police chief resigns amid drug allegations
How the rule of law is working in Philippine MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine national police chief resigned on Monday after he faced allegations in a Senate hearing that he intervened as a provincial police chief in 2013 to prevent his officers from being prosecuted for allegedly selling a huge quantity of illegal Read more
Burkina Faso mosque attack kills 15 worshippers
At least 15 people have been killed and two seriously injured in an attack on a mosque in northern Burkina Faso. Gunmen entered the Grand Mosque in the village of Salmossi on Friday evening as those inside were praying. The attack prompted many locals to flee the village which is close to the Malian border. Read more
Leaders of Egypt and Ethiopia to meet on Nile dam standoff – Sisi
CAIRO, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Sunday he would meet Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Russia to discuss a dispute over a hydropower dam that the Horn of Africa country is building on the River Nile. A long-running diplomatic standoff over building and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Read more
አማራው በአንድነቱና በህብረቱ ህልውናውንና የኢትዮጵያን ሉአላዊነት ያስከብራል
የዓማራው ታሪክ የሚአስረዳው ሐቅ ቢኖር አማራ አገሩንና ወገኑን የሚወድ፤ በሀገሩ ሉአላዊነት የማይደራደር፤ ወራሪ ጠላት ሲመጣ ቀፎው እንደተነካበት ንብ ገንፍሎ በመውጣትና ከሌላው ወገኑ ጋር ደሙን በማፍሰስ አጥንቱን በመከስከስ የኢትዮጵያን ዳር ድንበር በማስከብር ለሃገሩ ቀናኢ የሆነ፤ በአገሩና በባንዲራው ድርድርን የማያውቅ ህዝብ ለመሆኑ ቀደምት ታሪኩ ይመሰክራል። ሐቁ ይህ ሆኖ እያለ በውሸት ትርክት ዓማራውን መዝለፍ፤ ማፈናቀል፤ ማሳደድ፤ መግደልና ብሎም Read more
ከአገር ውጭ ነዋሪ የኢሮብ ተወላጆች ለለኢ.አ.አ መመስረት የድጋፍ መግለጫ
የኢሮብ ህዝብ የሩቁን የጣልያን ወረራ ጊዜ አገርን ከግፈኛ የውጭ ወራሪ ለመከላከል የዓሲምባ ተራራና በረሃን ደጀኑ በማድረግ ለነፃነት የከፈለውን መስዋእትነት ለታሪክ ፀሓፊዎች ትተን የቅርቡን ካነሳን በ1966 ዓ. ም. ኢ የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ የነበረውን ባላባታዊ ስርዓት ለመለውጥ ያካኸደው ስር-ነቀል እንቅስቃሴ በወታደራዊ ደርግ መቀልበሱን ተከትሎ የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ አብዮታዊ ፓርቲ፣ ህዝባዊ ወያኔ ሓርነት ትግራይ፣ የኢትዮጵያ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ኅብረት፣ . . .ወዘተ. Read more
የወንድማማቾች መገዳደል ይቁም! – የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝባዊ አብዮታዊ ፓርቲ (ኢሕአፓ)
የወንድማማቾች መገዳደል ይቁም! ኢሕአፓ: ህወሓት ከሃያ ስምንት ዓመት በፊት አገራችን ላይ የጫነው ጎሣን መሠረት ያደረገ ሕገ መንግሥት አሁንም በጥፋት ላይ ጥፋት እያስከተለ ነው። ባለፈው ዓመት በቤንሻንጉል፣ በጋምቤላ፣ በኦሮሚያ፣ በሃዋሳ፣ በሰሜን ሸዋ፣ በሐረር እንዲሁም በሰሜን ምዕራብ ጎንደር በተፈጠረው ግጭት በርካታ የሰው ሕይወት ጠፍቷል። ግምቱ በውል ያልታወቀ ንብረትም ወድሟል። ንጹሃን ዜጎች ሃብት ንብረት አፍርተው ከኖሩበት ቀዬ ተፈናቅለዋል። Read more
Boeing 737 MAX timetable uncertain as regulators continue safety review
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and European Union regulators said on Tuesday they were still reviewing changes Boeing Co made to 737 MAX software after two fatal crashes, a development that raised questions about how quickly the grounded aircraft can return to service. The ongoing safety review means a key 737 MAX certification test Read more
Ethiopia’s peacemaking prime minister emerges as a Nobel favorite
By Maggie Fick NAIROBI (Reuters) – During a high-level meeting at Ethiopia’s foreign ministry in July, officials were shocked by social media reports that their prime minister was visiting Eritrea. No one in the room had been informed of Abiy Ahmed’s trip, his second since clinching a peace deal last year that ended two decades Read more
Ethiopia to launch first-ever satellite in December
Ethiopia – ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) — The Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde on Monday disclosed that Ethiopia’s first-ever satellite will be launched into space in December this year with support from the Chinese government. “The first Ethiopian satellite will be launched in December this year from a center in China,” said Zewde, while addressing Read more
Ethiopia says Egypt trying to maintain “colonial era” grip over Nile
Ethiopia and Egypt locked in growing spat over dam * Egypt relies on Nile for up to 90% of its fresh water * Ethiopia rejected Egypt’s conditions for filling reservoir By Aidan Lewis CAIRO, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Ethiopia has accused Egypt of trying to maintain its grip over the waters of the Nile with Read more
Ethiopia: Ethiopian police teargas protesters in Amhara: local party official
Ethiopia: ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Police teargassed hundreds of protesters outside a court in Ethiopia’s northern city of Bahir Dar on Tuesday, a local party official and an eyewitness said, reflecting public tensions over high profile violence that left dozens dead there in June. The man, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisals, told Reuters the protesters were chanting demands Read more
ጥቅምት ሁለት የአዲስ አበባ ነዋሪዎች የመብት ጥያቄዎች ሠልፍ በመደመር በመከልከል በመተኮስ አይገታም !!!
የአደባባይ ሰልፍ በሱዳን መንግስት ሲቀይር ሆንግኮንግ ከተማ ሲያንቀጠቅጥ ኢራቅ ወጣቱን ከታጠቀ ሀይል ጋር ሲፋጠጥ እያየን ነው። የአዲስአበባ ነዋሪዎች ሌላው ቢቀር በ1997 ያደረጉት መስዋዕትነት ሁላችንም እናዉቀዋለን። ታዲያ አዲስአበባ የኛ ነው እናንተ የራሳችሁን ዕድል መወሰን የማትችሉ በኛ ፈቃድ ለመኖር የተፈቀደላችሁ ተብሎ በበቀለ ገርባ ሲፎከር ዝም የሚል የከተማ ህዝብ በዐለም አይኖርም። ጣሊያን ፋሺስትን ዝም በሉ የሚዋጋ የለም ህዝቡ Read more
በጎንደር በተፈጠረው ግጭት የህውሓት እጅ አለበት – የአማራ ፖሊስ ኮሚሽን
“ህውሓት እጁ እንደሌለበት የአማራ ፖሊስ ኮሚሽን ያውቃል” – አቶ ጌታቸው ረዳ “በጎንደር በተፈጠረው ግጭት የህውሓት እጅ አለበት” – የአማራ ፖሊስ ኮሚሽን ሰሞኑን በጎንደር ከተማና አካባቢው ተከስቶ የነበረው ግጭትና አለመረጋጋት መስከኑን የገለጸው የአማራ ክልል ፖሊስ ኮሚሽን፤ ‹‹ከግጭቱ ጀርባ ህውሓት ወይም የጎረቤት ክልል ተሳትፎ እንዳለ አረጋግጫለሁ” በማለት መረጃውን በቅርቡ ለሕዝብ ይፋ እንደሚያደርግ አስታውቋል፡፡ የህወሓት ከፍተኛ አመራር አቶ Read more
ዝም አንልም! – የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝባዊ አብዮታዊ ፓርቲ (ኢሕአፓ)
ኢሕአፓ: እንዴት ዝም እንላለን? ዝም አንልም! ማለትም የለብንም! ይህንን ዝም ብሎ ማለፍ ከኃጢያትም በላይ ኃጢያት ነው። የፍቅር ዘመን እንዲሆን የአዲስ ዓመት ምኞት ከተመኘን ገና አንድ ወር ሳይሞላን፣ ሰላምና የሕግ የበላይነት እንዲመጣ ሕዝቡ ካለው ታላቅ ምኞት የተነሳ የመስቀልን በዓል የክልልና ብሄራዊ መንግሥታቱ እንድንሆን በፈለጉን መልኩ ሆነን ካከበርን ገና አንድ ሳምንት ሳይቆጠር፣ የኢሬቻ በዓል ጉድ አሰማን። Read more
አቶ አክሊሉ ወንድአፈረው ከአሃዱ ራድዮ ጋር ያደረጉት ቃለ ምልልስ
መስከረም 18 2012 (September 29, 2019) የፖለቲካ ድርጅቶችን 10, 000 አባላት መጠየቅ፤ የቁጥር ጉዳይ ሳይሆን፡ ዋናው ቁምነገር፡ ውሳኔው – የመደራጀት መብትን የሚጋፋ ነው – የዲሞክራሲን ሂደት ያሰናክላል ወይም ያደናቅፋል – ድርጅቶችን በግዳጅ መቀነስ ዲሞክራሲን ማቀጨጭ እንጅ ማዳበር አያስችልም፨ ለምሳሌ ለብዙ አመታት ዲሞክራሲ ያራመደችው ህንድ፡ ከሁለት ሺ በላይ የፖለቲካ ድርጅቶች ያላት ሲሆን፡ ድርጅቶች የሚገደዱት 200 አባላትን Read more
Self-appointed custodian in Netherlands returns priceless Ethiopian crown
on October 3, 2019 After more than two decades of keeping it hidden in his Netherlands home, Dutch-Ethiopian national Sirak Asfaw has revealed an 18th century Ethiopian crown. He came forward in an effort to have it repatriated to his home country now that it is under a progressive regime. Many people would find it unfathomable Read more
Ethiopian Student Torpout Nyarikjor Creates a Non-Invasive Malaria Detection Device
By Kylie Kiunguyu Torpout Nyarikjor, an engineering student at Dilla University in southern Ethiopia has invented a malaria detection device. The “Tor” which is the name of the device, uses lasers to ascertain infection in the blood and is 70% accurate. The World Health Organisation African Region carries a disproportionately high share of the global Read more
Ethiopian Airlines Close to Deal to Order Airbus A220 Planes
Ethiopian Airlines Close to Deal to Order Airbus A220 Planes Bloomberg John Bowker,Bloomberg 5 hours ago Reactions Reblog on Tumblr Share Tweet Email (Bloomberg) — Ethiopian Airlines Group is close to agreeing a deal with Airbus SE for as many as 20 narrow-body A220 planes worth more than $1.6 billion, reviving an earlier plan after Read more
Edris of Ethiopia Repeats as World Champ in the 5,000 meters
Just as he did two years ago, Ethiopian Muktar Edris sprinted to win a dramatic 5,000-meter final. Edris overtook compatriot Selemon Barega in the final 70 meters to finish in 12:58.85, while Barega took second in 12:59.70. Moh Ahmed of Canada, who led at the bell, held on for the bronze medal in 13:01.11. Jakob Read more
Ethiopia: Africa Risk-Reward Index 2019: Reforms and Resistance
In the fourth Africa Risk-Reward Index, Control Risks and Oxford Economics analyse the impact of ambitious reform agendas in Angola, Ethiopia and South Africa. We also focus on relationships and rivalries in the East African Community, and the impact of geopolitical competition in a post-Bashir Sudan. The Africa Risk-Reward Index plots each country’s performance relative Read more
Ethiopia dam official blames construction delays on conglomerate METEC
ASOSA, Ethiopia, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Construction of a $4-billion dam at the heart of Ethiopia’s bid to become Africa’s biggest power exporter has been delayed five years as engineers had to replace shoddy work by a conglomerate pulled off the job last year, a project official said. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, announced in Read more
Ashete Bekere – 2019 Berlin Marathon was won by Ashete Bekere in 2:20:14.
Bekere, 31, took a minute off her PR to win, in her first attempt at a World Marathon Majors race, though she has a strong sequence of wins or podium places going back to 2011 in races like Rome, Rotterdam, Toronto Waterfront, and Valencia. The victory secured her 40,000 Euros (about $43,000). “I was Read more
Kenenisa Bekele Misses World Record By 2 Seconds at the Berlin Marathon
Kenenisa Bekele narrowly missed Eliud Kipchoge’s epic world record by a two frail seconds in Berlin on Sunday, winning an astounding and almost miraculous Berlin Marathon in 2:01:41. Ahead of the imaginary Kipchoge for much of the race, Bekele recovered from a bad patch at 31K to destroy the challenge of a new Ethiopian generation Read more
UPDATE 2-Boeing assumptions on 737 MAX emergency response faulted -NTSB
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) – Boeing Co failed to adequately consider how pilots respond to cockpit emergencies in its 737 MAX safety assessment and may need to make changes to flight deck alerts, pilot procedures and training, the National Transportation Safety Board said. Muilenburg agreed to testify before the U.S. House Transportation Read more
Rwandan opposition leader’s ‘throat cut’ as Kagame critics are silenced
A senior opposition official has been murdered in Rwanda, the latest in a series of killings and disappearances involving critics of Paul Kagame, the country’s president. Syridio Dusabumuremyi, who served as national co-ordinator for Rwanda’s most vocal opposition alliance, the United Democratic Forces, was found dead in his shop on Monday evening. Colleagues said he Read more
Somali president signs anti-corruption law
Mogadishu (AFP) – Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Saturday signed an anti-graft bill into law, a long-awaited piece of legislation in one of the world’s most corrupt nations. The president, better known by his nickname Farmajo, came into office in 2017 vowing to combat the scourge which permeates evert aspect of life. The new Read more
Ethiopia: Egypt’s Nile dam proposal is against ‘sovereignty’
Associated Press•September 20, 2019 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s foreign ministry in a sharply worded statement Friday dismissed Egypt’s latest proposal on a massive Nile River dam project as “against the sovereignty of Ethiopia.” The statement came shortly after Egypt said a new round of talks over the filling and operation of the soon-to-be-finished Read more
Could this be the reason why Ethiopian app riding service stopped operating in Addis Ababa?
Mounir Nakhla, founder and CEO of Halan, is seen during an interview with Reuters in Cairo Egyptian tuk-tuk start-up Halan to expand to Ethiopia By Yousef Saba CAIRO (Reuters) – Halan, an Egyptian technology start-up that uses two- and three-wheeled vehicles to transport passengers and goods, will begin operating in Ethiopia before the end of Read more
Kelemua Mulat, Asylum seeker denied cancer treatment
Kelemua Mulat had advanced breast cancer but was refused NHS care for six weeks An Ethiopian woman who was denied potentially life-saving cancer treatment for six weeks amid confusion about whether she should be charged by the NHS has died aged 39. Kelemua Mulat, who had advanced breast cancer, was refused chemotherapy last year after Home Office and NHS Read more
Kaffa demands statehood, PM Abiy says “it will not solve the problem”
Demand for statehood in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region (SNNPR) has caused a serious security problem in Ethiopia, at least in the case of Sidama. Abiy Ahmed’s administration has nodded for Sidama statehood demand and preparation is underway to organize referendum. Ten other administrative zones in the regional state have demanded same autonomous state Read more
World Zimbabwean doctors protest against abduction of union leader
Zimbabwean doctors protest against abduction of union leader Associated Press FARAI MUTSAKA,Associated Press Sun, Sep 15 1:27 PM EDT Reactions Reblog on Tumblr Share Tweet Email A group of Zimbabwean doctors sing as they protest at Parirenyatwa hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association, which represents hundreds of junior Read more
World Ethiopia’s Abiy tries to temper new push for breakaway region
World Ethiopia’s Abiy tries to temper new push for breakaway region AFP Robbie COREY-BOULET,AFP Sun, Sep 15 2:32 PM EDT Reactions Reblog on Tumblr Share Tweet Email Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pleaded for patience during a visit Sunday to leaders of the latest ethnic group pushing to form a breakaway region (AFP Photo/MICHAEL TEWELDE) Read more