Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay became the second woman to break the 5000m world record this year and nearly became the first woman to break 14 minutes in the event. Tsegay, a world champion at 5000m (2022) and 10,000m (2023), clocked 14 minutes, 00.21 seconds at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Oregon. She took nearly five seconds Read more
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Ethiopian troops accused of mass killings of civilians in Amhara region
Exclusive: Witnesses say federal forces have been looting villages and shooting farmers in their hunt for defiant Fano militiamen Ethiopian soldiers killed more than 70 civilians and looted properties in a town in Amhara, multiple witnesses have claimed. The killings took place in Majete, a rural town in north-eastern Ethiopia, after two weeks of heavy Read more
Egypt-Ethiopia Talks on Giant Nile Dam End Without Breakthrough
By Abdel Latif Wahba Mon, August 28, 2023 (Bloomberg) — Egypt said the latest talks on Ethiopia’s giant Nile dam ended without a breakthrough, but vowed to press ahead with efforts to reach a binding agreement for filling and operating that it deems essential to safeguarding vital water flows. Two days of discussions between Egyptian, Read more
Mother is arrested in Bangladesh after son in the U.S. criticizes government online
When I read this article, I felt as if all dictators get their guide from the same book. Please read and put your opinion Brahmjot Kaur Fri, August 25, 2023 at 7:00 PM EDT·4 min read 356 Courtesy Tanzilur Rahman A Ph.D. student at Michigan State University said his mother was arrested in Bangladesh after Read more
Shankule weathers hot conditions to lead 1-2 finish by Ethiopia in the women’s marathon at worlds
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Amane Beriso Shankule led a 1-2 finish by Ethiopia in the women’s marathon on a warm Saturday morning at the world championships. Shankule powered through the city streets of Budapest to finish in a time of 2 hours, 24 minutes, 23 seconds to edge defending champion and teammate Gotytom Gebreslase. Fatima Read more
የቀድሞው የአማራ ክልል ፕሬዝዳንት አቶ ገዱ አንዳርጋቸው በምክር ቤቱ ስብሰባ ላይ ምን አሉ?
የምስሉ መግለጫ,አቶ ገዱ አንዳርጋቸው በምክር ቤቱ ስብሰባ ላይ የፎቶው ባለመብት,SCREEN GRAB 15 ነሐሴ 2023 በአማራ ክልል በአሁኑ ወቅት ለተከሰተው ችግር መሠረታዊው ምክንያት የገዢው የብልጽግና መንግሥት የፖለቲካዊ አመራር ውድቀት ነው ሲሉ የቀድሞው የክልሉ ርዕሰ መስተዳደር እና የፌደራል ከፍተኛ ባለሥልጣን የነበሩት አቶ ገዱ አንዳርጋቸው ተናገሩ። በአማራ ክልል የተከሰተውን አለመረጋጋት ተከትሎ በሚኒስትሮች ምክር ቤት የታወጀውን የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ Read more
Why Ethiopia’s Amhara militiamen are battling the army
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has found himself at the centre of a new conflict – this time in the vitally important Amhara region that marshalled its troops to help him thwart an attempt by rival Tigrayan forces to topple him. The conflict is the latest sign that Mr Abiy is battling to live up Read more
እስኪ ተጠየቁ! – መስከረም አበራ፣ ከቃሊቲ ማጎሪያ ቤት
እስኪ ተጠየቁ! – መስከረም አበራ፣ ከቃሊቲ ማጎሪያ ቤት በአለም ላይ ያሉ መልካም ነገሮች ሁሉ የትግል ውጤቶች ናቸው፦ እኩልነት፣ ነጻነት፣ ሰብዓዊ ክብር፣ ከቅኝ-ግዛት ሰንሰለት መፈታት፣ ከዘር መድሎ መዋጀት፣ በወደዱት/በፈቀዱት መተዳደር ሁሉ የትግል ትሩፋቶች ናቸው። የአማራ ህዝብ ዛሬ እያደረገ ያለው የትግል ትሩፋት የሆኑ መልካም ነገሮች ሁሉ ለማግኘት የሚያስፈልገውን መራር ትግል ነው። በመራራው የጥላቻ ፖለቲካ ለበቆች ሁሉ ሲገረፍ Read more
“ቤተክርስቲያን ሊሳለሙ የወጡት ባለቤቴ እና ሁለት ልጆቼ ተገደሉብኝ” የባሕር ዳር ከተማ ነዋሪ
የፎቶው ባለመብት,GETTY IMAGES የምስሉ መግለጫ,የፍልሰታ ጾም የሚጀምርበት በመሆኑ የተኩሱን ጋብ ማለት ተጠቅመው ጸሎት ለማድረስ በአቅራቢያቸው ወዳለ ቤተክርስቲያን እየተጣደፉ አቅንተው ነበር። 12 ነሐሴ 2023, 07:46 EAT ዕለቱ ሰኞ ነሐሴ 01/ 2015 ዓ.ም ነው። የአማራ ክልል መዲና ባሕር ዳር በፋኖ ታጣቂዎች እና በመከላከያ ሠራዊት መካከል በተፈጠረ ግጭት አዳሯን በከባድ መሣሪያ ተኩስ ስትናወጥ ነው ያደረችው። ነዋሪዎች እንዳሉት ከተለያዩ Read more
Ethiopia: Abiy’s regime is committing war crimes in the Amhara region and violating international aviation conventions
AFRICA, HORN OF AFRICA Date: 08/08/2023Author: Martin Plaut0 Comments By: Eyob Tilahun Abera Abiy’s regime is committing war crimes in the Amhara region of Ethiopia and violating international rules and conventions for civil aviation Even if attacks started earlier, since 7 August 2023, Abiy’s regime in Ethiopia has been attacking civilians using drones and rockets, particularly in the densely populated city of Debre Read more
የክብርት ዶክተር ዘነቡ ኃይሉ ኢትዮጵያዊቷ የስደተኞች ተንከባካቢ በሀደርስፊልድ
አውሮጳ/ጀርመን የክብርት ዶክተር ዘነቡ ኃይሉ ኢትዮጵያዊቷ የስደተኞች ተንከባካቢ በሀደርስፊልድ በተሰደዱባት በብሪታንያ ለስደተኞችና ተገን ጠያቂዎች ባደረጉት እገዛ የክብር ዶክትሬት ዲግሪ የበቁ ኢትዮጵያዊት ናቸው ወይዘሮ ዘነቡ ኃይሉ ። የወይዘሮ ዘነቡ ታሪክ ከተወለዱባትና ካደጉባት ከአላማጣ እስከ ብሪታንያዋ ትንሽ ከተማ ሀደርስፊልድ ይዘልቃል። አስተዋጽኦቸው የሚጀምረው በትውልድ አካባቢያቸው በአላማጣ በድጎማ መምህርትነትና በርዕሰ መምህርነት ከሰሩበት ጊዜ አንስቶ ነው። ከዚያም ለሰባት ዓመት በቆዩባት Read more
Ethiopia’s social media shutdowns threaten its digital economy
4 Samuel Getachew Tue, July 11, 2023 at 2:29 PM EDT·3 min read The News ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia wants to build an open digital economy, but it’s also indefinitely blocking major social media platforms for unspecified security reasons. Since February, when the Horn of Africa nation banned Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, Telegram and YouTube, its Read more
Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma (ኢትዮጵያዊው ላሜቻ ግርማ) sets new men’s 3,000m steeplechase world record
Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma smashed a 19-year-old world record in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase at the Diamond League meeting in Paris on Friday. Girma, twice a silver medallist at the world championships and once at the Olympics, clocked 7min 52.11sec, shattering the previous best of 7:53.63 set by Kenyan-born Qatari Saif Saaeed Shaheen in Brussels in Read more
*Cruel test for Ethiopia*
Girma Berhanu Feb 12 #6956 Google text translation of a German article from a local German newspaper “Die Tagespost” Würzburg, 9. Februar 2023 *Cruel test for Ethiopia* 𝐃𝐢𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐳𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠, 𝟗. 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 IN FOCUS Cruel test for Ethiopia BY STEPHAN BAIER Ethiopia’s government is playing with the fire of nationalism and in doing so Read more
ከአላማጣ በታጣቂዎች ተገደው የተወሰዱ አሥር ሺሕ ወጣቶች ያሉበት እንደማይታወቅ ተገለጸ
ኢዮብ ትኩዬ ቀን: February 5, 2023 ያለ ፍርድ የታሰሩ 295 አመራሮችና ወጣቶች እንዲፈቱ ተጠየቀ በሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ ጦርነት ወቅት በታጣቂዎች ተገደው የተወሰዱ አሥር ሺሕ ወጣቶች ያሉበት እንደማይታወቅ የአላማጣ ከተማ አስተዳደር አስታወቀ፡፡ የከተማ አስተዳደሩ የፖለቲካ ዘርፍ ኃላፊ አቶ ሞገስ እያሴ ለሪፖርተር እንደገለጹት፣ በጦርነቱ ወቅት በሕወሓት ታጣቂዎች ተይዘው ታስረዋል የተባሉ 295 የመንግሥት አመራሮችና ወጣቶች በአስቸኳይ እንዲፈቱም የከተማው አስተዳደርና Read more
PeacePro cautions EU against harmful commentary on Ethiopia’s peace process
A peace building organization, Foundation for Peace Professionals also known as PeacePro has cautioned the European Union against unhelpful commentary on the ongoing peace process in Ethiopia. PeacePro also advised that, if the EU has any advice for Ethiopia, it should communicate with the government through respectable channel or the African Union which facilitated the Read more
Ethiopian and Tigray forces launch hotline as new peace talks begin
African Union envoy holds a news conference on Ethiopia peace talks Hereward Holland and Tommy Wilkes Mon, November 7, 2022 at 3:42 AM By Hereward Holland and Tommy Wilkes NAIROBI (Reuters) -The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces have established a telephone hotline to help maintain a ceasefire struck last week, and both sides met in Read more
አሸባሪ ትህነግ ዛሬም ሀገር የማፍረስ አጀንዳ አንግቦ ጦርነት እያደረገ መኾኑን የሰሜን ወሎ ዞን አስታወቀ
August 30, 2022 ወልድያ በጠላት እንደተያዘች የሚሰራጨው መረጃ ሀሰት መኾኑን ዞኑ አረጋግጧል። የሰሜን ወሎ ዞን ዋና አስተዳዳሪ ዲያቆን ተስፋው ባታብል አሸባሪው የትህነግ ወራሪ ኀይል በዞናችን በድጋሜ ወረራ ለመፈፀም ያለ የሌለ ኀይሉን አሰባስቦ ለሁለተኛ ጊዜ ጦርነት አውጆብናል ብለዋል። የዞኑ ዋና አስተዳዳሪ ዲያቆን ተስፋው ባታብል ዛሬ የሰጡት መግለጫ እንደሚከተለው ቀርቧል፦ አሸባሪው የትህነግ ወራሪ ኀይል በዞናችን በድጋሜ ወረራ Read more
All Tigrayans Children Are In War Front! Int’l Community Asked To Condemn
Human Rights / August 28, 2022 The Biden Administration Is Silent As TPLF Sends Child Soldiers And Uses Human Waves/Shields In Its Terrorist War On Ethiopia, The Prominent Political Science Scholar, Professor Almayehu G/ Mariam Said. The Terrorist TPLF Has Been Forcefully Conscripting The Youth In Tigray And Using Children As Cannon Fodder. The International Community Including Read more
Land of the Lawless: A Snapshot of Tigray Under TPLF Rule Over Spring and Summer, According to Confidential UN Documents
Leaked reports marked Confidential from the UN’s Department of Safety and Security offer a picture of the TPLF’s lawless and despotic rule in Tigray over the spring and summer. For instance, according to the UN’s own documents, the TPLF rounded up several Tigrayans on April 17 ‘who [were] not willing to send their children to join TF Read more
News: Army at level of readiness “to repel any attack from inside, outside”: ENDF
Addis Abeba – Quoting the army commanders of various corps as saying, the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) said “the army is at a level of readiness where it can repel any attack from inside or outside.” According to a dispatch posted on the ENDF’s Facebook page this morning, different commanders of the army corps, who were present Read more
Southwest State Council approves multi-capital city bill
Above: Council members of the South West Ethiopian People’s Regional state approving the budget for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. Picture: Communication affairs bureau Addis Abeba – The Council of the newly constituted South West Ethiopian People’s Regional State has reviewed and approved the bill for multi-capital city, which will pave ways for the creation four Read more
Ethiopia Starts Power Generation From Second Turbine At Mega-dam
Ethiopia first began electricity production at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in February Amanuel SILESHI By Aymeric VINCENOT August 11, 2022 Ethiopia kickstarted electricity production from the second turbine at its controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Thursday, despite continuing objections by Egypt and Sudan over the project. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed also confirmed Read more
Thousands Arrested as Ethiopia Acts Against Suspected Militants
– State details more than 4,000 people in two-month crackdown – Al-Qaeda-linked group attacked towns near Somalia border By Samuel Gebre August 8, 2022 Ethiopia has arrested thousands of people suspected of being members of militias or terrorist organizations as it seeks to end instability. In an almost two-month crackdown in various regions including the Read more
China sends food aid to drought-stricken Horn of Africa as accusations fly
– Beijing says first shipments have gone to Ethiopia and Djibouti, and aid for Somalia and Eritrea is ready to be shipped – Announcement of promised aid comes as Washington and Beijing have been pointing the finger over the global food crisis Jevans Nyabiage China has started shipping emergency food aid to countries in the Read more
IMF calls for quick creditor agreements on Chad, Ethiopia, Zambia debts
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund on Thursday called on creditor committees for Chad, Ethiopia and Zambia to quickly reach agreements with authorities to restructure the countries’ debts, saying this could unlock IMF financing programs and disbursements for them. IMF spokesman Gerry Rice told a news briefing that the Fund has made Read more
Tigrayans Fleeing the TPLF: Their Opinions Ignored within Today’s Most Misunderstood War
COMMENTARY by Ann Fitz-Gerald and Hugh Segal While most eyes stay understandably focused on Russian aggression in Ukraine, another war goes on that Canadians, Americans and Europeans barely know about, in Ethiopia. And what they’re told by much of the mainstream media fails to reflect reality on the ground. The New York Times, the Guardian and CNN have often Read more
እያደባ በመስፋፋት ላይ ያለው የዘር ማጥፋት ወንጀል (Creeping Genocide) – በዳዊት ወልደ ጊዮርጊስ
July 4, 2022 በዳዊት ወልደ ጊዮርጊስ (ከእንግሊዝኛው ጽሁፍ የተተረጐመ) ይህን መጣጥፍ ሰኔ 13 ቀን 2014 ዓ.ም በመፃፍ ላይ ሳለሁ አሶሽዬትድ ፕሬስ የተባለው የዜና ወኪል የሚከተለውን መረጃ አሰራጨ፡፡ “የዓይን እማኞች ዛሬ እሁድ ሰኔ 12 ቀን በአብዛኛው የአማራ ተወላጆች የሆኑ ከ2‚000 በላይ ሰዎች በአገሪቱ ኦሮሚያ ክልል መገደላቸውን ገልፀዋል፡፡” በኢትዮጵያ የሚገኝ ምንጬ እንደገለፀልኝ ከሆነ ደግሞ 400 አማሮች የተገደሉ ሲሆን፣ Read more
‘Total bloodbath’: Witnesses describe Ethiopia ethnic attack
Associated Press Sat, June 25, 2022 at 9:38 AM The Amhara Association of America says more than 500 civilians were killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region The heavily armed men appeared around the small farming village in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, frightening residents already on edge after recent clashes between government troops and rebels. “The militants assured Read more
ኢትዮጵያ – ቅዱስ ፓትርያርኩ የወለጋና ጋምቤላውን ጭፍጨፋ አወገዙ
June 23, 2022 ግፉን ባወገዙበት መግለጫ የሚከተሉትን ነጥቦች አንሥተዋል። ስሜትን በሚወርር፣ ልብን በሚያሳዝን፣ ጉልበትን በሚሰብር ኀዘን ውስጥ ላሉት ወገኖቻችን፤ ትናንት ባለ ብዙ ቤተሰብ ዛሬ ሌጣ ለኾኑት፣ የክብር ሞትና መቃብር ለተነፈጉት፣ ሰው ሆነው በሰው ለተገፉት፣ ኢትዮጵያዊ ሁነው በኢትዮጵያውያን ለተሠዉት፣ አገር : ሳላቸው እንደ ባዕድ ለተቆጠሩት ለደከሙበት ምድር : በወርቅ ፈንታ ሰይፍ ለተከፈሉት ልጆቻችን እግዚአብሔር ያጽናችሁ በማለት፣ Read more
How Israel’s Falash Mura immigration from Ethiopia became a painful 30-year saga, with no end in sight
By Cnaan Liphshiz June 14, 2022 11:53 am GONDAR, Ethiopia (JTA) — It was love at first sight for Wesom Mellesse when his wife stepped into his metal shop 17 years ago. “Her dad took her into my shop because he needed me to fix their plow and when I saw her, we understood that Read more
Some Ethiopians claim forced recruitment by Tigrayan forces
Above:Filimon, 18, a captured fighter from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), sits in a guarded hospital room in Dubti Referral Hospital, Afar region, Ethiopia February 24, 2022. Picture taken February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Tiks By Giulia Paravicini and Katharine Houreld ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI, May 16 (Reuters) – Authorities in Ethiopia’s war-shattered Tigray region are forcing young Read more
Ethiopia’s mass arrests show rift with former Amhara allies
Fri, June 3, 2022, 4:25 AM NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Once a key ally of Ethiopia’s federal government in its deadly war in the country’s northern Tigray region, the neighboring Amhara region is now experiencing government-led mass arrests and disappearances of activists, journalists and other perceived critics. More than 4,500 people have been arrested in Read more
በደሴ አጠቃላይ ስፔሻላይዝድ ሆስፒታል የትግራይ ወራሪ ሀይል ያደረሰው ተቋማዊ ጉዳት – Facility assessment report after TPLF terrorist left of @ Dessie
ህውሃት ደሴንና አካባቢውን ወሮ በቆየበት በአጭር ጊዜያት ውስጥ ያደረሰው ከባባድ ጥፋቶች The horrible and nasty destruction of TPLF during their short invasion of DESSIE በደሴ አጠቃላይ ስፔሻላይዝድ ሆስፒታል ደሴ ከተማና አካባቢ ለሚኖሩ፣ ደቡብ ወሎ፣ ሰሜን ወሎ፣ ዋግህምራና ኦረሚያ ልዩ ዞን በከፊል ለሰሜን ሸዋ ነዋሪዎች አገልግሎት የሚሰጥ በተጨማሪም አጎራባች ክልሎች በከፊል ትግራይና አፋር ክልል ሙሉ አቅሙን Read more
Filthy Rich Texas Congressman Michael McCaul Gunning for Poor Ethiopia!
Michael McCaul (R-TX) is the richest member of the U.S. House of Representatives with assets of nearly $126 million. As a member of Congress, McCaul earns $174,000 a year. But for Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) who is worth over $200 million, McCaul would have been the filthy richest member in the entire legislative branch of the U.S. government! For Read more
The frontline voices: Tigrayans speak on the realities of life under an insurgency regime
The frontline voices:Tigrayans speak on therealities of life under aninsurgency regime Ann Fitz-Gerald Ethiopians of Tigrayan descent, residing both inside and outside of Tigray, have contacted this researcher to request greater scrutiny of grassroots Tigrayan opinion on the ongoing conflict in Northern Ethiopia. These “silenced voices” have been characterized by many Western analysts and English-language Read more