ኢሕአፓ – EPRP ኢትዮጵያ የበርካታ ወንዞች ባለቤት ብትሆንም በዘመኑ ስልጣኔ ተጠቅማ ወንዞቿን ለእድገት መሰረት ማድረግ ያልቻለች ሀገር ነች፡፡ ኢትዮጵያ ኣይደለም የዉሃ ሃብቷን ወደ እድገት ማማ መወጣጫ ማድረግ ቀርቶባት የህዝቧን የንፁህ ዉሃ ጥማት ማርካት ያልቻለች አገር ነች፡፡ ያም ሆኖ ታዲያ የዉሃ ጉዳይ በተነሳ ቁጥር ስሟ የሚነሳ ነች ኢትዮጵያ፡፡ ኢትዮጵያ ለበርካታ ዘመናት ከዓባይ ተፋሰስ ልታገኝ የሚገባትን ኢኮኖሚያዊ Read more
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124 years ago, Ethiopian men and women defeated the Italian army in the Battle of Adwa
By Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes, Curtin University On the first day of March 124 years ago, traditional warriors, farmers and pastoralists as well as women defeated a well-armed Italian army in the northern town of Adwa in Ethiopia. The outcome of this battle ensured Ethiopia’s independence, making it the only African country never to be colonized. Adwa Read more
Birhanu Legese wins Tokyo Marathon title as Suguru Osako sets new national record
Reigning champion Birhanu Legese successfully defended his title while local star Suguru Osako got closer to securing the final spot on Japan’s Olympic team with a national-record-setting performance in the men’s race at the 2020 Tokyo Marathon on Sunday. Legese, of Ethiopia, crossed the finish line in 2 hours, 4 minutes and 15 seconds in Read more
Kenenisa Bekele breaks Farah’s London half-marathon record
London (AFP) – Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele broke Mo Farah’s course record as he won the London half-marathon on Sunday in a time of one hour and 22 seconds. Bekele took 1min 18sec off the record set in 2019 by British distance great Farah, who missed this year’s edition with an achilles injury. Britain’s Christopher Thompson Read more
የኦነግ ሁለት መልክና ሦስት ግብሮች – ቃርሚያው ኃይል ቅጥር ነፍሰገዳይ ሆኗል
ኦነግ አወዛጋቢ ማንነቱና ያልረጋ የፖለቲካ ሩጫው ዛሬም መነጋገሪያ ሆኗል። ቀደም ሲል ለኦሮሞ ትግል እንደ አንድ ብቸኛና ልዩ ምልክት ተደርጎ የተወሰደው ኦነግ በአራት ጎራ ተከፍሎ ቢቆይም አገር ቤት ከገባ በኋላ አንድ መሆን አልቻለም። በኤርትራ በረሃ እያለ እርስበርስ ጎራ ለይቶ በጥይት የተጫረሰው ኦነግ፣ በአውሮፓና በአሜሪካ ባሉ የተለያዩ አመራሮቹ የስልጣን ሽኩቻ አንድ መሆን አቅቶት ሁለት ዐሥርተ ዓመታት አስቆጥሮ Read more
Amazon bans more than a million products over false coronavirus claims
In a nutshell: Shysters for decades have used fear as a vehicle to make a quick buck during times of crisis. Unsurprisingly, modern health scares are no exception as suspect sellers are using Amazon’s online marketplace to try and swindle shoppers. Amazon this week told Reuters that it has banned the sale of more than Read more
የዶ/ር ደብረ ጽዮን ንግግር ተቃውሞ ገጠመው
– የትግራይ ሕዝብ ለአንድነት ቅድምያ እንዲሰጥ ተጠየቀ – “ከፈለገ ዶ/ር ደብረ ጽዮን ለብቻው ይገንጠል” – “የጦርነት ጉሰማ የሚበላው ድሃውን የትግራይ ሕዝብ ነው” ህወኃት የትጥቅ ትግል የጀመረበትን 45ኛ አመት የካቲት 11 ቀን 2012 ባከበረበት ወቅት መልዕክት ያስተላለፉት የትግራይ ክልል ም/ርዕሰ መስተዳደር ዶ/ር ደብረ ጽዮን ገ/ሚካኤል፤ “በአሁኑ ወቅት በኢትዮጵያ ያለው ሁኔታ አስጊ ነው፣ አገሪቱም ወደ መበታተኑ እያመራች Read more
አቶ ቡልቻ ደመቅሳ የ90 ዓመቱ ፖለቲከኛ የሃገሬ ጉዳይ ያሳስበኛል ይላሉ
– ‹‹ዐቢይን የደገፍኩት መዝኜ አስተውዬ ነው›› – ምርጫውን ለማካሄድ መጀመሪያ አንድ መሆን ይፈልጋል – ሕዝቡን ከፋፋይ ንግግር ከልሂቃኑ አይጠበቅም ከፖለቲካ ራሳቸውን አግለው በጡረታ ላይ የሚገኙት የቀድሞ የተቃዋሚ ፓርቲ መሪና የአዋሽ ባንክ መስራች አቶ ቡልቻ ደመቅሳ ሰሞኑን ድንገት በጠ/ሚኒስትሩ የድጋፍ ሰልፍ ላይ ተገኝተዋል፡፡ እንዴት? ለምን? ከጋዜጠኛ ሠላም ገረመው ጋር ተነጋግረዋል፡፡ እነሆ፡- በለገጣፎ የድጋፍ ሰልፍ ላይ የተገኙት Read more
Ethiopian Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew barred from entering Eritrea
The head of the Catholic Church in Ethiopia,Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew was barred from leaving the main airport in neighbouring Eritrea to attend an engagement over the weekend. The church said Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew had been issued with a visa, which Ethiopians now get on arrival following a 2018 peace deal. But airport officials said their Read more
Ethiopia has reportedly built an energy plant which converts waste to electricity
– Ethiopia has reportedly built an energy plant which converts waste to electricity – The country’s largest rubbish dump was used as the site for the plant which is built to provide Ethiopians with 30% of their household electricity needs – The project was made possible by the Ethiopian government in partnership with a consortium Read more
As Pandemic Looms, World’s Top Disease Fighter Engages Xi
(Bloomberg) — Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has perhaps the most thankless job in global public health. As director-general of the World Health Organization, the former Ethiopian health minister is racing against time to prevent a dangerous new coronavirus in China from precipitating a worldwide pandemic. Yet containing and unlocking the secrets of a novel virus that emerged in Wuhan, once a Read more
Harvard scientist predicts coronavirus will infect up to 70 percent of humanity
Harvard University epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch is predicting the coronavirus “will ultimately not be containable” and, within a year, will infect somewhere between 40 and 70 percent of humanity, The Atlantic reports. But don’t be too alarmed. Many of those people, Lipsitch clarifies, won’t have severe illnesses or even show symptoms at all, which is already the case Read more
በአምቦ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩን ለመደገፍ በወጡ ሠልፈኞች ላይ በተወረወረ ቦምቡ ጉዳት ደረሰ
ዛሬ፣ እሁድ፣ ጠዋት ለጠቅላይ ሚንስትር ዐብይ አህመድ እና ለፓርቲያቸው ድጋፋቸውን ለመስጠት ሠልፍ በወጡ ሠልፈኞች ላይ በተወረወረ ቦምብ ቢያንስ 29 ሠዎች መቁሰላቸውን የአምቦ ከተማ አስተዳደር እና ጸጥታ ጽ/ቤት ኃላፊ ለቢቢሲ ተናገሩ። ኃላፊው አቶ ሂንሰርሙ ደለሳ እንዳሉት ቦንቡ የተወረወረው ለድጋፍ ሰልፍ በወጡ ፈረሰኞች ላይ ነው። ጉዳት ካጋጠማቸው መካከል የህክምና እርዳታ ተደርጎላቸው ከሆሰፒታል የወጡ እንዳሉ ሁሉ የተለያዩ የጉዳት Read more
የትግራይ ክልል የብልፅግና ፓርቲ አባላትና አመራሮች የካቲት 11 በዓልን ምክንያት በማድረግ መልዕክት አስተላለፉ
አኩሪው የትግራይ ሕዝብ የጸረ ጭቆና ተጋድሎና መሰዋዕትነት በከሰሩ ሃይሎች ኣይራከስም ፤ የቡዱናዊ ፍላጎት መጠቀሚያም አይሆንም እጅግ የተከበርከውና ከባድ የህይወት መስዋእትነትን ጨምሮ ውድ ዋጋ በመክፈል እና መራራ ትግል በማካሄድ ለራስህ ብቻ ሳይሆን ለወገኖችህ የሚተርፍ ድል ያስመዘገበከው መላው የትግራይ ሕዝብ እንኳን ለ45ኛው የካቲት 11 በዓልህ በሰላም አደረስህ። ውድ የትግራይ ህዝብ እና የተግሉ ሰማእታት ቤተሰብ እና የትግሉ ሰለባዎች Read more
Rare Ethiopian crown, hidden for 21 years in the Netherlands, returns home
Dutch-Ethiopian Sirak Asfaw, left, and art detective Arthur Brand pose with the Ethiopian crown at a high-security facility in the Netherlands in September last year (AFP Photo/Jan HENNOP) Addis Ababa (AFP) – Ethiopia’s government on Thursday assumed custody of a priceless 18th-century crown that a former refugee had kept hidden in his apartment in the Read more
የኦሮሚያ ቤተ ክህነት አደራጅ ኮሚቴ አባላት ክህነታቸው ተይዟል ሲል ቅዱስ ሲኖዶሱ አወጀ
የቅዱስ ሲኖዶሱ ምልዓተ ጉባኤ ከየካቲት 9 እስከ 11/2012 ዓ.ም ድረስ ያደረገውን አስቸኳይ ስብሰባ ተከትሎ ዛሬ ከሰዓት ላይ መግለጫ ሰጥቷል። የሲኖዶሱን መግለጫ በጽሁፍ ያቀረቡት ብጹዕ ወቅዱስ አቡነ ማትያስ ቀዳማዊ ፓትርያርክ ርእሰ ሊቃነ ጳጳሳት ዘኢትዮጵያ ሊቀ ጳጳስ ዘአክሱም ወእጨጌ ዘመንበረ ተክለ ሃይማኖት ሲሆኑ በሚከተሉት ላይ የቅዱስ ሲኖዶሱን አቋም አሳውቀዋል። የኦሮሚያ ቤተ-ክህነት አደረጃ ኮሚቴን በተመለከተ የኦሮሚያ ቤተ ክህነት Read more
“ትግራይ ላይ ያለው ጥላቻ ይስተካከል፤ ካልሆነ ትግራይ ራስዋን የቻለች አገር ናት ብላችሁ አውጁ” ዶ/ር ደብረፅዮን
”በኢትዮጵያ እየተከሰተ ያለው ጣልቃ ገብነት እንዲሁም በትግራይ ላይ ያለው ጥላቻ የማይስተካከል ከሆነ ትግራይ ራስዋን የቻለች አገር ናት ብላችሁ ልታውጁ ይገባል” ሲሉ ለህዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት አባላት ዶ/ር ደብረፅዮን ገብረሚካኤል መልዕክት አስተላለፉ። ይህንን መልዕክት ያስተላለፉት ህወሓት የተመሰረተበትን 45ኛውን ዓመት አስመልክቶ በዛሬው ዕለት በመቀሌ ስታዲየም ለታደሙ ሰዎች ባደረጉት ንግግር ነው። ከማዕከላዊ ስልጣን የተገፋው ህወሓት ከዬት ወደዬት? ኢትዮጵያዊቷ Read more
በቡራዩ “የጃል ማሮ” ፎቶ ጨረታ አፈናከተ፤ “ቡራዩ ሆኖ ከሃዲን ማሞካሸት አይቻልም” ነዋሪዎች
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Ethiopia: U.S. to offer financial support for Ethiopia political reforms: PM
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ኦፌኮ መጋጨት ጀመረ – ጃዋር በጸሃፊው በኩል የተሳሳተ መረጃ አሰራጨ
ፕሮፌሰር መረራ ጉዲና እያወቁ ሕግን በመጣስ የወሰኑት ውሳኔ ወደ ሌላ ቀውስ ሊያመራ እንደሚችል ስጋት የገባቸው ወገኖች የተማጽንዖ ጥሪ አቀረቡ። ኦፌኮ ስህተቱን ከማረም ይልቅ እርስ በርስ የሚጣረስ መረጃ ማሰራጨቱ በፓርቲው ውስጥ መለያየት እየፈጠረ መሆኑና ጃዋር ደጋፊዎቹን በጅምላ ወደ አመጽ ለመምራት ዝግጅት እያደረገ መሆኑ ታወቀ። ጸሃፊው ያሰራጩት የተሳሳተ መረጃ በጃዋር መመሪያ ነው። ስጋቱ የተነሳው ብሔራዊ ምርጫ ቦርድ Read more
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በኦሮሚያ ክልል አዲስ የተነሳው የፍረጃ ፖለቲካ የኃይል አሰላለፉን እንደቀየረና በርካታ የክልሉን ተወላጆች እያሳሰበ መሆኑ ተገለጸ። አካሄዱ ወደ ዘር ማጽዳት ለሚደረገው ድብቅ ጉዞ አመላክች ተደርጎ ሊወሰድ እንደሚችል አስተያየት እየተሰጠ ነው። ሲጀመር “ዲቃላ” የሚለው ፍረጃ በድንገት የተሰነዘረው የጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐቢይን ስም በማንሳት ነው ቢባልም አቶ በቀለ ገርባ ቀደም ብለው ለዚህ አካሄድ ፍንጭ መስጠታቸውን ስጋት የገባቸው ለጎልጉል እንደመነሻ Read more
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‘There will be dad and mum’: Putin rules out Russia legalizing gay marriage
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Ethiopia passes contested ‘hate speech’ law
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South Sudan’s leader wins dubious ‘spoiler of peace’ award
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Statement from the Ethiopia Working Group
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Local Ethiopian group rallies for missing women
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Ethiopia: Burger King to Join Ethiopian Market
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