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The exaggerated claims by certain quarters that we see these days on social media regarding the situation in the Tigray region is designed to influence international public opinion. It is unfortunate that the mainstream media is swept away by this misinformation campaign and popular hashtag PR Wars. One can easily visit the web site, which Read more
Protests spread in Sudan over cost of living Tue, February 9, 2021, 7:53 AM Protests flared Tuesday in several parts of Sudan over the high cost of living as the United States voiced support for the new government’s efforts to revive the economy. The new cabinet includes rebel leaders and has been tasked with fixing Read more
Lawrence Freeman February 4, 2021 In January 2021, the world witnessed a barrage of attacks on Ethiopia aimed at undermining the efforts of Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed to preserve the sovereignty of the Ethiopian nation. This is a dangerous gambit not only for the potential harm it can trigger for the people of Ethiopia, Read more
BY ABIY AHMED Feb 6, 2021 The Ethiopian government’s victory over the Tigray People’s Liberation Front came at a high cost, and the humanitarian situation in northern Tigray remains grave. But only an Ethiopia at peace, with a government bound by humane norms of conduct, can play a constructive role across the region and beyond. Read more
Today, there are news websites full of Debretsion Gebremichael statement from an audio recording — even without confirmation whether he’s still alive or when it was made — and I feel I have to say something. That’s because I’ve seen even intelligent, reasonable people with good intentions and hearts sharing and retweeting this thing and Read more
BY GETAHUN LEGESSE ADDIS ABABA – The policies formulated by TPLF has resulted in significant economic and political crises such as unemployment, inflation and the non- inclusive growth rate, said Geeta Pasi , new U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia. Geeta Pasi, incoming U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia. In her latest interview with foreign media, the ambassador further said Read more
Author’s translation of PM Abiy Ahmed’s Remarks to the Ethiopian Parliament on November 29, 2020 [relevant portion translated begins at 2 hours, 33 minutes]. …This enemy did not fight only a land war against us…. They had started the diplomatic war in advance with their money. They were lobbying governments in various countries. They were lobbying the Read more
A briefing meeting for Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopia about the current situation in Ethiopia was conducted on Tuesday, December 15, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIX5wMzqJ7s&feature=youtu.be The topics in the video include the following. We encourage you to watch them all but should you be interested in specific topics only, please use the timestamps provided under each topic Read more
The dangerous lies, disinformation and fabrication campaign of the New York Times on Ethiopia The New York Times, Reuters, BBC, Al Jazeera and other international media have all pulled out their long knives against Ethiopia. In a well-coordinated media assault, these “nattering nabobs of negativism” have ganged up on Ethiopia as propagandists for the Read more
December 6, 2020 Below are updates from EIR news on China’s progress in eliminating poverty and generating abundant energy for the future. Despite continued malicious geo-politically motivated attacks on China, China is making progress that benefits all of humankind. Africa’s relationship with Africa is positive, assisting African nations in building much needed infrastructure. Science and Read more
While the rest of the country has embraced a new horizon, the TPLF continues to hold on to its old divisive ideology. Mustafa Omer Mustafa Omer is the President of the Somali Regional State in Ethiopia. 4 Dec 2020 The Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) is at the heart of an ongoing bloody conflict with Read more
SEBASTIAN SCHEINER Thu, December 3, 2020, 4:31 AM EST Virus Outbreak Israel Ethiopian Immigrants Ethiopian immigrants arrive at the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. Hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants on Thursday arrived to a festive ceremony at Israel’s international airport as the government took a step toward carrying out its Read more
The 21-year-old Walelegn bettered the earlier course record of 59:06, which was held in the name of compatriot Guye Adola, set in 2014 Ethiopians Amedework Walelegn and Yalemzerf Yehualaw smashed course records to win the men’s and women’s titles respectively in the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon held in a bio-secure environment amid the COVID-19 Read more
Soon after moving to Austin, Minnesota, Oballa Oballa walked into the mayor’s office and asked if there was anything he could do for the city. He just became Austin’s first Black city council member. Oballa Oballa, a former refugee from Ethiopia who became a naturalized citizen less than one year ago, made history this election Read more
A pulmonologist in Maryland said if more actions aren’t immediately taken to protect African Americans against the coronavirus pandemic “multiple deaths will continue to occur.” Dr. Asefa Jejaw Mekonnen, who currently practices pulmonary/sleep medicine in Rockville and is an outspoken advocate against health disparities affecting the African American community, said that newly released data shows Read more
Recently, I watched the disturbing video that showed President Trump’s phone conversation with the prime minister of Sudan discussing Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam project. President Trump describes himself as the deal-maker between Egypt and Ethiopia on this project, set to become the largest hydropower plant in Africa. He states Ethiopia broke the deal that he Read more
27 October 2020 Ethiopian authorities have banned peaceful protests against ethnically motivated killings which were due to take place on 28 October, in direct violation of the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, Amnesty International said today. The National Movement of Amhara (NAMA), an opposition political party, had called for protests following the Read more
የአሜሪካው ፕሬዚዳንት ዶናልድ ትራምፕ ግብፅ የህዳሴ ግድብን እንደምታፈርስ መናገራቸውን ተከትሎ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር በኢትዮጵያ የአሜሪካ አምባሳደርን በመጥራት ማብራሪያ ጠይቋል። የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትር ገዱ አንዳርጋቸው በኢትዮጵያ ተቀማጭ የሆኑትን የአሜሪካ አምባሳደር ማይክ ሬይኖርን የጠሩ ሲሆን ፕሬዚዳንት ትራምፕ ከሱዳንና ከእስራኤል ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሮች ጋር በስልክ ባደረጉት ውይይት ስለ ግድቡ የተናገሩትን ነገር ማብራሪያ እንዲሰጡ ጠይቀዋቸዋል። ዶናልድ ትራምፕ በስልክ ንግግራቸው “ግብፅ Read more
ELIAS MESERET Sat, October 24, 2020, 5:47 AM EDT ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia on Saturday denounced “belligerent threats” over the huge dam it has nearly completed on the Blue Nile River, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said downstream Egypt will “blow up” the project it has called an existential threat. Ethiopia’s Read more
By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia has banned all flights over its giant new hydropower dam on the Blue Nile for security reasons, the head of its civil aviation authority said on Monday, as the president pledged the dam would begin generating power in the next 12 months. The move could worsen Ethiopia’s Read more
By Andy Sims, PA | Source: yahoo.com | Sun, October 4, 2020, 9:56 AM EDT Eliud Kipchoge’s reign as the king of the London Marathon came Read more
In an oral statement before the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor expressed its concerns over the ongoing flagrant violations against Ethiopian migrants in Saudi Arabia. In a joint statement with the International Institution for Rights and Developments (IRDG) during the 45th session of the United Nations Human Rights Read more
Hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians have left from the Horn of Africa for Saudi Arabia in past years in rickety boats, seeking to reach the kingdom via war-torn Yemen, but many have perished as their boats have capsized Anuj Chopra September 11, 2020 ‘Living hell’: Ethiopians detained in Saudi call for help Saudi Arabia Using Read more
By Samuel Gebre September 2, 2020, 4:02 AM EDT Updated on September 2, 2020, 10:19 AM EDT The U.S. suspended aid to Ethiopia over its decision to fill a hydropower dam on a tributary of the Nile River before agreeing with Egypt and Sudan on how the reservoir will be managed. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has Read more
Ethiopian computer scientist, Rediet Abebe, who is also an assistant Computer Science professor at the University of California at Berkeley, wins the Doctoral Dissertation Award from ACM SIGKDD, world’s largest computing organization. Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (SIGKDD), on its twitter page, announced that Rediet has won the prestigious thesis award Read more
Written by Carmela Rodriguez on November 13, 2018 Carmela is a journalist from London. She’s traveled from Asia to South America, where she got (temporarily) lost in the Peruvian Amazon. She quit the rainy UK and moved to Medellín, Colombia, where she has lived for two years 1. Ethiopia Many historians agree that Ethiopia is one of the Read more
Teddy Afro has posted translations of his lyrics in English, French and Arabic on Facebook to get his message across Pop stars in Ethiopia have been belting out tunes marking a victory in what is seen as a battle with Egypt over who has rights to the waters of the River Nile. In June, Ethiopia Read more
Briefing to the Security Council on Peace and Security in Africa, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary A. DiCarlo Thank you, Mr. President. The Blue Nile, which contributes approximately 85 per cent of the main Nile volume when it merges with the White Nile in Khartoum, is an important transboundary water resource, critical for Read more
ABOVE: Hardship: Birtukan Mekuanint, 23, says she was trapped and exploited after she went to work in Lebanon as a maid (AFP Photo/Solan Kolli) Addis Ababa (AFP) – After she flew to Lebanon in 2017 to work as a maid for a family of eight, Birtukan Mekuanint managed to call her own relatives in Ethiopia Read more
Lee Keath and Samy Magdy, Associated Press June 22, 2020, 7:33 AM EDT Egypt wants the United Nations Security Council to “undertake its responsibilities” and prevent Ethiopia from starting to fill its massive, newly built hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile next month without an agreement, Cairo’s foreign minister Sameh Shukry said. Ethiopia announced on Read more
Today, April 17, is the International Day of Peasant Struggle – a day to highlight the persecution and violence suffered by peasants and farmers around the world on a daily basis as a result of neoliberal policies. Increasingly, peasant farmers and land-based peoples are facing grave crises of human rights and dignity as big agribusiness, Read more
Source: https://qz.com/ At a time when footballers have been urged to do more to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was striking to see three Africans who have graced the world stage speaking out. In a television discussion that has become swiftly infamous, two French doctors—one of them the head of an intensive Read more
Coronavirus crisis: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government is claiming emergency powers (AFP Photo/MICHAEL TEWELDE)Addis Ababa (AFP) – Ethiopia on Wednesday declared a state of emergency to fight the coronavirus pandemic, which has so far infected 55 people and resulted in two deaths there. It is the first state of emergency announced under Prime Minister Abiy Read more
The U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia told the government that an American Marine visiting the country in February showed symptoms of the coronavirus while there and later tested positive, after staying at a hotel at the same time as Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, people familiar with the matter said. In a meeting with Ethiopia’s health Read more
French health minister Olivier Veran (pictured March 6, 2020) warned that the use of ibuprofen and similar anti-inflammatory drugs could be “an aggravating factor” in COVID-19 infections (AFP Photo/Bertrand GUAY) Geneva (AFP) – The World Health Organization recommended Tuesday that people suffering COVID-19 symptoms avoid taking ibuprofen, after French officials warned that anti-inflammatory drugs could Read more
Scientists in Australia say they have identified how the body’s immune system fights the Covid-19 virus. Their research, published in Nature Medicine journal on Tuesday, shows people are recovering from the new virus like they would from the flu. Determining which immune cells are appearing should also help with vaccine development, experts say. Globally, authorities Read more
