Why Deny Ethiopian National Identity? Tedla Woldeyohannes, Ph.D.*
The question whether there is a shared Ethiopian national identity or Ethiopiawinnet has recently become a hot issue. The main purpose of this article is to examine some of the reasons that appear to lead to a denial of a shared Ethiopian national identity or something close to a denial but not quite a categorical […]
In Ethiopia, the elderly get new help from an old tool
search for solutions As Ethiopia has begun to age, its traditional end-of-life insurance groups are adopting a new purpose: helping elderly residents live their daily lives when they no longer have family members nearby. https://youtu.be/xbxmgOr_X9E Monika Rębała A World Living Longer: Global aging is one of the greatest challenges of the century. And this is not just […]
An Arab Alliance Stretches Across the Red Sea
An Arab Alliance Stretches Across the Red Sea Analysis DECEMBER 30, 2016 | 09:00 GMT The rationale behind the GCC’s interest in northeast Africa is fairly straightforward: security and food. (Ebrahim Hamid/AFP/Getty Images) Summary The Gulf Cooperation Council only sometimes lives up to its name — at least as far foreign policy is concerned. Led by heavyweights […]
Ethiopia: Free Merera Gudina and all political prisoners
December 30, 2016 Amsterdam, Washington DC, Minnesota – December 29, 2016 Top opposition leader, Dr. Merera Gudina, was arrested on October 30, 2016 upon his return from a trip to Brussels where he spoke to members of the European Parliament about the human rights situation in Ethiopia. Since his arrest, Dr. Merera has been brought […]
የሕወሓትን “ሌጋሲ” በጨረፍታ [ተሻለ መንግሥቱ ]
December 30, 2016 (teshalem1@gmail.com) የወያኔው መንግሥት ያላወረሰን ነገር የለም፡፡ ሁለመናችንን እከክ በእከክ አድርጎናል – በቀላሉ በማይድን እከክ አውርሶን ወያኔም እኛም ጣር ላይ እንገኛለን – አሸናፊው ባልለየለት እልህ አስጨራሽ የአውራ ዶሮዎች ጦርነት ተጠምደን፡፡ የመለስና የድርጅቱ የሕወሓት ውርስ (ሌጋሲ) በአሥራዎች ቀርቶ በመቶዎች ዓመታትም ተዝቆ የማያልቅ ዕዳ አሸክሞናል፡፡ በኢኮኖሚውና በትምህርቱ ረገድ የደረሰብን ኪሣራ ምናልባት በጊዜ ሂደትና ደጋግ ዜጎች […]
በአገሪቱ ለሚታየው ፖለቲካዊ ቀውስና ህዝባዊ እምቢተኝነት ዛሬም የፕሮፖጋንዳ መፍትሄ ?
December 28, 2016 ቆንጅት ስጦታው በአገሪቱ ለሚታየው ፖለቲካዊ ቀውስና ህዝባዊ እምቢተኝነት ዛሬም የፕሮፖጋንዳ መፍትሄ ? የህወኃት/ኢህአዴግ የ25 ዓመታት ጭቆና የወለደው ብሶት በአገራችን አራቱም አቅጣጫዎች ከህዝብ የወጣ በህዝብ የተከወነና የተመራ የህዝባዊ እምቢተኝነት ተቃውሞ እንቅስቃሴ ለኣመታት መደረጉ አይካድም ፡፡ ከህገመንግስት ዝግጅት አንስቶ ከጅምሩ ህዝብ ያሰማውን ተቃውሞና የመገለል ስሜት አቆይተን ከምርጫ 2002 ወዲህ የተከሰሰቱትን የቅርቦቹን በጥቅል ብንመለከት እንኳ– […]
Egyptian official calls on Addis Ababa to stop accusing Cairo of supporting Ethiopian opposition
December 27, 2016 at 10:46 pm Published in: Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, News Flag of Egypt December 27, 2016 at 10:46 pm An Egyptian Foreign Ministry official called on Addis Ababa to stop what Cairo believes to be the provocation of crises between the two countries against the backdrop of Ethiopian accusations in October that Cairo […]
Eritrea denies leasing port Assab to UAE
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle December 29, 2016 (ADDIS ABABA) – Eritrea has dismissed reports alleging that the Red Sea nation has leased the port town of Assab to the United Arab Emirates. Recently the Beirut based Arabic TV channel, Al-mayadeen reported that UAE has acquired a 30-year lease for military base in the port of Assab. […]
በኦሮሚያ ያሉ ዞኖች ከፈለጉ ከኦሮሚያ የመዉጣት መብት አላቸው – አቶ ቃሲም የኦሮሞ ነጻ አውጭ ግንባር ቃል አቀባይ
December 29, 2016 ግርማ ካሳ ኦቦ ቃሲም ሁሴን አባናሻ፣ ኦቦ ነጋ ጃላ በሊቀመንበርነት፣ ጀነራል ሃይሉ ጎንፋ በም/ሊቀመንበርነት የሚመሩት የተባበሩት የኦሮሞ ነጻ አውጭ ግንባር የሕዝብ ግንኙነት ክፍል ሃላፊ ናቸው። ላስ ቬጋስ የሚገኘው የሕሊና ራዲዮ ላይ ቀርበው ነበር። ቃለ አቀባዩ ስሜን ጠቅሰው መጠነኛ ትችት አቅርበዋል። ትችት ቢሆን ለሰጡት አስተያየት አክብሮቴን በዚህ አጋጣሚ ለመግለጽ እወዳለሁ። በተለይም በለንደን እና […]
Ethiopian FM: Opposing Groups are Working in Egypt, Authorities yet to Comment
December 28, 2016 Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Al-Khartoum – Ethiopian government announced that it is cooperating with the Egyptian government, yet still awaits a response to the official request calling it to stop the work of certain opposing groups. Foreign Affairs Minister Workneh Gebeyehu said that there are Egyptian institutions harboring, supporting, […]