Dr. Berhanu Nega and other leaders of Patriotic Ginbot 7 organization are in Asmara to join the struggle
July 19, 2015 Ginbot 7 Statement As you already know, our struggle has reached a crucial milestone in which our comrades have begun paying the ultimate sacrifice in battling the TPLF-led regime in Ethiopia. Armed struggle was never a method of struggle of our choice. The TPLF-regime has closed all peaceful avenues and has left […]
Obama’s trip to Ethiopia: Economic highlights
Posted on July 18, 2015. From The Brookings Institution Amadou Sy and Radhika Goyal | In advance of President Obama’s trip to East Africa on July 23, the Africa Growth Initiative has prepared short travel companions on the economic environments in both Ethiopia and Kenya. The president’s visit to Ethiopia, a rapidly growing economy and the […]
First risky step in an Eritrean’s journey to Europe
Posted on July 18, 2015. By Emmanuel Igunza BBC Africa, Tigray, Ethiopia A 20-year-old man from Eritrea is nursing serious leg wounds after being shot twice by people he says were Eritrean soldiers stationed near the border with Ethiopia. “Even after I fell down, I could hear the bullets whizzing past me,” Weldab tells me from […]
Eritrean translators ‘intimidating refugees’ in Germany
Posted on July 18, 2015. Tags: Eritrea, Germany, Human Rights, Immigration Eritrean translators are deliberately mistranslating the testimonies of refugees during their hearings, according to dissidents’ groups in Germany. Some are even intimidating them into hiding human rights abuses. “He asked us, ‘Wait, where’s the part where I was tortured in prison?’ And we said, […]
“ዝግመተ ለውጥ “
እንጋባ ሲል ጠየቃት አልተቀበለችውም አስማሩ ወንድምና እህትነቱ ይበልጣል አለችው ተስማሙ ቤቷ እየመጣ ይጠይቃታል ቡና ታፈላለች ይጠጣሉ ካላት ታቀርባለች ይበላሉ አውግተው ይለያያሉ የትዳር ነገር ዳግም አልተነሳም አሳምነው አንድ ቀን በጠረራ ፀሐይ መጣ እንደመጣ የደረበውን ሹራብ አውልቆ አስቀመጠ ስለሙቀቱ ብዙ አውርተወ ተለያዩ አስማሩ አሳምነው እረስቶት የሄደውን ሹራብ ልብሷን ስታጥብ አጠበችለት ዳግም ሲመጣ ደርቦ ደራርቦ ነበርና የሚያወልቀው እንጂ […]
ኢትዮጵያ ከ184 አገራት 171ኛዋ ደሃ አገር!
July 18, 2015 · ዓለምአቀፉ የገንዘብ ድርጅት (አይኤምኤፍ) የአምስት ዓመታት አኻዝ ያካተተ የዓለማችንን ሃብታምና ደሃ አገራት ዝርዝር ሰሞኑን አውጥቷል፡፡ የዓለም የፋይናንስ መጽሔት ላይ የታተመው ይኸው ዘገባ እንደሚያሳየው በሃብታምና ደሃ አገራት መካከል ያለው ልዩነት በእጅጉ እየጨመረ እንደመጣ ነው፡፡ በዚህ የአምስት ዓመት አኻዛዊ ዘገባ መሠረት ከ184 አገራት መካከል ኢትዮጵያ 171ኛ ተራ ላይ የምትገኝ ስትሆን ይህም በድህነት ከሚጠቀሱት […]
Ethiopia: Journalists Released, Religious Leaders Convicted (SMNE)
July 15, 2015 The Manipulation of Political Prisoners for Political Gain in Ethiopia SMNE Press Release Washington, DC, July 14, 2015 The Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE) strongly condemns the recent verdict of the Ethiopian Federal High Court Fourth Criminal Bench concerning eighteen Ethiopians of Muslim faith who were found guilty on counts […]
Newly-freed Ethiopian Journalist Vows to Continue Work
By Marthe von der Wolf, VOA July 17, 2015 ADDIS ABABA – Reeyot Alemu, an Ethiopian journalist who was unexpectedly released from prison last week after being convicted on terrorism charges, vows to continue her work as a reporter. “I am sure I will continue my writings because it’s my job, and also its […]
Ethiopia’s Muslims mark Eid al-Fitr with prayer, song
Despite recent onset of rainy season, Muslims perform Eid prayers in capital amid atypically sunny weather ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Since dawn Friday, millions of Ethiopian Muslims have converged on stadiums, mosques and main streets throughout the country to mark the Eid al-Fitr — the three-day festival that follows the fasting month of Ramadan — with prayers and […]
Ethiopia: Turkey renovates historic Nejashi Mosque built in 4th century
Addis Ababa (HAN) July 8, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Safari Initiative News – Turkey aid agency renovates historic Ethiopia mosque ‘We’re delighted to give this iconic monument the renovation it deserves,’ says TIKA official The Nejashi Mosque is one of the world’s earliest mosques, built in the fourth century by the companions of Prophet Mohammed, […]