Ethiopia says launches offensive against Oromo rebels Reuters.co.uk

January 16, 2019 / 1:56 PM Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian troops have launched operations against members of a rebel group that signed an agreement to end hostilities with the government last year, an official said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed addresses a news conference in his office in […]

Mosquito known to transmit malaria has been detected in Ethiopia for the first time

Public Release: 16-Jan-2019 Mosquito known to transmit malaria has been detected in Ethiopia for the first time Public health concern is a possible emergence of malaria in new regions, Baylor researcher says Baylor University IMAGE: Tamar Carter, Ph.D., assistant professor of tropical disease biology at Baylor University view more Credit: Robert Rogers/Baylor University A type […]

Ethiopia deploys military against opposition faction Daily Mail

By Afp Published: 12:49 EST, 16 January 2019 Last year, Ethiopia’s Oromo people celebrated the return of the formerly banned Oromo Liberation Front after it signed a peace deal with the government Ethiopia has deployed soldiers against an armed faction of a recently-legalised opposition group that is robbing banks and attacking residents in the country’s […]

Ethiopia’s Timket festival Stuff.co.nz

Lorna Thornber 11:00, Jan 17 2019 An Ethiopian Orthodox worshipper jumps into Fasilides’ Bath during the annual Timket epiphany celebration in Gondar. Epiphany ends with a communal pool party in the east African country.  One of the most important religious festivals of the year, Timket is a kind of mass baptism in which young and […]

Malaria Mosquito Anopheles Stephensi Found In Ethiopia For The First Time Science 2.0

By News Staff | January 16th 2019 10:52 AM Anopheles stephensi, a malaria disease vector, is normally found in the Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and China. But now it has been found in Ethiopia, where over 68 percent of the population is already at risk for malaria and an average of 2.5 million cases are […]

The Case of the Sidama People’s Referendum for Regional Statehood in Ethiopia: The Need for Speedy Proceeding!

January 16, 2019 Source: http://www.satenaw.com/case-sidama-peoples-referendum-regional-statehood-ethiopia-need-speedy-proceeding/ By: Yohanan Yokamo (Lecturer, Hawassa University) The Sidama People are one of the indigenous Cushitic or Kushitic language speaking Ethiopians. After EPRDF (Ethiopia People Revolutionary Democratic Front) assumed power in 1991 immediately after the transition period (between 1991-1995) the Sidama nation was granted regional self-administration for a brief period with […]

የኢትዮጵያ ወቅታዊ የሆኑ አንገብጋቢ ችግሮችና መፍትሄ ሊሆኑ የሚችሉ ሃሳቦች

January 16, 2019 ከእውነቱ ይታያል (15.01.2019) የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ ህገመንግስት ዋነኛ ግብ አድርጎ የያዘው ጉዳይ አንድ የኢኮኖሚና የፖለቲካ ማህበረሰብ መገንባት ነው። ይህ ሊሳካ የሚችለው ደግሞ የሁሉም ብሄሮች፣ ብሄረሰቦችና ህዝቦች እኩልነት ሲጠበቅ ብቻ ነው። ከዚህ አልፎ ያንድን ብሄር፣ ብሄረሰብ፣ ህዝብ ወይም ቡድን ያልተገባ ጥቅምና የበላይነት ለማረጋገጥ ጥረት ማድረግ የህገመንግስቱን መሰረታዊ መነሻ ይደረምሳል ብቻ ሳይሆን በማንኛውም […]

Nairobi terror attack: police regain control of hotel complex as death toll rises -The Guardian

US citizen confirmed among those killed in assault claimed by militant Islamist organisation al-Shabaab Jason Burke Africa correspondent Tue 15 Jan 2019 13.28 GMT Shares 3,065 Nairobi: gunmen in hotel standoff with Kenyan police – video report Police and anti-terrorist forces have regained control of a Nairobi hotel and office complex, hours after Islamist extremist gunmen […]

Brexit: Theresa May’s deal is voted down in historic Commons defeat

Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal has been rejected by 230 votes – the largest defeat for a sitting government in history. MPs voted by 432 votes to 202 to reject the deal, which sets out the terms of Britain’s exit from the EU on 29 March. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has now tabled a […]