All action Bolt wins sixth AOY award – Ethiopia’s Ayana takes female prize

Saturday, December 3, 2016 | 12:00 AM Andre Lowe MONTE CARLO, Monaco: He’s all about action. In fact, track and field’s biggest showman sees a bit of Hollywood tough guy Jason Statham, in himself, and as he capped another all-conquering season with a record sixth IAAF Male Athlete of the Year (AOY) award, Usain Bolt […]
Ethiopia accepts S. Sudan’s request to close rebel offices

Saturday 3 December 2016 Ethiopia accepts S. Sudan’s request to close rebel offices December 3, 2016 (JUBA) – The Ethiopian government has accepted a request by South Sudan government to shut down all offices belonging to its armed opposition faction (SPLM-IO) loyal to ex-first vice president-turned rebel leader, Riek Machar in Addis Ababa. Machar speaks […]
የኢትዮጵያ ወዳጅ ቱርክ በምታካሂደው ፀረ ሽብር ዕርምጃዋ የአጋሮቿን ድጋፍ ትፈልጋለች

የኢትዮጵያ ወዳጅ ቱርክ በምታካሂደው ፀረ ሽብር ዕርምጃዋ የአጋሮቿን ድጋፍ ትፈልጋለች 03 Dec, 2016 By ሰለሞን ጐሹ እ.ኤ.አ. በ1912 የመጀመሪያውን የኦቶማን ቱርክ ቆንስላ ጄኔራልን በሐረር ካቋቋመች በኋላ የቱርክ ሪፐብሊክ ከሰሃራ በታች አፍሪካ የመጀመሪያውን ኤምባሲ እ.ኤ.አ. በ1926 በአዲስ አበባ ከፍታለች፡፡ በዚህም የኢትዮጵያና የቱርክ ዲፕሎማሲያዊ ግንኙነት ከ100 ዓመታት በላይ የዘለቀ ሆኗል፡፡ አሁንም የሁለቱ አገሮች ግንኙነት ከመቼውም የበለጠ ጠንካራ […]
ዶ/ር መረራ ጉዲና በእስር ላይ ሆነው ምርመራ እየተካሄደባቸው ነው

03 Dec, 2016 By ታምሩ ጽጌ ‹‹የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጁን ጥሰው በመገኘታቸው ዕርምጃው ተገቢ ነው›› መንግሥት ‹‹ጉዳዩን በቅርበት እንከታተላለን›› የአሜሪካ መንግሥት የአውሮፓ ኅብረት ፓርላማ ባደረገላቸው ግብዣ ወደ ቤልጂየም ብራሰልስ አቅንተው የነበሩት የኦሮሞ ፌዴራሊስት ኮንግረስ (ኦፌኮና) ሊቀመንበሩና የመድረክ ምክትል ሊቀመንበር ዶ/ር መረራ ጉዲና፣ ኅዳር 21 ቀን 2009 ዓ.ም. እንደተመለሱ በቁጥጥር ሥር ውለው ምርመራ እየካሄደባቸው ነው፡፡ ዶ/ር […]
የሰማያዊ ፓርቲ ጠቅላላ ጉባዔ አመራሮቹን እያወዛገበ ነው

ታምሩ ጽጌ’s blog የሰማያዊ ፓርቲ ጠቅላላ ጉባዔ አመራሮቹን እያወዛገበ ነው 03 Dec, 2016 ‹‹የሰማያዊ ፓርቲ ሕጋዊ ሊቀመንበር እኔ ነኝ›› ኢንጂነር ይልቃል ጌትነት ‹‹ጉባዔው የምርጫ ቦርድ ተወካይ ባለበት የተካሄደና ሕጋዊ ነው›› አዲስ የተመረጡት የፓርቲው ሊቀመንበር ሰማያዊ ፓርቲ መስከረም 28 ቀን 2009 ዓ.ም. ጠቅላላ ጉባዔውን አድርጎ ቀድሞ የነበሩ የፓርቲውን ሥራ አስፈጻሚዎች በመሻር አዲስ ሥራ አስፈጻሚዎች መመረጣቸው ቢገለጽም፣ ነባር […]
The Guardian view on Fidel Castro: man of history

Editorial Situate the Cuban leader in the political and intellectual setting of 20th-century Latin American anti-colonialism rather than seeing him through the eyes of the 21st century Mourning Fidel Castro in Havana. Photograph: Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images Sunday 27 November 2016 19.23 GMT Recovering the figure of Fidel Castro from the legacy of the failures of communism, […]
“There is nothing like amnesty. It’s a trap. What they mean is they send someone to follow you, and you have days to live.” – former al-Shabab fighter

How Kenya’s al-Shabab amnesty is a loaded gun An IRIN investigation reveals that fighters are disappearing after turning themselves in. Are the security forces responsible or jihadist hit squads? Special Report How Kenya’s al-Shabab amnesty is a loaded gun An IRIN investigation reveals that fighters are disappearing after turning themselves in. Are the security forces […]
Prof. Fikre Tolossa’s response to Dr Paulos Milkias’ “review” of his book: “Ye Oromo Ena Ye Amara Ewnetegnaw Yezer Minch”

Letter to the Editor December 2, 2016 Dear Editor:Usually, writers are not expected to respond to critics’ opinions of their books, as opinions are nothing but opinions. Indeed, writers reserve the right not to respond to critics, even if the critics are genuine. I respond to Dr. Paulos Milkias’ reaction to my book, Ye Amara […]
What we need is solidarity, not contradiction

A Brief Remark on the Articles of Dr. Tedla Woldeyohannes, Paulos Milkiyas By Tefera Dinberu December 2, 2016 While Dr Tedla’s skepticism on the trend of the Oromo Movement might be a genuine question that any other Ethiopian would ask, I think that Dr. Tedla seemed to have pushed Oromo elites to incline towards developing […]
“እርዳታ ፈልገን አይደለም ትግል የጀመርነው…. ዓላማ ያለው ከኛ ጋር ይሳተፋል… አርበኛ ሞላ አጃውን አጥተናል” – የከፋኝ ጦር ተወካይ ከአዲስ ድምጽ ራድዮ ጋር ልዩ ቃለምልልስ

December 2, 2016 “እርዳታ ፈልገን አይደለም ትግል የጀመርነው…. ዓላማ ያለው ከኛ ጋር ይሳተፋል” – የከፋኝ ጦር ተወካይ ከአዲስ ድምጽ ራድዮ ጋር ልዩ ቃለምልልስ