Rule by fear

The absence of law has extinguished all justice in this east African country Facade of justice – The Eritrean high court Eritrea is a paradox, a country that dips vertiginously from the mountains into the sea, from mellow temperate Asmara, the capital, to the scorching coastal port of Massawa.On the capital’s boulevards, fashionistas rock Afros […]
Famine and Development: Contradiction in terms in the Ethiopian Context

Ghelawdewos Araia, PhD December 6, 2015 If Egypt can survive solely on the Nile, why can’t Ethiopia combat famine with all its rivers?Given the promises of development in my home country, I never thought I was going to write on the Ethiopian famine again, because it logically follows that famine (a widespread hunger) would […]
Ethiopia: Why Resist the Addis Abeba Master Plan? – a Constitutional Legal Exploration

December 7, 2015 By Tsegaye R. Ararssa When,in mid April 2014, the government in Ethiopia announced its readiness to implement what it called the “Addis Abeba Integrated Regional Development Plan” (the “Master Plan” for short), which proposes to annex most of the city’s surrounding areas belonging to the National Regional State of Oromia, it provoked […]
Ethiopia stalls to gain time: irrigation minister adviser

On Mon, 07/12/2015 – 15:10 Al-Masry Al-Youm Al-Masry Al-Youm Irrigation Minister Adviser Meghawry Shehata said in an interview with Al-Masry Al-Youm that Ethiopia is stalling the six-partite meeting of the Renaissance Dam negotiations in order to win time and reach a construction stage that makes it difficult to stop or demolish the dam. “We […]
Egyptian minister says talk of international arbitration on Ethiopian dam is ‘premature’

Irrigation minster Hossam Al-Mogazy says his country does not seek to involve African intermediaries in the issue Ahram Online , Monday 7 Dec 2015 Egypt’s irrigation minister Hossam Moghazy (Photo: Al-Ahram) Related Tripartite meeting between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan on Renaissance dam postponed Egypt ‘alarmed’ at progress of Ethiopia’s Renaissance dam construction Tenth round of […]
In Ethiopia, millions face weather-related food shortages, aid group says

Thomson Reuters Foundation In Ethiopia, millions face weather-related food shortages, aid group says Source: Reuters – Mon, 7 Dec 2015 22:21 GMT Author: Sebastien Malo More news from our correspondents In this 2011 file photo, Somali refugee children wait outside a United Nations transit centre in Dolo Ado, Ethiopia, established to accommodate refugees most of […]
Kenya and Ethiopia sign cross-border agreement

Reuters Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn (rear, left) and Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta (rear, right) and witnessed the ceremony Kenya and Ethiopia have signed a UN-backed trade deal worth $200m (£130m) in a bid to ease cross-border conflict. President Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn agreed the deal in the border town of […]
የተማሪዎች ተቃውሞ በመላው ሃገሪቷ ዛሬም እንደቀጠለ ነው።

December 7, 2015 የቡራዩ ሁለተኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት ቤት በፌደራል ፖሊሶች የተከበቡ ሲሆን ተማሪዎች ተቃውሞ እያሰሙ ይገኛሉ::በሃሮማያ ዩንቨርስቲ በር ላይ አንድ ወጣት ተማሪ ተገሏል::የሃሮማያ ዩንቨርስቲ ተማሪዎች መገደላቸውን ተከትሎ በአከባቢው በዳሞታ ባቴ ፊንቂልጥ የሚገኙ ነዋሪዎች ለተቃውሞ አደባባይ ወጥተዋል::ይህን ተከቶ ከሆርሶ ወታደራዊ ካምፕ በርካታ ወታደሮችን የጫኑ ካምቢዮኖች ወደ ሃሮማያ ከተማ ገብተዋል::በምእራብ ሸዋ ጮቤ ከተማ ተቃውሞ ተነስቷል::በወለጋ አርጆ በሱሉልታ […]
በገዛ አፈ-ሙዙ መቃብሩን የሚቆፍር የሽንፈትን ጽዋ ይጎነጫል ! – ከሰማያዊ ፓርቲ ብሔራዊ ምክር ቤት የተሰጠ መግለጫ

December 7, 2015 ቆንጅት ስጦታው በገዛ አፈ-ሙዙ መቃብሩን የሚቆፍር የሽንፈትን ጽዋ ይጎነጫል ! ከሰማያዊ ፓርቲ ብሔራዊ ምክር ቤት የተሰጠ መግለጫ @SemayawiParty ካለፉት ሁለት ዓመታት ጀምሮ የአዲስ አበባ ከተማንና ዙሪያን ለማከለል ከወጣው የማስተር ፕላን ጋር በተያያዘ፤ ገቢራዊነትና ሃሳቡን የተቃወሙ የኦሮሞ ተወላጆች እና የዕቅዱ ተቃዋሚዎች፣ የተለያዩ ዩኒቨርሲቲ፣ ኮሌጆች እና የሁለተኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት ቤት ተማሪዎች እንዲሁም የየከተማዎቹ ነዋሪዎች […]
በአዲስ አባባ ዩንቨርስቲ ተቃውሞ ፈንድቷል::

December 7, 2015 – ቆንጅት ስጦታው ለብሄር ብሄረሰቦች ቀን ወያኔ የሰበሰባቸው ተማሪዎች የአዲስ አበባ ማስተር ፕላን እና የወያኔን ግድያ በመቃወም ድምጻቸውን ማሰማት ጀምረዋል:: በአዲስ አባባ ዩንቨርስቲ ተቃውሞ ፈንድቷል::