Italian mayor, councillors jailed over monument to fascist general
November 11, 2017 05:38 Rodolfo Graziani in Addis Ababa in 1937. Photo: public domain/Wikimedia Commons. Jessica Phelan news.italy@thelocal.com helocalitaly 8 November 2017 A mayor and two town councillors were sentenced to prison on Tuesday for commissioning a memorial to one of Benito Mussolini’s top commanders. Mayor Ercole Viri received eight months for building the […]
Bridging the trust gap – The Oromo – Amhara conference in Bahir Dar – Shiferaw Abebe
November 11, 2017 05:07 By Shiferaw Abebe Deeply religious, Ethiopians historically trusted each other. They reserved suspicion and caution to strangers, outsiders, and in many cases as a defense mechanism to minimize risks; those that are close and familiar were believed and trusted readily and wholeheartedly. That changed when the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF), […]
Ethiopia has the worst police force in the world, according to World Internal Security and Police Index International, WISPI.
November 11, 2017 Idris Ibrahim The 2016 report rates the Nigeria Police Force the “worst” globally in terms of its ability to handle internal security challenges. The report was released by the International Police Science Association, IPSA, and the Institute for Economics and Peace, a nonprofit organisation that brings together experts, researchers and scholars concerned […]
በለማ ሥም የሚመጣ “የተባረከ” ነው? (በመስከረም አበራ)
10/11/2017 ከሁለት አመት ወዲህ የሃገራችን ፖለቲካ ከመቼውም በላይ በሁነት የተሞላ ሆኗል፡፡ ይህ ክስተት ተደላድሎ መምራት የለመደውን ህወሃት መራሹን ኢህአዴግ እንደ እንግዳ ዶሮ እያንቦጀቦጀው ይገኛል፡፡ ተጀምሮ እስኪጨረስ አቤት ወዴት ባይ ካድሬዎች የሚመሯቸውን የጎሳ ፓርቲዎች አጋር እና አባል ድርጅቶች ብሎ ከፍሎ የሃገሩን ሰርዶ በአገሩ በሬ በማሳጨድ የተካነው ህወሃት መራሹ አስተዳደር የቅቡልነቱን ማጥበቂያ ገመድ የፈተለው በአፈሙዝ ሃይል […]
Commentary: Revisiting the lives of Ethiopian freed prisoners. Are they really free?
addisstandard / November 7, 2017 / 2.3k addisstandard 2017-11-07 Mahlet Fantahun (Translated by Zecharias Zelalem) Addis Abeba, Nov. 07/2017 – Looking at the lives of Ethiopians who were once incarcerated for no sufficient reasons then “freed” from prisons often after arduous court battles, such as the case for Zone9 blogging collective in which I […]
ኢትዮጵያን እንዴት ከመፍረስ እናድናት?
Written by ታምራት መርጊያ “ሞኝ ከራሱ ውድቀት ይማራል፤ ብልጥ ከሰው ውድቀት ይማራል” እንደ ፖለቲካ ምሁራን እይታ፤ አንድ ሀገር የጨነገፈ ሊባል የሚችልበት አውድ አሀዛዊና (quantitative) አይነታዊ (qualitative analysis) ትንተናዎች ይኖሩታል፡፡ ይሁንና ይህ ቃል በግርድፉ ሲታይ፥ የጨነገፈ ሀገር የሚባለው የአንድን ሀገር መንግሥት የሚመራው የፖለቲካ ስርዓት፣ ሀሪቱን የመምራት ሀላፊነቱን መወጣት ሲሣነውና ሀገር የማስተዳደር ልዕልናው እንዲሁም ቅቡልነቱ (Erosion of […]
የኦሮሞና የአማራ ሕዝቦችን ያገናኘው መድረክ ለምን አስፈለገ?
ቅዳሜ ጥቅምት 25 ቀን 2010 ዓ.ም. በባህር ዳር ከተማ የአማራና የኦሮሞ ሕዝቦች የትስስር መድረክ ላይ የተገኙ ተሳታፊዎች 8 November 2017 ዘመኑ ተናኘ ለአምስት ቀናት የተካሄደው የኦሕዴድ ድርጅታዊ ኮንፈረንስ በተጠናቀቀ ማግሥት በክልሉ ርዕሰ መስተዳደር አቶ ለማ መገርሳ የሚመራ የልዑካን ቡድን ወደ ባህር ዳር አቅንቶ ነበር፡፡ በዚህ የልዑካን ቡድን አቶ ለማ መገርሳን ጨምሮ፣ የኦሕዴድ ጽሕፈት ቤት ኃላፊና […]
Chinese companies keep investing in Ethiopia
Xinhua | Updated: 2017-11-10 11:17 ADDIS ABABA – As Ethiopia strives to become the manufacturing hub of Africa, more and more Chinese companies are showing an interest in investing in the east African country. The latest Chinese company that will soon establish a presence in Ethiopia is the Wuxi No. 1 Cotton Mill, which is […]
የግራዚያኒ ሐውልት እንዲፈርስ በጣልያን የሚገኘው ፍርድ ቤት ወስኗል
Posted by admin | 10/11/2017 የኑስ ሙሃመድ ሐውልቱ እንዲቆም ያደረጉት የጣልያን ባለስልጣናትም የእስራትና የገንዘብ ቅጣት ተጥሎባቸዋል ሐውልቱ እንዲፈርስ ሲከራከሩ የነበሩ ኢትዮጵያውያን እና ጣልያናውያን በሰሩት መልካም ተግባር ተሸልመዋል *** የጣልያኑ ፋሽስት መሪ ቤንቶ ሞሶሎኒ ቀኝ እጅ የነበረውና ለበርካታ ኢትዮጵያውያንና ሊብያውያን ዜጎች ሞት ተጠያቂ የሆነው በሙሉ ስሙ ሩዶልፎ ግራዚያኒ /Rodolfo Graziani/ የተሰኘው ሰው ሐውልት እንዲፈርስ በጣልያን ሀገር […]
How a rare protest scared the Eritrean regime
protest scared the Eritrean regime How a rare protest scared the Eritrean regime Teachers, parents and students protested a government decision on their school. What ensued was a regime overreaction. by Abraham T Zere On October 31 there was a rare protest in the capital of Eritrea, Asmara [Reuters/Thomas Mukoya] Amid the standard heavy military […]