South Sudan rebels say have retaken town near border with Ethiopia

  August 12, 2017 / 10:39 AM Reuters Staff NAIROBI, Aug 12 (Reuters) – South Sudan’s rebels on Saturday said they had wrested control of Pagak, their stronghold town near the country’s border with Ethiopia, from government forces, a day after launching an offensive to drive them out. Formerly controlled by the rebels, the town […]

Germany lifts Ethiopia travel advisory, despite Amhara & Oromia ‘skepticism’

August 12, 2017 African News Germany has fully lifted its travel advisory for Ethiopia citing the end of state of emerency rule on August 4, 2017.   The state of emergency was imposed in October 2016 to quell spreading anti-government protests in two main regions of Amhara and Oromia.   The German foreign ministry’s message […]

በእውነት በጣም ያሳዝናል :'( ከድሮ ተምረን አሁን ላይ እንኳን መለወጥ አልቻልንም ነገ ይሄም መንግሥት ሲወድቅ ልክ እንደ ወ/ሮ ወሰንየለሽ አይነት ቤተሰባቸውንና ጓደኞቻቸውን ያጡ ሰዎች የህይወት ታሪክ መኖሩ አይቀርም………… እናመሰግናለን

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3ቱ ንጉሦች እና የታሪክ እውነታዎች: አጭር ዳሰሳ [ቬሮኒካ መላኩ]

August 11, 2017 የአለም ጥቁር ህዝቦችን ታሪክ የቀየረው ኢትዮጵያዊው ንጉሥ የነበረው የአፄ ምኒልክ ልደት እየደረሰ ነው ። የልደት ቀኑ ደርሶ በድምቀት እስክናከብር ድረስ በአንዳንድ የታሪክ እውነታዎች እናሟሙቅ ። እስኪ በጨረፍታ በ19ኛው ክፍለዘመን ስለነበሩት ሶስቱን ንጉሶች ፖለቲካዊ ሁኔታ በጨረፍታ እንዳሰው። … 1 ~ ከእንግሊዝ እንጀምር ። የእንግሊዝ ነገር ሁሌ ይገርመኛል ። ያኔ በ18ኛው ክፍለዘመን መደምደሚያና በ19ኛው […]

Violent protests break out in Kenya after Uhuru Kenyatta officially declared winner of presidential election

  Telegraph News Supporters of President Uluru Kenyatta celebrate in Kikuyu Town, Kenya Credit: AP Adrian Blomfield, Nairobi 11 August 2017 • 10:19pm Gunfire echoed through the slums of Nairobi on Friday night after President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner of a disputed election, triggering a violent outpouring of anger in opposition strongholds. Screams […]

Heavy fighting erupts in South Sudan near border with Ethiopia

August 11, 2017 / 7:07 AM Heavy fighting erupts in South Sudan near border with Ethiopia Reuters Staff South Sudan’s army, or the SPLA, soldiers drive in a truck on the frontline in Panakuach, Unity state April 24, 2012.Goran Tomasevic/File Photo NAIROBI (Reuters) – Heavy fighting erupted on Friday in the South Sudanese town of […]

VIDEO: Ethiopia’s 50 MW Waste to Energy Plant Nears Completion

A video tour of the 50 MW waste to energy plant currently under construction in Addis Addaba, Ethiopia by Jack Bennet, a Chemical Engineering at the University of Bath. A video tour of the 50 MW waste to energy plant currently under construction in Addis Addaba, Ethiopia by Jack Bennet, a 22 year old Chemical […]

UN agency sounds alarm as drought-stricken herders in Ethiopia face massive livestock losses

The most severe drought in decades has struck parts of Ethiopia, exacerbated by a particularly strong El Niño effect. This has led to successive failed harvests and widespread livestock deaths in some areas, and humanitarian needs have tripled since the beginning of 2015. Photo: WFP/Melese Awoke 11 August 2017 – Drought has devastated herders’ livelihoods […]

Ethiopia: church attacked, then told to close and member arrested for ‘inciting religious clashes’

 August 11, 2017 By World Watch Monitor Ethiopia Amhara, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Full Gospel Church, Gondar, Hirna, Mahibere Kidusan, Tikil Dingaye The main road in Tikil Dingaye, 20km from the historic city of Gondar in Amhara State. A Pentecostal church in Ethiopia has been ordered to stop meeting in a residential area, in the […]