Dear Lencho Bati: Who are you uniting?

By Satenaw May 29, 2017 11:36 By Girma Tefera Lencho Bati The big speech given by ODF leader Lencho Bati in the Seattle Ethiopian convention has already sparked controversy among Ethiopians worldwide. Some Ethiopians in the diaspora think he is a visionary Oromo leader with idealism and hope for unity in Ethiopia. That is fine […]

ሕዝብ የሚፈልገው መሠረታዊ ለውጥ እንጂ ሽንገላ አይደለም!

ርዕሰ አንቀጽ ሪፓርተር 27 May, 2017 በጋዜጣዉ ሪፓርተር ያለፉት 26 ዓመታት የኢሕአዴግ መንግሥት አገዛዝ በበርካታ ወጀቦች ውስጥ ያለፈ መሆኑን ለማስረዳት መሞከር ለቀባሪው ማርዳት ይሆናል፡፡ በተለይ አገሪቱ በፌዴራል ሥርዓት መተዳደር ከጀመረች ወዲህ በርካታ ታሪካዊ ክንውኖች ተፈጽመዋል፡፡ በፖለቲካ፣ በኢኮኖሚና በማኅበራዊ መስኮች ብዙ ውጣ ውረዶች ታይተዋል፡፡ ኢሕአዴግ ደርግን ያስወገደበትን 26ኛ ዓመት ሲዘክር ከመቼውም ጊዜ በላይ የተነሳበትን ተቃውሞና እንቢተኝነት […]

Coptic Christians accuse Egyptian government of failing to protect them

Relatives of people killed in attack on bus convoy say state of emergency in country has been undermined   A priest walks in front of the Saint Samuel monastery in Maghagha. Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP Ruth Michaelson in Cairo Sunday 28 May 2017 12.10 BST Egypt’s Coptic Christians have accused the government of failing to protect them […]

የግሪክ፣ የካቶሊክ፣ የሶርያ፣ የሕንድ፣ የሩሲያ፣ የግብጽ እና የኢትዮጵያ አብያተ ክርስቲያናትን ስንክሳሮች – (ዲ/ን ዳንኤል ክብረት)

May 28, 2017 08:34   የግሪክ፣ የካቶሊክ፣ የሶርያ፣ የሕንድ፣ የሩሲያ፣ የግብጽ እና የኢትዮጵያ አብያተ ክርስቲያናትን ስንክሳሮች ለማየት ሞክሬያለሁ፡፡ በእነዚህ ቀደምት አብያተ ክርስቲያናት ለቅድስና የበቁ አባቶች እና እናቶች ታሪክ ጾም፣ ጸሎት፣ ትምህርት፣ ሱባኤ፣ ትኅርምት፣ ተጋድሎ፣ ሰማዕትነት፣ በድፍረት መመስከር፣ ንጽሕና፣ ተባሕትዎ፣ ለሰዎች በጎ ነገር ማድረግ፣ ለሌሎች መሠዋት አና ሌሎችንም የእምነት እሴቶችን እናያለን፡፡ ማጭበርበርን፣ ማታለልን፣ ስለላን፣ ዘረፋን እና […]

Kingdom signs pact to recruit maids from Ethiopia

May 29, 2017 Saudi Gazette report Jeddah — Minister of Labor and Social Development Ali Al-Ghafis signed a bilateral agreement with Ethiopia’s Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Abdul-Fatah Abdullah to recruit Ethiopian domestic workers. According to the agreement, the Ethiopian government will send qualified domestic workers who are medically fit to carry out their […]

Villagers in Emery Down raise vital funds in battle to help drought-stricken Ethiopia

  Chris Yandell, New Forest Chief Reporter /  dailyecho_chrisHAMPSHIRE villagers raised more than £3,000 in just two hours for families struggling to survive in drought-stricken Ethiopia. They staged a highly-successful cake and plant sale in support of aid agency CAFOD, which is striving to help hundreds of people who rely on farming. More than 1,000 […]

Eritrea denies targeting Ethiopia’s Nile dam with Egypt

Sunday 28 May 2017 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle May 26, 2017 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Eritrean President, Isaias Afeworki has downplayed reports alleging his country’s deepened ties with Egypt are intended to sabotage the construction of Ethiopia’s massive hydro-power dam project. The Nile River is a lifeline to some 80% of Egyptians and the desert North […]

Ethiopian runners take Ottawa 10K road race titles

Gord Holder First posted: Sunday, May 28, 2017 08:32 AM EDT | Updated: Sunday, May 28, 2017 08:44 AM EDT Women’s winner Netsanet Gudeta hugs men’s champion Leul Gebresilase after crossing the 10K race finish line at Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend on Saturday. ASHLEY FRASER / POSTMEDIA Mercy was, apparently, in short supply. Ethiopian runners […]

Asian Kenyans Seek to Be Declared a ‘Tribe’ of Their Own

By KIMIKO de FREYTAS-TAMURA MAY 25, 2017 Bhavesh Ravel, 45, prayed in the Sai Baba Temple in the corner of the Diamond Plaza shopping center in Nairobi, Kenya. Credit  Adriane Ohanesian for The New York Times NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s national census used to classify them as “Other.” Now, Kenyans of Indian and Pakistani descent, […]

G7 talks: Trump isolated over Paris climate change deal

27 May 2017 <p style=”position: absolute; top: -999em”><img src=”//sa.bbc.co.uk/bbc/bbc/s?name=news.world.europe.story.40069636.page&ml_name=webmodule&ml_version=64&blq_js_enabled=0&blq_s=4d&blq_r=2.7&blq_v=default&blq_e=pal&cps_asset_id=40069636&page_type=Story&section=%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Feurope&first_pub=2017-05-27T11%3A50%3A11%2B00%3A00&last_editorial_update=2017-05-28T00%3A58%3A27%2B00%3A00&curie=355fd6ef-bb44-a54d-b0be-8d12a46b9196&title=G7+talks%3A+Trump+isolated+over+Paris+climate+change+deal&has_video=1&topic_names=Climate+change+denial%21Paris+Agreement%21Donald+Trump%21Migration%21G7%21Antonio+Guterres%21Climate+change+policy+of+the+United+States&topic_ids=0e34d16b-ab54-4c6e-bec5-41e3a023a0ca%2117e9317a-b74e-488c-8e42-bfd7132b5350%2178080d81-2849-497e-bc3a-bf364626456b%2183a45ff0-d5b2-4cdb-be7e-523c6001751b%2196e09368-b631-4ced-bb3c-6e902c8f1158%21cf7094d4-0518-42b4-bccf-71ceb074a465%21dd0fbcd1-9e4c-46cb-b6b5-a9bda142f03c&for_nation=ca&app_version=1.194.0&bbc_site=news&pal_route=asset&app_type=responsive&language=en-GB&pal_webapp=tabloid&prod_n Mr Trump described the G7 summit as “tremendously productive” Leaders of the G7 group of rich nations have failed to agree a statement on climate change. Six world leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the Paris accord, the world’s first comprehensive deal aimed at reducing greenhouse emissions. […]