Hunger to hit emergency levels in Ethiopia despite rains
Wed May 24, 2017 | 5:23am EDT By Katy Migiro NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hunger is likely to reach emergency levels in Ethiopia and the number in need of food aid will rise beyond the current 7.7 million, experts said, as drought has decimated livestock, rains have been erratic and aid is in short […]
Trump is turning into Idi Amin, no-one’s laughing
By Charles Onyango-Obbo Posted Wednesday, May 24 2017 at 16:27 In Summary . Can media freedom actually disappear in the US? Based on five months of Trump’s rule, yes it can. Can America become a failed state? In the past, it would have been a stupid question to ask. Today, it is valid. And the answer […]
ይህን አስገራሚ ቪዲዮ ተመልክታችሁት ይሆን？
The TOP SECRET story of Mengistu Hailemariam | Must Watch ሰላም ውድ ወዳጆቼ፤ ይህን አስገራሚ ቪዲዮ ተመልክታችሁት ይሆን？እኔ በጥሞና ተመልክቼው ተገርሜአለሁ！ አይ የሰው ነገር！ለአዘጋጆቹ አድናቆቴና ምስጋናዬ ይድረሳቸው።
Ethiopian court convicts journalist for incitement of violence
Wed May 24, 2017 3:12pm GMT By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA May 24 (Reuters) – An Ethiopian court convicted a journalist on Wednesday of inciting violence against the state with a dissident group, activists said, a judgement that an international rights group said was a bid to silence critics. Getachew Shiferaw was arrested in late […]
Ethiopia: Journalist’s guilty verdict a further slap in the face for justice
24 May 2017, 18:00 UTC Responding to reports that Ethiopia’s Federal High Court has found prominent Ethiopian journalist Getachew Shiferaw guilty of “provocation of revolt,” Muthoni Wanyeki, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes, said: “Today’s groundless ruling is a further slap in the face for justice in […]
የአማራውን ማህበረሰብ የመብት ትግል የማጠልሸት ዘመቻ
May 24, 2017 ሃመልማል – ባለፉት 40 እና ከዛ በላይ ለሚሆኑ ዓመታት በኢትዮጵያ ህልውና ላይ የተነሱ የውጭም ሆነ የውስጥ ሃይላት በአማራው ማህበረሰብ ላይ ያላካሄዱት የማጠልሸት እና የማጥላላት ተግባር አልነበረም።በሲያድ ባሬ የሚመራው የሶማሊያ ወራሪ ሃይል አማራውን ቀንደኛ ጠላት አድርጎ ቀስቅሶአል።ኤርትራን ለመገንጠል የታገሉ ምንደኞችም የነጻነት ትግላቸው አማራ ከሚባል ህዝብ ጋር የተደረገ በማስመሰል እንደነበር እናስታውሳለን።ወያኔ ገና ከመነሻው አማራውን […]
Eritrea Denies Targeting Ethiopia Dam as Egyptian Ties Deepen
May 22, 2017 “The claim by the Epian regime that the relationthio betwen Eritrea and Egypt is targeting the millennium dam is unfounded,” bloomberg – Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki denied his country’s deepening relations with Egypt signify plans to disrupt neighboring Ethiopia’s construction of Africa’s biggest hydro power dam. “The claim by the Ethiopian regime that the […]
Ethiopian and Pakistani nationals protest against robbery accused
Sikho Ntshobane | 2017-05-23 14:38:36.0 Ethiopian and Pakistani nationals from several towns in the former Transkei region including Mthatha,Ngqeleni, Libode and Mqanduli protested outside the Kwaiman Periodical Court on Tuesday, where a gang of eight suspected robbers among them an Ethiopian national appeared on charges of robbery with aggravating circumstances. Image by: SIKHO NTSHOBANE […]
W.H.O. Elects Ethiopia’s Tedros as First Director General From Africa
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. and NICK CUMMING-BRUCE,The New York Times MAY 23, 2017, A woman waved a portrait of Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the newly elected director general of the World Health Organization, in Geneva on Tuesday. Valentin Flauraud/European Pressphoto Agency Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia was voted director general of the World Health Organization on […]
Ethiopia: As Ethiopian Seeks to Head WHO, Outbreak at Home Raises Questions
23 May 2017 Voice of America (Washington, DC) By Salem Solomon Ethiopia is battling an outbreak of acute watery diarrhea (AWD) that has affected more than 32,000 people. At the same time, Ethiopia’s former minister of health, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is a candidate to lead the World Health Organization. The two facts are linked in that critics […]