Ethiopia: Torture victim says Tedros Adhanom rejected his appeal to travel abroad for life saving treatment
ESAT News May 20, 2017 Torture-victim Habtamu Ayalew Habtamu Ayalew, whose exposé of torture stories in Ethiopia’s notorious jails has gripped the nation, said Dr. Tedros Adhanom, one of the leading candidates for the WHO director general, rejected his appeal through mediators to travel abroad for a life saving medical treatment. Habtamu Ayalew, a prominent […]
China crippled CIA by killing US sources, says New York Times – BBC
May 20, 2017 23:20 Three armed Chinese policemen guarding the US embassy in Beijing AFP Chinese police guard the US embassy in the capital, Beijing Up to 20 CIA informants were killed or imprisoned by the Chinese government between 2010 and 2012, the New York Times reports, damaging US information-gathering in the country for years. […]
Physician’s letter in Lancet casts new shadow on Tedros WHO bid
By AT editor – 20 May 2017 at 4:07 am The physician who leads the Africa Tobacco-Free Initiative has spoken out against candidate Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia, just as the final vote for World Health Organization Director-General (WHO DG) looms next week. Dr. Frank Ashall, in an open letter published online Friday in the […]
Ethiopia’s Cholera-Denying Candidate to Lead the World’s Top Health Body is Taking a Battering Online
Written byEndalk Posted 21 May 2017 12:27 GMT Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ethiopia, speaks at Chatham House. Wikipedia image. Thousands of Tweets, several open letters and a relentless online campaign have dogged Ethiopia’s candidate for the World Health Organization Director-General position, Tedros Adahanom, as member states prepare to vote on May 23, 2017. But […]
NCAA accuses Ethiopian Airlines of extorting Nigerian passengers
NCAA accuses Ethiopian Airlines of extorting Nigerian passengers 22nd May 2017 By Louis Ibah The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has accused Ethiopian Airlines of extorting money from some if its Nigerian passengers. The NCAA said in a statement on Sunday that an investigation recently carried out revealed that Ethiopian Airlines had been engaged […]
US and Saudi Arabia sign arms deals worth almost $110bn
May 20,2017 US Secretary of State says the arms agreements will help Saudi Arabia deal with ‘malign Iranian influence’. US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman signing the deal [Mandel Ngan/AFP] The US and Saudi Arabia signed arms deals worth almost $110bn on Saturday, the first day of President Donald Trump’s visit to the […]
South Africans protest over violence against women
Hundreds angered by a rise in violence against women and children march in the South African capital, Pretoria. Reports of rape and murder of women and girls have been front-page news recently in South Africa [AFP] Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Pretoria on Saturday, angered by a rise in violence against […]
South Sudan: UN report exposes human rights violations against civilians in Yei
Two refugee children who have arrived in Democratic Republic of the Congo with a group of more than 400 other refugees from the region around Yei in South Sudan. Photo: UNHCR/Andreas Kirchof 19 May 2017 – A United Nations report has documented human rights violations and abuses against civilians that may amount to war crimes […]
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May 18, 2017 ያሬድ ኃይለማርያም ለ7 ዓመታት ያህል ከኢትዮጵያ ሰብአዊ መብቶች ካውንስል ጋር አብሮ የሠራና የኖቬምበር 1 እማ 2ቱን ጭፍጨፋ ተከትሎ ከሃገር ብዙ ምስጢሮችን ይዞ በመውጣት ለአውሮፓ ሕብረት ያቀረበ ነው። ዶ/ር ቴውድሮስ የወያኔ የአገዛዝ ስርዓት በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ላለቱት አሥርት አመታት ለፈጸማቸው የሰብአዊ መብት ጥሰቶችና የግፍ ተግባራት ቀጥተኛ ተጠያቂ ከሆኑት የስርዓቱ ቁንጮዎች መካከል አንዱ ነው፡፡ ዳኛ […]
የብሔር ፖለቲካ ጡዘት ከሰውነት እስከ አውሬነት ያደርሳል!
May 20, 2017 Posted by: Zehabesha የሌላ ሀገር ዜጋን እየወደድን የሌላ ብሔር ተወላጅን እንጠላለን! ከስዩም ተሾመ እስኪ አንድ ኢትዮጲያዊን ዝም ብላችሁ ታዘቡት። ወደ ቤተ-እምነት ሲሄድ “የሰው-ልጅ በአምላክ አምሳል የተፈጠረ ነው። ሰዎች እርስ-በእርስ ተዋደዱ፣ ጠላትህን እንደ ራስህ ውደድ፣…ወዘተ” የሚለውን ሃይማኖታዊ አስተምህሮት “አሜን” ይቀበላል። ወደ ትምህርት ቤት ሲሄድ ደግሞ ስለ ሰው ልጆች እኩልነት ይማራል። በሁሉም የትምህርት ደረጃ […]