የአዲሱ ዘመነ መሳፍንት አክቲቪስቶች – በልጅግ ዓሊ

እኔ ምን አገባኝ – የምትሉት ሃረግ እሱ ነው ያረዳት – ሃገሬን እንደ በግ የምትለው ግጥም – ልጽፍ አሰብኩና ምንአገባኝ ብዬ – ቁጭ አልኩ እንደገና ኑረዲን ኢሳ እነሆ እኛም “እነዚህ ሰዎች” እያልን፣ እየተማረርን አንዳንዴ ከሕዋ እንደ መጡ ሰዎች እየተመለከትናቸው፣ ሲደላን አብረናቸው ለመስራት ስንሞክር፣ ሲከፋን ትግሉን ጥለን እየሸሸን ስናማ ፣ ስንቀማጠል በውጭ ሃገር በድረገጽ ፣ በፌስቡክ ፣ […]
የአዳማ ሕዝብ፣ የምስራቅ ሸዋ ህዝብ ቢጠየቅ … – ቀልቤሳ ዘ ቢሾፍቱ

May 8, 2017 – Bersamo “የኦሮሚያ ክልል በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ ላይ ያለውን ሕገ መንግሥታዊ ልዩ ጥቅም ለመወሰን የወጣ ረቂቅ አዋጅ” ዙሪያ አቶ ግርማ ካሳ ክፍል አንድ እና ክፍል ሁለት ብለው የጻፏቸው ጽሁፎች ትኩረቴን ስበዉታል። አቶ ግርማ የኦሮሚያ የሸዋ ዞኖች እና አዲስ አበባን ያቀፈ፣ አማርኛና አፋን ኦሮሞ የሥራ ቋንቋ የሆነበት ክልል አስፈላጊነትን ነው መረጃ በማቅረብ ለማሳየት […]
የዶክትር ሀዲስ አለማየሁ ሐውልትና ታሪካቸው

May 8, 2017 ድመጻዊ ቴዲ አፍሮ በአዲሱ አልበሙ ማር እስከ ጧፍ ብሎ ፍቅር እስከ መቃብር የተሰኘውን ስራቸውን ያደመቀላቸው ደራሲ ሀዲስ አለማየሁ፤ አሁን ደግሞ በትውልድ ቦታቸው ደብረማርቆስ ከተማ ሀውልት እንደቆመላቸው ተሰማ። ስለ እርሳቸውም አጭር የህይወት ታሪክ በዚህ መልኩ በአጭሩ እናካፍላችሁ ። ደራሲ ዶ/ር ሀዲስ ዓለማየሁ በምስራቅ ጎጃም ጎዛመን ወረዳ በእንጾር ኪዳነ ምህረት ቀበሌ 1902 ተወለዱ። ገና […]
Ethiopia: Detained journalist Elias Gebru denied due process

AHRETHIO Press Release Elias Gebru May 8, 2017 Ethiopian authorities should immediately release journalist Elias Gebru or respect his right to due process. Since his arrest, on 18 November 2016, journalist Elias, has not been formally charged with any offense. A freelance journalist and social media activist, Elias Gebru was reportedly arrested by Ethiopian […]
Boko Haram: Nigeria winning the battle but losing the war?

Obi Anyadike/IRIN MAIDUGURI, 4 May 2017 Obi Anyadike Editor-at-Large and Africa Editor Author Note Part of a special project exploring violent extremism in Nigeria and the Sahel “Prof” Usman Abakyari is instantly likeable. But the impish, slightly dishevelled water engineer turns serious at any mention of Boko Haram, the jihadist insurgency that for seven […]
UN: 2m children displaced by South Sudan conflict

Warnings by two UN agencies as a third county is reported to be on the brink of famine that has impacted 100,000 people. Famine and war have created a huge humanitarian crisis [Goran Tomasevic/Reuters] The civil war in South Sudan has forced more than two million children to flee their homes, according to two UN […]
Somalia: Huge blast rocks downtown Mogadishu

At least five killed, 20 wounded after huge car bomb goes off near the immigration directorate in the capital. A car burns in the Somali capital after exploding on Monday in the city centre [Abdirisak Mohamud Tuuryare/Al Jazeera] Mogadishu, Somalia – A car-bomb blast hit the heart of Somalia’s capital on Monday, killing at least five […]
82 Chibok schoolgirls freed in exchange for five Boko Haram leaders

Young women, who were among 276 captured in April 2014, flown to Nigerian capital to meet president while charities call for them to be reunited with families Some of the freed schoolgirls board a helicopter. Photograph: ICRC/EPA Ruth Maclean West Africa correspondent and Alice Ross Sunday 7 May 2017 22.10 BST Months of negotiations involving participants […]
Ethiopia and Sudanese police sign cooperation accord

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle May 8, 2017 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia and Sudanese police have signed an agreement to further boost peace and security cooperation between the two neighbours, the state-run Ethiopia Broadcasting Corporation reported on Sunday. The accord was signed after a Sudanese police delegation held discussions with their Ethiopian counterparts in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis […]
USAID-DuPont Partnership helps hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian farmers transform production and livelihoods

Source: U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia As part of America’s Feed the Future initiative, the program’s objective was to sustainably increase more than 100,000 smallholder farmers’ yields and enhance income potential, while also improving nutrition outcomes in 16 districts over three regions across Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 8, 2017/APO/ — The U.S. Agency […]