Emmanuel Macron’s irresistible charm
By Hugh Schofield BBC News, Paris France presidential election 2017 Getty Images The thing about Emmanuel Macron is that, in the end, everyone gives way to the charm. See him on campaign last week: he was talking to hardline CGT union members at a soon-to-close factory in the north. These guys hate everything he stands […]
Cairo rejects Sudan’s description of Egyptian presence in Halayeb as “military occupation”
May 7, 2017 (KHARTOUM) – The Egyptian government has lodged an objection with the United Nations against the maritime baselines declared by Sudan last March saying it wouldn’t recognise any action taken by Khartoum or any international agreement that affects its sovereignty over Halayeb region. The objection, which was deposited on 4 May and seen […]
Sudan cannot resort to maritime arbitration over Halayed dispute: expert
May 6, 2017 (KHARTOUM) – A Sudanese expert on international law and border disputes Saturday has strongly contested Sudan’s ability to take Egypt to International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) over the disputed Halayeb area. An international maritime border arbitrator, Osman Mohamed al-Sharif, disclosed that Sudan was planning to take Egypt to […]
Singer Teddy Afro’s New Album Holds Fast to His Vision of a Diverse, Yet United Ethiopia
Posted 7 May 2017 16:51 GMT Ethiopian singer Teddy Afro, who delivered opening remarks at a U.S. Embassy-sponsored workshop for students on the occasion of World Environment Day 2015. Photo by U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa; CC BY-ND 2.0. Ethiopian singer Tewodros Kassahun’s most anticipated and highly promoted studio album was released to great fanfare at the […]
የፍትህ ሥርዓቱ ተጠቃሽ አደጋዎች – የፍርድ መጓተትና የዳኞች ውሳኔን በሐሰተኛ ሰነድ ማስቀየር
Posted on May 7, 2017 በፍትሕ ሥርዓቱ ውስጥ የሚስተዋሉ የፍርድ ውሳኔ መዘግየትና መዛነፍ፣ የዳኛን ውሳኔ በሐሰተኛ ሰነድ ማስቀየርን ጨምሮ የዳኞችና የጠበቆች ኪራይ ሰብሳቢነት አመለካከትና የመልካም አስተዳደር መጓደል፣ ለፍትሕ ሥርዓቱ ተጠቃሽ አደጋዎች መሆናቸውን የአዲስ አበባ ከተማ ነዋሪዎች ተናገሩ፡፡ ከሰኞ ሚያዝያ 30 ቀን 2009 ዓ.ም. ጀምሮ ለሰባት ቀናት የሚከበረውን የፍትሕ ሳምንት አስመልክቶ በተለያዩ ክፍላተ ከተሞች ውስጥ የሚገኙ የወረዳ […]
መንግስት ከግለሰብ ጋዜጠኞች ጋር እልህ መጋባቱን እንዲያቆም ተጠየቀ
Sunday, 07 May 2017 00:00 መንግስት ከግለሰብ ጋዜጠኞች ጋር እልህ መጋባቱን እንዲያቆም ተጠየቀ Written by አለማየሁ አንበሴ – የመንግስት መገናኛ ብዙሃን ከፖለቲካ ወገንተኝነትና ከአወዳሽነት አልተቀላቀሉም – የአገሪቱ ፕሬሶች በጥቃቅንና አነስተኛ ደረጃ የሚገኙ ናቸው የአገሪቱን ገፅታ በአለማቀፍ መድረኮች ላይ እያበላሸ ያለው የጋዜጠኞች እስር ጉዳይ እንዲታሰብበትና መንግስት ከግለሰብ ጋዜጠኞች ጋር እልህ መጋባቱን እንዲያቆም ተጠየቀ፡፡ የመንግስት መገናኛ ብዙሃን […]
ቴዲ አፍሮ – ከ “ኢትዮጵያ” አልበሙ በፊት
Posted on May 7, 2017 ለኪነጥበብ ቅርበት በነበረው ቤተሰብ ነው ተወልዶ ያደገው፡፡ አባቱ አቶ ካሳሁን ገርማሞ ታዋቂ ጋዜጠኛ፤ የዘፈን ግጥም ደራሲና የመድረክ መሪ ነበሩ። ‹‹ሙዚቃ ህይወቴ›› የተሰኘው ዘፈኑን ለአባቱ መታሰቢያ አድርጎ ሰርቶላቸዋል። እናቱ ወይዘሮ ጥላዬ አራጌ ደግሞ በዳንስ ሙያ ያሳለፉ ኩሩ ኢትዮጵያዊ የቤት እመቤት ናቸው፡፡ በሙሉ ስሙ ቴዎድሮስ ካሳሁን ገርማሞ ተብሎ ቢጠራም፣ የሚታወቀው ቴዲ አፍሮ በተሰኘው […]
World military spending: Increases in the USA and Europe, decreases in oil-exporting countries
24 April 2017 (Stockholm, 24 April 2017) Total world military expenditure rose to $1686 billion in 2016, an increase of 0.4 per cent in real terms from 2015, according to new figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Military spending in North America saw its first annual increase since 2010, while spending in […]
South Sudan army denies attacking U.N peacekeeping base
May 6, 2017 (JUBA) – South Sudan has denied reports that its soldiers attacked a United Nations peacekeeping base in Leer, a town in former Unity state. Chinese peacekeepers of UNMISS, patrol outside the premises of the UN Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Juba on October 4, 2016. (Albert Gonzalez Farran/AFP Photo) The army […]
Nigeria Chibok girls: Eighty-two freed by Boko Haram
Nigeria Chibok girls: Eighty-two freed by Boko Haram Some of the girls pictured in May 2014, shortly after their kidnapping Islamist militants of the Boko Haram group have released 82 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in north-eastern Nigeria three years ago, the president’s office says. They were handed over in exchange for […]