In Ethiopia, a Search for the Lost Ark

Does the famous Ark of the Covenant actually reside in Africa? By Bill Wiatrak  3/29/2017 at 4:00pm The Chapel of the Tablet in Aksum, Ethiopia claims to be the final resting place of the Ark of the Covenant. IMAGE: FLICKR / ALAN DAVEY SOME OF MY FRIENDS CHIDE ME ABOUT MY WORLD TRAVELS  and jokingly refer to me as Indiana […]

Ahmed Kathrada: anti-apartheid titan jailed with Mandela dies at 87

South African activist, known affectionately as Kathy, was highly critical of Jacob Zuma and ANC government in later years  Ahmed Kathrada attends the ANC’s centenary celebration in Bloemfontein, South Africa, in January 2012. Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters  South African activist, known affectionately as Kathy, was highly critical of Jacob Zuma and ANC government in later years […]

“በሁሉ ነገር መስማማት አለብን ወይ?” -ዲ. ዳንኤል ክብረት /ያሬድ ሹመቴ

March 30, 2017 4ኛው ዙር የጉዞ ዓድዋ ተጓዦችን በክበር ለመቀበል በተዘጋጀው ምሽት ላይ ውብ ንግግር ካደረጉ መሀል ዲያቆን ዳንኤል ክብረት ይገኝበታል። ንግግሩን ለንባብ እንዲመች አድርጌ በመጻፍ እነሆ ብያለሁ። በእለቱ ገና ከእስራኤል ወደ አዲስ አበባ ተመልሶ ከአውሮፕላን ማረፊያ እንደወረደ መምጣቱን፥ ለጉዞ ዓድዋ አባላት ያለውን ክብር ለማሳየት መገኘቱን፥ በመግለጽ ሰላምታ ሰጥቶ ንግግሩን ጀምሯል። እነሆ ንባብ ።።። …እስራኤልን […]

Shackles of Tradition in EthiopiaA Child-Bride at the Mercy of Men

  p;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;img src=”https://count.spiegel.de/nm_trck.gif?sp.site=9999″ width=”1″ height=”1″ border=”0″ align=”right” alt=”” /> Fourteen-year-old Abaynesh wanted to become a doctor. But then she was married and had to break off her schooling to do the housework for her in-laws. It is a fate shared by many girls in Ethiopia. By Natalia Otero in Gindero, Ethiopia Video José Colón Toscano March […]

Ethiopia] Omo Kuraz-II sugar plant commences trial production

  30-03-2017 14:00:00 | by: Bob Koigi | hits: 2041 | Tags: Agribusiness Omo Kuraz-II, one of the four sugar factories being built under Omo Kuraz sugar development projects, has begun trial  production this month. The factory, which has passed all phases of the testing conducted since last January, started crashing sugarcane on March 23 […]

 Ethiopia extends national state of emergency by 4 months

By ELIAS MESERET Associated Press Mar 30, 6:30 AM EDT         ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopian lawmakers on Thursday extended the country’s six-month state of emergency for an additional four months. The widely expected move came amid reports of continued violence and anti-government activities in some remote, restive areas. The state of emergency, called […]

የኦሮሚያ የኢኮኖሚ አብዮት የወለዳቸው ተስፋዎችና ስጋቶች .. አዲስ ከድሬዳዋ

March 30, 2017 የኦሮሚያ የኢኮኖሚ አብዮት የወለዳቸው ተስፋዎችና ስጋቶች አዲስ ከድሬዳዋ (ይህ ፅሑፍ የተፃፈው ከሳምንት በፊት ነበር፤ የኦሮሚያ የኢኮኖሚ አብዮትን በመደገፍ፡፡ ፅሑፉን ለሪፖርተር ልኬው ነበር፤ ባለፈው እሁድ ሳያወጡት ሲቀሩ፣ በመሃል ግን በእንቅስቃሴው አማራ ክልልም ስለተቀላቀለ ፅሁፉ ባይወጣ ይሻላል ብዬ አስቀርቼዋለሁ፤ ሆኖም ድካሜ ከንቱ ከሚቀር በሚል እዚህ አውጥቼዋለሁ፡፡ (ትንሽ ረዘም የሚል ፅሑፍ))————- አወዳይ ከጥቂት አመታት በፊት […]

የቴዎድሮስ ካሳሁን ዜና ያስነሣው ተቃውሞ ምንጩ ምንድን ነው? ዘፈንስ ኃጢአት ነውን?

03/30/2017 የቴዎድሮስ ካሳሁን ዜና ያስነሣው ተቃውሞ ምንጩ ምንድን ነው? ዘፈንስ ኃጢአት ነውን? ወይ ፌስ ቡክ (መጽሐፈ ገጽ) እንዲያው ለቧልተኛውም፣ ለእብዱም፣ ለአስመሳዩም፣ ለአድር ባዩም፣ ለባለጌውም፣ ለምኑም እንደልቡ የሚፈነጭበት፣ የሚቀልድበት፣ የሚያብድበት፣ የሚባልግበት የሚያስመስልበት ዕድል ሰጥቶ መራኮቻ መቀለጃ ባያደርገን እንዴት ጥሩ ነበር! ምን ይደረግ! ማኅበራዊ የብዙኃን መገናኛ (Social media) መባሉስ ለዚሁ አይደል? በአንድ ማኅበረሰብ ውስጥ ባለጌም፣ አስመሳይም፣ አድርባይም፣ እብድም፣ ቧልተኛም ሁሉም […]

Ethiopia ranks among bottom 7 countries in new Brookings study on health care investment

  <img src=”https://d5nxst8fruw4z.cloudfront.net/atrk.gif?account=7qEwk1aUy100Eq” style=”display:none” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=”” /&a March 29, 2017 13:33 Louis Serino The Brookings Institution I am writing to share with you a new report from the Brookings Institution that analyzes the capacity of Ethiopia, along with 17 other countries, to effectively utilize private investments in healthcare R&D.           […]