Ethiopia’s critical juncture: Ethnic tensions and liberal transition – Global Risk Insights 15:46

by Corrado Cok August 11, 2019 After a failed coup in June, ethnic violence and repression are on the rise in Ethiopia. Amid a critical transition to liberal democracy, the Abiy government has to manage increasing inter-ethnic tensions as well as the privatisation of state-owned enterprises that threaten to destabilise the second largest African nation. […]

Ethiopia’s Economy Is Booming, but at What Cost? – The Atlantic 01:19

A dam built with Chinese money stopped the Omo River from flooding, altering the lives of more than half a million people. Charlie Rosser Tom Gardner 1:00 Global Photography and video by Charlie Rosser KANGATEN, Ethiopia—In Nyangatom, on the plains of the Omo River in southern Ethiopia, they call 2015 the “Year of China.” Around […]

The Need for Unity in Ethiopia – Dissident Voice 00:02

by Graham Peebles August 10th, 2019 Ethiopia is a tribal nation, made up of 80 or so different groups, some large, some small, some powerful, some not. Large numbers of people, the majority perhaps, identify themselves with their tribe more powerfully than their country, or their region. Tribal affiliation runs deep among all age groups, […]

Eritrean students forced into indefinite military, govt jobs: HRW

It says Eritrean secondary education is conscription machine that subjects students to forced labour, physical abuse. 9 Aug 2019 An 87-page report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday portrays Eritrean secondary education as a conscription machine that subjects students to forced labour and physical abuse as they are groomed for indefinite government service. Despite a […]

The Nuns Who Bought and Sold Human Beings

Rachel L. Swarns 1/3 SLIDES © Dana Scruggs for The New York Times A monument to enslaved people at the cemetery near the Society of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, La. Caution: This article contains details that may be upsetting for some readers. Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, one of the oldest Roman Catholic girls’ schools […]

የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ቤተክርስቲያን የድኅረ አንድነት መንፈሳዊ ጉዞ – ክፍል 2

August 11, 2019 Source: https://tracking.feedpress.it/link/17593/12733851https://tracking.feedpress.it/link/17593/12733852/amharic_a71720bc-0598-489d-b48d-f1302f5c939c.mp3 መልአከ ምህረት ቆሞስ አባ ወልደ ጊዮርጊስ አየለ፤ በሜልበርን የደብረ ገነት ቅዱስ ሚካኤል ቤተክርስቲያን አስተዳዳሪ፣ መልአከ ፀሐይ ቀሲስ መንግሥቱ ኃይሉ፤ በብሪስበን የደብረ ፀሐይ ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ ቤተክርስቲያን ዋና አስተዳዳሪና በምሥራቅ አውስትራሊያ አገረ ስብከት ዋና ሥራ አስኪያጅ፣ መልአከ አርአያም ቀሲስ ተስፋ ኅሩይ፤ በሜልበርን የደብረሰላም መድኃኒዓለም ቤተክርስቲያን ዋና አስተዳዳሪ፣ መልአከ ሰላም ቀሲስ ተሾመ ጌታሁን፤ […]

የዛፎች የህልውና ተጋድሎ – በላይነህ አባተ

August 11, 2019 Source: https://www.zehabesha.com/amharic/archives/96338 በላይነህ አባተ (abatebelai@yahoo.com) አብዛኛው የዓለም ታሪክ የአጥፊና የጠፊን የሞት ሽረት ትግል ከትቦ የያዘ ስንክሳር ነው፡፡ የዚህ ስንክሳር አካል የሆነችዋ ዕልም የምትባለዋ የዛፎች አገር ታሪክም ዛፎቿ ላለመጥፋት ከአጥፊዎች ጋር ያደረጉት ተጋድሎ ታሪክ ነው፡፡ ይህቺን የዛፎች አገር በተለያዬ ጊዜ የቅዠት ሰዎች ሊደፍሯት ቢሞክሩም ጥቅጥቅ ደኗ ስለሚያስፈራና አንበሶችና ነብሮችም ስለሚኖሩባት ሳትደፈር ትኖር ነበር፡፡ […]

ሳትዋጋ ንገሥ ቢሉት “የለም፤እምቢ ተዋግቼ!” – በገ/ክርስቶስ ዓባይ

August 11, 2019 Source: https://www.zehabesha.com/amharic/archives/96340 ነሐሴ 5 ቀን 2019 ዓ/ም ዓለማችን ከፍጥረት ጀምሮ ሊታመኑ የማይችሉ እጅግ ድንቅ ድንቅ ነገሮችን አስተናግዳለች። ከታላቁ መጽሐፍ እንደምንረዳው ዮሴፍ በገዛ ወንድሞቹ ወደ ግብጽ ከተሸጠ በኋላ የፈርዖን ባለሟል ለመሆን እንደበቃና በወቅቱ በአካባቢው በተፈጥረው ድርቅ ምክንያት ሰው ሁሉ በረሃብ ቸነፈር ሲያልቅ፤ ወንድሞቹንና አባቱን ማለትም የአሥራ ሁለቱን ነገደ አሥራኤል አባት ያዕቆብን እንደታደጋቸው። ከግብጽ […]

ድሕረ ኢሕአዴግ?

August 11, 2019 Source: http://wazemaradio.com/%E1%8B%B5%E1%88%95%E1%88%A8-%E1%8A%A2%E1%88%95%E1%8A%A0%E1%8B%B4%E1%8C%8D/ ገዥው ፓርቲ ኢሕአዴግ በውስብስብ ፈተናዎች ውስጥ በመውደቅና በመነሳት መካክል መሆኑ ይታወቃል። ድርጅቱ ተስፋ የለውም የሚሉ አንዳሉ ሁሉ ድርጅቱ ወደ አዲስ ቅርፅና አደረጃጀት እያመራ ነው የሚሉም አሉ። የዋዜማው ቻላቸው ታደሰ ድርጅቱ እየያዘ ያለውን አዲስ አሰላለፍና ቀዳዳ ያመላከተበትን ዘገባ አንብቡት የድሮው ኢሕአዴግ የለም ላይመለስ ከስሟል አሁን ያለነው በአዲስ ድህረ ኢሕአዴግ ወቅት ላይ […]