Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan issue joint statement on details of coming GERD talks – Ahram Online 13:14
Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia are set to have two technical meetings before their next Washington meeting on 13 January Mohamed Soliman , Tuesday 10 Dec 2019 The GERD (Photo: Reuters) Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia released a joint statement on the latest developments in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations on Monday which outlined in […]
Buried Christian (and Pagan) Basilica Discovered in Ethiopia’s ‘Lost Kingdom’ of Aksum – Live Science 12:09
By Tom Metcalfe – Live Science Contributor Parts of the buried town of Beta Samati were occupied for more than 1,000 years, from the Pre-Aksumite era around 750 B.C. through the early Christian period from about A.D. 325 until about A.D. 650. (Image: © Nicole Harrower) An ancient church from the fourth century, containing both […]
It’s too early to call Prosperity Party bad news to Ethiopia (A rejoinder to Awol Allo)
December 10, 2019 Source: https://www.satenaw.com Ephrem Madebo (emadebo@gmail.com) On November 30, 2019, Awol Allo tweeted the following: “Lemma is not alone. In fact, there are very few Oromos beneath the ornament of the sky who do not see that the Prosperity Party is a highly problematic, unnecessarily risky, and untimely initiative” The following day, I […]
ምሁራን እነማን ናቸው? የኢትዮጵያውያን ምሁራን ሚናስ እንደምን ይገለጣል?
December 9, 2019 Source: https://tracking.feedpress.it/link/17593/13050792https://tracking.feedpress.it/link/17593/13050793/amharic_df345b17-c627-43ea-baa5-a780c0ff6014.mp3 ፕሮፌሰር ግርማ ብርሃኑ – በጉተንበርግ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የልዩ ትምህርት መምህርና ዶ/ር ፀሐይ ብርሃነ ሥላሴ – የባሕልና ታሪክ ጥናት ተመራማሪና “Ethiopian Warriorhood: Defence, Land & Society 1800 – 1941” ደራሲ፤ በምሁር ቃለ ትርጓሜ፣ ከቀደምት አስከ አሁን ያሉትን የኢትዮጵያ መሪዎች አክሎ የኢትዮጵያውያን ምሁራን ሚናን መዝነው አተያያቸውን ያንጸባርቃሉ።
Meet the 2019 CNN Hero of the Year Freweini Mebrahtu
December 9, 2019 By Tricia Escobedo, CNN December 8, 2019 (CNN)It’s something that girls and young women in western countries can’t imagine: missing school, even dropping out, because of their periods. Yet as many as half the girls in rural parts of Ethiopia miss school for reasons related to their periods — and that can have […]
Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed won’t be answering any questions when he receives his Nobel Prize
December 9, 2019 By Max Bearak / Washington Post Dec. 9, 2019 When Norway’s Nobel Committee chose Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for this year’s peace prize, they knew it would generate controversy. As with Barack Obama a decade earlier, Abiy, 43, was awarded one of the world’s most prestigious prizes at the beginning his […]
የስራ ቋንቋ በጥናት ይመረጥ – ክፍል 1 የደቡብ አፍሪካ ተመክሮ – ግርማካሳ
December 9, 2019 Source: https://mereja.com/amharic/v2/180518 በቅርቡ ይፋ የሆነው የብልጽግና ፓርቲ፣ ለጊዜው አምስት የአገራችን ቋንቋዎች፣ አማርኛ፣ ትግሪኛ፣ ሶማሌኛ፣ አፋርኛና ኦሮምኛ፣ የድርጅቱ የስራ ቋንቋ እንደሚሆን ገልጿል፡፡ የድርጅቱ መሪ ጠ/ሚ አብይ አህመድም ከአማርኛ በተጨማሪ ሌሎች ቋንቋዎችም የፌዴራል መንግስት የስራ ቋንቋ እንዲሆኑ ድርጅታቸው እንደሚሰራ ማሳወቃቸው ይታወቃል፡፡ ከአማርኛ በተጨማሪ ሌሎች ቋንቋዎችን የስራ ቋንቋ ይሁኑ ሲባል የሚነሱ ሁለት መሰረታዊ ጥያቄዎች አሉ፡፡ […]
U.N. expert urges Ethiopia to stop internet shutdowns, revise hate speech law – Reuters.co.uk 10:49
December 9, 2019 / 10:36 AM ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A senior United Nations official urged Ethiopia on Monday to stop shutting off the internet without legal basis and revise a draft law meant to curb hate speech to ensure it protects freedom of speech. FILE PHOTO: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed waits for the […]
Ethiopia: Beyond ethnic federalism – African Arguments 10:07
By Olivia Woldemikael December 9, 20190 The system designed to fuse an unwieldy nation together is now tearing it apart. Credit: Jasmine Halki. When the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) ruling coalition established the system of ethnic federalism after coming to power in 1991, it served a clear purpose. Following the end of the […]
Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to meet January 13 over dam dispute, U.S. says – Reuters.co.uk 19:55
December 9, 2019 / 7:35 PM (Adds details from statement, background) WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan plan to meet in Washington on Jan. 13 to resolve their dispute over a massive dam project on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, according to a joint statement issued by the […]