South Africa election: ANC leads as votes counted -BBC
Votes are being counted in South Africa’s election, with President Cyril Ramaphosa hoping to prevent a slide in support for the governing African National Congress (ANC). With results declared in some 70% of districts, it has won about 57% of the ballot, well ahead of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on 22%. The ANC took […]
Ethiopia Allows Tax Free Imports of Agricultural Mechanization, Irrigation and Animal Feed Technologies
9 May 2019 Addis Standard (Addis Ababa) The Ministry of Finance (MoF) approved the imports of agricultural mechanization, irrigation and animal feed technologies, and equipment to be tax-free. The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) in close collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) initiated the tax reform policy by conducting a cost-benefit analysis and identified and […]
Correction: Ethiopia-Garment Workers’ Pay story – ABC News
By The Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — May 9, 2019, 7:29 AM ET In a story May 7 about (topic), The Associated Press reported erroneously that the apparel retailer Gap sources clothing made in Ethiopia. Gap does not source clothing made in Ethiopia and the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights regrets […]
The story of Oromo slaves bound for Arabia who were brought to South Africa – The Conversation (Africa
May 9, 2019 10.29am EDT Oromo children saved from slavery. Supplied by author In September 1888, the HMS Osprey serving in the Royal Navy’s anti-slave trade mission in the Red Sea, based in Aden, intercepted three dhows embarked from Rahayta and Tadjoura on the Ethiopia coast. Aboard were 204 boys and girls bound for resale […]
‘We don’t want another messiah’: Newly vocal Ethiopians debate an uncertain future – The Washington Post
Ethiopian activist Eskinder Nega (2nd right) answered questions from BBC presenter Jonathan Dimbleby (center) at BBC’s World Questions program held in Addis Ababa on Monday. The other panelists from left include Mustafa Omar, president of the Somali Region, Tsedale Lemma, editor of the Addis Standard and on the far right academic Merera Gudina. (Henock Birhanu/BBC […]
Ethiopia’s human rights record to be reviewed by Universal Periodic Review – Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (9 May 2019) – Ethiopia’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Tuesday, 14 May 2019 in a meeting that will be webcast live. Ethiopia is one of the 14 States to be reviewed by the UPR Working […]
Israel Police close case against cop who killed mentally ill Ethiopian man – Middle East Monitor
Ethiopian Jews gather for a collective prayer at a small synagogue in Lamberet, a neighbourhood adjacent to the Israeli embassy in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on 23 February 2019 [Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency] May 9, 2019 at 11:15 am Israel Police announced on Tuesday “that it had closed the case against a policeman […]
ምርጫው መራዘሙን አይቀሬ የሚያደርጉ እውነታዎች
May 9, 2019
የአርበኞች ግንቦት 7 ለአንድነትና ዴሞክራሲ ንቅናቄ ሚያዚያ 29 2011 ያደረገውን ጠቅላላ ጉባኤ አስመልክቶ የተሰጠ መግለጫ
May 9, 2019 የአርበኞች ግንቦት 7 ለአንድነትና ዴሞክራሲ ንቅናቄ ሚያዚያ 29 2011 ያደረገውን ጠቅላላ ጉባኤ አስመልክቶ የተሰጠ መግለጫ ሚያዚያ 29 2011 አርበኞች ግንቦት 7 ሰላማዊና ህጋዊ ትግል ለመጀመር ከወሰነ ጀመሮ ከሁሉም ነገር ቅድሚያ ሰጥቶ የተንቀሳቀሰው በህዝብና በሃገር ላይ ያሰፈሰፈውን አደጋ ህዝብን በማሳተፍ መቋቋም የሚችል አንድ ጠንካራ ሃገራዊ ፓርቲ በመመስረቱ ተግባር ላይ ነው። ንቅናቄው በማህበራዊ ፊትህና […]
ሕገ መንግሥት የሚባለው የግድያና የቅሚያ ደንብ መሻሻል ሳይሆን ተቀዶ መጣል ይኖርበታል! (አቻምየለህ ታምሩ)
May 9, 2019 ሕገ መንግሥት የሚባለው የግድያና የቅሚያ ደንብ መሻሻል ሳይሆን ተቀዶ መጣል ይኖርበታል! አቻምየለህ ታምሩ ሕገ መንግሥት ተብዮው የግድያ ፣ የቅሚያና የአፓርታይድ ደንብ መሻሻል ሳይሆን ተቀዶ ቆሻሻ ማጠራቀሚያ ውስጥ መጣል አለበት። የዛሬዋ ኢትዮጵያ የተዋቀረችበት የአፓርታይድ ስርዓት [ፋሽስት ወያኔና ናዚ ኦነግ የፌዴራል ስርዓት ነው ይሉታል] የተዘረጋው ይህን የግድያ፣ የቅሚያና የንጥቂያ ደንብ መሰረት በማድረግ ነው። በመሰረቱ የፌዴራል […]