The Emperor’s New Clothes Gezahegn Mekonnen is an Ethiopian journalist and… The Dissident Blog
May 3 2019 Issue special The Unsung Heroes of Ethiopia Contents Texts about Hope There is Hope Now Lena Bezawork Grönlund was born in 1975 in Addis Abeba and was… The Booksellers on the Street Mohammed Selman is a journalist and freelance writer… Salt and Metal The metallic taste of clotted blood, like the salt […]
Case of Ethiopian engineer detained in China is raised by PM Abiy Ahmed in meeting with Xi – SupChina
“We’re living in fear for my sister’s life,” says sister of 27-year-old Nazrawit Abera, who has been held since last December on drug trafficking charges that her family — and 180,000 petition signatories — believe to be false. Fatima Qureshi May 2, 2019 Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed raised attention to an individual case of […]
Ethiopia, China sign agreement to partner on investments in mega power projects – Energy Mix Report
May 2, 2019 Ethiopia and China have signed a partnership agreement to invest in energy transmission and distribution lines for the nation’s mega projects. The project will build power transmission and distribution lines to 16 industrial parks, part of the Meqelle to Djibouti railway line and to other cities in the country. The agreement was […]
Turkey-Ethiopia joint venture opens new cable plant – Anadolu Agency
May 2, 2019 Ethiopia and China have signed a partnership agreement to invest in energy transmission and distribution lines for the nation’s mega projects. The project will build power transmission and distribution lines to 16 industrial parks, part of the Meqelle to Djibouti railway line and to other cities in the country. The agreement was […]
Ethiopia receives praise for improving media conditions – Anadolu Agency
‘I hope Ethiopia will be ranked in the top 20 for press freedom,’ says UN agency head Addis Getachew Tadesse | 02.05.2019 null ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia The head of a UN agency said Thursday she hopes Ethiopia will leap next year into a top spot for press freedom. “I hope Ethiopia will be ranked […]
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Airlines Wins Best On Board Experience Abuja Transport Summit – Leadership (Abuja)
By Ejike Ejike Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa has been awarded as the best on Board Experience from the Tourism and Transport Summit and Expo 2019 which held at the International Conference Center, Abuja. The event organized by the Institute for Tourism Practitioners and others, also saw other awardees like the Minister […]
Opinion: Ethiopia: Fragile new-found press freedom must be buttressed in law and practice
May 2, 2019 Source: http://addisstandard.com Fisseha Tekle, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Addis Abeba, May 02/2019– Ahead of this year’s World Press Freedom Day, the Ethiopian authorities must do more to ensure press freedom is entrenched both in practice and in law. In 2015, Ethiopia earned the dubious distinction of being Africa’s second – after Eritrea – biggest […]
የአማራ ክልል ሰልፍ ፕሬዚደንቱ እንዲወርዱ የተጠየቀበት ነው
May 2, 2019 Source: https://mereja.com/amharic/v2/113727 የአማራ ክልል ሰልፍ ፕሬዚደንቱ እንዲወርዱ የተጠየቀበት ነው BBC Amharic በአማራ ክልል ባህርዳር፣ ጎንደር፣ ደብረ ማርቆስ፣ መርዓዊና ሌሎችም ከተሞች ዛሬ ሕዝባዊ ሰላማዊ ሰልፎች ተካሂደዋል። ከሰልፉ አስተባባሪዎች አንዱ የሆኑት አቶ እንዳላማው ክንዴ ለቢቢሲ እንደገለፁት ሰልፈኞቹ በርካታ ጥያቄዎችን ሲያስተጋቡ አርፍደዋል። አስተባባሪው እንዳሉን በሃገር አቀፍ ደረጃ ለውጥ አለ ተብሎ የሚወራው የአማራን ህዝብ የጠቀመ አይደለም፤ […]
በአማራ ክልል ጃዊ በተባለ አከባቢ በጉሙዞች ላይ የከፋ ጥቃት መፈፀሙ ተገለፀ
May 2, 2019 Source: https://mereja.com/amharic/v2/113743 ከቤንሻንጉል ጉሙዝ ክልል ቃል-አቀባይ አቶ ገለታ ሀይሉ ጋር ዛሬ ያደረግኩት አጭር የስልክ ቃለ- መጠይቅ: Elias Meseret Taye ጥያቄ: ከቀናት በፊት በክልላችሁ በሚገኙ የአማራ ክልል ተወላጆች ላይ ጥቃት መፈፀሙን ተከትሎ አሁን ተወሰደ ስለተባለው የአፀፋ እርምጃ መረጃ አለዎት? መልስ: መረጃው ትክክል ነው። ድርጊቱ እንደተፈፀመ እና ዘግናኝም እንደነበረ መረጃ አለ። ጥያቄ: ምን ያህል […]
A Year of Ruptures and Hope: Reckless Elites and the Balderas Stunt
May 2, 2019 / by Mike Mamo It is just over a year since the uprising of 2014 – 2018 help topple TPLF’s predatory state. The eventual transition of the uprising into a nationwide resistance and its ability to inspire a team of internal dissenters within the ruling EPRDF were the pivotal moments. The dissenters […]