Month: May 2019

UPDATE: How Bad Weather Almost Killed Obasanjo, Others Aboard Ethiopian Airlines Sahara Reporters12:04

The passenger aircraft, ET-901, had departed the Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, at about 9:10 a.m., Ethiopian time; 7 a.m Nigerian time by SaharaReporters, New York May 29, 2019 Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigerian president and other Nigerians escaped death on Wednesday at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that […]

‘FETO terror group still active in Ethiopia’ Anadolu Agency05:28

Turkish ruling AK Party MP Mehmet Ali Cevheri calls for more active fight against FETO terror group in Ethiopia Emin Avundukluoglu   | 29.05.2019 Turkish ruling AK Party MP Mehmet Ali Cevheri ANKARA The Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup in Turkey, remains active in Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous country, […]

Ethiopian premier meets Sudan’s military council leader Anadolu Agency15:21 Tue, 28 May

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed assures Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan of Ethiopia’s support Addis Getachew   | 28.05.2019 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday met with the head of the Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan. “General Abdel Fattah recognized Ethiopia as a close ally of Sudan […]

Political shake-up and localism can edge Ethiopia forwards – openDemocracy

To end paralysis, the political landscape needs restructuring: resurgent grassroots democracy must smother elitism, starting with local elections. René Lefort 29 May 2019 It is crystal clear that the still burning question in Ethiopia is over horizontal ties between “nations, nationalities and peoples” and their vertical relationship with the federal government. In other words, it […]

የብሄር ፖለቲካ ካልቆመ በብሄራቸው ምክንያት የሚጠቁ ዜጎች ይበዛሉ! (አብረሐ ደስታ )

May 29, 2019 ተጋሩ በአማራ ክልልና በመላው ኢትዮጵያ፣ አማራዎች በቤኑሻንጉልና በመላ ኢትዮጵያ፣ ኦሮሞዎች በሶማሌና በመላ ኢትዮጵያ፣ ጌደኦዎች በኦሮምያና በመላው ኢትዮጵያ፣ ሶማሌዎች በዓፋርና በመላ ኢትዮጵያ ወዘተ በብሄራቸው ምክንያት ጥቃት ሳይደርስባቸው እንደ ዜጋ በእኩልነት የሚኖሩበት ስርዓት በመገንባት የሀገራችን አንድነትና የህዝባችን ደህንነት እንጠብቅ! አብሮነትንና አንድነትን እንስበክ! ስለብሄርና ስለመለያየት የምናወራ ከሆነ ግን መጠቃቃቱ የሚቀጥል ይሆናል። የትግራይ ብሄር ተወላጅ የሆነው […]

World Bank approves $200m renewable energy guarantee programme for Ethiopia – Energy Mix Report

World Bank approves $200m renewable energy guarantee programme for Ethiopia May 28, 2019 The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved $200 million Renewable Energy Guarantees Program (REGREP) to mobilize International Development Association (IDA) guarantees under a Multi-phased Programmatic Approach (MPA). The program will support the Government of Ethiopia’s ongoing power sector reforms and […]

Ethiopian volcano bacteria are analogues for early Mars life, researchers say – Cosmos

Ethiopian volcano bacteria are analogues for early Mars life, researchers say 29 May 2019 Surprising extremophiles thrive in desperately unfriendly environment. Andrew Masterson reports. The Dallol volcano in Ethiopia, researchers say, is an analogue for the early Mars credit. Credit Martin Rietze The discovery of living bacteria embedded in salt deposited in super-saturated and acidic […]