Ethiopians have an opportunity at solidarity with Palestinians. Will they take it? – +972 Magazine 11:27 Tue, 09 Jul
|Published July 9, 2019 Solomon Tekah was shot and killed by an Israeli police officer because he was black. As a Palestinian I know exactly what that feels like. By Ashraf Ghandour Israeli police remove an Ethiopian-Israeli from a demonstration on Ayalon Highway following the police shooting of Solomon Tekah, July 2, 2019. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org) […]
Between peace and uncertainty after Ethiopia-Eritrea deal – Al Jazeera 06:53 Tue, 09 Jul
Cautious optimism one year on since the Eritrean president and the Ethiopian prime minister signed a new agreement. by Elias Gebreselassie 18 hours ago more on Ethiopia Boeing to offer $100m to families of plane crash victims6 days ago UN expert: No rights improvements in Eritrea after peace deallast week Ethiopia steps up arrests as […]
Interview: Inside What Was Ethiopia’s Jail Ogaden -Human Rights Watch 00:08
July 10, 2019 12:01AM EDT Audrey Wabwire Senior Press Officer East Africa Felix Horne Senior Researcher, Horn of Africa Until recently, Jail Ogaden in Ethiopia’s eastern Somali Region housed thousands of prisoners, many of them illegally arrested government critics and opposition figures who had been detained for years. Torture, rape and death were common in […]
Why Are Ethiopia’s Sacred Treasures Still in London? – The Atlantic 01:13 Tue, 09 Jul
Britain Is Hoarding a Treasure No One Is Allowed to See In recent years, requests for the permanent return of items taken during the imperial era without their owners’ consent have gathered pace.Daniel Trilling Jul 9, 2019 LONDON—In a storeroom of the British Museum here sits a collection of 11 wood and stone tablets that […]
The glow of the historic accord between Ethiopia and Eritrea has faded – Quartz 14:49 Tue, 09 Jul
By Martin PlautJuly 9, 2019 Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study Eritrea’s president, Isaias Afwerki and Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed in happier times last year Exactly a year ago Eritreans could hardly contain their joy as Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed touched down […]
A look at Ethiopia’s longest bridge which is being built by China – Face2Face Africa 13:38
Etsey Atisu | Staff Writer July 09, 2019 at 01:00 pm | We Tour At a cost of US$49 million, Ethiopia is set to build its longest bridge. This will be built by Chinese firm, China Communication Construction Company (CCCC) after it signed a deal with the country to design and build the bridge. The […]
Ethiopia: New journalist arrests put press freedom gains at risk – African Press Organization 13:00
Source: Amnesty International The Ministry of Defence yesterday announced plans to charge journalists and media houses for “publishing defamatory information about the Ethiopia National Defence Forces” LONDON, United Kingdom, July 9, 2019/APO Group/ — The Ethiopian government risks rolling back the great progress it made on media freedom last year, said Amnesty International, after the […]
In era of reform, Ethiopia still reverts to old tactics to censor press – Committee to Protect Journalists 16:11
SourceURL:https://cpj.org/blog/2019/07/ethiopia-coup-internet-censored-blocked-jailed-journalists.php In era of reform, Ethiopia still reverts to old tactics to censor press – Committee to Protect Journalists Blog In era of reform, Ethiopia still reverts to old tactics to censor press By Muthoki Mumo/CPJ Sub-Saharan Africa Representative on July 9, 2019 3:42 PM ET On June 22, Ethiopia was plunged into aninternet blackout […]
ጋዜጠኛ ሲሳይ አጌና የተናገረው ስህተት ብቻ አይደለም። ወንጀልም ነው! – ጌታቸው ሽፈራው
July 9, 2019 Source: https://www.zehabesha.com/amharic/archives/95980 “ቤታቸው ሊበረበር እንደሚችል ሲያውቁ መንግስትን ለማሳጣት ብለው እንደዚ አይነት ነገር ሁሉ ሊያዘጋጁ ይችላል ተብሎ ነው መታመን ያለበት። ደብተሩን እንደዚህ አይነት የፌክ ነገር ሁሉ አድርገው ሊያስቀምጡ ሁሉ ይችላሉ ብሎ ማሰብ ያስፈልጋል።” ሲሳይ አጌና የምናከብራቸው ሰዎች ሁሉ ገዥዎችን እንከላከላለን እያሉ ትዝብት ውስጥ እየገቡ ነው። ጋዜጠኛ ሲሳይ አጌና እነ ዐቢይ የሚያጠፉትን ለመከላከል ሲጥር […]
«ፍርድ ቤቶች ራሳቸዉን ሊፈትሹ ይገባል» ጋዜጠኛ እና የመብት ተሟጋች እስክንድር ነጋ
July 9, 2019 ዶቼ ቬለ «DW» «ፍርድ ቤቶች ራሳቸዉን ሊፈትሹ ይገባል» ሲል የባልደራስ ምክር ቤት ሰብሳቢ ጋዜጠኛ እና የመብት ተሟጋች እስክንድር ነጋ አመለከተ። ጋዜጠኛው ይህን የተናገረዉ የባልደራስ ዋና ጸሐፊ ጋዜጠኛ ኤልያስ ገብሩ እና የበረራ ጋዜጣ እንዲሁም የአስራት ቴሌቪዥን ጋዜጠኛ በሪሁን አደራ መታሠራቸዉን ተከትሎ ነዉ። ጋዜጠኛ ኤልያስ ገብሩ ለእስር የበቃዉ ፖሊስ ባሕር ዳር ተሞከረ ከተባለዉ መፈንቅለ […]