Month: February 2021

While Schools Are Closed, Radio Lessons Keep Students Learning – Forbes 12:35

Emily Tang Brand Contributor For some of the hardest-to-reach students in countries like Ethiopia, Rwanda and South Sudan, radio has been the key to maintaining much-needed educational continuity. In the fall of 1937, a rapidly spreading virus with no known cure made it too dangerous for children to attend school in Chicago. The solution? Radio […]

Slowly Slowly The Egg Begins To Walk: A Memoir From Ethiopia – Eurasia Review 12:59

Village elders lead the Timket procession across the village. They walk through their green fields that are flourishing because of their agricultural rehabilitation efforts. Tigray, Ethiopia, 2014. Photo Credit: Nava Derakhshani February 12, 2021 By Nava Derakhshani* Forty years after the mass famines of Ethiopia, the region has reemerged in the news. On November 4th […]

Coronavirus – Ethiopia: COVID-19 update (12 February 2021)

Source: Ministry of Health, Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 12, 2021 Daily:Laboratory test: 7,056Severe cases: 260New recovered: 242New deaths: 6New cases: 686 Total:Laboratory test: 2,033,790Active cases: 15,505Total recovered: 127,864Total deaths: 2,177Total cases: 145,548

The US embassy in Ethiopia did not suggest that jailed opposition leader would be released soon – AFP Fact Check 04:21

Amanuel Neguede, AFP Ethiopia Published on Friday 12 February 2021 at 04:23 A post alleging that the US embassy in Ethiopia has expressed hope about the imminent release of jailed opposition leader Jawar Mohammed has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook. But this is false: the US embassy in Addis Ababa has refuted the claim and there […]

Pressure grows on Abiy as Ethiopia admits rape widespread in north – The Africa Report 11:33

By Nicholas NorbrookPosted on Friday, 12 February 2021 17:27 A Tigray refugee mother carries her child as she waits her turn for treatment at a clinic in Village 8, the transit centre near the Lugdi border crossing, eastern Sudan, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) The Ethiopian Prime Minister is under pressure. Will admissions […]

I reported on Ethiopia’s secretive war. Then came a knock at my door – Los Angels Times 06:06

A woman who fled the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region carries water at Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Sudan.(Nariman El-Mofty / Associated Press) By Lucy Kassa Feb. 11, 2021 3 AM PT ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Around 10:30 Monday morning, there was a knock at my door. When I answered, I saw three men I did not recognize. […]

“የኦሮሞ ብልፅግና ከአማራ ሕዝብ ጋር ባለመስማማት ታሪካዊ ስህቶችን እንዳይፈፅም ከሕወሓትም ሊማር ይገባዋል…!!!” (አቶ ሀይለማርያም ደሳለኝ)

11/02/2021 “የኦሮሞ ብልፅግና ከአማራ ሕዝብ ጋር  ባለመስማማት ታሪካዊ ስህቶችን እንዳይፈፅም ከሕወሓትም ሊማር ይገባዋል…!!!”አቶ ሀይለማርያም ደሳለኝ ለኦሮሞ ብልፅግና ያስተላለፉት መልዕክት  “የኦሮሞ ብልፅግና ያልተረዳው ሀቅ ቢኖር ጃዋርም ሆነ ቄሮ የሚባለው  ለእኔ ስልጣን መልቀቅ ቅንጣት ሚና አልነበራቸውም ….. !” ይላሉ የቀድሞው ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር  ለCGTN የተናገሩት የኦሮሞ ብልፅግና በታሪክ አጋጣሚ በእጃቸው የገባውን የሀገረ መንግስት ስልጣን በአግባቡ ሊጠቀሙበት ይገባልም ብለዋል። […]

የኢትዮ ቴሌኮም ሽያጭ ጥቅምና ጉዳት ጉዳይ – ሙያዊ ቅኝት (ሳመንጉሥ ጥላሁን)

11/02/2021 አፄ ምኒሊክና የመጀመሪያው የስልክ ግንኙነት ኢትዮጵያ፣በ1886ዓ.ም፣በታላቁ ንጉሠ ነገሥት አፄ ምኒሊክ ዘመነ መንግሥት፣  የመጀመሪያውን የ477 ኪ.ሜ የስልክ መሥመር ዘርግታ፣“ጤና ይስጥልኝ  ዐዲስ!! ጤና ይስጥልኝ ሐረር!!” ካስባለች፣126 ዓመታት ተቆጠሩ። አፄ ምኒሊክ፣ሀገሪቷን ያስተዳድሩ በነበሩበት ዘመን ያስገቧቸውን፣ዘመናዊ አሠራሮችንና ቴክኖሎጂዎችን ብዛት ስናይ፣አፄ ምኒሊክ፣“የሥልጣኔ ማግኔት ነበሩ!!” ለማለት እንችላለን።  አፄ ኃይለሥላሴና የቴሌኮሙኒኬሽን እድገት ኹኔታ የቴሌፎን ቴክኖሎጂ ወደ ኢትጵያ የገባው፣በ1886 ዓ.ም በምኒልክ ዘመነ […]