South Africa unease plays out on campus
By Karen AllenSouthern Africa correspondent, BBC News 22 March 2016 From the sectionAfrica Jump media player Media player help Out of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue. Media captionKaren Allen reports on the divisions over race, language and identity at South Africa’s universities Three young women, immaculately dressed for a day […]
Nevsun in Eritrea : Dealing With a Dictator – the fifth estate
Nevsun in Eritrea : Dealing With a Dictator – the fifth estate By CBC News March 25/2016 When a small Vancouver mining company Nevsun struck gold in a remote corner of Africa, it started with so much promise. In remote Eritrea, Nevsun built a mine that was generating $700 million in profits in its first […]
Ethiopia: Oromo protests continue amid harsh crackdown
Fitale Bulti, with a picture of her nephew Ulfata Bulti, 12, who was killed by security forces while participating in protests in December [Al Jazeera] HUMAN RIGHTS Ethiopia: Oromo protests continue amid harsh crackdown Protesters continue to clash with security forces in what has spiralled into Ethiopia’s largest unrest in decades. Simona Foltyn | 24 […]
የወልቃይት ጥያቄ የጎነው በህወሓትና ብአዴን ሽኩቻ ነው
on Thursday, 24 Mar 2016 08:05 PM የፓርቲዎች መሪዎች ነን የሚሉን ሰዎች ግን ለእብደታቸው መድኃኒት እንዲያገኙ ሆስፒታል ወይም እንዲፈወሱ ጸበል የሚወስዳቸው ወገን እንዴት አጡ? እነዚህ ቡድኖች በዚህ በሃያ አንደኛው ክፍለ ዘመን ህዝባቸውን በባርያ ስርዓት ዘመን ይደረግ ወደነበረ ጦርነት መምራታቸው እብደት ካልተባለ ምን ሊባል ይችላል? የወልቃይት ጸገዴ ጥያቄ የማንነት ከሆነ ሁለቱ ቡድኖች ጣልቃ ከመግባት እጃቸውን ቢያወጡና […]
የወልቃይት ጠገዴ እናቶች የሕወሓትን ሽምቅ ተዋጊ ኃይል በበርበሬ ብጥብጥ መማረክ ችለዋል፡፡
March 24, 2016 – ቆንጅት ስጦታው ወልቃይት ጠገዴ የዛሬ ውሎ (መጋቢት 15 ቀን 2008) By Muluken tesfaw ከ400 በላይ የሚሆኑ የዳንሻ እናቶች ልጆቻችንና ባሎቻችን መልሱ ብለው ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ ወጡ፡፡ የትግራይ ሽምቅ ተዋጊ ኃይል በጠመንጃ ከበባቸው፡፡ የወልቃይት እናቶች ጣሊያን ላይ እንዳደረጉት ሁሉ በርበሬ እየበጠበጡ በዐይናቸው ላይ ደፉባቸው፡፡ መሣሪያቸውንም ማረኳቸው፡፡ የወልቃይት ጠገዴ እናቶች የሕወሓትን ሽምቅ ተዋጊ ኃይል […]
Ethiopia: UN and partners launch 90-day campaign to boost drought-relief funding
Sorce and her son Abdallah, one year and 8 months, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia. Abdallah doesn’t walk yet and is severely malnourished. Photo: OCHA/Charlotte Cans 24 March 2016 To aid drought-affected people of Ethiopia, the United Nations and humanitarian partners have launched a 90-day campaign to raise awareness about the food crisis in […]
Ethiopia’s vulnerable tropical forests are key to securing the future of coffee
Wild coffee grows in these forests of the Ethiopian highlands – and nowhere else. Photo: Indrias Getachew. Fiona Hesselden, University of Huddersfield 24th March 2016 Coffee may be grown all around the tropics, writes Fiona Hesselden, but it originates in just one place: the ‘coffee rainforests’ of the Ethiopian highlands. We depend on the wild […]
በኦሮሚያ 300 የሚሆኑ ባለሥልጣናት ከሥራ ተባረሩ
ዜና በኦሮሚያ 300 የሚሆኑ ባለሥልጣናት ከሥራ ተባረሩ በክልሉ ከተካሄደዉ ሕዝባዊ ተቃዉሞ ጋር በተያያዘ ሃላፊነታቸዉን በአግባቡ አልተወጡም በተባሉ አመራሮች ላይ የሚወሰደዉ እርምጃ ተጠናክሮ እንደሚቀጥልም ርእሰ መስተዳደሩ አቶ እሼቱ ደሴ ተናግረዋል። የኦሮሞ ብሔረሰብ አባላት ለተቃውሞ ሰልፍ በወጡበት ወቅት የተነሳ ፎቶ [ፋይል – ሮይተርስ] ተዛማጅ ፅሁፎች የኦሮሚያ ተቃውሞ ቀጥሏል በኦሮሚያ ዞን እየተካሄደ ያለው ተቃውሞ ዛሬም በተለያዩ አካባቢዎች መቀጠሉ […]
The Ugly Side of Ethiopia’s Economic Boom
The East African country is facing its biggest protest movement in decades. Its uncompromising approach to development is to blame. BY JACEY FORTIN MARCH 23, 2016 ADAMA, Ethiopia — For those who would speak frankly about politics in this landlocked East African country, the first challenge is to find a safe space. But on […]
PM warns MKs not to push for Ethiopian aliya
By GIL HOFFMAN 03/23/2016 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to end a rebellion in his Likud faction regarding immigration from Ethiopia, according to a tape of Monday’s closed-door Likud faction meeting that was revealed Wednesday by Army Radio. The coalition has suffered for the past few weeks from boycotts by Likud […]