South Sudan refugees in Uganda exceed one million; UN renews appeal for help
The Imvepi refugee camp in the Arua district, northern Uganda. Seen here are refugees waiting for additional profiling. They will then wait to be relocated to different zones within the camp. UN Photo/Mark Garten 17 August 2017 – As the number of refugees from South Sudan in Uganda passes one million – the vast majority […]
Radio Eritrea and Radio Ethiopia Still Battling on 40 Meters:
from The ARRL Letter on August 17, 2017 Radio Eritrea and Radio Ethiopia Still Battling on 40 Meters: It was a now-familiar story in the July edition of the International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 (IARU R1 http://www.iaru-r1.org/) Monitoring System (IARUMS http://www.iarums-r1.org/) newsletter http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/news2017/news1707.pdf, which reports that Radio Eritrea and Radio Ethiopia are still slugging […]
Without Walls: From the Frigid Arctic to Ethiopia’s Blistering Afar Triangle, Artists Test Their Muscle and Mettle
By Phoebe Hoban Posted 08/17/17 10:17 am Julian Charrière, The Blue Fossil Entropic Stories I, 2013. ©JULIAN CHARRIÈRE/VG BILD-KUNST, BONN, GERMANY Equipped with a blowtorch and propane tank, Julian Charrière stood atop the jagged Icelandic peak, vainly trying to melt the stubborn ice. Accompanied only by an Icelandic rescue team member and a […]
Deepening drought hits Ethiopia herders as millions go hungry
August 17, 2017 / 12:29 PM Reuters Staff ROME, Aug 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Livestock are dying in parts of Ethiopia that are overwhelmingly reliant on their milk as deepening drought pushes up the number of districts in need of life-saving aid by 19 percent, according to a report released on Thursday. At […]
IGAD meets in Ethiopia to revitalize South Sudan peace process
ETHIOPIA – 17 Aug 2017 The IGAD South Sudan office on Wednesday convened a two-day meeting in Bishoftu, Ethiopia on IGAD High Level Independent Experts meeting on the revitalisation of the 2015 peace agreement. The East African regional bloc said in a statement that the meeting was attended by 22 South Sudanese experts from the […]
Sudan’s Bashir denies border dispute with Ethiopia, says they want regional integration
Thursday 17 August 2017 August 17, 2017 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir said there no border dispute with Ethiopia, adding that the two countries, adding the two countries are working to enhance bilateral relation and to achieve regional integration. Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir said there no border dispute with Ethiopia, stressing there […]
Sudan: President of Republic, Ethiopia Prime Minister Visit Bash Pharma Pharmaceuticals and Dal Farms
Sudan News Agency (Khartoum) 16 August 2017 Khartoum — In context of the program of visit of the Ethiopian Prime Minister Haile Mariam Desaline, to the country, President Omar al-Bashir, accompanied by the country’s guest and his accompanying delegation, paid a visit to Bash Pharma Pharmaceutical Company in Soba area, where they inspect the factory’s […]
From Making Ethiopia Safe for Ethnic Diversity to Making Ethnic Diversity Safe for Ethiopia: The Ethiopian Political Elites’ New Challenge
August 17, 2017 Abdissa Zerai (PhD) When World War I broke out in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson announced that the United States would be neutral in the conflict. It was believed that his decision was based on the desire to preserve the lucrative U.S.-Europe sea trade. For two and a half years, the President was […]
የመለስ አስከሬን… (አትክልት አሰፋ- ከቫንኩቨር)
August 17, 2017 የመለስን ሞት ኢሳት በነገረን ሰሞን ብዙ ውዥንብሮች ነበሩ… ብዙ ብዙ ውጥንቅጥ የበዛበት ወቅት ነበር። አገዛዙ ይይዝ ይጨብጠው አጥቶ በየ መገናኛ ብዙሃኑ የሚወጡ ባለ ስልጣናት መርበትበትና መራወጥ ከትላንት ትዝታነት አልመከነም። ያኔ… የዛሬ አምስት ዓመት አካባቢ… የመለስ አስከሬን አዲስ አበባ ሲገባ የተከሰተ ነገር አሁን በሙት አመቱ መታሰቢያ ወቅት ታወሰኝ፡፡ መለስ የሞተ ሰሞን አንድ ወዳጄ ኢትዮጵያ […]
“የተራበ ህዝብ መሪዎቹን ይበላል” ብሂል እኛ ሀገር ለምን አልሰራም? በያሬድ አውግቸው
የብዙ የአለማችን ሀገራት ህዝቦች ከጭቆና የተላቀቁበትን ሂደት ስናስብ በጋራ አቋም ገዥዎችን በመታገላቸው መሆኑን እናያለን። በሀገሬ ሁለተኛ ዜጋ አልሆንም የሚል መራር የጋራ አቋም። የሃገራችን ህዝቦችም ከወያኔ አገዛዝ ነጻ ለመውጣት የተለያየ ስፋትና ጥልቀት ያላቸው ትግሎችን አድርገዋል ። ለአብነት የቅርቦቹን መጥቀስ ይቻላል። በ1997 ምርጫ ዋዜማና ማግስት በመላ ሀገሪቱ እንዲሁም ላለፉት ሁለት ዓመታት በኦሮሚያ፣ አማራ እና በአንዳንድ የደቡብ ክልል […]