100 years on: The Balfour Declaration explained
As Palestinians mark 100 years since Britain’s controversial pledge, here is everything you need to know about it. By Zena Tahhan 29 Oct 2017 This week, Palestinians around the world are marking 100 years since the Balfour Declaration was issued on November 2, 1917. The declaration turned the Zionist aim of establishing a Jewish state in […]
Libya’s wretched web of collusion
The EU’s complicity in refugee abuse in Libya By John Dalhuisen A migrant looks out of a barred door at a detention centre in Gharyan, Libya on October 12, 2017 [Hani Amara/Reuters] “In prison, they would hit us often,” said Ousman who spent five months in a Tripoli detention centre in 2016. “They […]
እየሩሳሌም ለምን የኢትዮጵያዊያን ህልም ሆነች?
Ilia Yefimovich በተለይም ከንግስት ሳባ ታሪካዊው የእየሩሳሌም ጉብኝትና በእየሩሳሌም ከሚገኙት የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ቤተክርስትያን ገዳማት ጋር በተያያዘ ብዙዎች እየሩሳሌምን ያውቋታል። ደጋግመውመም በአእምሯቸው ይስሏታል። ከጥንት ጀምሮ ኢትዮጵያውያን በቡድን በቡድን እየሆኑ ወደ እየሩሳሌም ይሄዱ እነደነበር የታሪክ ድርሳናት ያስረዳሉ። ዛሬ ደግሞ በተለያዩ የጉዞ ወኪሎች አማካኝነት በርካቶች ወደ እየሩሳሌም እየሄዱ ነው። እየሩሳሌም የብዙ እናቶች አባቶችና ወጣቶች […]
የኢህአዴግ ስራ አስፈጻሚ ተሰበሰበ፤ ጠንካራ ውሳኔ ያሳልፋል ተባለ፤ ግንባሩ ሊፈርስ ነው
ለምን ያህል ቀን እንደሚቆይ ይፋ ያልተነገረለት የኢህአዴግ ስራ አስፈጻሚ ስብሰባ መቀመጡ ተሰማ። የግንባሩ ልሳኖች እጅግ ጠንካራ ውሳኔ እንደሚወሰን አስታውቀዋል። መረጃው አለን የሚሉ ግንባሩ ሊፈርስ እንደሚችልና አሃዳዊ ፓርቲ ለመሆን መዘጋጀቱን እየጠቆሙ ነው። በብቃትና በውሳኔ አሰጣጥ ችግር የተገመገሙት አቶ ሃይለማሪያም እጣቸው ምን እንደሆነ የታወቀ ነገር የለም። ህወሃት ሁለት ወር የፈጀ ስብሰባ ማድረጉና በግምገማው ወቅት ከፍተኛ የተባለ መጠራረብ […]
EU governments complicit in migrant torture in Libya, says Amnesty
by Britney 12 December 2017 Europe migrant crisis AFP Migrant boats are regularly intercepted by the Libyan coastguard European governments are knowingly complicit in the torture and abuse of refugees and migrants in Libya, Amnesty International has alleged. In an effort to stem migration, the EU is actively supporting a “system of abuse and […]
Israeli Cops Caught on Video Beating a Handcuffed Ethiopian Teen
Six officers are suspected of distributing a clip showing them laughing while a colleague hits the teen, who was drunk. Read More . Are Israel’s police really more violent toward the Ethiopian community? . ‘My color is beautiful and strong’: A fierce takedown of racism, courtesy of Ethiopian-Israeli girls . Israelis who adopt kids […]
Ethiopia-win-et: Deconstructing the T-TPLF’s Ethnic Federalism Part I (Al Mariam)
December 11, 2017 14:12 Introduction to the series I am developing this multipart series of what I call “Deconstructing Ethnic Federalism in Ethiopia” (along with many other topical series to come) for several reasons. The Thugtatorship of Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (T-TPLF) has used its phony ideology of “ethnic federalism” to hoodwink and bamboozle […]
Will ethnic federalism lead to Ethiopia’s disintegration?
December 11, 2017 21:48 (OPride)—Five years ago, shortly after Mele Zenawi died, Laalo Guduru wrote a brief commentary titled “The Next Prime Minister should be an Oromo.” He concluded his piece with the following words: … for the country to continue existing as one entity, it’s a high time that the center of […]
ተቃውሞ በወልዲያ፣ በጎንደርና በአምቦ ዩኒቨርሲቲዎች
ADIGRAT UNI. ባለፈው አርብ በአዲግራት ዩኒቨርሲቲ የተከሰተውን የተማሪዎች ግጭት ተከትሎ ለቀናት የዘለቀው ውጥረት ባለበት ሁኔታ በወልዲያ፣ በጎንደርና በአምቦ ዩኒቨርሲቲዎች ተማሪዎች ተቃውሞ እያሰሙ እንደሆነ ከዩኒቨርሲቲዎቹ ያገኘነው መረጃ ያመለክታል። በአዲግራት ዩኒቨርሲቲ ውስጥ አርብ ኅዳር 29 ቀን 2010 በተነሳ ግጭት አንድ ተማሪ እንደሞተ የዩኒቨርሲቲው ኃላፊዎችና የአማራ ክልል የኮምዩኒኬሽን ኃላፊ ቢያሳውቁም ተማሪዎች ቁጥሩን ከፍ ያደርጉታል። በተጨምሪም ቁጥራቸው […]
Putin visits Egypt in sign of closer ties
December 11, 2017 15:03 By ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Egypt on Monday, where he signed a deal to advance plans for a nuclear reactor but disappointed his hosts by delaying the resumption of direct flights that were suspended after the 2015 bombing of a Russian passenger plane. During Putin’s second […]