UN agrees to cut down Darfur peacekeeping force

Major budget cut pressures UN to trim its costliest mission by at least 30 percent, prompting right groups’ criticism. The drawdown will be gradual, carried out in two phases of six months [Ashraf Shazly/AFP] UN Security Council has agreed to a major reduction of peacekeepers in Sudan’s Darfur region after US pressure led to a […]

Trump travel ban: US sets out visa criteria

29 June 2017 Getty Images Travel ban protests took place in New York as the ban took effect People from six mainly Muslim countries and all refugees now face tougher US entry due to President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban. It means people without close family or business relationships in the US could be denied […]

Amnesty expires for ‘illegal’ Ethiopian residents in Saudi Arabia

TRT World (29 june 2017) The Ethiopian government urged its undocumented nationals residing in Saudi Arabia to take advantage of the three-month amnesty which ended on Tuesday. Photo by: Reuters Archive An undocumented Ethiopian worker arguing with a member of the Saudi security forces while waiting to be deported in Manfouha, Southern Riyadh. The amnesty given […]

የሀይል አሰላለፉ ጎራው ሲፈተሽ – “የኦሮሞ ብሔረተኝነት ፖለቲካ ከሌለ የትግራይ ህዝብ አደጋ ላይ ይወድቃል” ገብሩ አስራት

June 29, 2017 (ቬሮኒካ መላኩ) “የኦሮሞ ብሔረተኝነት ፖለቲካ ከሌለ የትግራይ ህዝብ አደጋ ላይ ይወድቃል” ገብሩ አስራት ይሄን ከዚህ በላይ የተፃፈውን የተናገረው የቀድሞው ታጋይ እና የህውሃት ማእከላዊ ኮሚቴ አባል የነበረው ገብሩ አስራት ነው። በሌላ በኩል የቀድሞው የኦነግ ሊቀመንበር አቶ ሌንጮ ለታ ከሁለት ወር በፊት ከOMN ጋር ባደረገው ቃለምልልስ ላይ የ OMN ጋዜጠኛ:- “ኦነግና አንተም በግልህ ረጅም […]

“ዘውጌኝነት” እና “ዘውግ-ዘለልነት”…?

  Wednesday, June 28, 2017 የዘውግ ብሔርተኝነትም ይሁን ኢትዮጵያዊ ኅብረብሔርተኝነት አተያዮች በዘውግ ላይ የተመሠረቱ ናቸው። ሁለቱም ዜጎችን የሚመለከቱት የዘውግ ምንዝር (ethnic subjects) አድርገው ነው። ስለዚህ ይለያያሉ ማለት አይቻልም። ለብዙዎቹ ችግሮቻችን ፍቱን መድኃኒት አድርጌ የምወስደው፣ ጉዳዩን በዘመን ቁመት እና በዓለም ሕዝቦች ታሪክ አግድም መመልከት ነው። ዓለም በበቂ ሁኔታ የምንማርባቸው ስኬቶች እና ውድቀቶች አሏት። ዘውጌኝነት፣ ብሔርተኝነት እና […]

The Numbers Say the Ethiopian Economy Is Doing Very Well. Reality Says Many Ethiopian Citizens Are Not

  Group of happy African children – Ethiopia, East Africa By D. Amari Jackson,  June 29, 2017 (Atlanta black star) For some, the emergence of Ethiopia as Africa’s third-largest economy is cause for celebration. The ancient nation skirting the continent’s horn recently surpassed its southern neighbor Kenya as the largest economy in East Africa with […]

Opinion: Ending famines and chronic hunger requires good governance

  By Paul Dorosh 28 June 2017 The United Nations’ urgent call in February for hunger relief for 20 million people in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Nigeria has drawn the world’s attention to the connection between conflict and hunger. While there is no doubt that armed conflicts are a main driver of these hunger crises, more mundane problems […]

Reports: UAE Sends Yemeni Terror Suspects to Eritrean Prison

By Salem Solomon, VOA | June 29th, 2017 The United Arab Emirates has transferred terrorism suspects from Yemen to a secret prison in Assab, Eritrea, according to former detainees and Yemeni officials. The facility on the Red Sea coast is part of a regional network of prisons in which torture and abuse are rampant, independent […]

“የኦሮሚያን ልዩ ጥቅም ለማስከበር” እያሉ በነፃ አሳልፎ መስጠት አለ እንዴ? – ስዩም ተሾመ

June 28, 2017 23:51 የሚኒስትሮች ምክር ቤት ባወጣው መግለጫ ላይ አራት ግዜ አዲስ አበባ በኦሮሚያ ክልል “እምብርት ላይ የምትገኝ በመሆኗ” ይላል። የሕገ-መንግስቱ አንቀፅ 49 (5) ግን አዲስ አበባ በኦሮሚያ ክልል “መሃል” የሚገኝ መሆኑን የሚጠቅሰው “ሁለቱን በሚያስተሳስሩ አስተዳደራዊ ጉዳዮች” ሊኖሩ እንደሚችሉና በዚህም የክልሉ ልዩ ጥቅም ሊጠበቅለት ስለሚገባ ነው። የሕገ-መንግስቱ ድንጋጌ ታሳቢ ያደረገው አዲስ አበባ የክልሉ “እምብርት” […]