Year: 2018

Sudan-Egypt border: Tensions rises over disputed region

by Hiba Morgan A border dispute between Egypt and Sudan is tearing communities apart. Relations have deteriorated over the past year over the Halayeb triangle – a 20,000sq km area by the Red Sea. Sudan accuses Egypt of killing its people and has deployed troops to the border. Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan reports from the […]

Ethiopia refuses World Bank arbitration over Nile River dam

By elias meseret, associated press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Jan 21, 2018, 10:58 AM ET Ethiopia’s leader has rejected arbitration by the World Bank on a disagreement with Egypt over the hydroelectric dam that Ethiopia is building on the Nile River. Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Saturday refused the suggestion made by Egypt in late […]

Ethiopian flying to Israel for Bible Contest, awaits immigration approval

Jerusalem Post Israel News Ethiopian flying to Israel for Bible Contest, awaits immigration approval > Rivlin and Ethiopian PM reminisce on joint biblical heritage > Latest aliya wave leaves thousands of Ethiopian Jews behind By Tamara Zieve January 21, 2018 18:32 Neguise: He is capable of competing, but Interior Ministry won’t approve his aliya. Sintayehu […]

Crowds jostle for holy water as Ethiopia celebrates Epiphany

January 21, 2018 Epiphany-in-Gondar-Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s Orthodox Christians have gathered to celebrate Timkat, or Epiphany, a major holiday marking the baptism of Jesus. Priests sprinkle holy water that they have prayed on through the night. The crowds jostle to get some of the water on their faces, an act that symbolizes […]

Ethiopia Waldiya: Five killed by police at religious festival

January 21, 2018 BBC At least five people have been killed in northern Ethiopia after security forces fired on a crowd at a religious festival who were reportedly shouting anti-government slogans. Many more were injured in the incident in the town of Waldiya. Angry protesters have blocked roads and businesses are closed. There have been […]

ከቴዲ አፍሮ እና ከኢሕአዴግ የፌደራሊዝም ጽንሰ ሐሳብ የገባው ማን ነው? (ውብሸት ሙላት)

21/01/2018 የቴዲ አፍሮን “ኢትዮጵያ” የሚለውን አልበም ብቻ በምሳሌነት እንውሰድ፡፡  የአልበሙ መጠሪያ “ኢትዮጵያ” ነው፡፡ ኢትዮጵያ የሚል ዜማም አለው፡፡ በእዚህም፣ ስለ ኢትዮጵያ፣ ኢትዮጵያዊነት፣ አንድነት ዘፈነ፡፡  አስቀድሞም የተለቀቀውም ይሄው ዜማ ነው፡፡ የፌደራሊዝም ግብና ዓላማ አንድነትን ማምጣት ነው፡፡ በዚሁ አልበሙ ላይ “አና ኛቱ”  (anna nyaatu) ኦሮምኛ፣”ኦላን ይዞ” (ሲዳማ)፣”አደይ” (ኩናማና ትግርኛ)፣”ዐጼ ቴዎድሮስ” (በተወሰነ መልኩ አፋርን እንደሚያነሳ ልብ ይሏል)፣”ናት ባሮ” (ጋምቤላ) […]

ወግ ነው ሲዳሩ ማልቀስ! (ያሬድ ጥበቡ)

21/01/2018 የትግራይ ህዝብ ነፃነት ግንባር (ትህነግ/ወያኔ) መለስተኛ ጉባኤ ወይም ኮንፈረንስ ማጠቃለያ ላይ አቶ ስዩም መስፍን ባደረገው ማሳረጊያ ንግግር ላይ “እያንዳንዱን የአመራር አባል እርቃኑን አቁመን ገምግመነዋል፣ ቆዳውን ገፈን ውስጡን ማየት እንጂ ነው የቀረን” ብሎ ሲናገር ሰማሁት ። ስዩም በመቀጠልም ቻይናዎች እንኳ ወሰን አላቸው፣ ዳራ አላቸው፣ ኮንፊዩሻኒዝም የሚባል ፍልስፍና ። ግለሰቡ ክብሩ ከተነካ ራሱን ያጠፋል ብለው ስለሚፈሩ […]

በወልዲያ ከተማ በተከሰተ ግጭት የበርካታ ሰዎች ሕይወት አለፈ

21 January 2018 በጋዜጣዉ ሪፓርተር ትናንት ጥር 12 ቀን 2010 ዓ.ም. የቃና ዘገሊላ በዓልን ለማክበር በወጡ ወጣቶችና በፀጥታ ኃይሎች መካከል በተፈጠረ ግጭት የበርካታ ሰዎች ሕይወት ማለፉ ታወቀ፡፡ የአማራ ክልል የመንግሥት ኮሙዩኒኬሽን ጉዳዮች ጽሕፈት ቤት ኃላፊ አቶ ንጉሱ ጥላሁን በፌስቡክ ገጻቸው ላይ እንዳስታወቁት፣ የሞቱት ሰዎች ቁጥርና ምክንያቱ ምን እንደነበር ገና ይጣራል፡፡ የሪፖርተር ምንጮች ከስፍራው እንዳስታወቁት፣ በዓሉን […]