Ethiopia Releases 1,500 Political Prisoners to ‘Create Space’
Published 22 February 2018 Police walk among civilians at the Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as a new state of emergency is declared. | Photo: Reuters The detained, who had been charged with disturbing the peace and terrorism, were released to create “political space,” the government said. The Ethiopian government has released 1,500 political prisoners held […]
Who will be Ethiopia’s next prime minister?
Will the appointment of a new Ethiopian prime minister only act to save the ruling party, or usher in deeper reform? by Jillian Kestler-D’Amours Mass anti-government protests have taken place in Ethiopia’s most populous regions [Tiksa Negeri/Reuters] Hailemariam Desalegn’s snap resignation as Ethiopia’s prime minister last week set off a dramatic chain of events in […]
Ethiopian All Parties Stakeholders Convention
February 16,2018 Seattle Washington part 2
Somalia’s climate change refugees
Feature Somalia’s climate change refugees Forced off their land by drought, rural families face a precarious existence in Mogadishu Tobin Jones/AMISOM Photo MOGADISHU, 21 February 2018 Christina Goldbaum An independent journalist based in Mogadishu Displaced by drought and conflict, rural Somalis have been heading to Mogadishu in their tens of thousands. They get […]
የጥላሁን ጉግሳ ስውር እጆች! – ጥላሁን ጉግሳ እስከ መቼ በአማራ ህዝብ ላይ ያላግጣል?
(ሙሉቀን ተስፋው) በጥላሁን ጉግሳ መልቲ ሚዲያ እየተዘጋጀ በየሳምንቱ የሚቀርበው ‹‹ቤቶች›› ድራማ ብዙ ተመልካችም እንዳለው ይታወቃል፡፡ ብዙዎቻችን ከሚያስተላልፈው መልእክት ይልቅ ስለሚያስቀን ነው የምናየው፡፡ ማዝናናቱን ባንጠላውም በድብቅ እያስተላለፈ ያለው መልእክት ግን ዝም ብዬ እንዳላልፈው አስገድዶኛል፡፡ እስካሁን ድረስ በሁለት መልኩ ዝም ብዬ ቆይቼ ነበር፡፡ አንደኛው በቶሎ ይቋጫል በሚል ስሜት ሲሆን ሁለተኛው ደግሞ ‹በጎሰኝነት!› ስሜት የጥበብን ነጻነት መጋፋት ይሆናል […]
እነ ጄኔራል ተፈራ ማሞና ጄኔራል አሳምነው ጽጌ ከእስር ተፈቱ (ሙሉቀን ተስፋው)
February 22, 2018 “መፈንቅለ መንግሥት አድርጋችኋል” ተብለው ታስረው የነበሩ እነ ጄኔራል ተፈራ ማሞና ጄኔራል አሳምነው ጽጌ ከእስር ተፈቱ፤ ጀነራል ተፈራ ማሞ፣ ጀነራል አሳምነው ፅጌ፣ ኮለኔል ደምሰው አንተነህና ኮለኔል አለሙ ጌትነት ኮለኔል ጌታቸው ብርሌ፣ ኮለኔል ፋንታሁን ሙሀባ፣ ኮለኔል አበረ አሰፋ፣ ኮለኔል ሰለሞን አሻግሬ፣ ሻምበል ተመሰገን ባይለየኝ ዋና ሳጅን የሸዋስም ኢንጂነር መንግስቱ አበበ፣ ሻለቃ መኮንን ወርቁ፣ ሻለቃ […]
China and Ethiopia, Part 2: The Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway
Furi-Lebu Station, outside of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Image Credit: Istvan Tarrosy China and Ethiopia, Part 2: The Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway As with the light railway, the reality of the Ethiopia-Djibouti link is dashing high hopes. By Istvan Tarrosy and Zoltán Vörös February 22, 2018 There are numerous examples of the successful and tangible manifestations of […]
Social media from America are stoking Ethiopia’s ethnic violence
February 22, 2018 · 12:30 PM EST By James Jeffrey EthiopiaMain.png Overlooking the camps for Somalis displaced by ethnic violence in the lee of the Kolenchi hills in the Somali region. Credit: James Jeffrey/PRI The Ethiopian diaspora in the US uses social media to great effect in shaping coverage of events back home, especially […]
Canadians call for return of relative held in Ethiopia
Family and rights group demand release of Canadian citizen imprisoned in Ethiopia for alleged ‘terrorist crimes’. by David Child Canadian Bashir Makhtal, 49, has been imprisoned in Ethiopia since January 2007 on charges of ‘terrorism’ [Courtesy: Amnesty] A Canadian family is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to negotiate the release of a citizen imprisoned […]
Ethiopia’s Unrest Invites Global Competition
By Allison Fedirka For the second time in two years, Ethiopia has declared a state of emergency to try to quell violent unrest. The declaration on Feb. 16 came a day after the prime minister resigned over the turmoil, but it served only to create more protests nationwide and calls from opposition lawmakers for […]