First Eritrean asylum seekers jailed under Israel’s deportation plan
Eritreans protested when the Israeli government first announced it The Israeli authorities have jailed 16 Eritrean asylum seekers after they refused to be deported to Rwanda. These are the first asylum seekers to be indefinitely detained under Israel’s mass deportation plan of Eritrean and Sudanese nationals to Rwanda and Uganda. Some 600 […]
Ethiopia’s ruling coalition likely to remain stable after appointing consensus replacement for outgoing PM by end-March
Chris Suckling – IHS Jane’s Intelligence Weekly 21 February 2018 Ethiopian politician Andualem Arage (centre), given a life sentence in 2012 on charges of links to the banned Ginbot 7 group, with supporters after his release from prison in Addis Ababa on 14 February. Source: Yonas Tadesse/AFP/Getty Images Key Points The ruling EPRDF coalition is […]
Statement by the Federal Foreign Office on the situation in Ethiopia
Source: Germany – Federal Foreign Office | BERLIN, Germany, February 21, 2018/APO Group/ — A Federal Foreign Office Spokesperson issued the following statement today (20 February) on the situation in Ethiopia: We are concerned about the latest domestic developments in Ethiopia. The declaration of a state of emergency allows a massive curtailment of civil rights. […]
AU issues calls for peace, stability in Ethiopia
Source: Xinhua 2018-02-21 18:08:50 ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) — The African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat on Wednesday called for all Ethiopian stakeholders to refrain from acts that undermine peace and stability. Ethiopia imposed martial law on Friday for six months following a crippling strike last week in Ethiopia’s central Oromia regional state […]
Does Ethiopia’s New State of Emergency Dash Hopes for Reform?
February 21, 2018 11:23AM EST Announcement Follows Prisoner Release, Prime Minister’s Resignation Felix Horne Senior Researcher, Horn of Africa @felixhorne Ethiopia’s police officers watch over a foot bridge as they patrol the streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia February 21, 2018. © 2018 Reuters On February 17, Ethiopia’s Defense Minister Siraj Fegessa declared a six-month state […]
To save Ethiopia from civil war, solutions must work from the ground up
By Alemayehu Mariam, opinion contributor — 02/21/18 02:30 PM EST he views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill © Getty Ethiopia teeters on the edge of a precipice. For the past two years, waves of defiant public protests have made the country ungovernable and posed an existential threat […]
Statement of the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union on the situation in Ethiopia
Wednesday 21 February 2018 Addis Ababa, 21 February 2018 – The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, is closely following the situation in Ethiopia. He recalls, in this respect, that Ethiopia is not only home to the African Union Headquarters, but also an important member of the Union. As such, […]
የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ ሕግን በተመለከተ ትኩረት የሚሹ ነጥቦች፤ (ውብሸት ሙላት)
21/02/2018 አገራችን፣ ከመስከረም 28/2009 ዓ.ም. ጀምሮ እስከ ሐምሌ 28/2009 ድረስ የተዳደረችው በተለምዷዊው የሕግ ሥርዓት ሳይሆን ‘በአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ’ ነው፡፡ አሁንም በድጋሜ ለስድስት ወራት ያህል የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ ታውጇል፡፡ በእርግጥ ለስድስት ወራትም ይሁን ከዚያ ላነሰ ጊዜ ጸንቶ እንዲቆይ በሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት ቀርቦ መጽደቅ ይጠበቅበታል፡፡ በ2009 ዓ.ም. ሲታወጅ፣ፓርላማው መደበኛ ሥራውን ለመጀመር ሁለት ቀናት ሲቀሩት ታወጀ፡፡ አሁንም፣ፓርላማው […]
ኢትዮጵያን አትርሱ አጥር ድንበር አታብዙ በዘረኝነት አትታለሉ! (መጋቤ ሐዲስ እሸቱ አለማየሁ)
21/02/2018 ኢትዮጵያን አትርሱ! በፖለቲካ በዘረኝነት አትታለሉ አትጭበርበሩ። አጥር አታብዙ። ድንበር አታብዙ። ልዩነት አታብዙ። ውደዷቸው ይውደዷችሁ። ለምሳሌ ጎንደሮዎች ስታገቡ ኦሮሞዎችን ትግሬዎችን ወሎዬዎችን አግቧቸው። ገበሬ ይመስል ዘር አትምረጡ። እኛኮ ክፋታችን አንድ ዓይነት ደግነታችንም አንድ ዓይነት ነው። የእኛ ሕዝብኮ እንኳን ምግብ፤ መድኃኒህም ቢሆን አብሮ ይጠጣል ከፍቅሩ ፅናት የተነሳ፤ ሓኪም ሳያዘው በትብብሩ! እና ያ ፍቅራችን የት ገባ? ያ መዋደድ […]
ብአዴን እና ኢፒዲኦ ፈጣሪያችሁ ወያኔ ሊያጠፋችሁ መወሰኑን እንድታውቁት
21/02/2018 – አባይ ጸሀየ ፡ እኛም ተናግረናል እነሱም ተናገረዋል ለመጠፋፋት ዝግጁ ነን!! አዳነ አታነው አባይ ጸሀየ የሚባል የወያኔ አለቃ ዛሬ አይጋ ገጽ ላይ በተለቀቀ የትግርኛ ኢዶዎ/ድምጽ ወደ አማርኛ ተተርጉሞ አባሪ በተደረገው መሰረት፣ ግልጽ በሆነ መንገድ ለኢሀዴግ አባል ድርጅቶች የማስጠንቀቂያ መልእክት አስተላልፏል፡፡ “ተስማምተን ካልሰራን” ማንም አሸናፊ ስለማይሆን ለመጠፋፋት ዝግጁ መሆናችን ሊታወቅ ይገባል ሲል መልእክቱን አስተላልፏል፡፡ አቶ […]