የባላምባራስ ሻህእርገጥ ስለአድዋ ጦርነት የዓይን ምስክርነት
March 2, 2018 (አቅራቢ፥ ጌታቸው ኃይሌ) ባ፲፰፻፸፱ ዓ ም ታኅሣሥ ፳፱ ቀን ጃንሆይ አጼ ምኒልክ ሐረር ጨለንቆ አሚር አብዱላሂን ድል አድርገው ወዲያው ባላምባራስ መኰንን ነበሩና ደጃዝማች ብለው ሐረርን ሾሟቸው። ባ፲፰፻፹፩ ዓ ም አጼ ዮሐንስ ጐጃም ነበሩና ጐጃምንና ሸዋን ለመውጋት ስላሰቡ ደጃዝማች መኰንን ከሐረር ታዘው አዲሳበባ ወጥተው ግንደበረት […]
Ethiopia: MPs’ decision to approve state of emergency disappointing and irresponsible
2 March 2018, 11:24 UTC Commenting shortly after the Ethiopian parliament approved the state of emergency declaration in full this morning, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Salil Shetty said: “It is deeply disappointing and irresponsible that Ethiopia’s MPs have chosen to restrict the people’s fundamental freedoms further instead of listening to their legitimate grievances. At this […]
Adwa and Ethiopian political identity (Teshome M. Borago..Satenaw Columnist)
March 2, 2018 By Teshome M. Borago | Satenaw Columnist After my article last week on the ongoing political drama of selecting a new TPLF puppet minister, i was not eager to write my annual commentary on the Adwa anniversary. But then, I was contacted by friends and encouraged by a few readers who […]
የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጁ በ346 ድጋፍ እና በ88 ተቃውሞ ፀደቀ
የካቲት 09/2010 ዓ.ም ቀን በመላው ሃገሪቱ የታወጀው የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ በሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት በአብላጫ ድምፅ ፀደቀ። ከእረፍት ተጠርቶ አስቸኳይ ስብሰባ ዛሬ ያደረገው የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት በሚኒስትሮች ምክር ቤት ለስድስት ወራት የታወጀውን የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ አፅድቋል። አዋጁ 346 የምክር ቤት አባላትን ድጋፍ ሲያገኝ 88ቱ ደግሞ ተቃውመው ድምፅ ሰጥተዋል። እንዲሁም የሰባት አባላት ድምፀ በታዕቅቦ ተመዝግቧል። […]
Ethiopia’s choice: Reform or anarchism
March 2, 20184:05 am By Owei Lakemfa ETHIOPIA, the heroic African country Europeans could not colonise, source of the Blue Nile whose waters gave humanity its civilisation and in whose bosom the African Union headquarters nestles, is faced with a choice; political reform or anarchism. This explains its on-going turbulence which has consumed Prime Minister […]
Chinese railway draws tourists to Dire Dawa, Ethiopian city of cosmopolitan architecture and bustling markets
Infrastructure project breathes new life into strategic train stop in the exotic Horn of Africa By JAMES JEFFREY 2 Mar 2018 Lying far to Ethiopia’s east, near the border with Somaliland and Somalia, and surrounded by dusty plains and low hills, Dire Dawa’s slow-burn delights are easily overlooked. Nearby Harar, with its ancient walled inner […]
Note No 2: Descending into mob rule? – By Kebour Ghenna
March 1, 2018 Anti-establishment sentiment in Ethiopia is somehow echoed by the way the rule book of people to people relations is being torn up. The vast majority of Oromo people have concluded that EPRDF is a danger to their people, that it’s irremediably unjust or inept and therefore a threat to their region. The […]
Ethiopia: Open letter to the Members of the House of Peoples Representatives (HPR) over the State of Emergency Proclamation
1 March 2018, Index number: AFR 25/7981/2018 This is an open letter to the Members of the House of Peoples Representatives (HPR) at this critical time in Ethiopia as they deliberate and vote on the State of Emergency Proclamation passed by the Council of Ministers of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on 16 February […]
The Eritrean diaspora is mourning
The alleged death in detention of veteran freedom fighter Durue deeply saddened, but also angered the Eritreans abroad. by Abraham T Zere The Eritrean regime follows the script of George Orwell’s 1984 to erase prisoners of conscience from the country’s collective memory, writes Zere [Ronen Zvulun/Reuters] Since February 19, Eritrean social media have been flooded […]
Ethiopia: MPs must put human rights at heart of state of emergency debate
1 March 2018, 19:15 UTC The Ethiopian parliament must ensure the new state of emergency does not further constrict the already narrowing freedom of expression, assembly and association in the country, Amnesty International said as MPs prepared to debate the new emergency measures on Friday. In an open letter to MPs, Amnesty International’s Secretary General […]