The failed coup in Ethiopia speaks to deeply entrenched ethnic divides – The National 11:44
Most Ethiopians feel energised by prime minister Abiy Ahmed’s reforms. But a small, vocal minority are growing resentful Members of the army carrying the dead at the funeral service of chief of staff of the Ethiopian military Seare Mekonnen. Michael Tewelde / AFP Charlie Mitchell June 27, 2019 Since his appointment as prime minister just […]
The long-suffering of East Africa’s Anuak people who were persecuted by Ethiopia – Face2Face Africa 11:06
Mildred Europa Taylor | Staff Writer June 26, 2019 at 05:00 pm Support Pan-African Journalism Anyuak people from Gambella area, Ethiopia. Pic credit: trip down memory lane December 13, 2003, is a day that the long-suffering Anuak people from the fertile Gambella forest region of south-western Ethiopia would never forget. A shocking massacre, led by […]
Is Ethiopia’s new democracy under threat after coup attempt? IOL – 12:42
Africa / 27 June 2019, 6:28pm / Mel Frykberg Mourners carry the coffin of Amhara president Mekonnen and two other officials during their funeral in the town of Bahir Dar. Picture: Reuters/Baz Ratner Johannesburg – Relative calm has returned to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and Bahir Dar, seat of the Amhara regional government, following a series of assassinations […]
Internet back in Ethiopia after over 100 hours blackout – NetBlocks
By newsday – June 27, 2019 Internet connectivity is back in Ethiopia, online rights group, NetBlocks said on Thursday morning. The BBC, however, adds that Wi-Fi connection was back whiles mobile access remained blocked. The restoration comes on the back of over 100 hours of outage linked to what the government says was a failed […]
Sudan protest leaders receive new AU, Ethiopia transition plan – Al Jazeera 21:57
The proposal calls for a civilian-majority ruling body as demanded by protesters but lacks in other details. The Sudanese movement protesting for the military to hand over to civilian rule said on Thursday it received a new proposal for a transition drafted by Ethiopia and the African Union (AU). The new proposal calls for a […]
Ethiopia arrests dozens of opposition supporters – BBC 07:37
27 June 2019 More than 50 people have been arrested after an alleged coup attempt in an Ethiopian region, an opposition party says. National Movement of the Amhara (NaMA), said dozens of its supporters had been arrested. Police said earlier that several suspects were being questioned in the state where the alleged coup happened. The […]
Nearly 250 arrested in Ethiopia after foiled coup: state TV Reuters 16:43
June 27, 2019 / 3:59 AM Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Nearly 250 people have been arrested in Ethiopia’s capital and the main city in its Amhara region since a coup attempt was foiled, state TV reported on Thursday. Ethiopia has been on edge since twin attacks at the weekend in Addis Ababa and […]
ዶ/ር አረጋዊ በርሄ ለቀብር መቀሌ በሄዱበት መታሰራቸው ተሰማ
June 27, 2019 ESAT : ዶ/ር አረጋዊ በርሄ ለቀብር መቀሌ በሄዱበት መታሰራቸው ተገለጸ። የኢሳት ምንጮች ካደረሱን መረጃ ለማወቅ እንደተቻለው ዶ/ር አረጋዊ ለጄነራል ሰዓረ መኮንንና ለሜጀር ጀነራል ገዛዒ አበራ ቀብር መቀሌ ከሄዱ በኋላ በወጣቶች ተደብድበው በትግራይ ፖሊስ ባዶ ስድስት በሚል በሚታወቀው እስር ቤት ታስረዋል። 00:00/01:5100:00Next Video×
“መደናገጥ ባለበት ወቅት ስህተቶች ሊያጋጥሙ ይችላሉ” አቶ ንጉሱ ጥላሁን – ቢቢሲ / አማርኛ
ከጠቅላይ ሚንስትሩ ፕሬስ ሴክሬታሪያት አቶ ንጉሱ ጥላሁን ጋር አጭር ቆይታ ቢቢሲ ትናንት የጠቅላይ ሚንስትሩ ፕሬስ ሴክሬታሪያት ኃላፊ አቶ ንጉሱ ጥላሁንን በስልክ ያነጋገራቸው የክልሉ አመራሮች የቀብር ሥነ-ስርዓት ለመካፈል ባህር ዳር ሳሉ ነበር። አቶ ንጉሱ ትናንት በባህር ዳር በተካሄደው የቀብር ሥነ-ስርዓት ላይ ከተለያዩ የሃገሪቱ ክፍል የተወጣጡ እንግዶች፣ የከተማዋ ነዋሪዎች፣ ዘመድ እና ቤተሰብ እንዲሁም የክልል እና የፌደራል መንግሥት […]
“አካላዊ ጉዳት አልደረሰብኝም” አረጋዊ በርሄ (ዶ/ር) – ቢቢሲ/አማርኛ
በጄነራል ሰዓረ መኮንን እና ሜጀር ጄነራል ገዛኢ አበራ የቀብር ስነስርዓት ላይ ለመካፈል ወደ መቀሌ ያቀኑት የትግራይ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ትብብር( ትዴት) መሪ አረጋዊ በርሀ (ዶ/ር) “የወጣቶች መንጋ” ባሏቸው ሰዎች ጥቃት እንደተሞከረባቸው ለቢቢሲ የመቀሌ ዘጋቢ አረጋግጠዋል። ቢሆንም ግን “አካላዊ ጉዳት አልደረሰብኝም” ብለዋል። የቀብር ስነስርዓቱ ላይ ለመገኘት የሰማእታት ሃውልት ደጃፍ ላይ ሲደርሱ ከውስጥና ከውጭ የነበሩት ወጣቶች “መግባት የለበትም” ብለው […]