15 Ethiopian illegal immigrants quarantined – The Chronicle 19:20

01 Apr, 2020 – 00:04 Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent FIFTEEN Ethiopian illegal immigrants have been quarantined and one is detained at Gwanda Provincial Hospital for Covid-19 assessment, as a precautionary measure, after the group was found hiding at a homestead in Gwanda enroute to South Africa. The group of illegal immigrants were being housed at […]

Ethiopia postpones landmark August election due to coronavirus – France 24 15:21

Issued on: 31/03/2020 – 21:03Modified: 31/03/2020 – 21:0 NEWS WIRES Ethiopia has postponed its parliamentary election scheduled for August due to the coronavirus outbreak, the electoral board said on Tuesday, a move endorsed by some key opposition parties. Advertising The August vote had been regarded as an important test of the reformist agenda of Prime […]

At the roots of the GERD – Al-Ahram Weekly 11:04

Attia Essawi traces the long history of Ethiopian intransigence on Nile water negotiations Attia Essawi Tuesday 31 Mar 2020 GERD under construction (photo: Reuters) Both before and after Addis Ababa began to construct the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Egypt was untiring in its efforts, first, to promote consensus between countries at the sources of […]

2 Ethiopian soldiers killed in Somalia blast – Anadolu Agency 07:44

Blast targets Ethiopian peacekeepers part of African Union Mission in Somalia, al-Shabaab claims responsibility Mohammed Dhaysane 30.03.2020 FILE PHOTO MOGADISHU, Somalia Two Ethiopian peacekeepers were killed and four others wounded in a bomb blast in southern Somalia, officials said Tuesday. A vehicle carrying Ethiopian peacekeepers part of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) was […]

Corona virus Pandemic – An Evil but Uniting Factor in a Divided Ethiopia

By: Habtamu Girma Demiessie (Assistant Professor of Economics at Jigjiga University. Email: ruhe215@gmail.com) The World in in deadlock *********** Quiet unprecedented, currently the world is living in its shutdown following the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on March 3, 2020. A highly contagious viral disease, known by its scientific name as […]

ከቀውስ ወደባሰ ቀውስ ?..ዴሞክራሲያ

ዴሞክራሲያ ቅጽ 48 ፣ ቁጥር 2 መጋቢት ፣ 2012 ዓ.ም ከቀውስ ወደባሰ ቀውስ ? በ2011 ዓ. ም ክረምት ላይ “ለውጡ የት ገባ?” በሚል ርዕስ በከተብነው የዴሞክራሲያ እትማችን ለውጡ ሃዲዱን እየሳተ መሄዱንና ወደ ሃዲዱ እንዲመለስ መወሰድ አለባቸው ያላቸውን እርምጃዎች አመላክተን ነበር። ከነዚህ መፍትሄዎች በዋነኛነት በመንግሥት በኩል የሕግ የበላይነትን ማስከበርን ትኩረት እንዲሰጠው ጎትጓች ማሳሰቢያ ይገኝበታል። እንዳልነውም “ያ […]

በቅርቡ ከውጭ አገራት ወደ አማራ ክልል የመጡ ሰዎች ሪፖርት እንዲያደርጉ ታዘዙ

በኮሮናቫይረስ መያዘቸው በዛሬው ዕለት የተገለጹት ሁለት ሰዎች የተገኙት በአማራ ክልል ውስጥ እንደሆነ የጤና ጥበቃ ሚኒስቴር አስታወቀ። ቀደም ብሎ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐብይ አህመድ የህሙማኑ ቁጥር 23 መደረሱን መግለጻቸው የሚታወስ ሲሆን ይህንን ተከትሎ በወጣው መግለጫ ላይ እንደተመለከተው ሁለቱ ግለሰቦች የቅርብ ጊዜ የውጪ አገር ጉዞ ታሪክ የነበራቸው እንደሆኑ ተጠቁሟል።አንደኛዋ በባህር ዳር ከተማ ነዋሪ የሆኑ የ37 ዓመት ሴት መጋቢት […]