Opride (OPride) — My grandfather Ayana Debosie Halo had a habit of making the entire family tune into his favorite radio station: The Voice of Oromo Liberation (better known by its Oromo acronym SBO). Began in late 1980s, SBO is a shortwave radio run by the Oromo Liberation Front, a political organization that struggles for
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Counterpunch by GRAHAM PEEBLES There are tentative signs that the people of Ethiopia are beginning to organise themselves and stand up against the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) government, a brutal dictatorship, albeit one dressed in democratic western garb. After 23 years of suppression at the hands of the EPRDF, simmering discontent and anger
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By Thomas W Lippman Inter-Press Service WASHINGTON – The Middle East’s seemingly endless conflicts are diverting attention and resources from a graver long-term threat that looms over the whole region: the growing scarcity of water. And the situation will get worse before it gets better – if it ever does get better. Years of war,
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LA Times Preet Bharara, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and others at a news conference Monday. (Justin Lane / EPA) By TINA SUSMAN U.S. announces charges against purported users of Blackshades, a software program that can hijack computers U.S. officials say Blackshades, which infected half a million computers, underscores the threat
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BY KENNETH AGUTAMBA The New Times Rwanda-LI KEQIANG is not the president of China. He’s the prime minister, but the presidential red carpet welcome accorded to him on his recent visit to Africa speaks volumes. In Ethiopia, Li addressed African Union leaders; in Nigeria he delivered a keynote speech during the World Economic Forum and
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By Kal’ayu Abraha Two of the six major goals of the US constitution are to form a more perfect union andensure domestic tranquility. Are they attained? Yes, they are! If democracy is claimed to be the foundation, the goals of the Ethiopian Constitution should be nothing different. Are they attained? Seemingly not! What is stressed in Ethiopia
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የጋዜጠኞቹ እና ብሎገሮቹ የፍርድ ቤት ውሎ – By Addis Gudaye “የሥነልቡና ጫና ደርሶብኛል” ጋዜጠኛ አስማማው ኃ/ጊዮርጊስ “ከሌሊቱ 8 ሰዓት እየተወሰድኩ ድብደባ፣ ማስፈራራት እና ወከባ ተፈጽሞብኛል” አጥናፍ ብርሃኔ “ለምርመራ የምጠቀምበት አንድ ኮምፒውተር ነው ያለኝ፤ ጊዜ ይሰጠኝ” ፖሊስ ቅዳሜ ግንቦት 9፣ 2006 በቀጠሯቸው መሠረት አራዳ ምድብ ችሎት የቀረቡት 3 ጋዜጠኞች እና 3 ብሎገሮች ነበሩ፡፡ ፖሊስ የተጠርጣሪዎቹን ጉዳዩ
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By Teshome Abebe Having spent the past couple of months on diplomatic efforts against the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and failing, Egyptian authorities are now pointing accusatory finger(s) at Ethiopia for not responding to their calls for new negotiations. It would have been a most enlightened act on their part to refrain from besmirching
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By Teshome Abebe Having spent the past couple of months on diplomatic efforts against the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and failing, Egyptian authorities are now pointing accusatory finger(s) at Ethiopia for not responding to their calls for new negotiations. It would have been a most enlightened act on their part to refrain from besmirching
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Former Egyptian irrigation and water resources minister examines the history of Ethiopia’s plans to construct a dam on the Nile River By Mahmoud El-Wardani Ahram Online Azmat Sadd Al-Nahda Al-Ethiopi book cover Azmat Sadd Al-Nahda Al-Ethiopi(The Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Crisis) by Mohamed Nasr El-Din Allam, Dar Al-Mahroussa Publishing, Cairo, 2014. pp.242 The story of the
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