Impartial concern for victims, elite dialogue, and deep societal self-reflection can rescue Ethiopia. The Ethiopian New Year, typically a moment for optimism, was overcast last month by a dark cloud of foreboding. Many Ethiopians fear what the future holds for their country, and recent events have demonstrated again that this anxiety is justified. This forces […]
by Riyaz Patel But Africa’s biggest airline isn’t interested in helping with SAA debt.The Ethiopian Airlines Group says it’s willing to provide planes, pilots and maintenance services to beleaguered national carrier South African Airways (SAA) as part of a joint venture with the government. Africa’s biggest airline is further offering operational assistance, Chief Executive Officer Tewolde
New York Times October 2, 2020The president’s result came after he spent months playing down the severity of the outbreak that has killed more than 207,000 in the United States and hours after insisting that “the end of the pandemic is in sight.” WASHINGTON — President Trump said early Friday morning that he and the first lady
ESKINDER NEGA BIOGRAPHY ETHIOPIA Eskinder Nega, a journalist and blogger based in Addis Ababa, was sentenced on July 13, 2012, to 18 years in prison for violating anti-terrorism laws after he criticized the government for arresting journalists and anti-government activists. He was jailed for almost seven years at Kaliti Prison in Addis Ababa, where political
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by Dawit W Giorgis October 2, 2020 In 1984, in one of the most publicized and politically charged humanitarian crises since the Second World War, I happened to be the head of the effort to save millions from death by starvation, as Commissioner of the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC). The government of Ethiopia was
October 01, 2020 By Pilatos The way the current Ethiopian leaders handle the Ethiopian political situation, jogged a memory in my mind which I read and listened about the American politics in 2007 when the appearance of Barak Obama to run for the Whitehouse galvanized not only America, but also the whole world. When the
Hiber Radio Daily Ethiopian News September 30, 2020
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Anadolu Agency October 01, 2020 Prime Minister Abiy condoles with family, friends, nation on death of Mesfin who contributes through 3 regimes Veteran politician, activist, and academic Mesfin Woldemariam died at the age of 90 late Tuesday of the novel coronavirus-induced complications. He was a renowned academic, a political geography expert, with a PhD dissertation
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Embargoed until 00:01 BST on 2 October 2020 Saudi Arabia: Ethiopian migrants describe “hell” of detention New report: “This is worse than COVID-19”: Ethiopians abandoned and abused in Saudi prisons An investigation by Amnesty International has exposed horrifying new details about the treatment of Ethiopian migrants detained in Saudi Arabia. Since
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