by Graham Peebles / April 30th, 2021 An unresolved war in the north of the country; ethnic based violence some are describing as genocide in the West; random explosions of aggression in various regions: Ethiopia is trembling. With around 117 million people, Ethiopia has the second largest population in Africa, made up of 80 or […]
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By Alex Bekele Nothing is more irritating and disappointing to most Ethiopians than to listen to the recent angry diatribe of Prime Minister Abiy in response to the all too human pleading of the Amhara people for protection from sudden and barbaric death. The grievances of millions, expressed in peaceful demonstrations in towns after towns
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ADDIS ABABA(ENA)- Water, Irrigation and Energy Minister, Sileshi Bekele called for Ethiopian Diaspora support to complete the construction of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The Ethiopian embassy in Canada in collaboration with Alliance for GERD in Canada held a webinar discussion under the theme “Updates on GERD and Information Session on GERD Bond Purchase”. During
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Al Mariam’s Commentaries April 26, 2021 Voting is patriotism in motion. Voting is democracy in motion. What can be more beautiful, more sublime and more glorious than deciding one’s political destiny by casting a ballot and choosing one’s representatives? If the proof of the pudding is in the eating, the proof of real citizenship is
Hoze Yeabesha April 26, 2021 First for most Kudos for the Amara young who organized and executed a very civilized protest in various Amara cities and towns to bring to the public the atrocities committed on the Amara people in various corners of the country. Keep it up and please be organized to defend the
By Teklu Abate (teklu.abate@gmail.com) Ethiopia now faces colossal challenges of all sorts. The most threatening and incapacitating factor taking the entire country as a hostage is the aggressive emergence of new clones of oppressors, terminators and assassins who once considered themselves as among the oppressed majority. How or why are they terrorizing the entire nation?
Reuters / April 24, 2021 An armed group has taken control of a county in western Ethiopia, the state-appointed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said, citing reports that civilians had been killed and public servants kidnapped. The commission said it had received reports that Sedal Woreda, in the Kamashi Zone of the western Benishangul-Gumuz Region, was
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