Al Mariam’s Commentaries Part VI The “Dangerous” Secretary of State Antony Blinken On March 3, 2021, Blinken gave his first speech as Secretary of State. Blinken said, “It’s the role of the State Department – and America’s diplomats and development workers – to engage around the world and build that cooperation.” Blinken set out a challenge for […]
By Nik Streng | The Oregonian/OregonLive While Team USA still leads the total medal count in the World Athletics Championships, Ethiopia had a big Monday performance. Ethiopia took home the gold in the only medaling event of the morning session, as Gotytom Gebreslase won the women’s marathon. In total, Ethiopia had three medalists on Monday. In
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Eugene (United States) (AFP) – Ethiopia’s Gotytom Gebreslase cut loose in the latter stages to claim gold in the women’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Monday. Gebreslase, who won the 2021 Berlin Marathon on her debut and finished third in this year’s Tokyo Marathon, kicked with 2km to go, winning in
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle July 17, 2022 (NAIROBI) – The rebel-led government in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region says it is ready to name a negotiator team for peace talks with the government. “The Government of Tigray will name a team of negotiators taking all the necessary government procedures of decision making,” Professor Kindeya Gebrehiwot, Tigray External
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A photo of a new graduate from Ethiopia’s prestigious AAU campus, carrying firewood on his back as his mother wore the cap & gown, went vital on African social media today. The heartbreaking image symbolizing the struggle by millions of Ethiopian mothers, due to lack of electricity, was trending at the same day that US
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Charles Dietz Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia Energy & Resources As Ethiopia prepares to start the third filling of the reservoir behind its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), US President Joe Biden has reiterated support for Egypt’s water security and to forging an agreement over use of the waters of the Nile that will be in the
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By Dr. Suleiman Walhad July 18th, 2022 The Horn of Africa States region remains strategically important for it straddles one of the most important seaways and airways of the world. The people of the region also know that despite its significance, it is marred by ethno-based conflicts, no one knows how they started or how
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Abdullahi Halakhe July 17, 2022 Please see below a statement from Refugees International’s Senior Advocate for East and Southern Africa, Abdullahi Halakhe: “Refugees International is deeply concerned about media reports that the Ethiopian government has rounded up more than 100 Eritrean refugees in and around Addis Ababa and forcibly moved them to the refugee camps
By Prof. Feqadu Lamessa First Publish on July 29, 2013, ADAMA, Ethiopia (Salem-News) Recently, the Qatar-based media al Jazeera has published several articles concerning the Oromo people of Ethiopia. It is the first international media outlet to extensively report on our people and it should be praised for bringing our cause to the world stage. One
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Tesfaye Z. Yigzaw I would like to express my deep condolences to the mothers, fathers, and elders savagely slaughtered by TPLF and OLF terrorists. Tigray People Liberation Front has been proposing separation to conceal its crimes. Is this a wish of the people of Tigray? If it is true, I wish them good luck and
AFP Published: Sun 17 Jul 2022, Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey upstaged Dutch star Sifan Hassan to win the women’s 10,000m at the World Championships in Oregon on Saturday. Gidey, the world record holder over the distance, hit the last 400m of the 25-lap race at Eugene’s Hayward Field in complete control and crossed the line with
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