Seife Nebelbal Radio Interviews, WBO Leaders, Jaal Marroo and Jaal Gammachuu
Seife Nebelbal Radio Interviews, WBO Leaders, Jaal Marroo and Jaal Gammachuu (in Amharic) December 11, 2019
Pressured at home, Ethiopia PM picks up Nobel Peace Prize
Pressured at home, Ethiopia PM picks up Nobel Peace Prize By Pierre-Henry DESHAYES, AFP, December 10, 2019 Oslo (AFP) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will collect his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Tuesday, but as ethnic violence rises… Read More »
Miss Universe 2019: ‘May every little girl see their faces reflected in mine’ Zozibini Tunzi, South Africa
Miss Universe 2019: ‘May every little girl see their faces reflected in mine’ – Zozibini Tunzi, South Africa Sourc: BBC “I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me, with my kind of skin and my… Read More »
U.N. expert urges Ethiopia to stop shutting down internet
U.N. expert urges Ethiopia to stop shutting down internet By ELIAS MESERET- Associated Press – Monday, December 9, 2019 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) – A United Nations expert on the freedom of expression said he has urged Ethiopian officials to stop shutting… Read More »
Freweini Mebrahtu was named the 2019 CNN Hero of the Year for designing a reusable menstrual pad
Freweini Mebrahtu was named the 2019 CNN Hero of the Year for designing a reusable menstrual pad (CNN)– It’s something that girls and young women in western countries can’t imagine: missing school, even dropping out, because of their periods. Yet… Read More »
Fanxoo irratti Xannacha
Fanxoo irratti Xannacha Damee Boruu: Muddee 08, 2019 Mootoni Habashaa dhufaa darban hammeenya himame hin dhumne Uummata Oromoo irran akka gahaa turan raga gahaatu jira. Kana malee qabeenya Oromiyaa saamuu fi barbadeessuu irra darbanii biyya mataa isaanii godhatanii har’a ifatti… Read More »
Sink or swim: unlocking the Nile impasse
Sink or swim: unlocking the Nile impasse By Mahemud Tekuya, December 8, 2019 (Ethiopia Insight) — The survival of Egypt and its very existence depend upon the waters of the Nile. Due to this, Egypt has, for centuries, been pursuing a… Read More »
The Sidama statehood referendum cements multinational federalism in Ethiopia: a rejoinder to Hilary Matfess’ article on Sidama referendum
The Sidama statehood referendum cements multinational federalism in Ethiopia: a rejoinder to Hilary Matfess’ article on Sidama referendum The Sidama Observer, December 8, 2019 Result of Sidama Referendum on November 20, 2019 – Voters turnout 2,277,063 out of 2,280,147 (99.86%)… Read More »
Sidama Statehood Vote Throws a Wrench in Abiy Ahmed’s Plans for Ethiopia
Sidama Statehood Vote Throws a Wrench in Abiy Ahmed’s Plans for Ethiopia Ethno-regional divisions might tear apart hopes of unifying power at the center. BY HILARY MATFESS, DECEMBER 6, 2019 (Foreign Policy) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the… Read More »
Seife Nebelbal Radio, December 6, 2019
Seife Nebelbal Radio, December 6, 2019
Dangerous Interregnum: The Anatomy of Ethiopia’s Mismanaged Transition
Dangerous Interregnum: The Anatomy of Ethiopia’s Mismanaged Transition Ezekiel Gebissa, Professor Addis Abeba, December 05/2019 (Addis Standard) – In his Selections from Prison Notebooks, Antonio Gramsci famously wrote in 1930: “The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying… Read More »
Why Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party could be bad news for Ethiopia
Why Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party could be bad news for Ethiopia The new pan-Ethiopian party created to replace the EPRDF coalition risks bringing the country to the edge of an abyss. By Awol K Allo, a Lecturer in Law at… Read More »