Kangaroo court in Ethiopia sentenced a journalist to more than 2 years in jail

Ethiopian journalist sentenced to more than two years in jail Nairobi, December 30, 2013--An Ethiopian court convicted a journalist on December 25 on the charge of spreading false rumors and sentenced him to two years and nine months in prison, according to local journalists. The First Instance Court in Hawassa, capital of the state of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Regions, convicted Asfaw Berhanu, former contributor...

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የአንድነት ፡ ሶስት ጠቅላላ ጉባዔ ፣ ሶስት ተፎካካሪዎች፣ ሶስት የተለያዩ ሊቀመንበሮች

ትላንት እሁድ ታህሳስ 20 ቀን 2006 ዓ.ም፣ በተሳካ ሁኔታ የተጠናቀቀዉን ጠቅላላ ጉባኤ ጨምሮ፣ የአንድነት ፓርቲ ሕጋዊ ሰርተፍኬት ካገኘበት ጊዜ ጀመሮ፣ ሶስት ጊዜ ጠቅላላ ጉባኤዎችን አድርጓል። ሶስቱንም ጊዜ፣ ሶስት የሚሆኑ እጩዎች ቀርበው ለሊቀመንበርነት ፉክክር ያደረጉ ሲሆን፣ ሶስቱንም ጊዜ የተለያዩ ግለሰቦችን ነዉ ሊቀመንበር አድርጎ የመረጠዉ። የመጀምሪያዉ ጊዜ ኢንጂነር ግዛቸው ሽፈራዉ ፣ አቶ ተመስገን ዘዉዴና ወ/ት ብርቱካን ሚደቅሳ ነበሩ ለእጩነት የቀረቡት። ወ/ት ብርቱካን በከፍተኛ ድምጽ የመጀመሪያዋ የአንድነት ፓርቲ ሊቀመንበር ሆና ተመረጠች። ኢንጂነር ግዛቸውና እና አቶ ተመስገን ምክትል ሊቀመናብርትና የሥራ አስፈጻሚ ኮምቴ አባላት ሆነው ቀጠሉ። ወ/ት ብርቱካን ሚደቅሳ በመለስ ዜናዊ ግፈኛ...

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የወገን ጩኸቱን አናፍነው! ጩኸቱን አንቀማው!

ነቢዩ ሲራክ ሰሞኑን ጠቃሚ መረጃ የምንለዋወጥባቸው ማህበራዊ ገጾቻችን በሙግት ንትርክ ማዕበል ተውጠው ተመለከትኩ … ከእምየ ምኒሊክ እሰከ በደሌ ቢራ ፣ ከድንቁ ትንታግ ድምጻዊ ቴዲ አፍሮ መግለጫ ፣ እርማት እስከተሰጠበት እንቁ መጽሔት ፣ ከታሪክ አዋቂው የሃገር ሽማግሌ ፕሮፊሰር ይስሐቅ የታሪክ ቀደምት ትንታኔ ታሪክ እስከ ማይጠቅመን የጁሃር መሃመድ ዘመቻ ሁሉም ሰሞነኛ ዝብሪት በየአይነቱ ሰማን ። ይህ ሁሉ ታዲያ በፈረንጆች አመት በዋዜማው ባይሆን ደስ ባለኝ! ይህም የእኛ ነገር ፣ የእኛ ኑሮ ነውና ምን ያደርጉታል? ባለሁበት የሳውዲ ምድር በአለም እንደ ጨው የተበተንን የዚያች ሃገር ዜጎችን ትኩረት ሳቢ ብቻም ሳይሆን አስጨናቂ ቀንን ተፋጦ ማወጫ ያጣ ወገን ጩኸት ደምቆ እንዳይሰማ የእኛ ነገር አልተመቸውም...

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2013: The Year of Ethiopia's Rising Cheetahs in Review by prof. alemayehu G. mariam

In January 2013, I proclaimed, “2013 shall be the Year of Ethiopia’s Cheetah Generation.” I promised “to make my full contribution to uplift and support Ethiopia’s youth and to challenge them to rise up to newer heights.” They rose to greater heights.  I pledged to “reach out to them, teach them and preach to them”. I feel proud that I was able to deliver on my promise.  In December  2013, I was delighted and immensely gratified to...

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Teddy Afro respons for #BoycottBedele

The #BoycottBedele campaign that is against teddy Afro's Concert has gained popularity and the growth attracted European Medias as well as Teddy Afro himself.Read the Press release sent through Teddy Afro's Manager To lovers of my music;A few weeks ago I gave an interview to Enqu magazine in relation to the memorial marking the 100th year since the death of Menelik II.I know that this interview was presented to the public under the title...

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Ethiopia Swamped by Tidal Wave of Returned Migrants

Dwindling land access in Ethiopia is a critical issue for 80 percent of the population who make a living as small farmers. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS By Ed McKenna, ips news ADDIS ABABA, Dec 21 2013 (IPS) - The return of 120,000 young undocumented migrant workers from Saudi Arabia to Ethiopia has sparked fears that the influx will worsen the country’s high youth unemployment and put pressure on access to increasingly scarce...

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Hundreds Left Homeless After Authorities Demolish Slum in Ethiopia’s capital

Sitting amongst the rubble that used to be his home. His old, small eyes are locked in the distance, but as soon as anyone comes near him, he looks up with a stare on his weathered face that belies his hope of solving his eminent problem, homelessness. Ato Ayalew Mitiku*, who is in the twilight of his 60′s, used to have a home–however shabby and small it was. He and his family used to live in the area behind Bole MedhaneAlem Church in Addis Ababa...

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Hundreds Left Homeless After Authorities Demolish Slum in Ethiopia’s capital

Sitting amongst the rubble that used to be his home. His old, small eyes are locked in the distance, but as soon as anyone comes near him, he looks up with a stare on his weathered face that belies his hope of solving his eminent problem, homelessness. Ato Ayalew Mitiku*, who is in the twilight of his 60′s, used to have a home–however shabby and small it was. He and his family used to live in the area behind Bole MedhaneAlem Church in Addis Ababa...

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The South Sudan blood bath and Kiir’s perfidious power consolidation act

The Horn Times Newsletterby Getahune Bekele, South Africa Already castigated as another flop in tyranny prone Africa, the impenitent would-be-tyrant who is leading a corrupt and militarized autocracy, President of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit is no longer sporting his trademark 10-gallon black cowboy hat he imports from the US state of Texas, some 7,000 miles away. President Salva Kiir He first saw the hat in July 2006 when then President...

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