Allison Martell and Edmund Blair | Sept. 26, 2016 | Reuters A Canadian company operating in one of Africa's poorest countries faces compensation claims from some workers. They say they were military conscripts and suffered harsh conditions. TORONTO/ASMARA – Bemnet Negash never got to say a proper goodbye to his family. In February 2006, government officials arrived at … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2016
The New Dictators
Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Erica Frantz and Joseph Wright | September 26, 2016 | Foreign Affairs Why Personalism Rules Strongmen are seemingly everywhere. Russian President Vladimir Putin is omnipresent; the media has obsessed over everything from his latest actions in Syria and Ukraine to his sudden and recurring reshuffling of his inner circle in the Kremlin. Meanwhile, … [Read more...]
Trapped and bereft in the world’s ‘fastest emptying country’
Mark Anderson in Asmara for The Africa Report | Wednesday 28 September 2016 | The Guardian Thousands of people flee Eritrea illegally every month to skip military service, but getting out is too expensive for most Outside a cafe on the crossroads of a busy intersection in Asmara, three 25-year-olds sip macchiatos and catch up on the latest gossip in the … [Read more...]
ዓሰርተ ሓሙሽተ ዓመት ኣብ ጕድጓድ መደብ ብጋህድን ሓቅን ካብ ኤርትራ ወጻኢ ቍ. 7
ኣወሃሃድን ኣቕራብን ቀለታ ኪዳነ | Sep 24, 2016 | meskerem.net … [Read more...]
ከውልደቱ የተበላሸ በዕድገቱ ያልተቃና፤ እንዴት ይታረቃል አሁን በስተርጅና
ይገረም አለሙ | undated | ኢትዮጵያ ዛሬ “ይታረቃል” የሚለው ቃል ሁለት ፍቺ አለው፤ በአጭሩ አንዱ እርቅ ሲሆን፣ ሁለተኛው የጎበጠን ማቅናት፣ መስመር የሳተን ማስተካከል ወዘተ ነው። ይህ ጽሁፍ የሚያተኩረው በሁለተኛው ትርጉሙ ላይ ነው። ወያኔ ሊለወጥም ሊስተካከልም ሊታረቅም የሚችል አለመሆኑን ለማሳየት። ወንበሩን የሚነቀንቅ እንቅስቅሴ ባጋጠመው ቁጥር ተሃድሶ የሚለው ወያኔ፤ የመጨረሻ ደረጃ የደረሰውን የህዝብ እንቢተኝነት ለመቀልበስ ያስችለኛል ብሎ ተሃድሶ ተቀምጧል።የማያዳግም ርምጃ እንወስዳለን የሚለው ማስፈራሪያም ሆነ ይቅርታ እንጠይቃለን የሚለው መለማመጥ የህዝቡን ተቃውሞ ማለዘብ … [Read more...]
Ethiopian Olympian: Prime Minister’s Claims I Was Coerced into Protest Are ‘False and Insulting’
Siobhán O'Grady | September 23, 2016 | Foreign Policy NEW YORK — Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn told Foreign Policy on Tuesday that when Olympic marathoner Feyisa Lilesa raised his arms in an “X” at the Summer Games in Rio, he wasn’t protesting mistreatment of Ethiopia’s Oromo population at the hands of government forces, but had instead been coerced into the … [Read more...]
Yemen: The Graveyard of the Obama Doctrine
Samuel Oakford and Peter Salisbury | 23 september 2016 | The Atlantic The human costs of facilitating Saudi Arabia’s proxy war This past Tuesday, President Barack Obama delivered his final speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Though he tried to sound optimistic, he couldn’t help but strike a rueful tone. Gone was the global media darling … [Read more...]
Ethiopian Prime Minister blames US-based government dissenters for protests
22 Sep 2016 | News 24/Mail & Guardian “This is not the capacity of the man himself. It’s something which has been orchestrated by someone else from outside,” Hailemariam was quoted saying. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has blamed the United States-based “dissenters” for being behind Olympic medallist Feyisa Lilesa’s protest at the Rio de Janeiro Games, … [Read more...]
How African governments are increasingly clamping down on the internet to control their citizenry
William Gumede | 22 Sep 2016 | Mail & Guardian African governments are increasingly clamping down on the internet, especially social media in an attempt to silence democratic opposition. African governments are increasingly clamping down on the internet, especially social media, as well as messaging applications, in an attempt to silence democratic opposition, civil … [Read more...]
Half a dozen candidates vie for top WHO job, including Ethiopia’s foreign minister
Agency Staff | September 23 2016 | Business Day GENEVA — Six candidates are in the running to take over the helm of the World Health Organisation (WHO), including Ethiopia’s foreign minister, who is bidding to be the first African to hold the position, the UN agency said Friday. The WHO’s 194 member states had until the end of the day on Thursday to propose … [Read more...]