Archives for August 2020
Kabod TV |22 August 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1xnbStvWsI Debate between supporter (Mussie Kiflom) and opposition (Solomon Habtom) on current issues Kabod TV | 16 August 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSw7Mve7XdE
Ethiopia’s political crisis plays out in the regions. Why it’s a federal problem Published: August 30, 2020
Mulugeta G Berhe | August 27, 2020 | The Conversation Members of the Oromo community in the United States march in protest after the killing of musician and revolutionary Hachalu Hundessa in June 2020. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) The political …
ዕደና ቢሻ ኤርትራ Published: August 17, 2020
Asmera A’bay | 10 August 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVxloj0OhRg ፕሮጀክት ዕደና ፖታሽ ኤርትራ Asmera A’bay | 7 Juni 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_MUX9Ztdio
Catholic bishops accuse Zimbabwe gov’t of rights abuses Published: August 17, 2020
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration criticises pastoral letter as ‘evil message’ meant to stoke ‘genocide’. 16 August 2020| Aljazeera Police thwarted planned anti-government protests on July 31 [Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters] Catholic bishops in …
Beijing’s relations with Africa head for a reset after Covid-19 Published: August 17, 2020
Wide-scale loan write-offs are unlikely as terms are renegotiated and new forms of trade emerge DAVID THOMAS |13 AUGUST | BUSINESS DAY Picture: 123RF/JUAN PABLO GONZALEZ As the Chinese authorities scrambled to respond to Beijing’s first coronavirus out …
Mass arrests in Ethiopia raise fears of a return to the iron fist Published: August 17, 2020
About 9,000 people have been detained by the government of Nobel peace prize winner Abiy Ahmed, human rights commission says DAWIT ENDESHAW |13 AUGUST 2020 | Business Day Aselefech Mulatu, wife of Dejene Tafa, a politician who is in custody, talks duri …
State of democracy in Africa: changing leaders doesn’t change politics Published: August 17, 2020
Nic Cheeseman |August 11, 2020 | The Conversation For the last few years the African political landscape has been dominated by high profile changes of leaders and governments. In Angola (2017), Ethiopia (2018), South Africa (2018), Sudan (2019) and Zim …
Nile Be Dammed Published: August 17, 2020
Toxic Water Politics Threaten Democracy and Regional Stability Michael Woldemariam | August 10, 2020 | Foreign Affairs The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, September 2019/Tiksa Negeri / Reuters The Grand Ethiopian …
Exclusive: Inside the secret world of US commandos in Africa Published: August 11, 2020
Investigation reveals the scale of operations of America’s elite combat troops in Africa Nick Turse, Sam Mednick in Ouagadougou and Amanda Sperber in Nairobi | 11 August 2020 | Mail & Guardian United States Special Operations forces (SOF) — includi …