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Bongo aims to extend 50-year family rule in Gabon election
Gerauds Wilfried Obangome | LIBREVILLESat Aug 27, 2016 | Reuters Gabon voted on Saturday amid discontent over its failure to raise living standards despite oil wealth, in a poll posing the biggest challenge yet to President Ali Bongo, whose family has run the central African nation for half a century. With state machinery and entrenched patronage networks behind him, … [Read more...] about Bongo aims to extend 50-year family rule in Gabon election
መደብ ብጋህዲ ካብ ኤርትራ ወጻኢ ቍ. 4 : ኵነታት ህዝብን መንግስትን ኤርትራ ካብ ጸብጻብ መሳርሕትና
ኣወሃሃድን ኣቕራብን ቀለታ ኪዳነ | Published on Aug 27, 2016 | meskerem.net … [Read more...] about መደብ ብጋህዲ ካብ ኤርትራ ወጻኢ ቍ. 4 : ኵነታት ህዝብን መንግስትን ኤርትራ ካብ ጸብጻብ መሳርሕትና
ኢትዮጵያዊነት የብሔር/ብሔረሰብ ጥያቄና ፌዴራሊዝም
ዶ/ር ፈቃዱ በቀለ | ሐምሌ 22 ቀን 2008 | ኢትዮጵያ ዛሬ መግቢያ! አብዮቱ ከፈነዳ ከ1966 ዓ.ም ጀምሮ ህዝባችን ሰላምና እረፍት ማግኘት አልቻለም። አብዮቱ ሲፈነዳ፣ የንጉሳዊ አገዛዝ ሲፈርስ፣ የሱ መሰረት የሆነው የፊዩዳሉ ስርዓት ሲደመሰስ ሰፊው ህዝብ የነፃነት ብርሃንን የማየት ዕድል አጋጥሞት ነበር። እስከተወሰነ ደረጃም ድረስ ነፃነትን በመጎናጸፍ እንደቆመበት የህብረተሰብ ክፍል የየራሱን ማህበራዊ ተቋም መመስረት ችሎ ነበር። ይሁንና ግን ይህ የተጎናጸፈው ድልና የተስፋ ብርሃንን ማየት ከውስጥ ከዚህና ከዚያ ብቅ ባሉ ድርጅቶች፣ ግን ደግሞ ዕውነተኛ ዓላማቸው በማይታወቅ ኃይሎች … [Read more...] about ኢትዮጵያዊነት የብሔር/ብሔረሰብ ጥያቄና ፌዴራሊዝም
ከዚህ ወዴት?
ያሬድ ጥበቡ | August 26, 2016 | Zehabesha ኢትዮጵያችን ያለችበት ሁኔታ ለብዙዎች የጭንቀት ምክንያት ሆኗል ። ማለቂያችን ምን ይሆን በሚል ። ለእኔ ዛሬ ካለኝ የተጨባጭ ሁኔታ ግንዛቤ በመነሳት ስድስት የተለያዩ ውጤቶች ሊያጋጥሙን ይችሉ ይሆናል ብዬ አስባለሁ ። 1) ሥርአቱ ቀውሱን አሸንፎ ይደላደላል 2) ቀውሱ አሸናፊም ተሸናፊም ሳይኖረው ለረጅም ጊዜ በመቀጠል፣ ሃገሪቱ ረጅም ውጥረት ውስጥ ልትገባ ትችላለች 3) የህዝባዊ እምቢተኝነቱ አሸንፎ ከሁሉም የተውጣጣ ብሄራዊ የሽግግርና እርቅ መንግስት ይመሰረታል 4) ኢህአዴግ ውስጥ ያሉት ሃይሎች በህዝባዊ ድጋፋቸው እየተማመኑ … [Read more...] about ከዚህ ወዴት?
Welcome to South Africa’s new political landscape
Martin Plaut | 23 August 2016 | The New Statesman The era of one-party rule is over. Last night, after a whole day of drama, tedium and tragedy, Johannesburg had a new mayor. Opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) councillors, dressed in conventional suits, sat quietly throughout the mayoral election, looking very much like businessmen and women. Their … [Read more...] about Welcome to South Africa’s new political landscape
They Ran to the U.N. for Help. They Got Tear-Gassed Instead.
Joanne Mariner | August 26, 2016 | Foreign Policy South Sudan's peacekeepers not only failed to protect civilians during the country's latest round of violence — it put them in even greater danger. JUBA, South Sudan — They trusted that the United Nations would protect them. Instead, U.N. police officers with megaphones ordered them back toward the danger, opening fire … [Read more...] about They Ran to the U.N. for Help. They Got Tear-Gassed Instead.
‘No One Is Safe’: Zimbabwe Threatens to Seize Farms of Party Defectors
Norimitsu Onishi | AUG. 24, 2016 | The New York Times BINDURA, Zimbabwe — Dozens of angry young men jumped off a truck in front of Agrippah Mutambara’s gate, shouting obscenities and threatening to seize his 530-acre farm in the name of Zimbabwe’s president. They tried to scale the fence, scattering only when he raised and cocked his gun. Zimbabwe made … [Read more...] about ‘No One Is Safe’: Zimbabwe Threatens to Seize Farms of Party Defectors
Iraq’s hangmen are back and this time they’re becoming more efficient
Robert Fisk | Thursday 25 August 2016 | The Independent Sunnis have been the principal victims of the largely Shia hangmen now carrying out the ‘democratically elected’ Iraqi government’s executions You’ve got to hand it to Iraq’s executioners. Since the days when they had to yank on a hanging man’s legs to break his neck in American-occupied Iraq – because their … [Read more...] about Iraq’s hangmen are back and this time they’re becoming more efficient
African initiative aims to step into breach for civil society
Kumi Naidoo | August 23 2016 | Business Day IN BURUNDI, lawyers who dared expose torture by its governing party’s youth wing face disbarment; human rights activists are regularly targeted in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and in Zimbabwe, a nonagenarian runs roughshod over an increasingly poverty-stricken country. Protestors gunned down by Ethiopian security forces … [Read more...] about African initiative aims to step into breach for civil society
Converting tweets into feet: can Zimbabwe’s social media activism oust Robert Mugabe?
Ciara McCorley | August 26, 2016| The Conversation Protests against the rule of Zimbabwe’s ageing president, Robert Mugabe, have become commonplace in recent months. In one of the latest incidents on August 24, police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse a “Mugabe Must Go” protest in the capital Harare. In April, Evan Mawarire, an unknown pastor, inadvertently … [Read more...] about Converting tweets into feet: can Zimbabwe’s social media activism oust Robert Mugabe?