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Behind the Violence in Ethiopia

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Harry Verhoeven | August 29, 2016 | Foreign Affairs Will Its Experiment With Ethnic Federalism Work? When U.S. President Barack Obama visited Africa a year ago, he ended his five-day tour by visiting Ethiopia, the continent’s second-most-populous country. He ­enthusiastically praised Addis Ababa for its role in regional peacemaking, most visibly in and between Sudan and … [Read more...] about Behind the Violence in Ethiopia

Egypt’s Sisi tackles foreign policy issues in lengthy interview

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Ahram Online | Monday 22 Aug 2016 President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi gave an interview to state-owned newspapers about different regional issues, including relations with the US, Turkey, and developments related to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam In a long interview with Egypt's three major publicly owned newspapers published on Monday, President Abdel-Fattah … [Read more...] about Egypt’s Sisi tackles foreign policy issues in lengthy interview

ኢትዮጵያ በእሳተገሞራ ጫፍ ላይ ተቀምጣ

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ፕ/ር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም  (ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ) | ሐምሌ 27 ቀን 2008 ዓ.ም. [August 3, 2016] | ኢትዮጵያ ዛሬ “በሰላማዊ መንገድ ለውጥ እንዳይመጣ የሚከላከሉ ሁሉ ሞገደኛውን እና የማይቀረውን የአብዮት ማዕበል እንዲያስተናግዱ ይገደዳሉ” ጆን ኤፍ. ኬኔዲ እንዲፈጸምልህ በምትመኘው ነገር ላይ አስቀድምህ ተጠንቀቅ ምክንያቱም የሚሆነው አይታወቅም የተመኘኸውን ልታገኝ ትችላለህና … በአሁኑ ጊዜ በሕይወት የሌለው እና የህዝባዊ ወያኔ ሓርነት ትግራይ ወሮበላ የዘራፊ ቡድን ስብስብ (ዘ-ህወሓት) ፈላጭ ቆራጭ መሪ የነበረው አምባገነኑ መለስ ዜናዊ አፈር ይቅለለውና የእርሱን … [Read more...] about ኢትዮጵያ በእሳተገሞራ ጫፍ ላይ ተቀምጣ

20 Big Questions about the Future of Humanity

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September 1, 2016 | Scientific America We asked leading scientists to predict the future. Here’s what they had to say 1. Does humanity have a future beyond Earth? “I think it’s a dangerous delusion to envisage mass emigration from Earth. There’s nowhere else in the solar system that’s as comfortable as even the top of Everest or the South Pole. We must address … [Read more...] about 20 Big Questions about the Future of Humanity

Bongo aims to extend 50-year family rule in Gabon election

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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

ኢትዮጵያዊነት የብሔር/ብሔረሰብ ጥያቄና ፌዴራሊዝም

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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?

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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

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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.

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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.