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ዕላላተይ ምስ ስዉእ መልኣከ ተኽለ።

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ሰመረ ፍስሃየ | 16 October 2016 | asmarino.com ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ወርሒ ሸውዓተ ክትዝርጋሕ ዝጀመረት ታሪኽ ጅግና ስዉእ መልኣከ ተኽለ እትገልጽ መጽሓፍ ረኺብኩም ኣንቢብኩማ ክትኮኑ ተስፋ እገብር። ብወገነይ ድሮ ሳልሳይ ዓመቱ ዝቐረበ: ንስዉእ ተጋዳላይ ወልደዳዊት ተመስገን ዝምልከት መግለጺየይ ኣብ ዘቕረብኩሉ ግዜ  ብዛዕባ ጅግና ስዉእ መልኣከ ተኽለ’ውን ከዕልለኩም እየ ዝብል መብጽዓ ኣስፊረ ነይረ። ኣጋጣሚ ኣብቲ እዋን’ቲ ሓወይን ብጻየይን ዝኾነ ግርማይ ቦኽረ ነዛ ኣብ ላዕሊ ዝጠቐስኩዋ መጽሓፍ ክጽሕፋ ጀሚሩ ስለ ዝነበረ እታ መጽሓፍ ድሕሪ ምዝርግሓ ንኽጽሕፍ … [Read more...] about ዕላላተይ ምስ ስዉእ መልኣከ ተኽለ።

Putin, Syria, and Why Moscow Has Gone War-Crazy

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Joshua Yaffa | October 14, 2016 | The New Yorker A viewer of Russian television this week could be forgiven for thinking that the end of the world was imminent, and that it would arrive in the form of grand superpower war with the United States, culminating in a suicidal exchange of nuclear weapons. On one day alone, three separate test firings of intercontinental … [Read more...] about Putin, Syria, and Why Moscow Has Gone War-Crazy

Donald Trump Can’t Undermine American Democracy Because It Barely Even Exists

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Rosa Brooks | October 20, 2016 | Foreign Policy   And anyway, we’ve survived far more serious threats than this loathsome joker in the past. Calm down, world. Donald Trump will not destroy American democracy. True, America’s most loathsome presidential candidate said some typically loathsome things during Wednesday night’s presidential debate. Most … [Read more...] about Donald Trump Can’t Undermine American Democracy Because It Barely Even Exists

The downside of authoritarian development: Ethiopia cracks down on protest

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Oct 15th 2016 | The Economist Once a darling of investors and development economists, repressive Ethiopia is sliding towards chaos IT WAS meant to have been a time for celebration. When on October 5th the Ethiopian government unveiled the country’s new $3.4 billion railway line connecting the capital, Addis Ababa, to Djibouti, on the Red Sea, it was intended to be a shiny … [Read more...] about The downside of authoritarian development: Ethiopia cracks down on protest

In Somalia, U.S. Escalates a Shadow War

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MARK MAZZETTI, JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and ERIC SCHMITT | OCT. 16, 2016 | The New York Times WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has intensified a clandestine war in Somalia over the past year, using Special Operations troops, airstrikes, private contractors and African allies in an escalating campaign against Islamist militants in the anarchic Horn of Africa … [Read more...] about In Somalia, U.S. Escalates a Shadow War

Ethiopia is in a state of emergency. The tyrannical government must go

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Alemante Gebre-Selassie | Wednesday 12 October 2016 | The Guardian The country’s deadly protests stem from ethnic division, endemic corruption and high youth unemployment. The world must support calls for a new government The deadly protests that have rocked Ethiopia over the past several months, resulting in the declaration of a six-month state of emergency, … [Read more...] about Ethiopia is in a state of emergency. The tyrannical government must go

Between Sudan and Ethiopia

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 Reem Leila | 13 October, 2016 | Al-Ahram Weekly Egypt boosts relations with Sudan and asserts that it respects Ethiopian sovereignty, reports Reem Leila Along with a number of African presidents and heads of regional and international organisations, President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi on 10 October arrived in the Sudanese capital Khartoum to attend the closing session … [Read more...] about Between Sudan and Ethiopia