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BACK2KCAB -This Wogahta’s poster child, who is he? Let the truth be told….

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Meskerem.net: Nesredin Mansur is accused of human trafficking by Pal Talk participants. Some who seem to have information offer evidence and even challenge whether he was a medical doctor. A nurse attested that there was no doctor named Nesredin.  Others say he is a nurse. While change can be achieved with truth lies are polluting the opposition camp. So who is this poster … [Read more...] about BACK2KCAB -This Wogahta’s poster child, who is he? Let the truth be told….

Africa amid a raging world

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David S Levin | September 22 2016 | Business Day A NEW era is dawning and flickering on the universe’s giant movie screen like a new blockbuster hit, starring all of the 7.4-billion people on Earth. There is little doubt, as Malcolm Gladwell said, that we’ve reached a tipping point — but this one is on a global and historical scale and it’s reshuffling the entire … [Read more...] about Africa amid a raging world

Seychelles’ President Michel surprised all when he announced his resignation

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CIUGU MWAGIRU | Saturday October 1,  2016 | Daily Nation Even as Cape Verde holds its presidential vote today, analysts are likely to be comparing last Tuesday’s developments in the Seychelles and Gabon.In an extraordinary move, Seychellois President James Alix Michel, 72, surprised all when he announced his resignation. Sounding very different from many an … [Read more...] about Seychelles’ President Michel surprised all when he announced his resignation

Ethiopia: The Myth of a Stable and Reliable Partner Under the Minority TPLF Regime

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Neamin Zeleke | September 28, 2016 | ecadforum “I want the superiority of one ethnic group to end” – Ethiopia’s Olympic Silver medalist Feyisa Lilesa on Al Jazeera “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” – John F. Kennedy In the first installment of this series, the myth of a strong military under the TPLF/EPRDF regime … [Read more...] about Ethiopia: The Myth of a Stable and Reliable Partner Under the Minority TPLF Regime

ከውልደቱ የተበላሸ በዕድገቱ ያልተቃና፤ እንዴት ይታረቃል አሁን በስተርጅና፤

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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...] about ከውልደቱ የተበላሸ በዕድገቱ ያልተቃና፤ እንዴት ይታረቃል አሁን በስተርጅና፤

Eritrea: Out of isolation?

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Haitham Nuri | 29 September, 2016  |  Al-Ahram The war in Yemen has been a gateway for Arab Gulf States to pay attention to Eritrea, long ignored and beset with problems, writes Haitham Nuri For a quarter of a century Eritrea remained an isolated country after its independence from Ethiopia in the early 1990s. Its isolation was compounded after vicious wars between the … [Read more...] about Eritrea: Out of isolation?

Angolans still not sure if dos Santos plans to leave

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Saturday October 1 2016 | Daily Nation LUANDA Will he go? Will he stay? Angola’s President Jose Eduardo dos Santos last week began his 38th year of largely unchallenged rule after promising to step down in 2018.“I have decided to leave political life in 2018,” the 74-year-old leader told party officials of his People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) … [Read more...] about Angolans still not sure if dos Santos plans to leave