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Ethiopia: The Myth of a Stable and Reliable Partner Under the Minority TPLF Regime
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፤
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?
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
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
National Service: We were forced to work at Western-run mine, say migrants who fled Eritrea
Allison Martell and Edmund Blair | Sept. 26, 2016 | Reuters A Canadian company operating in one of Africa's poorest countries faces compensation claims from some workers. They say they were military conscripts and suffered harsh conditions. TORONTO/ASMARA – Bemnet Negash never got to say a proper goodbye to his family. In February 2006, government officials arrived at … [Read more...] about National Service: We were forced to work at Western-run mine, say migrants who fled Eritrea
The New Dictators
Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Erica Frantz and Joseph Wright | September 26, 2016 | Foreign Affairs Why Personalism Rules Strongmen are seemingly everywhere. Russian President Vladimir Putin is omnipresent; the media has obsessed over everything from his latest actions in Syria and Ukraine to his sudden and recurring reshuffling of his inner circle in the Kremlin. Meanwhile, … [Read more...] about The New Dictators
Trapped and bereft in the world’s ‘fastest emptying country’
Mark Anderson in Asmara for The Africa Report | Wednesday 28 September 2016 | The Guardian Thousands of people flee Eritrea illegally every month to skip military service, but getting out is too expensive for most Outside a cafe on the crossroads of a busy intersection in Asmara, three 25-year-olds sip macchiatos and catch up on the latest gossip in the … [Read more...] about Trapped and bereft in the world’s ‘fastest emptying country’
ዓሰርተ ሓሙሽተ ዓመት ኣብ ጕድጓድ መደብ ብጋህድን ሓቅን ካብ ኤርትራ ወጻኢ ቍ. 7
ኣወሃሃድን ኣቕራብን ቀለታ ኪዳነ | Sep 24, 2016 | meskerem.net … [Read more...] about ዓሰርተ ሓሙሽተ ዓመት ኣብ ጕድጓድ መደብ ብጋህድን ሓቅን ካብ ኤርትራ ወጻኢ ቍ. 7
ከውልደቱ የተበላሸ በዕድገቱ ያልተቃና፤ እንዴት ይታረቃል አሁን በስተርጅና
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
Ethiopian Olympian: Prime Minister’s Claims I Was Coerced into Protest Are ‘False and Insulting’
Siobhán O'Grady | September 23, 2016 | Foreign Policy NEW YORK — Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn told Foreign Policy on Tuesday that when Olympic marathoner Feyisa Lilesa raised his arms in an “X” at the Summer Games in Rio, he wasn’t protesting mistreatment of Ethiopia’s Oromo population at the hands of government forces, but had instead been coerced into the … [Read more...] about Ethiopian Olympian: Prime Minister’s Claims I Was Coerced into Protest Are ‘False and Insulting’