ሰማያዊ ፓርቲ| አማራ ብሔር አይደለም፣ ለኦሮምኛ የግእዝ ፊደል ይሻላል
የ‹‹ሰማያዊ›› ፓርቲ ሊቀመንበር ኢንጅነር ይልቃል ጌትነት ከላይፍ መጽሔት ጋር ያደረጉት ቃለ-ምልልስ መጽሔቱ እንደሚከተለው አቅርቦታል፡፡ (ከላይ ያለው ርዕስ የኛ ነው) *********** ላይፍ ፡- ለፖለቲካ ስራ ሙሉ ጊዜን መስጠት በኢትዮጵያ ነባራዊ ሁኔታ አስቸጋሪ አይሆንም? ኢንጅነር፡- መኖር ስላለብኝ ጥቂት ስራ እሰራለሁ፣ የሚበዛውን ጊዜዬን ግን የማሳልፈው ለፓርቲው ስራ ነው፡፡ አንዳንድ ጊዜ ነገሮች ለምርጫ አስቸጋሪ ሲሆኑ የምትወስደው ውሳኔ አንዱን በማጠፍ ለአንደኛው … Read more
Breaking-news: 22 officers detained for Bahirdar killing spree
(Daniel Berhane) Federal Police detained fifteen of its officers include a Shaleqa level officer, it has been learnt. The list of detainee include another seven “security officers”. The detainees are presumed responsible for the security vacuum that enabled the killings in Bahirdar. It is to be recalled that a rogue Federal police officer killed twelve people in the … Read more
Benshangul,Guraferda evictions deliberate: Opposition party
(Beweketu Abebe) The Ethiopian Raeie Party (ERaPa) has condemned the act of displacing citizens from their land and respective home unlawfully by the federal government. “The Prime Minister told us that the eviction of Amhara nationals from Benshangul happened without the knowledge of the government. But this is not true. We proved that the eviction … Read more
Breaking-news: Bahirdar’s killer identity disclosed, confirmed dead
(Daniel Berhane) The man responsible for the Bahir-dar massacre has been found dead this morning. A rogue police officer had killed twelve people in the in Bahir-dar city, around the vicinity called Abay Mado – Kebele eleven, on Sunday evening around 9 pm. The Amhara region police confirmed today that the killer was disgruntled due to a rejection … Read more
Kenya wants UN to drop crime charges against President
Kenya has asked the U.N. Security Council to end International Criminal Court proceedings against President Uhuru Kenyatta and others, but council diplomats who discussed the request on Thursday said the 15-member body could not stop the case. The Security Council is only able to defer International Criminal Court proceedings for one year under article 16 … Read more
With Robocalls, Eritrean Exiles Organize Passive Resistance
(Gregory Warner) Tucked in the northeast corner of Africa, Eritrea is one of the most closed societies in the world, so much so that it’s sometimes dubbed the “North Korea of Africa.” President Isaias Afwerki does not tolerate any independent media. The Internet is restricted. Reporters without Borders recently named it 179th out of 179 … Read more
ልማታዊ መንግስት ፓርቲዎችን አዳክሞ “ተወዳዳሪ ጠፋ” ማለት ልማዱ ነው
(ሙሼ ሰሙ – የኢዴፓ ፕሬዚደንት) “ምርጫዎች ቀን ቆጥረው ይመጣሉ፤ ውጤቱን እንዲለውጡ ግን አንፈልግም” ሶሻሊስቶች ለህዝብ ጥቅም በሚል ሰበብ በሥልጣን ላይ ለመቆየት የሚሹት በዲሞክራሲያዊ መንገድ አይደለም፡፡ በዚህም ሳቢያ ፍትሃዊ ምርጫ ማድረግ አይዋጥላቸውም፡፡ ተፈጥሯዊ ባህርያቸውም አይደለም፡፡ የእነሱ ዝነኛ ብሂል “የትም ፍጪው [ስልጣኑን] አምጭው” የሚል ነው፡፡ ከጊዜ ወደ ጊዜ በአገራችን በሚካሄዱ ምርጫዎች፣ ምርጫ ቦርድና አስፈጻሚዎቹ ለምርጫ ሕጎችና አሰራሮች … Read more
Ethiopian Mesfin Negash, two Swedish co-awarded on Press Freedom day
The Swedish branch of Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF, a.k.a. Reporters without Borders) gave its “Press Freedom Award 2013″ jointly for an Ethiopian journalist and two members of Swedish media, according to the press release published yesterday. The three co-winners of the award of the Swedish branch of RSF are Mesfin Negash, Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson. Mesfin Negash was … Read more
Eskinder Nega, Andualem Arage lose appeal on terror conviction
(Daniel Berhane) Federal Supreme Court dismissed appeal of opposition figures Eskinder Nega and Andualem Arage. The two opposition activists, along others, were detained in the second half of 2011, charged with plotting an Egyptian-style revolution and related acts of violence in coordination with the pro-Eritrean group, Ginbot 7, OLF and ONLF which are designated terrorist under Ethiopian laws. … Read more
Why Ethiopia turns a deaf ear to environmentalists’ outcry
(Daniel Berhane) Last month, I had an informative chat with a State Minister in the energy sector in Bahir dar. As we were few kilometers away from the source of Nile, with foreign journalists nearby, he was wary of what I might inquire about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam – one of the greatest politico-economic … Read more
