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Ethiopia’s life under emergency (thehindu)
Nizar Manek
Military helicopters circled above a crowd of thousands during a festival in Ethiopia’s Oromia region in October last. “Down, down TPLF!” one of those who assembled at Bishoftu town in Oromia shouted into a microphone, referring...
Relative calm in Kisumu after Kenya election clashes (aljazeera)
Three people reported killed as police clashed with supporters of defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga.
Hamza Mohamed
Kisumu, Kenya – A tense calm prevailed on Saturday in this stronghold of defeated presidential candidate Raila...
The T-TPLF’s Corruption Prosecution Con Game [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: If I assembled all of the commentaries I wrote on the T-TPLF’s corruption, it would comprise of at least two solid volumes. Back in 2013, I commented extensively on the range of T-TPLF corrupt practices in a number of sectors...
Ethiopia: Dozens Arrested After City Bomb Blast - Police
Bahir Dar city police say dozens of people are being held after a bomb exploded there yesterday, according to Addis Standard. No casualties were reported.
The city’s police chief, Commander Walelegn Dagnew, blamed both the explosion,...
Ethiopia: Parliament Ends State of Emergency
AllAfrica
Cape Town — Ethiopia lifted the state of emergency first imposed in October 2016, according to Addis Standard. An emergency session by members of parliament was called to make the decision on Friday.
The House of Representatives...
Taxation With Repression and the Raging Quiet Riot in Ethiopia [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
James Otis, an early instigator of the American revolution, captured the rebellious sentiments and resentments of the colonists when he proclaimed, “Taxation without representation is tyranny.”
In 1765, Otis organized an intercolonial conference...
Ethiopia: Meeting deadly disease head-on (Report)
From UNOPS
Ethiopia is one of the countries hardest hit by the strongest El Niño event in history. The natural hazards that followed have left more than 5 million people in need of life-saving emergency assistance.
Amidst the worst drought...
Elephant Kills Spanish Tourist in Ethiopia
ibtimes
July 24, 2017 – A Spanish tourist, who was visiting Ethiopia’s Chebera-Churchura Nature Park, died after being trampled and gored by an elephant in Chebera-Churchura Nature Park, located in Southern part of Ethiopia.
Ethiopian...