Haachalu Hundessa: Eulogy for a Courageous Artiste Who Sang Truth to Power
Posted in Al Mariam’s Commentaries By almariam Artiste Haachalu Hundessa was murdered in a terrorist attack on June 29, 2020! Haachalu was ambushed under cover of darkness by cowardly hired guns. But who pulled the trigger finger of the hired guns? None other than leaders of a terrorist organization listed in the Global Terrorism Database and their foreign partners in […]
Because Ethiopia didn’t sign the US proposed rotten deal over the dam, the Pathetic World Bank Shamelessly Suspends the $500m Emergency loan
The World Bank has suspended the $500 million it had pledged for Ethiopia as emergency financial support. Local media reported that the Bank cited two reasons to suspend financial support; the first was the country’s sluggish effort to improve its currency exchange rate against the dollar. Both the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) […]
“This involvement of the Security Council in GERD issue should not constitute a precedent.” Chinese Ambassador to UN
HMr. President, I thank USG DiCarlo for her briefing. I welcome the participation of honorable Foreign Minister of Egypt and Ambassadors of Ethiopia and Sudan. China placed high importance on the issue of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, and takes note of the positions expressed in the letters from Foreign Ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan. […]
Ethiopian Airlines Welcomes Back Business And Leisure Customers
PeacefmOnline With the easing of travel restrictions across the globe, Ethiopian Airlines is welcoming back business and leisure travellers with programmes aimed at safeguarding their health and safety. The programme reinforces Ethiopian pledge to protect the health and safety of its customers and staff. A statement issued in Accra by the Airlines said the steps […]
Selling Ethiopia Down the (Nile) River: The Unraveling Secret Conspiracy of U.S and Egypt to Wreck the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Al Mariam’s Commentaries, by Almariam It is not going to be a fair fight when the Gang of Three gang up on Ethiopia. But Ethiopians have one weapon that has kept them free from colonialism, foreign attacks and domination for thousands of years. That weapon is their unity in ONE Ethiopia. ETHIOPIANS UNITED AROUND THE […]
“A matter of time before Ethiopia begins filling the dam”: Eng. Seleshi Bekele
The Ethiopian Herald It would be only a matter of time before Ethiopia begins the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), said Water, Irrigation and Energy Minister Eng. Seleshi Bekele yesterday, as he refuted the unfounded claim that Ethiopia agreed to delay the Dam’s filling until a deal is reached describing it “Egypt […]
‘It’s my dam’: Ethiopians unite around Nile River mega-project
Daily Mail Last week, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s press secretary took a break from official statements to post something different to her Twitter feed: a 37-line poem defending her country’s massive dam on the Blue Nile River. “My mothers seek respite/From years of abject poverty/Their sons a bright future/And the right to pursue prosperity,” […]
“Be attentive, be intelligent, be reasonable, be responsible: this is our greatest undertaking. It is one that leads us beyond ourselves to one another and to God.”
By Anne M. Carpenter As I write this, Minneapolis still burns. At first literally, and then in human hearts. The United States, indeed, burns. When Bernard Lonergan wrote, the world also burned. The 1936 Summer Olympics were held in Berlin; Mussolini’s Italy annexed Ethiopia and formed Italian East Africa; Joseph Stalin’s Great Purge began. And […]
Africa’s unsung army of women wage war on COVID-19
Reuters Nita Bhalla, Emeline Wuilbercq Armed with a face mask, notebook and pen, Everlyne Akinyi Omondi sets out each morning from her one-room home in Nairobi’s informal settlement of Kawangware to do a job few others would contemplate in a pandemic. As cases of the new coronavirus climb and Kenyans are told to stay home […]
70 years of Korean War: Why Ethiopia jumped into a distant war and remained unvanquished
It was the first time that Ethiopia had been involved in a war outside the African continent. A closer look at Ethiopia’s history during and after the Second World War shows why the country became involved in an unrelated war so far away. The Indian Express Written By Neha Banka | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia’s participation in […]
Comparing Ethiopia’s water consumption With Egypt
TLDR News This one is going to be about Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which you might have guessed a big dam being built in Ethiopia. you might be wondering, why we making a video on Ethiopia dam . Because it is causing some political strain Between Ethiopia and Egypt, and it might trigger a […]
This Is What It’s Like Trekking the Hottest Place on Earth
Fodors by Wendy Watta A pungent smell choked the air and breathing into a ruched-up scarf pressed firmly over the nose barely offered any respite. Liquid in unearthly luminous yellow-and-green hot springs scattered around the vicinity spluttered and hissed like simmering cauldrons of puke as sulfur and iron mixed, eyes watering from the emissions. We […]
Ethiopia Is Trailblazing In Climate-Resilient Green Economy
Ethiopia has inarguably taken the lead in the implementation of Climate-Resilient Green Economy to protect itself from the adverse effects of climate change with significant resources being deployed towards reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. The key success stories are in afforestation and land rehabilitation; generation and distribution of electricity from clean and renewable sources and […]
Expansion in the Horn of Africa
By David Whitehouse Landlocked Ethiopia has liberalised its logistics market as it aims to become a lower-middle income country by 2025. With a dynamic market economy, the country has the potential to become the engine of East Africa. Ethiopia’s declaration of a five-month state of emergency to tackle Covid- 19 has done nothing to deter Bolloré […]
East Africa
AllAfrica News: East Africa
- Kenya: Private Sector Activity Falls at a Slower Rate in June - Report July 3, 2020[Capital FM] Nairobi -The Kenyan private sector economy registered a further deterioration in business conditions during June, latest PMI data showed, as output and new orders declined again amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
- Kenya: DJ Evolve's Dad Defends Babu Owino July 3, 2020[Nairobi News] DJ Evolve's father has come out to defend embattled Embakasi East MP Babu Owino following an expose by NTV on the state of the entertainer who was allegedly shot by the politician early this year.
- Nigeria: Govt Awaits Grant to Conduct Research On Madagascar Herb July 3, 2020[Daily Trust] The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, says the Federal Government is waiting for a grant to conduct further research on the Madagascar herbal formula for COVID-19.
- Tanzania: UPDF's Brig Gen Twesigye Dies in Bathroom July 3, 2020[Citizen] Kampala -Uganda's Liaison Officer at the East African community Headquarters in Arusha in Tanzania, Brig Gen Victor Twesigye is dead.
- Tanzania: Editorial - Middle-Income Status Is an Incentive to Do More July 3, 2020[Citizen] According to a 'classification by income levels' carried out by the World Bank, Tanzania becomes a middle-income economy in the current financial year (2020/21). This is indeed ahead of the schedule incorporated in the country's National Development Vision 2025.
West Africa
AllAfrica News: West Africa
- Nigeria: Edo Governorship - APC Deploys 5 Governors, 44 Others for Campaign July 3, 2020[Daily Trust] Abuja and Benin -The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed five governors and 44 others, including two former national chairmen of the party, as members of its campaign council for the September 19 governorship election in Edo State.
- Ghana: In Ghana, Private Individuals Threaten 1 Journalist, Police Harass 2 Others July 3, 2020[CPJ] Authorities in Ghana should investigate the recent threats to and harassment of journalists Emmanuel Ohene-Gyan, Rebecca Asheley Amarh, and Philip Akutey Azu and ensure their safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
- Nigeria: Commissions of Inquiry As Diversionary Tactics July 3, 2020[Daily Trust] Too many people delude themselves into thinking that the government means what they say and should be taken seriously when they explain what they are doing. I must say that most Nigerians are not duped as is the case in other countries and know governments lie all the time and say what they […]
- Nigeria: Govt - Plea Bargain Enhances Quick Return of Stolen Assets July 3, 2020[This Day] Abuja -The federal government Thursday said that the mechanism of a plea bargain if well deployed is capable of fast-tracking the return of stolen assets to the nation.
- Nigeria: Buhari Drops Oguntade, Nsofor, Renews 12 Non-Career Ambassadors July 3, 2020[This Day] Abuja -President Muhammadu Buhari thursday dropped Nigeria's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Justice George Oguntade, and the Ambassador to the United States, Justice Sylvanus Nsofor.
South Africa
AllAfrica News: South Africa
- Book Review | Finding Common Ground July 3, 2020[New Frame] Wandile Sihlobo's words about his passion for agricultural development in rural areas ring hollow at a close reading of his new book. It is a bidding for Big Agriculture and its supposed land reform answers.
- Soweto Welfare Centre Struggling to Help Orphans After Robbery July 3, 2020[GroundUp] R50,000 worth of food and six computers stolen from Sizanani Caregivers
- Zackie Achmat Calls for Activism On COVID-19 July 3, 2020[GroundUp] Veteran activist receives award for AIDS work
- 'We Cannot Celebrate Youth Month' July 3, 2020[New Frame] Young activists in KwaZulu-Natal are stepping up in the face of intimidation and hostility to advocate around issues ranging from women's rights to HIV and Aids, economic inequality and albinism.
- Port Elizabeth Hospitals Flooded As Clinics Close July 3, 2020[New Frame] There are not enough medical personnel in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro to keep all its public health facilities open - even as patient numbers spike due to the coronavirus pandemic.
North Africa
AllAfrica News: North Africa
- Western Sahara: France Obstructs Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Occupied Western Sahara July 3, 2020[SPS] Madrid -A European university study revealed how France prevented the expansion of the mandate of the UN Mission (MINURSO) to monitor human rights in occupied Western Sahara, in the Council of security of the United Nations.
- Tunisia: Kairouan-COVID-19 - One More Imported Case July 3, 2020[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -One more imported case of COVID-19 contamination has been recorded in the governorate of Kairouan. The case concerns a young 36-year-old who returned from Sweden in mid-June, said Kairouan Regional Health Director Hamdi Hadhri.
- Tunisia: Erray Holds Telephone Conversation His Dutch Counterpart July 3, 2020[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -Minister of Foreign Affairs, Noureddine Erray, reviewed, on Wednesday, in a telephone conversation with his Dutch counterpart, Stef Blok, the friendship and cooperation relations between Tunisia and the Netherlands, as well as the willingness of both countries to hoist them to a higher level both bilaterally and within the framework of […]
- Algeria: Filmmakers Malek Bensmail, Salem Brahimi Among Members of Oscars July 3, 2020[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -Filmmakers Malek Bensmail and Salem Brahimi are invited to join the list of 810 new members of the Academy Awards (the Oscars) which opened to other nationalities, said the organization's managers.
- Tunisia: Health Ministry Sees to Continuous Updating of Country Classification According to Epidemic Risk Level (Taher Gargueh) July 3, 2020[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -The Health Ministry is seeing to the continuous updating of the classification of the world's countries according to the status of the coronavirus spread and the level of epidemic risk, said Thursday Health Director General and member of the scientific committee to Combat the Coronavirus Taher Gargueh.
Centeral Africa
Ethiopia
AllAfrica News: Ethiopia
- Govt Points Finger at Opposition, 'External Forces' Amid Unrest July 3, 2020[Nation] The Ethiopian government has pointed the finger at unnamed external forces and local opposition figures as it seeks to resume normalcy following protests that paralysed transport and led to closure of businesses across the country.
- Tension Marks Funeral of Haacaaluu Hundeessaa July 3, 2020[VOA] Security was tight across Ethiopia on Thursday for the funeral of revered singer and musician Hachalu Hundessa, whose killing this week sparked riots in and around Addis Ababa, killing at least 80.
- The Killing of Haacaaluu Hundeessaa Cuts Deep July 3, 2020[DW] The unsolved fatal shooting of the celebrated Oromo resistance singer has ruptured Ethiopia's brittle political system. Can talks on a national scale avert a bad-to-worse outcome for the multiethnic nation?
- Tears as Oromo Protest Singer is Buried July 3, 2020[RFI] Hundreds of mourners have flocked to Ethiopia's Ambo town for the funeral of the Oromo protest singer Hachalu Hundessa. His killing this week sparked deadly protests and has reignited ethnic and religious tensions that risk threatening the democratic transition of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
- More Than 80 Killed in Ethiopia After Singer Shot Dead July 3, 2020[RFI] Angry protests in Ethiopia sparked by the killing of popular singer Hachalu Hundessa left more than 80 people dead in a second day of unrest police said Wednesday. Hachalu was known for his protest songs which resonated with the Oromo ethnic group.
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