How Not to Have Six Horrible Months in Uganda
Perhaps start by taking a more nuanced look at the people you meet? We are not allowed to be complex, like any other society.” Downtown Kampala by evening. PHOTO by Zahara Abdul, used with permission. Every now and then we are forced to have this conversation. A conversation that many who reside in parts of […]
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Translation posted Hundreds of thousands of people have fled Burundi since the crisis began in 2015. Copyright: EU/ECHO/Anouk Delafortrie. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Two years into the crisis that has been tearing Burundi apart, the situation in the country remains grim. Adama Dieng, the United Nations special adviser for the prevention of genocide, wrote a letter to the UN Security […]
Read More →S. Sudan’s Kiir to attend IGAD’s extraordinary summit in Ethiopia
June 7, 2017 (JUBA) – South Sudan president Salva Kiir will attend the upcoming extraordinary summit organised by the intergovernmental authority on development (IGAD), the regional bloc which mediated the 2015 peace agreement to end the devastating conflict in the young nation. A presidential aide said the South Sudan leader would himself attend the summit […]
Read More →Ethiopian MPs pledge support to Turkish cable producer
BMET cable plant was partially ransacked during 2016 anti-government violent demonstrations By Seleshi Tessema ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia A group of Ethiopian legislators Wednesday pledged a support to Turkey’s biggest cable producer to help resolve issues, which have been negatively affecting the company’s operations in Ethiopia. The members of the Ethiopian parliament representing all standing committees […]
Read More →In Ethiopia, Authorities’ Reshuffling of the Oromo Language Alphabet Touches a Nerve
Screenshot from animation shared by Girma Gemeda on his Facebook page. Authorities in Oromia, Ethiopia’s largest state, have infuriated language experts and Oromo nationalists with their decision to re-arrange the order of the alphabet of the region’s language, Afan Oromo. In multilingual and multiethnic Ethiopia, orthographic choices are complex linguistic and political decisions that have […]
Read More →ግልጽ ደብዳቤ ለአቶ ሃብታሙ አያሌው በእስር ቤት ያሉት ፖለቲከኞች እና ጋዜጠኞች ሰበአዊ መብታቸው ያሳስበናል ህልውናቸው ያስጨንቀናል!
ተጻፈ በዘለአለም ገብሬ ፮/፮/፩፯ በመጀመሪያ እንደማንኛውም ሰው ፣ ሰላምታዬን ላቅርብ ! ይህንን ግልጽ ደብዳቤ ለመጻፍ ያነሳሳኝ በዛሬው እለት ተለቆ የነበረውን የቪዲዮ ምስልህን በህዝብ እይታ እንዲቀርብ በተለያዩ መገናኛ ብዙሃኖች እንዲለቀቁ ከተደረጉ በኋላ ፣ለተናገርካቸው ነገሮች ምናልባት ሰፋ ያለ እና ዘርዘር ያለ ሃሳብ መስጠት ባልችልም ሆኖም ግን በጋዜጠኞች ጉዳይ ላይ ባነሳሃው ስድብ አዘል አስተያየት ስላልተዋጠልኝ እና ጋዜጠኛው […]
Read More →SAUDI PRINCE LOSES $350 MILLIONS AND 5 OF HIS WIVES IN 6 HOURS AT THE CASINO
SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT | A Saudi prince lost 1.350 Billion Riyals ($359 Million) in six hours as well as five of his nine wives while playing poker at the casino. Prince Majed bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is well-known around the world for both his drug and gambling habits, but his latest betting […]
Read More →Super Intellect! Ethiopian-American Student Ezra Yoseph, 4.73 GPA, Accepted To 24 Prestigious Universities, Offered $6 Million Scholarship
Ezra Yoseph was accepted to 24 of the top universities in the U.S. He started thinking about what to write in his application essay when he was a freshman in a high school. By Paul Joncich (8 News) LAS VEGAS, Nev.―Later this month, thousands of local high school students will graduate and move on to […]
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በ ሕይወት እምሻው (መነሻ ሃሳብ፤ የሞፋሳ (ኬንያዊ ገጣሚ) ‹‹ልጅቷ›› ግጥም) ፀሐያቸው ጠልቃ በሰው ሀገር መሽቶብኝ ነበር።ጨልሟል። የተለመደውን አውቶብሴን ተሳፈርኩ። አዲስ ነገር የለውም። ሁሌም የምጠብቀው፣ ሁሌም በጠበቅኩት ሰአት የሚመጣው የማይዛነፍ የእለት ውሎዬን የሚደመድመው አውቶብስ ነው። እንደተቀመጥኩ፣ ሰንደቅ የሚያሰቅል ቁመት ያለው ውብም፣ ሎጋም ኢትዮጵያዊ ወንበር ሲፈልግ አየሁ። አውቶብሱ ውስጥ ብዙ ክፍት ወንበሮች ነበሩ። ወደ መስኮቴ ዞርኩ እና […]
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