ኢትዮጵያና የግብረ ሶዶማዊያን ዘመቻ!

 ባ ለፈው ሳምንት በእለተ ቅዳሜ (8/10/2005) ማታ አራት ሰዓት ከሃያ አካባቢ በዛሚ 90.7 በኢትዮፒካሊንክ ፕሮግራም አቅራቢዎች የቀረበው እጅግ አስደንጋጭ ዜና ነው፡፡ አስደንጋጩ ዜና በአንድ ስሙ ባልተጠቀሰ ትምህርት ቤት ውስጥ የ10 እና የ11 ዓመት ወንድ ሕጻናት መደፈራቸው ሲሆን፣ ተጠርጣሪዎቹ ደግሞ የትምህርት ቤቱ ስድስት መምህራን ናቸው፡፡ ልጆቹ በጋንዲ እና በጥቁር አንበሳ ሆስፒታል እንደተረጋገጠው በግብረ ሶዶማዊያን ተደፍረዋል፡፡ ተደፍረዋል የሚለው ቃል የነገሩን ክብደት ያቀለዋል፡፡ ከመግደል ሙከራ በላይ ተዶርጎባቸዋል ብል የተሻለ ይመስለኛል፡፡  በተለይ ነፍስ ያላወቁ ሕጻናት መሆናቸው ለሰሚው ከአስደማሚነት ባለፈ የሚያናድድና ፍጹም ነውረኛነት የተሞላበት ነው፡፡ የአንደኛው ሕጻን እናት የልጇን እና የእሷን ነፍስ ለማጥፋት ሙከራ...

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የፓን አፍሪካኒዝም ራዕይ ጭንገፋ!

              ክፍል አንድ  W. E. B. Du Bois  ምዕራባዊያን አፍሪካን በበጎ ነገር አያነሷትም፡፡ የቀደምት ስልጣኔዋንም አምነው አይቀበሉትም፡፡ አፍሪካዊያኑም ቢሆኑ ስለማንነታቸውና ስለታሪካቸው ያላቸው እውቀት ፈረንጆች አፍሪካን ከሚያውቋት እጅግ ያነሰ ነው፡፡ ይህ ነገር ደግሞ አሁን አፍሪካ ካለባት ችግር በተጨማሪ ነገሩ የገለባ እሳት ሆኖባታል፡፡ አፍሪካ ባንድ ወቅት ኃያል ሃገር ነበረች፡፡ ነገር ግን ያ ስልጣኔዋ ተሸመደመደና ወደ ጨለማው ዘመን ገባች፡፡ የስልጣኔ መሽመድመድ በታሪክ አፍሪካ ብቻ ሳትሆን አውሮፓንም ደቁሷታል፡፡ ምስጋና ይግባቸውና የሰሜን አፍሪካ ሙሮች (Moors)፣ በሰባተኛው መቶ ክፍለ ዘመን ወደ አውሮፓ ተሻግረው፣ ጨለማ ውስጥ...

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Political Opposition Has New Energy in Ethiopia

By: Marthe van der Wolf ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopian opposition supporters carried out their first peaceful protest against the government in eight years last week.  The demonstration has raised hopes the ruling coalition will give political opponents more room to operate.  Three opposition leaders from the past said that no matter what happens, the opposition faces major challenge...

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Ethiopia says it won't bow to Egyptian pressure over Nile dam

By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's construction of a dam on a tributary of the Nile is not open to negotiation, the Addis Ababa government said on Friday, as a confrontation with Egypt over the project escalated. The Cairo government said this week it would demand the project be halted, after its southern neighbour began diverting a stretch of the river to make way for the $4.7 billion dam that will become Africa's biggest hydropower plan...

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Egypt escalates war of words with Ethiopia

Islamic parties call for unity, dialogue in face of ‘Ethiopian threat’ while Cairo warns that all options are on the table  Thirteen Islamist political parties in Egypt convened Wednesday at the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party headquarters in Cairo to reduce the broad political polarization plaguing the country and plan a course of action to deal with Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam project, Arab dailies lead off. The Doha-based media network Al-Jazeera reports ...

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Islamists slam ElBaradei for apologising to Ethiopia

The Construction and Development Party, the political arm of Jama’a al-Islamiya, slammed, on Tuesday, reform advocate and National Salvation Front Coordinator Mohamed ElBaradei for apologising to Ethiopia over the national dialogue session which discussed the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis. On his Twitter account on Tuesday, ElBaradei –also the President of the Dostour Party– called on President Mohamed Morsy to offer similar apologies to Ethiopia and Sudan for “the irresponsible utterances”...

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Egypt demands Ethiopia halt Nile dam

Cairo - Egypt will demand Ethiopia stop building a dam on one of the main tributaries of the Nile, a senior government aide said on Wednesday, ramping up a confrontation over the project that Egypt fears will affect its main source of water. Ethiopia set off alarm bells in Cairo last week when it began diverting a stretch of the river to make way for the $4.7bn hydroelectric plant. Countries that share the river have argued over the use of its waters for decades - and analysts have repeatedly...

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Sudan agrees to tripartite committee over Ethiopia’s Nile dam

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle October 25, 2011 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan has agreed to set up tripartite technical committee to look into concerns over Ethiopia’s Millennium dam project on the Blue Nile water could negatively affect the water share of downstream countries like itself and Egyp...

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Thousand of Ethiopians Demonstrate Against Government

ADDIS ABABA — Thousands of Ethiopians demonstrated Sunday in Addis Ababa, the first political protest against the country’s ruling party since 200...

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Egypt's Morsi calls for national dialogue to discuss Ethiopia's dam on Nile

CAIRO, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday called for holding a national dialogue session to discuss a report by the tripartite technical committee on Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam, which is expected to be built on the River Nil...

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