Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE)
March 14, 2014
An Open Letter to African Steering Committee Members for Publish What You Pay (PWYP)[i]
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Board Members from PWYP
Dear Ali Idrissa, Jean-Claude Katende …
Ottawa, Canada
February 25, 2014
Coalition for Equitable Land Acquisitions and Development in Africa በምህጻረ ቃል CELADA በመባል የሚታወቀው በካናዳ ኦታዋ ውስጥ የተቋቋመ …
Ethiopian forces led by Emperor Menelik annihilated invading Italian colonial troops on March 2, 1896 at the Battle of Adwa. Ethiopians killed over 6,000, wounded and captured thousands more in a mere eight hours.
The Ethiopian camp was ably …
By Rebecca Murray | Aljazeera
February 28, 2014
Ahmed woke up in a Riyadh hospital with his kidney removed
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ahmed, 20 years …
February 2014
Authors: Bill Marczak, Claudio Guarnieri, Morgan Marquis-Boire, and John Scott-Railton.
This post is the first in a series of posts that focus on the global proliferation and use
…February 19, 2014
ኢህአዴግ “አልመረመርም፣ አልበረበርም” በማለት ሲያንገራግር ከቆየ በኋላ በዓለም ባንክ ቀጭን ትዕዛዝ ለመበርበር መስማማቱን ገልጾ በተለያዩ አካላት ምርመራ ተካሂዶበታል። በተከታታይ ሲካሄድ የነበረው ምርመራ አካል የሆነው የመጨረሻ ምርመራ ባለፈው ሳምንት አጋማሽ
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(Nairobi, February 19, 2014) – New satellite imagery shows extensive clearance of land used by indigenous groups to make way for state-run sugar plantations in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo …
February 18, 2014. Washington, DC–. Ethiopia is once again applying for membership in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), “a coalition of global countries, companies, investors and civil society working together to improve …
January 26, 2014
Washington, DC–. Is United States policy towards Ethiopia shifting? For years Ethiopians, social justice groups, human rights organizations and civic groups have been calling on donor countries to demand greater accountability …
Claire Provost and Elissa Jobson | The Guardian
January 23, 2014
January 19, 2014
Ethiopia was front and center in the fight against racial inequality and colonial rule in the 21st century.
Emperor Menelik’s unprecedented victory against Italian forces in Adwa was an inspiration to …
By Tom Rhodes/CPJ East Africa Representative
Committee to Protect Journalists
“When I grow up
ከጎልጉል ድረገጽ
January 8, 2014
By Benno Muchler | New York Times
Jan 7, 2014
LEGUAMA, Ethiopia — Mohammed Jemal left Ethiopia two years ago. He wanted to be independent, to support his family — and to escape the mockery of having squandered a …
By Mathew Dalton | The Wall Street Journal
January 6, 2014
LAKE WENCHI, Ethiopia—In the green highlands here southwest of Addis Ababa, farmers like Darara Baysa are proud owners of cellphones that run on a network built by China’s …
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The return of 120,000 young undocumented migrant workers from Saudi Arabia to Ethiopia …
December 25, 2013
Dear Friends and Colleagues;
I want to extend my greetings to all of my friends, my fellow Ethiopian brothers and sisters throughout the world. I am wishing each of you who are followers of Jesus, a
…ከጎልጉል ድረ ገጽ
December 24, 2013
በአማራ ክልል የተካሄደውን ሹም ሽር ተከትሎ የተሰጠው ሹመትና የሹም ሽሩ አካሄድ መነጋጋሪያ ሆነ። “በቃኝ አሉ የተባሉትን ባለስልጣን አውርዶ እንደገና መሾም የተነቃበት የህወሃት የማረጋጊያ ጨዋታ ነች” ሲሉ ለጉዳዩ ቅርብ የሆኑ …
By Alemayehu F. Weldemariam and Hassen Mohammed | transcend.org
December 23, 2013
Ethiopia stood as one of the biggest exporters of labor to the Gulf Cooperation Council states, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. No other events have revealed the …
By Amnesty International, UK
December 2013
Please click on link below to watch the video
When the …
By addisadmassnews.com
December 21, 2013
ምእመናን ለሚከፍሉትና ለሚሰጡት ገንዘብ ደረሰኝ የመጠየቅ ልማድ ሊኖራቸው ይገባል
ድብቅ ሙዳየ ምጽዋት ማስቀመጥ፣ በዣንጥላና በምንጣፍ ገንዘብ መለመን ይከለከላል
በኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ …
ባለውለታችሁ የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ አዝኖባችኋል፣ አርቃችሁ እዩ
ከ ጎልጉል ድረገድ
December 18, 2013
“በትግሉ ወቅት ለነጻነት ስትዋደቁ ኢትዮጵያ በጋምቤላ አኙዋክ ምድር ላይ ሙሉ ከለላና ዋስትና በመስጠት ያበረከተችው አስተዋጽኦ የሚረሳ ነው? ከነጻነት ታጋዮችችሁ ጎን በመሰለፍ ብረት ያነሱ የአኙዋክ ኢትዮጵያውያን ልጆች መስዋዕትነት …
December 13, 2013
December 13th, 2013 marks the 10th anniversary of the Anuak genocide that began with the brutal massacre of 424 Anuak leaders and young students in less than three days, but continued for another two years. On …
Donors are embarrassed by blatant TPLF use of their money to disenfranchise the poor and sell their land to wealthy foreigners. Groups such as the Oakland Institute and Human Rights Watch have repeatedly demonstrated that foreign aid is actually hurting …
By Addis Admass
November 7, 2013
— አብዛኛዎቹ “የአገልግሎቱ ተጠቃሚዎች” አረቦች ናቸው
— የትላልቅ ድርጅቶች ፀሃፊዎች፣ ሞዴሎችና ተዋናዮች አሉበት
— ድንግልናን በ10ሺ ብር የሚያሻሽጡ ደላሎች ሞልተዋል
— የከተማዋ ቱባ ባለሃብቶች “የአገልግሎቱ” ተጠቃሚዎች ናቸው
ሲኤምሲ ሣሚት ማዞሪያ አካባቢ ካሉት ዘመናዊ …
By Addisadmass. com
December 7, 2013
ህገወጥ ናችሁ ተብለው ከሳውዲ አረቢያ ወደ አገራቸው የተመለሱ ኢትዮጵያዊያን፤ ለበርካታ አመታት ለፍተን ያፈራነውን ንብረት ይዛችሁ መግባት አትችሉም ተብሎ ተነጥቀናል፡፡ የፍተሻ ሰራተኞች ሻንጣዎቻቸውን በመፈተሽ፣ ሞባይል ከአንድ በላይ ከያዙ ትርፉን በማስቀረት፣ አዳዲስ አልባሳት እና ኤሌክትሮኒክስ …
Saudi savages continue to brutalize and kill Ethiopian migrants. Yet, Ethiopia’s rulers are going out of their way to reassure Saudis that business continues as usual. They are now offering Saudis more land and other investment opportunities. How much lower …
Zakes Mda, a prominent South African novelist, poet and playwright, says Ethiopia’s anti-terrorism statues are similar to laws passed by the apartheid system. Mda spoke up against Ethiopia’s suppression of journalists in a recent interview with Radio France International
By Ethiopiaobservatory.com
Dedember 7, …
Land stealing is becoming the single most controversial issue in Africa. It involves large-scale land acquisitions by foreign countries and corporations for farming, biofuels, logging and minerals. Unlike land acquisitions in the United States and Europe where purchasers pay the …
By Graham Peebles | nationofchange.org
November 23, 2013
Racism and hate running through the streets
In the last 10 days persecution of Ethiopian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia has escalated. Men and women are forced from their homes by mobs …
Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE)
November 23, 2013
SMNE urges Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom to take swift and comprehensive action in
addressing the shameful treatment and humiliation of Ethiopian migrant workers in
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) …
By Goolgule.com
November 22, 2013
በሳዑዲ አረቢያ በኢትዮጵያውያን ላይ የደረሰውንና እየደረሰ ያለውን ፈር የለቀቀ አስነዋሪ ግፍ ዓለምአቀፍ ይዘት እንዲኖረው ለማድረግ ከሰብዓዊ መብት ተሟጋች እና ሌሎች ዓለምአቀፋዊ ድርጅቶች ጋር እየሠሩ መሆናቸውን አቶ ኦባንግ ሜቶ በተለይ ለጎልጉል፡ የድረገጽ ጋዜጣ ተናገሩ፡፡ የሳዑዲ …
By Mohamed Faarah | Somaliland Press
November 21, 2013
Illays Program, a London based Somali Ogaden web journalists have presented a video about human right abuses in Ogaden.
Commander Hassan Abdi Mohamud has revealed reports of arrest, rape and civilian …
“According to reports to the SMNE from Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia, a total of 7 Ethiopians have been killed, 218 have been injured and over 368 are missing. This brutality is outrageous. …Graphic …
“As Europe struggles to respond to the growing number of African migrants, root causes should not be ignored. In the case of Ethiopia, one of the largest refugee-sending countries in Africa, what are the conditions that compel Ethiopians to take
…September 19, 2013
September 13, 2013
(Vancouver, …
Arkebe Equbay, a one-time rising star of the Tigrai Peoples Liberation Front and former mayor of Addis Ababa, has fled to the United States seeking asylum, according to reliable sources. Also defecting is Getachew Equbay, Arkebe’s …
September 5, 2013
We in the Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE) are deeply disturbed by illegal and violent actions by the TPLF/EPRDF that prevented the Semayawi Party from carrying out …
መለስ ዜናዊ ሆን ብለው ለፖለቲካ ሚዛን መጠበቂያ ሲገለገሉበት በነበረው “የሙስና ባህር” ያልተነከረበት የለም። ባህሩ ውስጥ ያልዋኘ የለም። ከባህሩ ራሳቸውን ያገለሉ ጥቂቶች …
An Open Letter to John Kerry: Tell Ethiopia to Release Eskinder Nega and Stop Imprisoning Bloggers
September 4, 2013
“Individuals can be penalised, made to suffer (oh, how I miss my child) and even killed. But democracy is a destiny …
“Wolahi, Wolahi…” swears 85 year old Totolamo village barley farmer and cattle herder Hajji Abdinur Shifa when a reporter asked him if he know any terrorist hiding in his village. His face
…By Getahun Bekle | tesfanews.net
August 24, 2013
According to eye witnesses whom the Horn Times spoke to, this pictured police officer first picked the two harmless bombs but a colleague …
The 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington is an important occasion for all those fighting for freedom. Ethiopian-Americans have been among the beneficiaries of the struggles waged by Dr. King and the civil rights movement.
The ebony …
It’s China calling
ETHIOPIA has Africa’s last big telecoms monopoly. The absence of competition has seen a country of more than 80m lag badly behind
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እሳት ሲነሳ የመጀመሪያው ተግባር እሳቱን በፍጥነት ማጥፋት ለሚችለው የእሳት አደጋ ብርጌድ መደወል ሲሆን፣ ቀጣዩ ተግባር እሳቱ በተነሳበት አካባቢ ያሉ ነዋሪዎች ነፍስ አትርፈው እሳቱን በተገኘው መንገድ ለማጥፋት መረባረብ ነው። ይህ የተለመደው ተግባር
…By Mohammed Ademo | Aljazeera.com
August 14, 2013
The appeal of non-violence as a means of social transformation is almost universal. Few deny …
Democracynow.org
August 14, 2013
Security forces have committed a new mass killing of Muslim Brotherhood demonstrators supporting the ousted president, Mohamed Morsi. Dozens of people have …
By all accounts, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Haile Mariam Desalegn is a devout Christian who does not share the anti-religious fervor of Ethiopia’s ruling Tigrai People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). Haile Mariam is a member of the Protestant Apostolic …
By Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE)
August 8, 2013
“Any violence at the hands of the TPLF/EPRDF or others, resulting in injury or murder, that is directed at unarmed, peaceful protesters may be considered acts of terrorism against …
August 8, 2013
Troops loyal to Ethiopia’s ruling Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) launched a concerted attack against Ethiopian Muslims celebrating the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. …
By John Reed | Foreign Policy
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei may have been all-but-barred from doing business in the U.S. over allegations that it’s basically an intelligence agency masquerading as …
August 4, 2013
Gebremedhin Araya, a former top leader of the Tigrai People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), details the violence this rogue group directed in its early days against Ethiopia’s two …
ዮሐንስ አንበርብር | ሪፖርተር ጋዜጣ
July 31, 2013
የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ ከቦይንግ ኩባንያ በቅርቡ ከተረከባቸው ዘመናዊዎቹ አራት ድሪምላይነር አውሮፕላኖች መካከል በአንዱ ላይ በእንግሊዝ ለንደን አውሮፕላን ማረፊያ በቆመበት በደረሰበት ችግር ምክንያት፣ በአየር መንገዱ እንቅስቃሴና
…By Graham Peebles | Counterpunch.org
August 2, 2013
“Three quarters of worldwide land acquisitions have taken place in Sub-Saharan Africa, where poverty ridden and economically vulnerable countries (many run by governments with …
አምሳሉ ገ/ኪዳን አርጋው | ጎልጉል ድረገድ
July 24, 2013
ከቅርብ ጊዜያት ወዲህ አስቀድሞ የተናቁና የተዘነጉ አንዳንድ ዘመን አመጣሽ ከባዕድ የገቡ ችግሮች እጅግ አሳሳቢ አደጋ እየጋረጡ እንደመጡ በተለይ በዚህ ወቅት በግልጽ ዕየታዩ ነው፡፡ ነገር ግን ሁኔታው ቀስ እያለ የሞቀና እያላመደ …
By Goolgule.com
July 24, 2013
የዛሬ 10 ወር የሻለቃ ሃይሌ ገ/ሥላሴ ወደ ፖለቲካ የመምጣት ሁኔታን አስመልክቶ ጎልጉል የድረገጽ ጋዜጣ ሃተታ አቅርቦ ነበር፡፡ (እዚህ ላይ ይመልከቱት) ሰሞኑን አትሌቱ ወደ ፖለቲካው የመግባት ፍላጎቱንና “በምርጫ” ለመወዳደር መፈለጉ ብዙ እየተባለበት ይገኛል፡፡ …
By Goolgule.com
July 30, 2013
“ፋሺስቶች ያገራችንን አርበኞች ሽፍታ ቢሏቸው እውነት እንዳይመስላችሁ፡፡ ሸፍታ ማለት ያለ አገሩ መጥቶ የሰውን አገር የሚወር ይህ በመካከላችሁ መጥቶ የቆመ አረመኔው የኢጣሊያ ፋሺስት ነው፡፡ የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ለእርሱ እንዳይገዛ ውጉዝ ነው፡፡ የኢትዮጵያ መሬት እንዳትቀበለው የተገዘተች ትሁን…
Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter Discusses Security Partnership With Leaders in Ethiopia
By Cheryl Pellerin | American Forces Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, July 25, 2013 – Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter met with senior government and military leaders here …
By Eskinder Nega | The New York Times
July 24, 2013
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — I AM jailed, with around 200 other inmates, in a wide hall that looks like a warehouse. For all of us, there are only three …
The 30th anniversary celebration of the annual Ethiopian soccer and cultural festival that just concluded in Washington is a rejection of division along ethnic lines and an affirmation of Ethiopian unity and nationalism.
“I saw Ethiopians, who did not know …
By Sudan Tribune
July 18, 2013
Addis Ababa– An Ethiopian Airline plane from the capital Addis Ababa to the northern tourist town of Axum was forced to make a rough landing on Wednesday after its smoke sensors went off minutes …
By Cheryl Pellerin | American Forces Press Service
July 20, 2013
ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT, July 20, 2013 – Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter began a weeklong trip today that will take him first to Israel and …
Every coup d’état in history begins with a military General announcing the overthrow and arrest of the country’s leader, the suspension of the constitution, and the dissolution of the legislature. If people
…By Yalda Hakim | BBC News
July 18, 2013
By Robert Mendick | The Telegraph
July 7, 2013
By Goolgule.com
July 18, 2013
ኢህአዴግ ለሚገዛት ኢትዮጵያ ከፍተኛ መጠን ያለው ዕርዳታ የሚሠጠው የዓለም ባንክ፤ ለዕርዳታና ልማት የሚልከው ገንዘብ ኢህአዴግ የሕዝቡን ሰብዓዊ መብት ለመጣስ ተጠቅሞበታል በሚል ሙሉ ምርመራ እንዲካሄድ አዘዘ፡፡ የባንኩ ውሳኔ ኢህአዴግን …
July 16, 2013
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a full investigation into whether the Bank has breached its policies in Ethiopia …
July 17, 2013
By the Oakland Institute
OAKLAND, CA—Two new reports from the Oakland Institute, Development Aid to Ethiopia: Overlooking Violence, Marginalization, and Political Repression and Ignoring Abuse in Ethiopia: DFID and USAID in the Lower Omo Valley, show …
By Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick | Financial Times
July 10, 2013
On the campaign trail, Barack Obama lambasted the policies of George W Bush that had made the
By Businessweek.com
July 12, 2013
Mary Schiavo, a former U.S. Transportation Department inspector general, talks about a fire at London’s Heathrow airport today involving a Boeing Co. 787 jet operated by Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise. A second Dreamliner, operated by Thomson …
By BBC
July 13, 2013
By Casey Chan | Gizmodo.com
July 9, 2013
Hello. Hola. Bonjour. Ni Hao. We all say things differently because each language has their own words. Like, duh. But what about how different languages think animals sound? We’re not exactly saying …
By Matt Bewig | allgov.com
July 29, 2013
The next ambassador to the northeast African nation of Ethiopia, which was the only African nation to successfully maintain its independence during the Age of Empire, will be Patricia …
Many people living outside Africa, most perhaps, have never heard of the Ogaden (or Somali) region of Ethiopia, they know nothing of the murders
…By Graham Peebles |Nationofchange.org
June 28, 2013
The New Wild West
Dancing to the tune of their corporate benefactors, governments of the ruling …
By Al_jazeera.com
July 2, 2013
Ethiopia were stripped of three points in World Cup qualifying by FIFA on Monday for fielding an ineligible player in a game against Botswana, handing South Africa a lifeline …
June 19, 2013
ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ኃይለ ማርያም ደሳለኝ ባለፈው ሳምንት በቻይና ጉብኝት አድርገው ነበር፡፡ ቻይና በኢትዮጵያ ብቻ ሳይሆን በአፍሪካ ተፈላጊነቷ እየጨመረ ከመጣባቸው ምክንያቶች ውስጥ ያለፖለቲካዊ ቅድመ ሁኔታና ከጣልቃ ገብነት ነፃ በሆነ መንገድ የምትሰጠው ድጋፍ፣
…by Graham Peebles | Counterpunch.org
June 19, 2013
The people of Ethiopia have been suppressed and controlled for generations. Under the current EPRDF government, freedom of expression has been curtailed and an
…By Goolgule.com
June 18, 2013
በጉምሩክና ገቢዎች ባለስልጣን የተጀመረው የጸረ ሙስና ዘመቻ ተከትሎ እየተካሄደ ያለው ምርመራ እየተወሳሰበ መሔዱ ተሰማ። በከፍተኛ የሙስና ወንጀል የተጠረጠሩ ተከሳሾች የሚሰጡት መረጃ መበላላት ያስነሳል የሚል ፍርሃቻ እያስነሳ ነው። “ሰፈር የለየው” የጸረ ሙስና …
By Goolgule.com
June 17, 2013
በነበራቸው የስራ ሃላፊነት በድብቅ መረጃ ሲያሰባስቡ ቆይተው ለመንግስት ካጋለጡ በኋላ ራሳቸውን ደብቀው የነበሩት አቶ ተስፋዬ
ኢሬሣ ምሳ እየተመገቡ ህይወታቸው ማለፉ ተሰማ። አቶ ተስፋዬ ሰኞ ለጸረ ሙስና ኮሚሽን የምስክርነት ቃላቸውን ለመስጠት…
By BBC
June 16, 2013
Earlier in the day, the East Africans beat South Africa 2-1 in …
By Goolgule.com
June 15, 2013
በሙስና ወንጀል ተጠርጥረው በቁጥጥር ስር የዋሉት ባለስልጣናት፣ ባለሃብት፣ ደላሎችና ባለድርጅቶች በልጆቻቸውና በቤተሰቦቻቸው ስም “ዘርፈው አስቀመጡት” የተባለው ንብረታቸውና የባንክ ሂሳባቸው መታገዱ ታወቀ። የዜናውን ይፋ መሆን ተከትሎ አዲስ አበባን ያጥለቀለቋት ህንጻዎችና …
SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING NOTICE
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON, DC 20515-6128
Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Chairman
TO: MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
You are
By Charles Musonda | Daily Mail (Zambia)
June 9, 2013
Ethiopian women are truly among the most beautiful in Africa, so dazzling that few men suppress the urge to take a second look. But behind that beauty lies a barrage …
By Goolgule.com
June 7, 2013
በግብጽ ረዳትነት፣ በሱዳን መሪነት መንግስት ለመሆን የበቃው ህወሃት/ኢህአዴግ ግዙፉን የጣና በለስ ፕሮጀክትና ንብረቱ
እንዲዘረፍ ያደረገበትን ምክንያት በማንሳት መከራከር …
June 7, 2013
By Graham Peebles | Eurasiareview.com
The Ethiopian military and paramilitary forces, operating in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia, are, it is alleged, carrying out extra judicial killings and gang rapes; falsely arresting and torturing innocent civilians; …
June 2, 2013
Ethiopia’s Smayawi (Blue) Party staged several demonstrations in Addis Ababa today, June 2, 2013. Demonstrations were held in Arat Kilo, Piassa, Tewodros Adebabay and Ethio-Cuba Adebabay. The demonstrators waved placards that demanded justice and freedom. They also …
May 31, 2013
The American Bar Association (ABA) will assist in the defense of Ethiopian political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, starting May 31, 2013.
The ABA will take up the cases of well-known political prisoners, Muslim leaders unjustly …
By Goolgule.com
May 29, 201
“ክፉን በክፉ መመከት ባያስደስትም ወቅቱ ያስገድደናል” ሲሉ የአዲሲቷ ኢትዮጵያ የጋራ ንቅናቄ ዋና ዳይሬክተር ኦባንግ ሜቶ በተለይ ለጎልጉል ተናገሩ። አገዛዙን ሸሽተው በተለያዩ አገራት ከለላ …
By William Davison | Bloomberg
Ethiopia’s government said it won’t cooperate with a probe into whether the World Bank violated its own policies by funding a program in which thousands of people were allegedly relocated to make way for agriculture …
