Month: January 2017
- Africa
Opinion: Ahmed Abba is a victim of Cameroon’s war on terror
Peter Nkanga Cameroon has remained in a protracted battle with the Boko Haram Islamist militant sect since 2014 when the group began attacking the government. The International Crisis Group reports that there have been no fewer than 460 attacks and scores of suicide bombings leading to at least 15,000 deaths and hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced persons.…
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Opinion: Somali Elections and the external interferences
Mohamed Shire for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, January 31, 2017 – A little-known think-tank in Ethiopia has recently raised a storm in the Somali political scene. It is striking how an analytical piece published by the Centre for Dialogue, Research and Cooperation (CDRC) formerly Institute for Advanced Research (IAR)- a monthly publication in Addis Abeba- dominated the public space in…
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News: A court in Ethiopia jails thirteen Muslims accused of killing prominent Sheik from three to sixteen years
The thirteen were also accused of working to ‘establish an Islamic state’ in Ethiopia; one of the accused has died while in jail Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, January 26, 2017 – Ethiopia’s federal High Court 19th criminal bench has today sentenced 13 Muslims accused of killing Sheik Nuru Yimam, a prominent Islamic leader in Dessie town, 387kms North of…
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Analysis: Ethiopia: The slow death of a civilian government and the rise of a military might
Addis Abeba, Jan. 24/2017 – To the media’s keen observation, the immediate cause that triggered Ethiopia’s recent nose-dive into the unknown began when, on November 12, 2015, the residents of Ginchi, a small town some 80 Kms South West of the Capital Addis Abeba, took to the streets demanding authorities in Oromia regional state, the largest and most populated…
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Where lies Obama’s Africa legacy?
Zelalem Kibret, special to Addis Standard Addis Abeba, Jan. 20/2017 – On November 09, 2016 while the GMT + world woke up to a surprising news of victory by the most unexpected candidate in the US election, the US Embassy in Addis Abeba was hosting an election breakfast in one of the most luxurious hotels in Africa, Sheraton Addis. As…
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Commentary: The Interest that is not so special: Addis Abeba, Oromia, and Ethiopia
Tsegaye R. Ararssa Addis Abeba, Jan. 18/2017 – When Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn indicated last week that a draft law was prepared on the “special interest” of Oromia in Finfinnee (aka Addis Abeba), discussions have resurfaced on the issue of the status of the city and its relations with Oromia. Last week, I had the privilege of discussing the…
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Letter from Qilinto prison: “I will not falter” – Journalist Darsema Sori
Dear editors, First my greetings to all the people of Ethiopia, who made me who I am today so that I can serve them back in my profession as a journalist; the ones who are still suffering under this repressive regime while struggling in search of freedom and good governance. To the Ethiopian Muslims, who are suffering under ruthless successive…
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Analysis: Inside the controversial EFFORT
Befeqadu Hailu, Special to Addis Standard Addis Abeba, January 16/2017 – Every authoritarian regime has its own symbol of economic exploitations and monopoly either in an individual face or in an organizational mask. Ethiopia, despite its success in persuading its western allies that it is combating poverty using its fast economic growth and democratization, remained to be one…
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HRW: 2016 Ethiopia’s “Year of brutality, restrictions”
Calls on the government to “Restore Rights, Address Grievances” Nairobi, January 12, 2017 – Ethiopia plunged into a human rights crisis in 2016, increasing restrictions on basic rights during a state of emergency and continuing a bloody crackdown against largely peaceful protesters, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2017. The state of emergency permits arbitrary detention, restricts…
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At last, federal high court begins hearing of defense witness testimonials on Yonatan Tesfaye’s terrorism charges
“If speaking for those killed on the streets constitutes a crime, I will take it as my badge of honor” Yonatan Tesfaye “If Yonatan was my student I would have, at best, given some of his writings Fs and Cs; I wouldn’t call him a terrorist”, Dr. Dagnachew Assefa Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, Jan. 05/2017 – The Federal high…
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