Month: May 2020
- Africa
Opinion: Patriots’ Victory Day and the Nile: Blood and water inks of generations
Ethiopian Patriots Dejen Yemane Messele, @MesseleDejen Addis Abeba, May 05/2020 – Marking the 79th anniversary of the patriots’ victory day over the five brief years (1936-1941) Italian occupation gives us the opportunity to remember the patriotic resistance of our forefathers and foremothers. Remembrance of the victory and the prices that the then Ethiopians had paid in turn teach us the…
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News update: TPLF vows to hold its own elections, calls on gov’t to halt “attempts to dismantle constitutional order”
Tigray region deputy president Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD) , during a presser on April 24 Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba, May 04/2020 – The Executive Committee of Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has passed a decision late this evening to hold the upcoming elections at the regional level. The decision came at the end of three days meeting by the EC…
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Opinion: A new approach to forge Ethiopia’s unity
Leenco Lata Addis Abeba, May 04/2020 – Two approaches have been tried to date with the view to forging Ethiopia’s unity. Since both have proven unsustainable, it is high time to consider a third alternative. Both of the approaches that have been attempted to date have faulted their intended purposes on a number of grounds. However, explicating their various egregiousness…
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News Alert: Parliament to convene for a special meeting tomorrow to approve differed election alternatives
Photo: During the regular session of HoPR that took place at the meeting hall in the office of PM Abiy Ahmed, member of parliament referred the motion by NEBE to postpone the election to the House’s Legal, Justice and Administration Affairs Standing Committee Addis Abeba, May 04/2020 – Members of the House of People’s Representatives (HoPR) will convene for the…
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Opinion: Ethiopia’s impending constitutional crisis and why we need a political solution
On 29 April, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed held a consultation with representatives of various opposition parties during which his government presented four alternatives to avert Ethiopia’s impending constitutional crisis due to its deferred elections Jawar Mohammed, @Jawar_Mohammed Addis Abeba, May 03/2020 – On March 30 the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has announced that it would not be in…
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