By Faisal A. Roble Within two years since he became the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Dr. Abiy Ahmed appears to have lost the support of his Oromo core constituency. The recent arrests of prominent Oromo leaders and intellectuals (Jawar Mohamed and Dr. Bekale Garba and others) as well as the reported resignation of Lemma Megarsa...
Began to accept fate with serenity says former hostage ROME, JUL 6 – Silvia Romano, an aid worker who converted to Islam during an 18-month detention by Somali Islamist militants,, said Monday her new faith had comforted her during her ordeal. Speaking to online daily La Luce two months after being freed, Romano said “after...
Firaol Ajema and his friends, dressed in black T-shirts, have been meeting each afternoon in recent days to listen to the music of Ethiopian pop star Hachalu Hundessa. The homemade shirts bearing the dead singer’s portrait and the slogan “I am also Hachalu” are their way of honouring the man whose murder Monday sparked violence...
Cairo, One week ahead of an African Union deadline set for Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan as the latest bid to reach an agreement on the mega-dam, Cairo threatened to thwart any attempt of transgression against its water rights. “Egypt will never allow any transgression against its rights or accept any deal underestimating its rights or...
Leading protest that shut down highway in Eagan, sister ties case to broader struggle for justice. By HIBAH ANSARI For Sumaya Aden, the demand that officials reopen the case of her brother Isak, killed a year ago by police in Eagan, the commemoration of Somali Independence Day and the Black Lives Matter movement all are part...
Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The military was deployed in the Ethiopian capital on Wednesday, as armed gangs roamed neighbourhoods in a second day of unrest that has claimed more than 80 lives and deepened political divisions in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s political heartland. The protests were sparked by the assassination of popular musician...
By Salem Solomon WASHINGTON – As anger boils over among Ethiopia’s Oromo population after the killing of a revered singer, analysts and activists say swift action and transparency by the government are necessary to avoid further bloodshed. Hachalu Hundessa was shot dead in Addis Ababa this week in what police say was a targeted killing. Police...
Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan and Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland will establish representative offices in each other’s capitals, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on Wednesday, a step guaranteed to anger Beijing. Taiwan has formal diplomatic ties with just 15 countries because of pressure from China, which considers the island to be its territory...
Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, center, prepares to cut the ribbon for the reopening of the stadium in Mogadishu, Somalia Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – At least three mortar blasts sent sports fans in Somalia ducking for cover Tuesday evening, hours after the Mogadishu Stadium reopened following years...
Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – At least 10 people died and more than 80 were wounded when the killing of a popular singer triggered blasts and protests in Ethiopia’s capital and the surrounding Oromiya region on Tuesday, police and a doctor said. The unrest spotlights growing divisions in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Oromo powerbase...