55 refugees die as boat capsizes off Somali coast
Fifty-five Somalis and Ethiopians drowned or went missing after their boat capsized off Somalia on Tuesday in the worst such disaster in the area in almost two years, the United Nations said. The UN...
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-Aid officials accused of failing to fully investigate reports of abuse by Ethiopian authorities against ethnic groups By Annie Kelly and Liz Ford|The Guardian| December 21, 2012 Britain’s Department...
View ArticleJemmal Ahmed, “I survived a deadly trip to Yemen”
ADDIS ABABA, 21 December 2012 (IRIN) – Jemmal Ahmed, 21, was recently deported back to Ethiopia after a nine-month stay in a prison in Yemen for illegally entering the country a few months earlier. His...
View ArticleAba Gada Guyyo Goba refrains from endorsing neither candidates for Kenyan MP
By Ali Abdi|The Standard The Borana traditional king who reigns in Ethiopia has spoken again on the community’s politics in Marsabit County. The Abba Gadha, Guyo Gobba met delegates representing Moyale...
View ArticleThree of arrested Borana Zone administration officials released while several...
Source: Ardajila.com The devastating conflict that erupted after assaults on several areas in Moyale, under Oromiya regional government, is agony that will live with victims as well as the entire...
View ArticleAl-Amoudi refuses to honor his 20 million pledge for Sandafa Athletics Village
By Wudineh Zenebe| The Reporter The Oromia Regional State has decided to take back the five hectare plot of land alloted for the construction of Sendafa Athletics Village, which is lagging way behind...
View ArticleNew Adama mayor suspends eight city council members
By Merga Yonas|The Reporter The newly-elected mayor of Adama town, Bakar Shale, suspended eight council members from his administration in the middle of the week on charges of lacking “good governance”...
View ArticleMedrerk’s transformation to Front certified
By Merga Yonas|The Reporter The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has accepted the Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity Forum a.k.a. Medrek’s request to be a front and has certified it on...
View ArticleA member of the ONLF leadership defects to the government
Abdinur Abdullahi Farah, a central committee member of and deputy head of public relations for the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has reportedly broken away from the organization and joined...
View ArticleThe Political Chess-Game To Tame The Woyanes
Semere Tesfai|Awate.com Well, well, well… Why I’m I not surprised? Deki-Ere – it’s happening again. History is in the making. It is a brand new day in Eritrea; and it is a dawn of a new era in...
View ArticleMemoirs of the Motherland (Part I)
By Jilcha Hamid I spent the morning before my final flight at a transit point in Bahrain. The Kingdom was kind enough to give us a hotel room and lunch, free of charge. I didn’t eat. I was exhausted...
View ArticleMemoirs of the Motherland (Part II): “Abay, Abay…”
By Jilcha Hamid (Read Part I here) That night I was picked up at the airport by my uncles. The following day, and for the next week, my uncle and I went to his shop in the busy central market place,...
View ArticleMemoirs of the Motherland (Part III): Welcome to Dirre Dhawa
By Jilcha Hamid (Read Part I & Part II) The plane ride to Dirre Dhawa was only about 40 minutes. I was seated next to a polite, well-mannered individual. When he learned that it was my first trip...
View ArticleHamma humni koo danda’e carraaquun fedha
Jaallannee Gammadaa WASHINGTON, DC — Bakki jireenya ishee Kaaliforniyaa keessa kan ta’ee fi Nersii ta’uun kan hojjattu Obsee Taddasaa Luboo ijoollee Oromiyaa keessatti dhukkuba onneen rakkatan...
View ArticleWords of Wisdom from the Legendary Kadir Said
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View ArticleBarack Obama: Dump These 8 Unsavory Allies
By Kenneth Roth During the U.S. presidential campaign, challenger Mitt Romney famously accused President Obama of having “thrown allies like Israel under the bus.” It was an odd characterization of a...
View ArticleMAKING SENSE OF DEVELOPMENT THROUGH FREEDOM
Ethiopia’s late PM Meles Zenawi died convinced of a no relationship between democracy and development. He was wrong. By Bisrat Teshome The famous Economist and Nobel Prize winner of 1998, Amartya Sen,...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Treacherous Relationship Between the Ethiopian Regime and...
Ogaden Online Editorial Those who’re familiar with the criminal nature of the Ethiopian regime and how it operates will not be swayed or convinced by the regime’s recent announcement that it has...
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“Oromo music is much more than music. It is a struggle and a freedom fight.”...
By Andreas Hansen for Addis Rumble, The rumours of Ali Birra’s death have been greatly exaggerated. During his career, Ali has not only been jailed dozens of times. He has also been reported death...
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UK funds training of the notorious Somali region Liyuu police
Exclusive: documents seen by the Guardian detail £13-£15m government funding for ‘special police’ in Ogaden region Ben Quinn Millions of pounds of Britain’s foreign aid budget are to be spent on...
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