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The Hindu
March 4, 2018
(FILES) This file photo taken on January 13, 2014 shows Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn looking on during a press conference with his Japanese counterpart at the Ethiopian State House in Addis Ababa. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has submitted a letter of resignation,Ãâà...
nazret.com
March 3, 2018
What made these ethnic nationalists adopt such political identity were usually shocking events in their lives (like witnessing discrimination firsthand in school or at work) which triggered their transformation. These negative life experiences inside the Ethiopian state usually took a life of their own and becameÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 2, 2018
In October 2016, this House adopted a State of Emergency Proclamation (2016) following a yearlong period of protests in Oromia and Amhara Regional States of Ethiopia, which was only lifted on 4 August 2017. During the 10-month period of this state of emergency, Amnesty International documentedÃâà...
africanews
March 2, 2018
In an open letter to MPs, Secretary General of Amnesty International Salil Shetty said, “I have noted with concern the recent escalation, in gravity and magnitude, of human rights violations in Ethiopia, especially in Amhara, Oromia and Somali Regional States of Ethiopia. “Some aspects of the current state ofÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
February 21, 2018
According to Ethiopian state broadcaster EBC, the council of ministers declared a six-month state of emergency on Friday following requests by people from different parts of the country, who feared for their lives and investments. Ethiopia has been in a state of anxiety following the sudden resignation ofÃâà...
Xinhua
February 21, 2018
DUBAI, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday warned UAE citizens of travelling to the East African state of Ethiopia, the state news agency WAM reported. The ministry asked Emirati nationals in the country "toÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
February 19, 2018
... is addictive and that Oromo are the quintessential Ethiopians who protected the integrity and sovereignty of the Ethiopian state with their blood. An Oromo nationalist, Megersa successfully articulated the notion that Oromo nationalism is not the anti-thesis of Ethiopian nationalism, and that being an OromoÃâà...
SBS
February 17, 2018
The resignation of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn is the first in Ethiopia'a history and has sparked a six month state of emergency. Updated Updated 17 February. A state of emergency imposed in Ethiopia a day after the prime minister resigned will last for six months, the defence minister says, as authorities sought toÃâà...
Voice of America
February 16, 2018
Sources in Ethiopia's ruling party tell VOA they expect the country to declare a state of emergency in the wake of the prime minister's surprise resignation this week. However, it is unlikely Hailemariam Desalegn's departure will trigger substantial political change. Ethiopian Prime Minister HailemariamÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
February 7, 2018
While political liberalism is a moral imperative on its own accord - and long overdue - it is, nevertheless, an insufficient solution to the political quagmire that the Ethiopian state finds itself in. The ethnonational federation is also not the primary source of the problem, and its abolishment is neither desirableÃâà...
