Addis Neger

(ደጀ ሰላም፤ ነሐሴ 10/2004 ዓ.ም፤ ኦገስት 16/ 2012/ )፦ኻያኛ ዓመት በዓለ ሢመታቸውን ከሐምሌ 5 ቀን 2004 ዓ.ም ጀምሮ እስከ ወሩ መገባዳጃ ሲያከበሩ የቆዩት አምስተኛው የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ፓትርያርክ ብፁዕ ወቅዱስ አቡነ ጳውሎስ በጠና ታመው ነሐሴ 8 ማምሻውን ወደ ደጃዝማች ባልቻ ሆስፒታል ከገቡ በኋላ በሕክምና ሲረዱ ቆይተው ማረፋቸውን ምንጮቻችን እየገለጹ ነው። አቡነ ጳውሎስ በምንገኝበት የፍልሰታ ለማርያም ጾም የሰሞኑ ውሏቸው [...]

Devolution to regional and local government structures has increased the shift of power away from Tigrayans, whose control of the police and military has been reduced in recent years. They now make up just over 18% of the army, down from well over half in the mid-1990s, and many senior Tigrayan officers have recently retired. Amhara soldiers have risen to 30% from 25% and Oromo to 25% from 21%. The Amhara opposition insists that Tigrayans run the federal government but this is no longer the case, say analysts in Addis.

(USA TODAY)Ethiopian Airlines today became the first airline in the world outside Japan to fly paying passengers on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The carrier entered the aviation history books today at 12:50 p.m. ET, inaugurating passenger service on the jet around 1:30 p.m. with a special flight from Washington Dulles to the carrier’s hub in Addis Ababa. [...]

Henok Tesfaye, an Ethiopian immigrant to the US, started in the parking business with just himself and a few family members as employees. Now he manages some of the largest car parks in the Washington DC area, including the city’s convention centre, baseball stadium and Reagan National Airport, with a staff of over 600. Now [...]

(አበበች በላቸው) መቸም “ቦጅ በጅን” የማያውቅ ተጋዳይ አለ ማለት ያስቸግራል። ቦጅ ቦጅ የእንግሊዝኛው (HOTCH POTCH) በአርሶ አደር አማርኛ ሲነገር ነው። ቦጅ ቦጅ ለአንድ ምግብ የተሰጠ ስያሜ ሲሆን በትግሉ ጊዜ ተጋዳይ ያገኘውን ሁሉ ሰብስቦ እንጀራውንም፣ ድርቆሹንም፣ ወጥ የነካካውንም አንድ ላይ አድርጎ የሞቀ ውሃ/የተፈላ ውሃ ተቸልሶበት ፍርፍር አይሉት ፍትፍት ብቻ ያን ተተራምሶ የተሠራውን ምግብ ነበር ቦጅ ቦጅ [...]

(René Lefort)

If Meles is out of the game, it is obviously in the best interest of the TPLF to take the initiative by putting forward a solution for his replacement as quickly as possible so as to keep its hold on power. Also, because Meles cleared away any possible contenders from his entourage, there is no obvious, strong candidate who could step in at short notice. “He will be leaving very big boots that cannot be filled by anyone else,” according to one of the founders of the Front, now a member of the opposition. The solution could therefore consist of entrusting formal power to the Deputy Prime Minister, Hailemariam Dessalegn, who is from the South. The other option is to find somebody else with the same profile, while the effective power, at least for the time being, would be in the hands of a collective leadership at the top the Front, the army and the security services playing a key role in its composition and in decision-making.

(ስደተኛው መስፍን ነጋሽ፤ ከአገረ ስዊድን)

ላለፉት ሰባት ወራት በኢትዮጵያ ሕዝባዊ ምህዳር (public sphere) ሳይበርዱ ከሰነበቱት ርእሰ ጉዳዮች አንዱ ኢትዮጵያውያን ሙስሊሞች ያነሱት የመብት ጥያቄ እና መንግሥት ለጥያቄው የሰጠው ትርጉምና ምላሽ ይገኝበታል። ነገሩ ሰሞኑን ተካሮ ሰንብቷል። የመነጋገሪያ አጀንዳነቱም እንዲሁ በጣም ጨምሯል። በዚህ ንግግር ውስጥ በስሕተትም በእቅድም እየተምታቱ የሚቀርቡ ጉዳዮች መኖራቸውን ብዙዎች ያስተውሉታል ብዬ ተስፋ አደርጋለሁ። ሆኖም ጉዳዮቹን ነቅሶ ማውጣቱ ለውይይት ብቻ ሳይሆን አቋምን ለመፈተሽም ይረዳል በሚል እምነት ነገሩን ለመዳሰስ ሞክሬያለሁ። ነገሩ ብዙ ጉዳዮችን የሚያሰናስል እንደመሆኑ ቁዘማዬም (reflection) ጥቂት ረዝሞ ልታገኙት ትችላላችሁ። ትእግስታችሁን እማጸናለሁ።

በዚህ ጽሑፍ የኢትዮጵያውን ሙስሊሞች ሕጋዊና ሰላማዊ ጥያቄዎች በሁለት ምክንያቶች በሌላውም ኢትዮጵያዊ መደገፍ አለባቸው እላለሁ። ሕጋዊ ጥያቄዎቹ ”ከአክራሪነት/ሽብርተኝነት” ጋራ ተደባልቀውና ተምታተው እየቀረቡ ችላ መባልም ሆነ መረገጥ አይገባቸውም ስል እከራከራለሁ።

I am at Awelia because injustice is there!