Sports had the power “to change the world … to inspire … to unite people.” ~Nelson Mandela በፍቅር ለይኩን የ1998ቱ በፈረንሳይ አስተናጋጅነት የተካሄደው የዓለም እግር ኳስ ዋንጫ በዓለም አቀፉ የፖለቲካ መድረክ ስፖርት ለሰላም፣ ለወንድማማችነት፣ ለአንድነት… ወዘተ ያለው አዎንታዊ ፋይዳ በግልፅ የታየበት መድረክ ሆኖ ነበር ያለፈው፡፡ በአንድ ቡድን ተደልድለው የተገናኙት በጥንታዊ ስልጣኔዋኗ እስከ አስር ሺህ ዘመን በሚመዘዝ ግዙፍ ታሪኳ፣ ታላቅ የሆነ ... Read More »
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Ethiopia leaves a mark in return to African Cup
By TALES AZZONI, AP Sports Writer Updated 6:45 am, Wednesday, January 30, 2013 Nigeria’s Victor Moses, left, shoots a penalty kick to score his second goal past Ethiopia’s Addis Hintsa, center, during their African Cup of Nations group C match Tuesday, Jan. 29 2013 at the Royal Bafokeng stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa. Hintsa replaced goalkeeper Sisay Bancha in the goal ... Read More »
Ethiopia has "High Defense Corruption", TI’s Defense Corruption report out
By De Birhan 29 January 2013 Transparency International U.K.’s Government Defense Anti-corruption Index (GDAI) released today has listed Ethiopia in the “D – Band” Category of High Defense Corruption. The Report stated with regard to political corruption risk, Ethiopia, though there are de jure provisions for a standing committee to scrutinise policy, the ruling party has 99 per cent of seats, making significant objection to ... Read More »
Over 1.70 mln. years old ‘Acheulean’ Stone tools found in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa January 28/2013 Source: ENA The State owned, Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) today reported quoting the Ethiopian Authority for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage that an Ethio-Japanese research team has discovered the world’s oldest handaxes and other “Acheulean” tools that are around 1.75 million years old at Konso in South Western Ethiopia. The team headed by Ethiopian archeologist Yonas Beyene, ... Read More »
Security detain Diasporic Artist, husband in Addis
By Derese TarikuAddis Abeba 27 January 2013 ተቀማጭነቱ ለንደን የሆነው የኢትዮጵያ ዳንኪራ የዳንስ ግሩፕ አባል የሆነችው አርቲስት እስከዳር ታምሩ እና ባለቤቷ አበበ ወንድምአገኝ በደህንነት ሃይሎች የዛሬ ሳምንት ቦሌ አካባቢ ታሰሩ። ከሎንደን ወደ አዲስ አበባ የሁለት አመት ልጃቸውን ይዘው የሔዱት በአል ለማክበር ነበር። እስከዳር ስትለቀቅ አበበ አሑንም እስር ቤት ሲሆን ፍርድ ቤት ቀርቦ የሃያ ቀን ቀጠሮ ተሰጥቶታል። ቤተሰቦቹ የእንድሊዝን ኤምባሲ ስለጉዳዩ አሳውቀዋል። ምክንያቱ “ፖለቲካዊ” ... Read More »
A fan commits suicide after Ethiopia’s defeat in South Africa
De Birhan 26 January 2013 An Ethiopian fan who lived in Shola Gebya, Addis Abeba has reportedly committed a suicide after Ethiopia was beaten 4 – 0 by Burkina Faso yesterday (25 January 2013) during the 2013 African Cup of Nations match at Mbombela Stadium, in South Africa, the Addis Abeba based Tadias Addis Program in Sheger 102.1FM Radio reported tonight. The Radio ... Read More »
Ethiopia and South Sudan Sign Agreement for Border Peace and Security
25 January 2013 Senior army officers of Ethiopia and South Sudan signed agreement to collaborate over issues relating to peace and security along the common border earlier this week. Brigadier-General Zewdu Belay, head of the Ethiopian delegation, Major-General Gebriel Jock , South Sudan’s delegation leader, signed the agreement in Gambella. Speaking on the occasion, Gambella Regional State President, Umod Ubong, stressed ... Read More »
‘First Ethiopian woman elected to the Knesset’
Pnina Tamano-Shata ትላንት በእስራኤል በተደረገው ብሔራዊ ምርጫ አንዲት ጥቁር ሴት ለመጀመሪያ ግዜ አሸንፋ ፓርላማ (ኬነስት) ውስጥ ገብታለች:: ዋይኔት ኒውስ እንዲሕ ብሏል “ፕኒና ታማኖ፡ሻአታ የመጀመሪያዋ ኢትዮጲያዊት ሴት በፓርላማ (ኬነስት)።” ፕኒና 31አመቷ ሲሆን ቻናል ፩ ለተባለ ሚዲያ ጋዜጠኛ ነበረች። የየሽ አቲድ ፓርቲ አባል ነች:: In Israel election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was reelected yesterday. There was another surprise too. Pnina Tamano-Shata,a former ... Read More »