Ethiopia needs to engage Egyptian authorities

This week Ethiopian government disclosed that a tributary to Abbay river (Blue Nile, which is part of the longest river in the world) is diverted (apparently only by about 0.2 km or 200 meters) for the ongoing construction of $ 4.7 billion worth of dam. The news renewed speculation on the prospect of peace /war between Egypt and Ethiopia.

ሰበር ዜና: በካይሮ ኢትዮጵያ ኤምባሲ በር ላይ ከፍተኛ ተቃውሞ ተቀሰቀሰ

Protest outside Ethiopia’s Cairo embassy about Blue Nile dam move

Limited demonstration erupts outside Ethiopian embassy in Cairo as activists protest perceived infringement on Egypt’s traditional share of Nile water

ሰላማዊ ሰልፉን ከበካዮች (Contaminants) እንጠብቀው!

ግርማ ሞገስ (girmamoges1@gmail.com)

ሰማያዊ ፓርቲ የጠራው ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ እሁድ ግንቦት 25 ቀን 2005 ይደረጋል የሚል ዜና ዘሃበሻ ድረ ገጽ ላይ ሐሙስ ምሽት ተመለከትኩት። አንድነት ፓርቲ እና መኢአድም ከሰማያዊ ፓርቲ ጋር በአንድነት መቆማቸውን እና መንግስት ሰላማዊ ሰልፉን መፍቀዱን ጨምሮ ይገልጻል ጽሑፉ። ወዲያውኑ ሰላማዊ ሰልፉ እንከን የለሽ እንዲሆን እጅጉን ተመኘሁኝ። የእሁዱ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ እንደ ኢትዮጵያውያን ሙስሊሞች ሰላማዊ ተቃውሞ በድስፕሊን የታነጸ እና ክብርን ከመንግስት ሳይቀር የሚጎናጸፍ እንዲሆን እጅጉን ተመኘሁ። የበኩሌንስ ምን አስተዋጽኦ ላድርግ ብዬ ተጨነቅኩ። ይኽን ጽሑፍ በችኮላ እንዳዘጋጅ የገፋፋኝ እሱ ነው።

Meles Zenawi and our money

by Yilma Bekele

The last seven years or so I have been writing opinion pieces on the political situation in our homeland. Naturally I have discussed the late Prime Minter Meles Zenawi and his central role in charting the direction our country should follow on the road he envisioned to improve the life of our people. 

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Egypt fears grow as Ethiopia builds giant Nile dam

Diversion of water of the Nile River began earlier this week

The Associated Press

Ethiopia started to divert the flow of the Blue Nile river to construct a giant dam on Tuesday, according to its state media, in a move that could impact the Nile-dependent Egypt. (Elias Asmare/Associated Press)