“We Can’t Protest So We Pray”

“We Can’t Protest So We Pray”: Anguish in Amhara During Ethiopia’s State of Emergency By James Jeffrey, IPS Woman and child outside a Gonder church with crosses marked in ash on their foreheads. Credit: James Jeffrey/IPS BAHIR DAR, Apr 17 2017 (IPS) – As dawn breaks in Bahir Dar, men prepare boats beside Lake Tana to…

Why Did Gondar Revolt?

William Davison | The Guardian From uneven development to authoritarian government, the morass of issues facing the city of Gondar offer a snapshot of Ethiopia’s wider problems A coach torched by anti-government protesters in Gondar, Ethiopia.  William Davison in Gondar In Gondar, a city in Ethiopia’s northern highlands, a lone tourist pauses to take a photo of…

የኢትዮ ሱዳን ድንበርን ለማጣራት ያደረግኩት ድካምና ውጤት

 By Muluken Tesfaw የኢትዮ ሱዳን ድንበርን ለማጣራት ያደረግኩት ድካምና ውጤት ክፍል ፩ የካቲት 24 ቀን 2008 ዓ.ም. ጎንደር ከተማ አደርኩ፡፡ እራት ላይ ‹ትእቢት› የሚባል ምግብ በልቼ ተሰቃይቻለሁ፡፡ ነገሩ እንዲህ ነው፡፡ ናይል ሆቴል ከአንድ የቀዬ ወዳጄ ጋር ሒደን ራት ስናዝዝ ‹የቤቱ ምርጥ ዛሬ ምንድን ነው?›› አልናት አስተናጋጇን፡፡ ‹‹ትእቢት ይምጣላችሁ›› አለችን፡፡ በስሙ እየተገረምን ምግቡ ምን ዓይነት ይሆን ይሆን?…