By Rupert Wingfield-HayesBBC News, USS George Washington off Guam BBC By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes USS George Washington off Guam The US prefers to talk about engaging with China, but it is clear its navy is now also practising for a potential conflict, reports the BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes. You don’t get invited out on a US nuclear…
አንድ አድርገን ኢትዮጵያ ዘመን ተሻጋሪ የሰንደቅ አላማ ታሪክ ካላቸው ሃገራት መካከል አንዷ ናት ፤ የኢትዮጵያ ሰንደቅ አላማ እስከ 1890ዎቹ ሁለተኛ አጋማሽ ድረስ በቀለማትም አንድ ወጥ አልነበረም ፤ አረንጓዴ፣ ቢጫና ቀይ ቀለማት ያሉት ሰንደቅ አላማ ቀለማት ወጥነት ባለው በተያያዙ አራትማእዘናት በጥቅም ላይ የዋሉት በ1890ዎቹ መጨረሻ ነው ፤ በሃገራችን ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ ለሰንደቅ አላማ ልዩትርጓሜና ስርፀት የተሰጠው በ1898 እንደሆነ ይነገራል ፤ ቢጫ የብርሃን፣ ቀይ የመስዋዕትነትና አረንጓዴ የተስፋምልክት ተደርጐ ይወሰዳል፡፡ ከዚህ በኋላ ሰንደቅ አላማችን አንድ ጊዜ መንፈሳዊ ሌላ ጊዜ ፖለቲካዊ ትርጓሜ እየታከለበት ዘመን ተሻግሯል ፤ እኛ ኢትዮጵያውያን በሰንደቅ አላማችን ስም በጐም ሆነ መጥፎ ተግባራት በተፈፀሙባቸው ዘመነ መንግስታት ጭምር ለሰንደቅ አላማችን ያለን ፍቅርና ክብር እጅግ ጥልቅ ነው ፤ ጥንታውያንጀግኖች ወላጆቻችን ሰንደቅ አላማችንን ይዘው አስደናቂ ትግልና ውጊያ በማካሄድ ከባዕዳውያን ቀጥተኛ ተፅዕኖ ነፃ የሆነች ሃገር አስረክበውናል ፤ በአንዲት ባንዲራቸው ጥላ ስር በመሆን ወራሪውን ሃይል በእግዚአብሔር ረዳትነትና እና በታማኝ አርበኞች ጀግንነት ከቀኝ ግዛት ነጻ የሆነች ሀገር አቆይተውልናል ፡፡ ኢትዮጵያውያን ለአያሌ ዘመናት ብሔራዊ ክብራችንን ባዋረደና እንደ ህዝብ አንገታችንን ባስደፋን አስከፊ የድህነትማቅ ውስጥ ኖረናል ፡፡ አሁን ሰንደቅ አላማችን የጭቆናም የጭፍጨፋ አርማ አይደለም። የሰንደቅ አላማችን አረንጓዴ፣ ቢጫና ቀይ ቀለማት እንደ ዱሮው ሁሉ የልምላሜ የተስፋና ለነፃነት የሚከፈል መስዋዕትነት ምልክቶቻችን ናቸው ። “አፍ ሲያመልጥ ራስ ሲመለጥ አይታወቅም” እንደሚባለው የቀድሞ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር…
The Washington Post In the aftermath of the war in Iraq and as the U.S. military withdraws from Afghanistan, the Pentagon is shifting its fleet of drones to other global hot spots. Among them is Turkey, where the Air Force operates four unarmed Predator drones from Incirlik Air Base. U.S. shifts drones to new frontiers…
2nd century AD – Kingdom of Axum becomes a regional trading power. 4th century – Coptic Christianity introduced from Egypt. King Ezana’s Stele: One of the 1700-year old obelisks erected by the Kingdom of Axum Ethiopia unveils ancient obelisk 1530-31 – Muslim leader Ahmad Gran conquers much of Ethiopia. 1818-68 – Lij Kasa conquers…
The Huffington Post BLOG By Alastair Crooke BEIRUT — The dramatic arrival of Da’ish (ISIS) on the stage of Iraq has shocked many in the West. Many have been perplexed — and horrified — by its violence and its evident magnetism for Sunni youth. But more than this, they find Saudi Arabia’s ambivalence in the…
አእምሮ አእምሮ Newspaper was established during Emperor Menelik’s time. The first ever issue was distributed in and around 1889 and was written in the Amharic language. The newspaper was weekly and the first ever issue had 24 copies. It was the fisrt modern newspaper in Africa by African language. After Amharic, the second earliest modern…
African Arguments “Unlike all previous governments our writ runs in every village” – By Richard Dowden RAS Director Richard Dowden interviewed Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles on May 12th 2012. What follows is a selection of quotes from the interview on subjects ranging from democracy to the demise of Muammar Gadaffi and ‘land grabbing.’ To read Richard’s…
Geopolitical Monitor 1. China-India: The Brahmaputra River The Brahmaputra River is a 2,900 km river that originates in Tibet and flows through India’s Arunachal Pradesh state before merging with the Ganges and draining into the Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh. It is considered an important resource in all three countries that it flows through: for…
The Washington Post By Katie Park, Kevin Schaul and Gene Thorp After Flight 17 was shot down in eastern Ukraine on July 17, the Federal Aviation Administration expanded an existing regulation that prohibited certain flights from operating in the region. The FAA regularly issues airspace restrictions and prohibitions for U.S. aircraft traveling through potentially hostile…
BI Foreign Policy magazine has released its annual ranking of the world’s least-stable countries, now known as the Fragile State Index. The rankings are based on 12 metrics, including access to public services, the prevalence of refugees and internally displaced persons, human rights, and the legitimacy of the state. It is no surprise that the Scandinavian…