By Keffyalew Gebremedhin The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
Ethiopia and the United States held face-to-face discussion in New York on September 21, 2016 on the side of the UN General Assembly. The respective sides were led by the TPLF Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and his opposite number US Assistant Secretary of State Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
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US statement exposes HMD’s lies to Ethiopian people about meet with US in New York. Ethiopia’s situation profoundly serious in US assessment
27 SepIran gets sanctions lifted thru hard work & in a dignified manner; Kerry claims nuclear threat has been reduced; Zarif says “good day for Iran”!
17 Jan
Last touch on nuclear negotiations in final diplomatic moments on Janury 16, 2016 in Vienna .In the picture are EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini and Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (Credit: Tasnim)
Posted by The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
VIENNA (AP) — The latest developments as Iran and world powers prepare to implement a landmark deal reached last year to curb Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions (all times local).
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ሕወሃት የቴፒ ቡና ተክል ልማት ድርጅትን ለታደለ አብርሃ “ግሪን ኮፊ” በብድር ሸጠ: ከለገሬጂና ለገደንቢ አለመማር ወይንስ ጎሣዊ የጥቅም ትስስር?
17 Aug
ኢትዮጵያ በዓለም ላይ አምስተኛ ቡና አምራች ብትሆንም፡ አብዛኝውን ራሷ ጠጥታ ስለምትጨርስ፡ ሕዝቡና ከድህነት ማለቀቅ አልቻለችም። የአየር መለዋወጥና ሃብታሞችና ፖለቲከኞች ቡናውንና መሬቱን ሲቀራመቱት ችግሩ የከፋ ይሆናል (ፎቶ ጄኒ ዊልያም/RBG Kew)
በከፍያለው ገብረመድኅን – The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
የኢትዮጵያ ቡና ብዙ ዐይነት አደጋ እያንዣበበት መሆኑን የሚያሳዩ ብዙ መረጃዎች አሉ። በአንድ በኩል ቡናውን እንደ ተፈጥሮ የኅብረተሰቡ የጋራ ሃብት አድርጎ መቁጠርና መንከባከብ ሲገባ፡ ተገቢው ፖሊሲና አመራር ባለመኖሩ፡ ኢትዮጵያ በዓለም ላይ አምስተኛዋ ቡና አምራች ሃገር መሆኗ ቢነገርም፡ ኢኮኖሚስቶች ደግሞ የሃገሪቱ ችግር አብዛኛውን ቡና እራስዋ የምትጠጣ በመሆኗ ከድኅነት መላቀቅ አለመቻሏን ይናገራሉ። በቡና ላይ የሚዞርበት ሟርት በዚህ ብቻ አያበቃም።
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United States on collision course with China in the Red Sea – Opinion
1 JunPosted by The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
by Abukar Arman*
Two major developments in Somalia and Djibouti have attracted international media attention recently. John Kerry became the first US Secretary of State to visit Mogadishu, whilst China has negotiated the construction of a military base in the strategic port of Djibouti.
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Letter to John Kerry from TPLF-run Ethiopian prison – plea for US support of aspirations of Ethiopians for freedom & democracy
24 AprPosted by The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
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“I told you that I was risking a lot merely by expressing my thoughts freely. At that time, my arrest was only an abstract possibility.”
– Natnael Feleke to Sec State Kerry
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Natnael Feleke has been imprisoned for a year without trial. In a letter smuggled out of jail, he asks the US secretary of state to stop supporting the regime
Ethiopians Openly Turn Against US & UK-Backed TPLF’s Land Seizures; Ermias’s Testimony, Many Others
13 SepPosted by The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
by Hilary Matfess*, Foreign Policy; See Comments
Backed by U.S. development aid, the Ethiopian government is seizing land, demolishing homes, and cracking down on activists in a bid to expand its capital city.
“Yehun and Miriam have little hope for the future. We didn’t do anything and they destroyed our house,” Miriam told me. “We are appealing to the mayor but there have been no answers. The government does not know where we live now, so it is not possible for them to compensate us even if they wanted.”
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Kerry in Egypt in tête-à-tête with Sisi to warn about danger of exclusionary politics
22 JunPosted by The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
US Secretary of State John Kerry is holding key talks in Egypt with new President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi.
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