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Ethiopia Arrests a Dozen Opposition Activists Over Flag Display

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    Nizar Manek Detainees include prisoners previously freed by government Ethiopia has been under emergency rule since mid-February Ethiopian police arrested 12 opposition activists, including previously freed detainees, after they displayed a flag that differs from the official national banner. Those arrested include four members of the opposition Blue Party, two journalists including Eskinder Nega, the former vice chairman of the Unity for Democracy and Justice Party Andualem Aragie, and three members of the Zone 9 blogging collective, according to the chairmen of the two opposition parties. Ethiopian jounalist Eskinder Nega Photographer: Yonas Tadesse/AFP via Getty Images The arrests took place Sunday at a private house in Lebu on the outskirts of the capital, Addis Ababa, Blue Party Chairman Yeshawas Assefa said by phone. About 70 activists had met separately earlier Sunday at a Blue Party lunch in the city to celebrate the recent release of pr
ኢሳት  መረጃ :-አዲስ አበባ በአዲስ አበባ ፖሊሶች በስራ ሰዓት ሳይቀር በአደባባዩ እየተሰባሰቡ መረጃዎችን እየተለዋወጡ ነው። የደህንነት ሰራተኞችና የቀበሌ ሰራተኞች ስራ መስራት አቁመዋል። የቀበሌ ሰራተኞች በየመስሪያ ቤታቸው “ምን ይፈጠር ይሆን?” እያሉ በመነጋገር ጊዜያቸውን እያሳለፉ ነው። በ አ/አ ዙርያ እስከ 20 ኪሎ ሜትር በሚደርስ እርቀት ላይ ባሉ ከተሞች የሚሰሩ የመንግስት ሰራተኞችና ከዚሁ አካባቢ ተነሰተው ወደ መሐል የሚመጡ ነጋዴዎች ወደ መሐል አዲስ አበባ መግባት አልቻሉም። ጣፎ አካባቢ አሽከርካሬዎች ቤት ለቤት እየተፈለጉ ስራ እንዲጀምሩ ቢጠየቁም አሻፈረን ብለዋል። የኦሮምያ ክልል ሰርቪስ መኪናም አገልግሎት አቁሟል። መረጃ ደቡብ በክልሉ ከፍተኛ የሆነ የኢኮኖሚ ቀውስ ተፈጥሯል። የምግብ ሸቀጦች ዋጋና የቤት ኪራይ ጨምሯል። የቡና እና የጫት ንግዱ ተቋርጧል።
Secretary Tillerson To Deliver Remarks at George Mason University Notice to the Press Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC March 2, 2018 U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will deliver remarks at George Mason University on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. in the Harris Theater on the Fairfax Campus. Secretary Tillerson’s remarks will outline the United States’ relationship with Africa and the U.S. government’s desire to strengthen ties with African partners through greater security, trade and investment, and good governance. Secretary Tillerson’s remarks will be open to the press. Follow @StateDept during the event for updates and live tweets. Preset time for video cameras: 9:30 a.m. Final access time for journalists and still photographers: 10:00 a.m. Media representatives may attend this event upon presentation of one of the following: (1) A U.S. Government-issued identification card (Department of State, White House, Congress, Department of