🇰🇪 Kenyan politicians are hiring armed thugs for as little as $4 per day, as poverty and ruthless political competition threaten to unleash uncontrollable violence ahead of elections next year.
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🇪🇹 Le bilan du glissement de terrain survenu lundi dans une zone vallonnée et difficile d'accès du sud de l'Ethiopie est désormais de 257 morts et pourrait atteindre les 500 tués, rapporte l'Ocha, l'agence humanitaire de l'ONU dans un rapport de situation #AFP
Bate Urgessa, 41 ans, avait été libéré sous caution il y a un mois à peine, après 15 jours de détention consécutive à son arrestation à Addis Abeba en compagnie du journaliste français d'@Africa_in_FR, @galindo_a avec lequel il s'entretenait.
L'opposant éthiopien Bate Urgessa a été retrouvé mort mercredi matin, tué par balles, quelques heures après avoir été arrêté par des "forces gouvernementales" dans le centre de l'Ethiopie, a annoncé son parti, le Front de libération Oromo (OLF) à @AFP. #Ethiopie#Ethiopia#Oromia
Thank you everyone for the support and the many messages. I'm fine and I'm back home. Battee, who I was arrested with, was due to appear in court today, I haven't heard from him since my release yesterday.
Le journaliste français Antoine Galindo incarcéré depuis une semaine en Ethiopie, a été libéré vendredi et en route pour la France, selon son employeur Africa Intelligence et l'AFP
Antoine Galindo, journaliste français de la publication spécialisée Africa Intelligence et ancien correspondant de plusieurs médias internationaux en Ethiopie, incarcéré depuis cinq jours à Addis Abeba, accusé de "conspirer pour semer le chaos". #Ethiopie#Ethiopia
Video: #Ethiopia’s President Sahle-Work Zewde admits Ethiopians are unable to create a “national narrative” that “unites us”, unable to build a state that enjoys “legitimacy” by majority of Ethiopians, and unable to “reconcile our differences.”
The president said this in her annual opening speech outlining the government’s priorities at the joint session by the House of People’s Representatives (HoPR) and House of Federation (HoF) this afternoon.
President Sahle-Work also highlighted that these failures have led Ethiopia to “become two-faced”: one that signifies the failures and the other that defines a country that has rich national gifts, culture, and the history of independence
She also admitted that Ethiopians have failed to reconcile their differences with each other and instead resorted to have “civil wars” and violence that are costing the country incalculable prices.
The President cautioned that the country should mend this broken track-record and correct these contradictions. In order to do this, Ethiopians should “pause and evaluate” the road that the country came so far to consider what’s been beneficial and what’s been costly for the country to ensure the foundations to hand over a better country for future generations are laid.
The new chapter the country is going through now is not of “few individuals”, but of a collective chapter for “all Ethiopians”, she said.
Ethiopians should move head with the issues they agree on and engage in dialogue on the issues of disagreement. “History should not become the source of our differences,” the president said, adding that more time must be invested in mapping out the future of the country. AS
🇪🇹 A Kazanchis, le mythique "Fendika", dernier cabaret traditionnel éthiopien de ce quartier autrefois coeur du "swinging Addis Abeba", fait figure de monument historique en sursis, après avoir échappé à une destruction programmée https://t.co/XooGEYfnG2 #AFP
ADDIS ABABA — A beloved monument to Ethiopia's traditional cabaret culture, the historic nightclub Fendika is running on borrowed time, having just escaped demolition. https://t.co/sO5DW2ucgT
#Update: Fendika Cultural Center, a cherished artistic hub in Ethiopia, is facing the threat of demolition, prompting a passionate outcry from artists, activists, and supporters who are calling to #SaveFendika. This center, renowned for its artistic contributions and recipient of esteemed recognitions, including the Prince Claus Laureate, is at the center of a debate surrounding the preservation of cultural heritage. Dive into the full article to learn more about the situation and the growing movement to protect Fendika. Stay informed on this critical issue. #Fendika #CulturalHeritage #EthiopiaArt
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🧵In June, a video surfaced of an execution in a remote forest. Social media users claimed it was filmed in May 2023 at a monastery in northern Ethiopia.
But thanks to exclusive footage, AFP Fact Check confirmed the incident occurred elsewhere
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VIDEO: Priests and lay worshippers at the Hamere Berhan Institute in Addis Ababa, in the historic heart of the Ethiopian capital, work by hand to replicate sacred parchment manuscripts that are fast fading from their culture.