Meseret Tesfaye

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[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

Ghana has rejected a $109m US health deal over data protection concerns.
Zimbabwe has also turned down a similar offer.

The BBC’s Thomas Naadi explains why some African nations are pushing back.

[Meseret Tesfaye @messo_te]

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Notice the striking symmetry: the songs describe alienation, injustice, and weakening institutions, and then events seem to reflect those very themes. The music painted a reality, and now reality seems to echo it back.

The music and the events are part of the same story.

[Meseret Tesfaye @messo_te]

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Teddy Afro, Ethiopia’s most influential contemporary musician, released an album that blew up with over 100 million YouTube views within a week. The music carries a heavy truth: a sense of collective loss.

[Meseret Tesfaye @messo_te]

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In any system grounded in the rule of law, there is an expectation of at least the appearance of due process and transparency: warrants, charges, or at least an investigation, along with a public statement and court appearances for detainees.

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Millions listen to Ethiopian star's song criticising government https://t.co/gl4VPvymgz

[Meseret Tesfaye @messo_te]

እምዬ ኢትዮጵያ
አንቺ የፍቅር ሀገር
ምሶሶሽ ዘመመ
ሆነሽ ያለማገር
#ኢቶሪካ #Etorica

[Rob Freund @RobertFreundLaw]

Behold, the attachment.

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

British people are very proud of their ability to go outside and get wet in the rain and not mind.

[Meseret Tesfaye @messo_te]

There goes another of the last remaining independent Eth. pol news sources. Its license has been taken away. My only go-to for top news; I liked that it was brief & kept me updated on the important stuff. How long will the little independent-ish journalism left in Eth survive?

[Wazema Radio | ዋዜማ ሬዲዮ @Wazemaradio]

የዋዜማ ሬዲዮን በኢትዮጵያ መታገድ በተመለከተ

የኢትዮጵያ መገናኛ ብዙኀን ባልሥልጣን ዛሬ ቅዳሜ ጥር 16፣ 2018 ዋዜማ ሚዲያን/ሬዲዮን በተመለከተ ያወጣውን መግለጫ ተመልክተናል።

ባለሥልጣኑ ሐሙስ ዕለት ፈቃዳችንን እንድንመልስ ባዘዘን መሠረት ዛሬ ይህንኑ አድርገናል። መግለጫው የተሰጠው ይህንን ባደረግን በሰዓታት ውስጥ ነው።

እርምጃው በማንኛውም መመዘኛ ትክክል ነው ብለን አናምንም። አሳዝኖናልም። ዝርዝሩን በሚገባ አጢነን አስፈላጊና ጠቃሚ ከሆነ ተጨማሪ ማብራሪያ እንሰጣለን፤ ሌሎች ሕጋዊ አማራጮችን እንከተላለን።

ባለሥልጣኑ ባወጣው መግለጫ፣ ዋዜማ ሚዲያን “የአገርን ጥቅም” አደጋ ላይ በመጣል እና የጋዜጠኝነት ሥነምግባርን ባለማክበር ወንጅሏል። እነዚህን ክሶች የኢትዮጵያን ሚዲያ ለሚከታተሉ ተደራሲዎች፣ ታዛቢዎች እና ባለሞያዎች የሕሊና ፍርድ እንተዋለን።

የዋዜማ ሚዲያ አመራር
ጥር 16፣ 2018

[Meseret Tesfaye @messo_te]

The world, enjoying such a calm Sunday afternoon.
#sundayvibe #worldnews #IranProtests #USProtests

[Meseret Tesfaye @messo_te]

IF ONLY 👇🏽

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

If the United States saw what the United States is doing in the United States, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States

[Meseret Tesfaye @messo_te]

Another regime change operation in yet another oil-rich country. Coincidence. Democracy. Drug trafficking. Yada yada.

#Venezuela

[Meseret Tesfaye @messo_te]

Ethiopia was one of the countries with the lowest hypertension prevalence in 2019. I wonder how much this has changed since then with the stress of war, conflict, econ struggles, inflation; lack of  healthy agri products like teff, veg, healthy oil; ⬆️ in cons of unhealthy foods.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Thousands of white South Africans are mocking their own privilege after Donald Trump offered them asylum in the US. Trump says they are victims of anti-white discrimination. Al Jazeera's @soraya_lennie takes a look ⤵️

[Meseret Tesfaye @messo_te]

How great is that the VP was caught trying to distort Christian values to justify individualism & pure capitalism. I love how people are like "🤔uhhh... actually, that is not a Christian concept"

[Jack Posobiec @JackPosobiec]

JD VANCE: There is a Christian concept that you love your family and then you love your neighbor, and then you love your community, and then you love your fellow citizens, and then after that, prioritize the rest of the world

A lot of the far left has completely inverted that

[Meseret Tesfaye @messo_te]

#USElection2024 feels more like a war than just an election. It's causing anxiety to people all over the world.
Whoever wins, isn't it obvious that people on both sides need to start listening to each other & diffuse this polarization? How much more of it can a system take?