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Flooding in northeastern Ethiopia displaces nearly 20,000

(AP)-An official in Ethiopia’s northeastern Afar region says heavy flooding has displaced some 20,000 people from their homes. “The flooding has caused damages to properties and killed several dozens of animals,” Kulsuma Burhaba Ali, deputy head of the region’s disaster…
መልዕክተ ዘማሪ፣ ፉካሬ አዝማሪ

ታሪኳ ጌታቸው እነዛ ቀደምቶች በላባቸው የሚያድሩ፣ ይታደሱ ነበር በህብረት ሲዘምሩ። መጣር፣ መጋር ሲያርድ፣ ሲተሳሰር ጉልበት፣ ማንጎራጎር ነው ደግ፤ ያነቃል ከድክመት፤ አዝማሪም ዘማች ነው፣ ሲገባ ጦርነት። ተማሪውም ሲጓዝ እፍኝ ቆሎ ቋጥሮ፣ እየዘገነ ነው ከግጥም ማሰሮ። ያለአልቃሹ እንባ አይወርድም ኃዘኑ፣ አይፈርስም ድንኳኑ።…
A Child’s Book of Death and Dying

By Abraham Verghese Abraham Verghese was born and raised in Addis Ababa to Indian parents who worked as teachers. He began his medical training in Addis Ababa and he completed his training at Madras Medical College, the year Emperor Haile…
14 killed in attacks targeting Amharas

Fourteen civilians were killed in an attack Monday in Guba woreda of Benishangul-Gumuz region, Amhara regional state’s director of communications said Wednesday. Organized groups armed with guns killed the civilians based on their ethnicity in the Gabu district of Benishangul-Gumuz…
በር ያስገባል በር ያስወጣል፤      ወዴት ያስገባል ወዴት ያስወጣል

በር መሸጋገሪያ ነው፤ ከአዲስ ወደ አሮጌ መሻገሪያ፤ ከአሮጌ ወደ አዲስ መሻገሪያ። ከሞት ወደ ሕይወት። ከሠፈር ወደ ሌላ ሠፈር። ከዛሬ ወደ ነገ። ከሹመት ወደ ሽረት፤ ከሽረት ወደ ሹመት። ሽግግሩ አንዳንዴ በምርጫ ነው፣ አንዳንዴ ያለምርጫ። መወለድና ሞት በምርጫ ነው? ተሻግሮ ከበር ወዲያ…