Lealem Mersha

@LidetTadesse @Selam_Mussie @hirutdaw Yes, please

@Selam_Mussie @LMersha @hirutdaw

Dear Horn of Africa twitter community, it's a big day for us! I'd like to warmly welcome @feyissa_dereje to twitter. Please follow him as he adds substance to our online debates.

This is the 1st criminal conviction for #FGM in UK since it was criminalized in 1985. I support banning & fighting FGM everywhere. I have to ask why it’s a mother who is 1st to be convicted & not doctor/practitioner/others who subject girls to this horror bbc.com/news/uk-englan…

@Setaweet1 "ምን ለብሳ ነበር?" በሚል ርዕስ ያዘጋጀችውና የተደፈሩ ሴቶችን በአለባበሳቸው እና በሌሎች ሰበብ አስባቦች መልሶ የመውቀስ ጎጂ ባሕልን የሚያጋልጥ ኤግዚቢሽን ዛሬ (አሁን) በአዲስ አበባ ሙዚዬም ተጀመረ።

"እዛጋ የተነሳው ጥያቄ ላይ 'let us start from the basic' ተብሎ ሴት እህት፣ሚስት፣እናት ምናምን ናት ተብሎ ነበር...እሱ አይደለም basic- basic ማለት ከምንም በፊት መጀመሪያ ሴት ሰው ናት!"🔥 #WhatSheWoreEthiopia #16DaysOfActivism #HearMeToo #WhatSheWore #Setaweet

New paper by @LaversTom argues that the institutionalisation of ethnic federalism and the persistence of neo-customary tenure result in ambiguity regarding #landrights of non-indigenous minorities in #Ethiopia buff.ly/2qbUj5W #openaccess

@MikeWoldemariam @EdPaiceARI Comes just few weeks later when Qatar forged partnership w Somalia, offloaded millions of $$ for reconstruction & promised full engagement. Certainly a major showdown of geopolitical play in the Horn.

The flat totalisations of ethnic politics have trapped our imagination, shrunk our perspectives, and made us blind to the dignity & worth of people who aren’t in our group. A supposedly “emancipatory” politics that promised to expand our moral range has locked us in an iron cage.

በታሪክ የመጀመርያ አፍሪካዊት ኢትዮጵያዊት ሴት የተባበሩት መንግስታት ጦር ሀይል አዛዥ ጄኔራል ሆና ተመርጣለች። 🙌🏾🙌🏾 ብርጋዴር ጄኔራል ዘውዱ ኪሮስ ከተባበሩት መንግስታት ድርጅት ከኒዮርክ ሹመታቸውን ተቀብሏል። Src - Facebook #womeninlead

As the United States & #Sudan determine next steps in their engagement, Russia & #Sudan are in talks that are "not about building a naval base, but about a supply centre for Russian warships in the Red Sea." Red Sea real estate, it's hot🔥.... sudantribune.com/spip.php?artic…

Beza Tesfaye (@zionbez) appointed General Manager of Ethiopian Space Science Society #Ethiopia africanews.space/beza-tesfaye-a… via @Space in Africa

"I know it's not common for a Somali girl, but I want to be a pilot for a Somali airline someday" 14-year-old Habiba from #Somalia dreams of soaring the skies & one day introduce herself as Captain Habiba ✈✈✈ #WithRefugees

One more curiosity: Ethiopia’s Prime Minister is a Lieutenant colonel. Ethiopia’s Intelligence chief is a military General. Ethiopia’s military chief is, rightfully, a military General. Not concerning?

And this.... twitter.com/fanatelevision…

አዲሱ የደህንነት መስሪያ ቤት ኃላፊ ጄነራል አደም መሐመድ ከቀናት በፊት በነበሩ ስነ ስርዓቶች ላይ ከቀድሞው እና ከአሁኑ ጠቅላይ ኤታማዦር ሹሞች ጋር እንዲህ ታይተው ነበር። አንዱ ለውጥ መልካቸውን ማወቃችን ነው። 👇#Ethiopia ፎቶ፦ ሪፖርተር

HE PM Dr Abiy Ahmed appointed General Seare Mekonen as the new Chief of Staff of the NDF effective today. He will replace General Samora Yunis. The nation will be forever grateful to General Samora—the most prominent military figure—for his distinguished services. #Ethiopia