Addis Ababa, June 15, 2018 (FBC) –Ethiopian Muslims are celebrating the 1,439th Eid al-Fitr festivity, which marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting.

Here in the capital, it was celebrated at the Addis Ababa Stadium in the presence of religious leaders, government officials, and Muslim faithful, among others.
During the celebration, Sheik Mohammed Amin Jemal, President of the Ethiopian Islamic Affair Supreme Council (EIASC), wished all Muslim faithful a happy Eid al-Fitr.
The President further called on all people and the youth in particular to guard the country’s peace.
Mayor of Addis Ababa city, Diriba Kuma, for his part urged the current generation to defend the Constitution which guaranteed Ethiopian citizens the right to religious freedom.
He further called on religious fathers to teach the young generation the long standing tradition of co-existence and religious tolerance in Ethiopia.
Translated and posted by Amare Asrat

Addis Ababa, June 15, 2018 (FBC) - Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh yesterday issued pardons for 45 Ethiopian prisoners convicted of various crimes.

The President pardoned the prisoners, who had been sentenced 1-10 years in prison, following the recent visit of Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed and in connection with Eid al-Fitr festivity, a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia said.
 
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“ኢሕአዲግ እንደ ድርጅት አራቱ ድርጅቶች የራሳቸውን ድርሻ በመንግስት የሥራ ኃላፊነት ላይ አስቀምጠው ተግባብተው ወጥተዋል። ይሄ ግን እየሆነ አይደለም ነው፤ የሚሉት። ስለዚህ ለኢሐዲግ ተገዥ እንሁን ነው በአጭሩ።” አቶ አሉላ ሰለሞን በሰሜን አሜሪካ የትግራይ ተወላጆች ማሕበር ዳይሬክተር። ይሄ መግለጫ ወዲያ ወዲህ መያዝ አያስፈልገውም። በጠቅላይ ሚንስትሩ ላይ የተደረገ ተግሳጽ፤ ከፍ ካለ ደግሞ እንደ ዛቻ ነው መታየት ያለበት።” አቶ ጀዋርን ማሃመድ የኦሮሞ ሚዲያ ኔትወርክ ዳይሬክተር።

ግጭትና መፈናቀልን ለመቅረፍ የሕግ የበላይነትን ማስከበር ቀዳሚ መፍትሔው እንደሆነ ምሑራን ገልፁ።

በባህርዳር ዩኒቨርስቲ የምሕንድስና ትምሕርት ክፍል ተማሪዎች ብቃት ማረጋገጫ ፈተና ጋራ በተያያዘ ተማሪዎች ባደረጉት ተቃውሞ በዩኒቨርስቲው ተጀምሮ የነበረው ፈተና መቋረጡን ያነጋገርናቸው ተማሪዎች ገለጹ።