Internet, social media back in Ethiopia after block Addis Ababa - Ethiopia re-activated cellphone data services and unexpectedly allowed access to social media sites that had been blocked since a wave of anti-government protests last year, a government spokesperson told AFP on Thursday. Africa's second most-populous country shut down internet access even to diplomatic installations last week in a move the government said was necessary to keep students from being distracted during annual exams. Deputy communications minister Zadig Abraha confirmed the lifting of the ban but declined to say why social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, which have been blocked for months, are now freely accessible. "This is an open country and everything is open," Zadig said. Ethiopia had restored broadband internet access over the weekend and allowed the African Union headquarters and the UN's Economic Commission for Africa to get back online shortly after the initial shutdown last week. Mobile phone data networks - which the majority of businesses and people rely on to get online - only returned around noon on Thursday, an AFP journalist witnessed. Social media was also accessible, unlike before the shutdown. Ethiopia last year restricted access to Facebook, Twitter and other sites after the country was rocked by anti-government protests that left hundreds dead and resulted in more than 11 000 arrests. The government has blamed dissidents for inciting the protests via social media postings. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/internet-social-media-back-in-ethiopia-after-block-20170608

Is the Black Stars striker primed to become the first Ghanaian to reach the half-century mark this weekend? On Sunday, when Kwesi Appiah parades his first starting XI in his second coming as Ghana coach against Ethiopia, he’ll surely be expecting—and hoping—to share the spotlight with captain Asamoah Gyan . The 31-year-old has been a near-ever-present in the Black Stars setup since he made his debut against Somalia in a World Cup qualifier in 2003, as he first served a warning of his quality. Back then, the hitman replaced former Asante Kotoko striker Isaac Boakye and netted the final goal in an emphatic victory to become the country's youngest scorer. Since then, he has been relatively consistent compared to some of his peers, comfortably outclassing the likes of Razak Pimpong, Mathew Amoah, Junior Agogo and, more recently, Majeed Waris and Jordan Ayew. HD Asamoah Gyan Ghana The combined goals of the aforementioned names can still not surpass Gyan, who has now netted 49 times in 102 appearances. Former Ghana captain Kwesi Owusu, a critic of Gyan, has made no secret of his admiration for the Al-Ahli Dubai FC hitman. “I think Gyan is a good striker and currently the best in the country," Owusu told Goal, "but honestly, I was better than him although he possesses some of my qualities. “It is likely he would’ve been in the Black Stars team during our days, the late 1960s and early 1970s.” Asamoah Gyan However, despite his undisputed quality, Gyan’s goalscoring his slowed, and despite being just two goals away from the 50-goal mark in 2015, he’s struggled with injuries in recent years. He last scored in the 7-1 thrashing of Mauritius at the Accra Sports Stadium in 2015, and he’s now fast approaching 600 days without a goal for the national side. It took Asamoah Gyan 587 days, or 84 weeks or approx 19months to score a goal for Ghana since his brace vs Mauritius on June 14,2015 #Relief pic.twitter.com/5x9yLuhxag — Evans Gyamera-Antwi (@ashesgyamera) January 21, 2017 'Baby Jet' will be hoping to forget 2016 as soon as possible as he endured a barren year, although he made amends at the Nations Cup earlier this year when he evaded his marker to convert Jordan’s fine cross. That goal sent the Black Stars through to the quarter-finals, and made Gyan Ghana’s top scorer at the Nations Cup—with eight goals—and the only player aside Samuel Eto'o to score in six consecutive Afcon finals. Injury limited his Afcon participation, and has affected him in recent months, with Gyan sitting out the Black Stars’ 6-1 thumping of Asokwa Deportivo in a friendly on Wednesday. Asamoah Gyan However, Gyan has still declared himself fit for Sunday . “Everything is fine now and I'm fit for the game. As I always say, I need to be on the field to just do what I do best," Gyan told Graphic Sports. “The last six games were very good because I saw my fitness coming back. So, it's a good thing for me and for the nation to come back and bang in the goals.” Asamoah Gyan is just a goal shy to hit 50 goals for Ghana.. His first Afcon goal came on January 20, 2008 vs Guinea #BabyJet #CAN2017 pic.twitter.com/cOwiZ7WnSn — Evans Gyamera-Antwi (@ashesgyamera) January 21, 2017 It is unclear who Gyan will partner upfront on Sunday, as coach Appiah has to choose between Ayew, Waris and 'new kid on the block' Raphael Dwamena. Could any of these three help Gyan make his half century against the Walias? The East Africans’ frailty at the back was exposed against Algeria during the qualifying campaign for the last Afcon, and don’t be surprised to see the former Sunderland man finally join Godfrey Chitalu, Eto'o, Hossam Hassan and Didier Drogba as Africa’s legends to score 50 or more goals for their respective countries. Gyan's Ghana goals: The complete record 1. 16 November 2003 (World Cup qualifier) Ghana 5-0 Somalia 2. 25 June 2004 (Friendly) Mozambique 0-1 Ghana 3. 3 July 2004 (World Cup qualifier) Uganda 1-1 Ghana 4. 3 March 2005 (Friendly) Kenya 2-2 Ghana 5. 27 March 2005 (World Cup qualifier) DR Congo 1-1 Ghana 6. 8 October 2005 (World Cup qualifier) Cape Verde 0-4 Ghana 7 & 8. 14 November 2005 (Friendly) Saudi Arabia 1-3 Ghana 9. 4 June 2006 (Friendly) South Korea 1-3 Ghana 10. 17 June 2006 (World Cup) Czech Republic 0-2 Ghana 11 & 12. 8 October 2006 (Friendly) South Korea 1-3 Ghana 13. 21 August 2007 (Friendly) Senegal 1-1 Ghana 14. 20 January 2008 (Afcon) Ghana 2-1 Guinea 15 & 16. 9 September 2009 (Friendly) Japan 4-3 Ghana 17. 15 January 2010 (Afcon) Ivory Coast 3-1 Ghana 18. 24 January 2010 (Afcon) Angola 0-1 Ghana 19. 28 January 2010 (Afcon) Nigeria 0-1 Ghana 20. 1 June 2010 (Friendly) Netherlands 4-1 Ghana 21. 13 June 2010 (World Cup) Serbia 0-1 Ghana 22. 19 June 2010 (World Cup) Australia 1-1 Ghana 23. 26 June 2010 (World Cup) United States 1-2 Ghana 24. 29 March 2011 (Friendly) England 1-1 Ghana 25. 7 June 2011 (Friendly) South Korea 2-1 Ghana 26. 2 September 2011 (Afcon qualifier) Swaziland 2-0 Ghana 27. 8 October 2011 (Afcon qualifier) Sudan 0-2 Ghana 28. 28 January 2012 (Afcon) Mali 0-2 Ghana 29. 10 January 2013 (Friendly) Egypt 0-3 Ghana 30. 13 January 2013 (Friendly) Tunisia 2-4 Ghana 31. 28 January 2013 (Friendly) Niger 0-3 Ghana 32. 24 March 2013 (World Cup qualifier) Ghana 4-0 Sudan 33 & 34. 7 June 2013 (World Cup qualifier) Sudan 1-3 Ghana 35. 16 June 2013 (World Cup qualifier) Lesotho 0-2 Ghana 36 & 37. 14 August 2013 (Friendly) Turkey 2-2 Ghana 38 & 39. 15 October 2013 (World Cup qualifier) Ghana 6-1 Egypt 40. 9 June 2014 (Friendly) Ghana 4-0 South Korea 41. 21 June 2014 (World Cup) Germany 2-2 Ghana 42. 26 June 2014 (World Cup) Ghana1-2 Portugal 43. 10 September 2014 (Afcon qualifier) Togo 2-3 44. 11 October 2014(Afcon qualifier) Guinea 1-1 Ghana 45. 15 October 2014(Afcon qualifier) Ghana 3-1 Guinea 46. 23 January 2015 (Afcon) Algeria 0-1 Ghana 47 & 48. 14 June 2015 (Afcon qualifier) Ghana 7-1 Mauritius 49. 21 January 2017 (Afcon) Ghana 1-0 Mali Source: http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4079/features/2017/06/09/36218302/can-asamoah-gyan-hit-goal-50-vs-ethiopia

ትንሹ ማርሌይ ‹‹ጁንየር ጎንግ›› በአዲስ አበባ ✈ግንቦት 29 በአዲስ አበባ ከዚያም ወደ ታላላቅ የአውሮፓ ከተሞች በመጓዝ ኮንሰርቶቹን ያቀርባል፡፡ ✈ከ12 ዓመታት በኋላ ወደ አዲስ አበባ ሲመጣ ለ2ኛ ጊዜ ይሆናል፡፡ ★15 ዓመታትን በሙዚቃው ሲሰራ ከ20 ሚ.ዶላር በላይ ሃብት አካብቷል፡፡ ★2 የግራሚ ሽልማቶች የወሰደ ብቸኛው ጃማይካዊ ነው፡፡ ✈በዓለም ዙርያ ከ421 በላይ ኮንሰርቶችን ሰርቷል፡፡ #Aurora_Production #Sigma_Entertainment_Zack ★★★ #One_LOVE_CONCERT #Damian_Marley #Zeleke_Gesesse #Jonny_Ragga ☞2017 ከገባ በኋላ በተለያዩ አገራት በተካሄዱ ግዙፍ የሙዚቃ ፌስቲቫሎች 17 ኮንሰርቶችን ያቀረበው የ38 ዓመቱ፤ የሬጌና ዳንስ ሆል እውቅ አርቲስት ዴሚያን ማርሌይ ግንቦት 29 ቀን በጊዮን ሆቴል ከታዋቂዎቹ የኢትዮጵያ ሬጌ ሙዚቀኞች ዘለቀ ገሰሰ እና ጆኒ ራጋ ጋር ልዩ የሙዚቃ ኮንሰርት ይኖረዋል፡፡ ☞ዴሚያን ✡ ከ12 ዓመታት በኋላ ወደ አፍሪካ የተመለሰው ለ7 ሳምንታት በአፍሪካ እና በአውሮፓ አገራት በተከታታይ ለሚያቀርባቸው ኮንሰርቶች ነው፡፡ ከወር በኋላ #Stone_Hill ‹‹ስቶን ሂል›› በሚል ርእስ በጌቶ ዩዝ ኢንተርናሽናል አሳታሚነት ለገበያ የሚበቃውን አምስተኛ የስቱድዮ አልበም በሚያስተዋውቅበት ዘመቻ ገብቷል፡፡ ስለሆነም ባለፈው አርብ የመጀመርያ ዝግጅቱን በደቡብ አፍሪካ ጆሃንስበርግ ያቀረበ ሲሆን ፤ ከዚያም ግንቦት 20 በደርባን ደቡብ አፍሪካ፤ ግንቦት 23 በናይሮቢ ኬንያ፤ ግንቦት 26 በሴንትፒዬር ዩኒዬን አይስላንድ፤ ግንቦት 27 በፖርት ሊዊስ ሞሪሽዬስ እንዲሁም ግንቦት 29 በአዲስ አበባ ኮንሰርቶቹን ይሰራል፡፡ የአፍሪካ ጉዞውን በአዲስ አበባ ካበቃ በኋላ በቀጥታ ወደ አውሮፓ በማቅናት በእንግሊዝ፤ በሆላንድ፤ በስዊዘርላንድ፤ በፈረንሳይ እና በጀርመን ሌሎች ኮንሰርቶችን እንደሚያቀርብ ታውቋል፡፡ ☞ዴሚያን ✡ወደ አፍሪካ ምድር ከ12 ዓመታት በኋላ የተመለሰ ሲሆን #Africa_unite አፍሪካ ዩናይት በሚል መሪ ርእስ በ2005 እኤአ ላይ በአዲስ አበባ እና በ2006 እኤአ ላይ በጋና የተካሄዱ ሁለት ኮንሰርቶች ነበሩት፡፡ ስለሆነም አዲስ አበባ ለኮንሰርት የሚረግጠው ለ2ኛ ጊዜ ይሆናል፡፡ በ2005 እኤአ ላይ በአዲስ አበባ የቦብ ማርሌይ 60ኛ ዓመት በተከበረበት እና በመስቀል አደባባይ ከ250 ሺ በላይ በታደሙት ኮንሰርት ላይ ከወንድሞቹ ጋር ‹‹ኩድ ዩ ቢለቭድ›› #Could_you_Beloved ሙዚቃን በሪሚክስ በከፍተኛ የመድረክ ብቃት ማቅረቡ አይዘነጋም፡፡ ☞ዴሚያን ✡ሮበርት ኔስታ ማርሌ ተብሎ በሙሉ ስሙ ይጠራል፡፡ ‹‹ጁኒየር ጎንግ›› ወይም ‹‹ጎንግዚላ›› የተባሉ ቅፅል ስሞችም ተሰጥተውታል፡፡ ጁኒዬር ጎንግ የተባለው በታዋቂው የሬጌ ሙዚቃ ንጉስ ቦብ ማርሌይ ቅፅል ስም ‹ታፍ ጎንግ›› መነሻነት የወጣለት የመድረክ ስም ነው፡፡ የቦብ ማርሌይ ትንሹ ልጅ ወይም የመጨረሻ ልጅ ሲሆን የተወለደው በ1978 እኤአ ላይ በኪንግስተን ጃማይካ ነበር አባቱ ቦብ ማርሌይ ከሞት የተለየው ገና የ2 ዓመት ህፃን ሳለ ነው፡፡ እናቱ ሲንዲ ብሬክስፒር ትባላለች፤ በ1976 እኤአ ላይ የዓለም ቁንጅና ውድድርን አሸንፋ አክሊል የተቀዳጀች ጃማይካዊት ውብ ሴት እና የጃዝ ሙዚቀኛ ናት፡፡ በአባቱ በኩል 11 በእናቱ በኩል ደግሞ 2 እህቶች እና ወንድሞች አሉት፡፡ ☞ዴሚያን ✡በሙዚቃ ህይወት በተሞላ ቤተሰብ እንደመወለዱ ገና በልጅነቱ ነው ወደ ሙያው የተሳበው፡፡ በ13 ዓመቱ ከታዋቂ የሬጌ ሙዚቀኞች ልጆች ጋር ‹‹ዘ ሼፕርድ›› የተባለ የሙዚቃ ቡድን መስርቶ ነበር፡፡ ከአባላቱ መካከከል የፍሬዲ ማክሪጎር እና የሰርድ ዎርልድ ጊታሪስት ካትኮሬ ልጆች ይገኙበታል፡፡ በዚሁ የሙዚቃ ቡድን በ1992 እኤአ ላይ በታዋቂው የሬጌ ሙዚቃ ፌስቲቫል ሰንስፕላሽ ላይ ሊሰሩችለዋል፡፡ ☞ዴሚያን✡ ዘ ሼፕርድ በተባለው የሙዚቃ ቡድኑ ብዙ አልገፋበትም፡፡ ጃማይካዊያን ዲጄይ ብለው በሚጠሩት የራፕ ስልት እየሰራ ብቻውን መንቀሳቀስ ቀጥሎ በድምፃዊነት፤ በራፕርነት፤ በዳንስሆል አርቲስትነት፤ በሙዚቃ ደራሲነት እንዲሁም በሙዚቃ አቀናባሪነት እያገለገለ ሲሆን፤ ሬጌ ዳንስ ሆል፤ ሩት ሬጌ፤ ሬጌ ፊውዥ፤ ሂፕሆፕ ሌሎች የተካነባቸው የሙዚቃ ስልቶች ናቸው፡፡ ☞ዴሚያን ✡በሙዚቃ ኢንዱስትሪው ለ15 ዓመታት ያህል ቆይቷል፡፡ ሴለብሪቲ ኔትዎርዝ በድረገፁ እንዳሰፈረው የሃብት መጠኑ ከ20 ሚሊዮን ዶላር በላይ እንደሆነ ይገመታል፡፡ በ2006 እኤአ ላይ ከዓለማችን ከፍተኛ የሙዚቃ ሽልማቶች ግንባር ቀደም የሆነውን የግራሚ ሽልማት በሁለት ዘርፎች በማሸነፍ ብቸኛውና የመጀመርያው የጃማይካ ሬጌ ሙዚቀኛ ሊሆን በቅቷል፡፡ ለ2 የግራሚ ሽልማቶቹ የበቃው በ2005 እኤአ ላይ በዩኒቨርሳል አሳታሚነት ለገበያ ባበቃው ‹‹ዌል ካም ቱ ጃምሮክ›› የተባለው አልበም ሲሆን በምርጥ የሬጌ ሙዚቃ አልበምና በምርጥ ቤትስ ኦልተርኔቲቭ ፕርፎርማንስ ዘርፎች በማሸነፉ ነው፡፡ ☞ዴሚያን ✡ በሶንግኪክ ድረገፅ ላይ በሰፈሩ መረጃዎች መሰረት ባለፉት 15 ዓመታት በመላው ዓለም ከ362 ሺ ማይሎች በላይ በመጓጓዝ ከ421 በላይ ኮንሰርቶችን ሰርቷል፡፡ በተለይ በብራዚል እና በአንዳንድ የአውሮፓ አገራት ትልልቅ ፌስቲቫሎች በሚያቀርባቸው ኮንሰርቶች ከ100ሺ እስከ 200 ሺ ታዳሚዎችን ያገኛል፡፡ ብቻውን ከሚሳተፍባቸው ትልልቅ የሙዚቃ ፌስቲቫሎች ባሻገር አብዛኛዎቹን ኮንሰርቶች ከወንድሞቹ እና ከታዋቂ ሙዚቀኞች ጋር ያቀርባል፡፡ ከላይ ከተጠቀሱት 421 ኮንሰርቶች መካከል 35 በሎስ አንጀለስ፤ 19 በኒውዮርክ፤ በዴንቨር 14 እንዲሁም በሳንዲያጎ በተባሉ የአሜሪካ ከተሞች ደጋግሞ የሰራ ሲሆን፤ ከስቴፈን ማርሌይ ጋር 120 ጊዜ፤ ከአሜሪካዊ ራፕር ናስ ጋር 78 ጊዜ፤ ከኤምፓየር ጋር 55 ጊዜ፤ ከማርሌይ ወንድማማቾች ጋር 38 ጊዜ እንዲሁም ‹‹ዲስታንት ሪሊቲቭ›› በሚል ከአሜሪካዊው ራፕር ናስ ጋር 30 ጊዜ በተለያዩ የዓለም ክፍሎች ምርጥ ኮንሰርቶችን ሰርቷል፡፡ ቡርኖ ማርስ እና ስከርሌክስ አብረውት የሰሩ ሌሎች ታዋቂ ሙዚቀኞች ናቸው፡፡ ☞ዴሚያን ✡ የኢትዮ ጃዝ አባት ሙላቱ አስታጥቄ ስራ የሆነውን ‹‹የከርሞ ሠው›› በዲስታንት ሪሌቲቭ አልበም ከአሜሪካዊው ራፕር ናስ ጋር ‹‹አስ ዊ ኢንተር›› በሚል ርእስ በልዩ የራፕና ሂፕሆፕ ስልት ተጫውተውታል፡፡

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