One of the places I had visited last October when I went to the field to attend a meeting by the Ethiopian People’s Patriotic Front (EPPF) was the town of Humera, Ethiopia. For obvious reasons, I could not actually enter …

The Washington DC chapter of Ethiopian People’s Patriotic Front (EPPF) held a meeting with former Ethiopian officers on Sunday. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss how to rally former Ethiopian soldiers around EPPF.

The meeting also discussed ways …

The highs and lows continue at Copenhagen. Today we heard rousing speeches from Gordon Brown and from Hilary Clinton on the need for a deal, and for climate financing. All good stuff, but it’s not good enough. Ethiopia led calls …

As the US, Ethiopia and European Union - including France, Germany and the UK - coalesce around a climate finance package of $100bn, Jeremy Hobbs, Executive Director of Oxfam International said:

“It’s good news that discussions on climate cash have …

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Mr. Michael Posner, had invited every one who is concerned about human rights to a live discussion on Facebook today. The topic was Human Rights Agenda for the 21st …

Hanatzeb Ethiopian Art Gallery is hosting an art exhibition this weekend in Atlanta where artists Eskender Seyoum, Alex Girma, Muluken Asfaw and Yosef Berta will present their works.

The exhibition will start at 6 PM, Saturday.

Place: 49-B Bennett Street …

On December 13-15, 2009, it will be six years since the massacre of 424 Anuak in Gambella, Ethiopia followed by nearly two more years of widespread extrajudicial killings, rape, torture, imprisonment, disappearances and destruction. By the end of this time, …

By Kim Berryman | ABC News

For many of his erstwhile supporters, President Obama’s image as almost an American savior is a distant memory, overshadowed by health-care battles and troop allocations, unemployment numbers and myriad disappointments. For at least one …

Three Woyanne soldiers defect to Asmara and more news. Watch below;
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These white Europeans do a better iskista dance than most Ethiopians I know, even me. It is hilarious and really entertaining. The performers are members of the Amsterdam International Dance Theater in The Netherlands.
Watch below. – Elias Kifle

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Human Rights Agenda for the 21st Century: Online Chat Wednesday, at 6:30 PM Washington DC Time
With Michael Posner, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

Looking for answers about the U.S. foreign policy regarding its …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday his intent to nominate Donald E. Booth to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia.

In announcing his intention to nominate Ambassador Booth and other key U.S. Administration officials, …

TsehaiNY.com staff

Teddy Fikre, C.E.O. of Brown Condor Productions and Member of Ethiopian Americans for Change, is keeping busy these days. Teddy is planning The Brown Condor Launch Celebration which will take place on December 12th, at Jin Lounge in …

The Case of Birtukan Mideksa

In preparation for the upcoming election in Ethiopia next year, a recent Reuter’s article indicates that hundreds of opposition party members have been rounded up and sent to prison. Indeed, the ruling party’s most viable …

NEW YORK (UNICEF) – The familiar blue flag flew at half mast in front of United Nations headquarters a few weeks ago. Its emblem of peace – a global map cradled by olive branches – flapped in a brisk autumn …

The Washington DC Metro Chapter of Ethiopian People’s Patriotic Front (EPPF) is hosting a meeting for former members of the Ethiopian armed forces to discuss current political developments in Ethiopia.

This is the first meeting of its kind. For several …

The following is a testimonial letter from Amare Mammo — a former cadre of the ruling TPLF/EPRDF regime — who used to work for the Ethiopian Agricultural and Food Organization.

Letter addressed to: Dr. Seid Hassan – Murray State University…

By Brett Larner | Japan Running News

Beijing Olympics and Berlin World Championships double bronze medalist, defending champion and Japanese all-comers record holder Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia lived up to expectations and more with a history-making 2:05:18 win at the …

(USDOJ) — Khat, Catha edulis, is a flowering shrub native to Ethiopia, East Africa and the Arabian-Peninsula. Khat refers to the leaves and young shoot of Catha edulis. It has been widely used since the thirteenth century as a recreational …

ADDIS ABABA — Yaya Africa Athletics Village PLC, a new company established in 2009, has begun the construction of a modern athletics village in Sululta, 11 KM outside Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa.

The project is worth an estimated 80 million …

Addis Neger Publishing today announced that its major publication, Addis Neger Newspaper, ceased circulation due to constant harassment and intimidation by the ruling Woyanne junta in Ethiopia. Saturday November 28, 2009 saw the final edition of the paper.

“Addis Neger, …

By Alicia Gossman-Steemes | MetroWest Daily News

COLORADO — In the developing world, a person born with cleft palate, cleft lip or other facial deformities will suffer not only from medical issues but also from social censure. That’s why organizations …

By Or Kashti | Haaretz

Eleven new immigrants from Ethiopia have yet to be placed in Petah Tikva schools, and some have been waiting as long as three weeks for an assignment.

Municipal officials claim that the city’s private religious …

Would a Jewish, Russian, or Polish journalist ask Hitler such a question? Unthinkable.

It is what EthiopiaFirst.com editor recently asked Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia’s Hitler, who is currently carrying out a campaign of genocide against our people in the Ogaden region, …

By Kalumiana Kalumiana | The Post

Zambia edged closer to the quarterfinals of the Orange CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup after a 1-0 win over Ethiopia at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi this afternoon.

Herve Renard’s side now lead Group A with …

A documentary film The Silent Cry, produced by a team of young passionate British students, in partnership with African Rights Monitor, hosted a special screening in Toronto, on Saturday November 28, 2009. Over four hundred people from the Greater …

MICHIGAN (AP) — A 15-year-old Michigan boy admitted raping a 3-year-old girl, so enraging his father that the man couldn’t control himself when witnesses say he forced the teen to strip, marched him to an empty lot and shot him …

Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital (AAFH) in Ethiopia is in the process of building 5 new centers around the country to extend the work to those unable to get to the city. To do this the Hospital seeks increase …

DUBAI — Ethiopia’s superstar athlete Haile Gebrselassie is looking to break the world record on his return to Dubai in January to defend the title he has won for the past two years at the 2010 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon.…

By Susan | Wild Yeast

Here’s what we did six or seven weeks ago: We raised bread with sourdough starters made from several ancient grains: amaranth, sorghum, quinoa, millet, and teff.

My favorite of these was teff. It’s best …

ABC News released its top 10 electronic gadgets of the past ten years.

By Ki Mae Heussner | ABC News

Maps. Compact disk players. Film. Paperback books. Ten years ago, we couldn’t live without them. Today, they’re inching closer and …

By Israel Moskovitch | YNet

Dozens of youth village directors have organized a joint trip to Ethiopia in which they will travel through various cities,villages, immigrant camps and Jewish centers.

The trip is not for recreation, nor is it being …

BBC — Ethiopia have moved to the top of their group at the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup after 5-0 win over Djibouti in Nairobi on Monday.

The two teams were locked at 0-0 at half-time, but the Ethiopians unleashed their …

Dar es Salaam (ThisDay) — Police in the east African nation of Tanzania has arrested 28 immigrants from Ethiopia yesterday. The Ethiopians were heading to  an unknown destination, probably South Africa.

The immigrants were traveling aboard a bus …

LONDON — Sir Bob Geldof fought back tears as he visited Ethiopia on a recent trip to open a school funded by the profits of his 2004 Band Aid 20 record.

Do They Know It’s Christmas? was re-recorded to raise …

By Marleen Rennings | IAAF

World marathon record holder and Ethiopia’s famous athlete Haile Gebrselassie travels this week to South Africa’s Cape Town to assist at the FIFA World Cup draw on 4 December.

In acknowledgment that Haile Gebrselassie is …

A visit to Little Addis, Johannesburg, South Africa

The Ethiopian district in town is affectionally known as Little Addis. Amazing cheap food can be enjoyed. But we’re talking amazing, and amazingly cheap. We’re slowly starting to explore the area more. …

Six high ranking military officers of the Woyanne regime in Ethiopia have defected, Ogaden Online reports.

Recent attacks by the Ogaden National Liberation Front’s (ONLF) army may have played a role in the defection of these high ranking officers, the …

The following Amharic article by editor-in-chief of Awramba Times analyzes recent political developments in Ethiopia involving the Addis Ababa-based opposition parties, particularly the joining of UDJ by two former high level Woyanne officials — Defense Minister Seye Abraha and President …

Soon to be Implemented, Ethiopia’s Civil Society Law is the Most Restrictive of its Kind in Sub-Saharan Africa; Law Draws Inspiration from Similarly Repressive Laws in Zimbabwe, Russia and Singapore

Chicago, Ill. – The Northwestern University School of Law’s Center …

The Addis Ababa-based weekly Awramba Times has more details on former President of Ethiopia Col. Mengistu Hailemariam’s soon-to-be-released book in its latest issue that came out today.

Quoting inside sources, Awramba writes that the book touches many unanswered questions and …

SPAIN (IAAF) — Ethiopia’s elite runner Gebre-Egziabher Gebremariam and Kenya’s Linet Masai confirmed their roles as overwhelming favourites to capture victories in convincing fashion at the 16th ‘Cross Internacional de Soria’ – the second leg of the this season’s IAAF …

A general assembly meeting called today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by the opposition Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ) was canceled when supporters of Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam, who recently resigned from the leadership, blocked entrance to the meeting hall. …

LAGOS, NIGERIA (APA) — Ethiopia’s Habtamu Awash was the winnner of Nigeria’s 5th Obudu Ranch Mountain race, beating 2008 champion, Ababe Dinkesa, also of Ethiopia to the fifth position on Saturday.

With a time of 42.03 minutes, Awash beat more …

HARTLEPOOL, UK (Hartlepool Mail) — POLICE have renewed their appeals to find a missing Ethiopian woman who vanished three months ago during an exchange programme.

Konjit Assefa, 22, was visiting Hartlepool as part of a nine-strong group of …

JEDDAH (Arab News) — Prince Khaled ibn Sultan, Saudi Arabia’s Assistant Minister of Defense, announced that 75 Ethiopians and 70 Somalis were caught during military operations along the country’s southern borders.

He did not provide details about where …

Former president of Ethiopia Mengistu Hailemariam writes a new book — a memoir — that is expected to be released in a few weeks.

Woyanne journalist and publisher Amare Aregawi is also releasing a new book soon, according to Tesfaye …

Woyanne puppet and fake president of Ethiopia, Girma WoldeGiorgis, hosts a dinner party for Hailu Shawel, Lidetu Ayalew and other traitors and hodams at the Menelik palace.

It seemed from the video that Girma, the 400-pound fat pig, could not …

Woyanne ambassador to Washington, Dr (Drunkard) Samuel Assefa, departs. However, it is rumored that he may not return to Ethiopia. He is contacting some colleges in the U.S. for a teaching position.

WASHINGTON DC (VOA) — Ethiopia’s [Woyanne] ambassador to …

The recently completed Tekeze hydroelectric dam in Ethiopia is said to be the largest public works project in Africa. It also could turn in to the biggest blunder with disastrous environmental impact, as the investigative report below tries to illustrate. …

Didn’t the dumb regime in Ethiopia say that 6 million people are currently facing starvation because of rain shortage? If so, how are the Indians and Saudis going to grow crops on the land they are buying from the regime …

ADDIS ABABA (WFP) — Every day dozens of World Food Program (WFP) chartered vessels ply the oceans of the world en route to distant ports. Laden with food the vessels steer their course towards the continents of Asia, South America …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (ECA) – The expansion of existing and the creation of new dry ports in Ethiopia was the subject of a day-long workshop held at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) this week.

With no direct …

This is a really inspirational story. It is about Tesfa Foundation. Tesfa has founded five schools serving 800 children in Ethiopia and has recently established a program in Addis Ababa for at risk teenage girls.

Dana Roskey founded the Tesfa …

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s regime is not ready to bow to pressure to liberalize its telecoms and banking sectors while negotiating terms to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO), its trade minister said on Wednesday.

Analysts say the giant …

Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church (EOTC), His Holiness Abune Merkorios, will officially open the St. Mary of Zion Church’s new building in New York Saturday, Nov. 28.

The inauguration program will start at 6 AM tomorrow in the …

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s [tribal junta] will offer up to 14 licenses for oil and gas exploration over the next three years despite threats from rebels who say they will attack oilfields run by foreigners, the government said on …

Ethiopia has the highest proportion of people at risk of getting trachoma (85% of its population, about 65 million people), according to a report by The Carter Center. Ethiopia has also the greatest number of people in the final, blinding …

By Steve Inskeep

(NPR) – Marcus Samuelsson was born in Ethiopia, raised in Sweden and now is a world-renowned chef in New York City. His cooking style is as international as his life story.

He sat down with …

Ethiopian Review had reported 6 months ago that former Woyanne defense minister in Ethiopia, Ato Seye Abraha, was planning to join the Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ). He and former figurehead president Negasso Gidada today have announced that …

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA (Mercury News) — Two San Jose men suspected in the shooting death of a 25-year-old immigrant from Ethiopia, whose body was found in South San Jose, pleaded not guilty on Nov 23 to murder charges, …

In our second meeting with President Isaias Afework last month, the other main topic of discussion was the current state of the Ethiopian opposition. … “Woyanne will collapse through evolution. Let’s revolutionize the process,” the president said. To that end, …

A British film-maker and an Ethiopian doctor are producing a film that teaches Ethiopians to eat less so that they can avoid becoming obese, the report below explains. What the report fails to mention is that these fat Ethiopians are …

Hanatzeb Ethiopian Art Gallery, the first of its kind in Atlanta, celebrated its grand opening on November 1. The Gallery also hosted a 2-day art and litrature event this past weekend, Nov. 20 – 22, where Ethiopian traditional bread and …

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has brokered a $30 million contract between a U.S.-based business and a company owned by Ethiopia’s tribal junta, according to a report by Jason McLure of Bloomberg News. This should not be …

Currently there exists a moral bankruptcy of opposition political leadership in Ethiopia. Hailu Shawel is the embodiment of such bankruptcy.

By Neamin Zeleke

“In our time, political speech and writings are largely the defense of the indefensible.” So wrote George …

Lisbon, Portugal (IAAF) – Reigning World Cross Country champion Gebregziabher Gebremariam opened the IAAF Cross Country Permit season with a victory at the Oeiras Cross Country on Saturday.

The 25-year-old Ethiopian proved his power in Oeiras over the elements – …

SANA’A, (Saba) — Yemen Ministry of Interior reported that police arrested 277 Ethiopians on Monday, including 18 women, as they tried to illegally to enter the country.

The Ministry quoted security sources as saying that that 202 Ethiopians disembarked at …

Spokesman for the inJustice Ministry in Ethiopia, Ato Mekonnen Bezabih, said today that his regime is seeking death penalty against most of the 46 individuals who are accused of plotting coup d’etat and convicted by the Woyanne kangaroo court last …