By Imani Tate
San Bernardino County Sun

The Mesgana Dancers perform for two reasons: to celebrate the traditional customs of their Ethiopian homeland and to raise money to support other girls’ educational dreams.

The 11-member troupe will wrap up its …

The Associated Press

OSAKA, Japan: Kenenisa Bekele needs almost no practice to win at 10,000 meters.

The Ethiopian proved it again Monday in his first race at the distance this season, running 27 minutes, 05.90 seconds to claim his third …

By Alicia Greenleigh
The Salt Lake Tribune

What do you know about Ethiopia? If you’re like most people, it’s probably not much. But the Mesgana Dance Group wants to change that. Mesgana, which means gratitude in Amharic, the national language …

Tirunesh Dibaba’s thrilling victory in Osaka, Japan, Aug 26, 2007

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Tirunesh Dibaba’s thrilling victory in Osaka, Japan, Aug 26, 2007

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The Ferensay Legacion area residents of Addis Ababa have awared the Vice President of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) Bertukan Mideksa a brand new car on Saturday.

Ferensay Legacion is Wzt. Bertukan’s neighborhood. It is also an …

በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ በተለምዶ ፈረንሳይ ለጋሲዮን እየተባለ በሚጠራው አካባቢ የሚኖሩ ነዋሪዎች የአካባቢያቸው ልጅ ለሆነችው ወ/ት ብርቱካን ሚዴቅሳ መኪና በመሸለም ደስታቸውን ገለጹ፡፡ በተጨማሪም ከእስር ለተፈቱት የቅንጅት አመራሮች የምሳ ግብዣ አደረጉ፡፡ በግብዣው ላይ ፕሮፌሰር መስፍን ወ/ማሪያም እና ወ/ት ብርቱካን ንግግር አድርገዋል፡፡ ከቀኑ …

(AFP) Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba has come from the back of the field to retain her world 10,000 metres title in a thrilling race in Osaka overnight.

Dibaba trailed by some 50 metres with three-quarters of the race run but recovered …

Commodity Online

In a giant move, the Kanan Devan Hills Plantations (KDHP) company of India has decided to invest Rs 375 crore in Ethiopia to develop 10,000 hectares of tea plantation.

KDHP officials said while the new project would have …

Pakistan Times Wire Service

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Friday appointed Khalid Hussain its new ambassador to Ethiopia, presently serving as ambassador to Sudan since July 2004, says a press release of Foreign Office.

Khalid Hussain holds a bachelor degree of LLB and …

The state-owned Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) on Friday signed six contracts with three Chinese companies, providing for expanding electricity supply services to rural towns and villages.

The contracts amount to more than 124 million U.S. dollars, said EEPCo General …

Ethiopian eminent scholar and theologian Aleqa Ayalew Tamiru was buried on Thursday at Tekle Haimanot Church in Addis Ababa in the presence of over 15,000 people. Read the full report below in Amharic by an Ethiopian Review correspondent in Addis …

Ethiopian eminent scholar and theologian Aleqa Ayalew Tamiru was buried on Thursday at Tekle Haimanot Church in Addis Ababa in the presence of over 15,000 people. Read the full report below in Amharic by an Ethiopian Review correspondent in Addis …

ONLF Statement On UN Fact Finding Mission To Ogaden

The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) welcomes the decision of the United Nations to send a fact finding mission to the Ogaden. This represents a positive first step by the United …

Assimba.org has issued the following press release in Amharic regarding comments by Ato Dawey Ibrahim, former chairman of the Ethiopian Workers Confederaiton. (Amharic font can be downloaded here).

አቶ ዳዊ ኢብራሂም በአሲምባ የውይይት መድረክ ላይ ለሰነዘሩት አስተያየት የተሰጠ …

አመቱን ሙሉ ሲዘፈንለትና ሲነገርለት በነበረው የኢትዮጵያውያን ሚሌኒየም በዓል ላይ ቢያንስ ሕዝብን ሊያሳትፉ ይችላሉ ተብለው የታሰቡት የመስቀል አደባባይ ዝግጅቶች ከፀጥታ ጋር በተያያዘ ችግር ሊፈጠር ይችላል በሚል የስጋት ሰበብ ተሰረዘ፡፡ የበዓሉን ዝግጅት ያዘጋጃል በሚል ተቋቁሞ የነበረው የሚሌኒየም በዓል አከባበር ምክር ቤትም በመጨረሻ …

የአቡነ ጳውሎስን ስርዓት ከእምነትነቱ ይልቅ የካድሬ ስራ የሚሰራበት ነው፤ በማለት በተቃውሞ ሰማዕት ሆነው የኖሩት አለቃ አያሌው ሕይወት ካለፈ በኋላ ሐሙስ ነሐሴ 17 ቀን 1999 ዓ.ም በአቡነ ተክለ ኃይማኖት በተከናወነው የቀብር ስነ ስርዓታቸው ላይ ቁጥሩ ከ15 ሺህ በላይ የሚገመት ሕዝብ ቢገኝም …

ወደ አሜሪካና አውሮፓ ጉዞ የሚያደርጉት የቅንጅት አመራሮች ቪዛ አላገኙም
ወደ አሜሪካን አገር ጉዞ ለማድረግ በዝግጅት ላይ የነበሩት አምስት የቅንጅት አመራሮች ኢትዮጵያ ከሚገኘው የአሜሪካ ኢምባሲ የመውጫ ቪዛ ባለማግኘታቸው ጉዞአቸው ሳይዘገይ እንደማይቀር ተገምቷል፡፡ ወደ አውሮፓ የሚጓዙት ሌሎቹ አምስት አመራሮችም እስካሁን ቪዛ እንዳላገኙ …

ADDIS ABABA – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and world class runner, Berhane Adere, today launched the Millennium Dream Campaign to raise one million birr ($116,000) for Ethiopian Orphans and Vulnerable Children through the Millennium Edition of the Great Ethiopia Run scheduled …

Ethiopian Television Network interviews Kinijit senior official Ato Andargachew Tsige.

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VOA News

The United States says it is providing nearly $19 million in emergency aid for Ethiopia’s volatile Ogaden region.

The State Department said Friday Washington is working with the Ethiopian government, international partners and non-governmental organizations in responding to …

VOA News

The United States says it is providing nearly $19 million in emergency aid for Ethiopia’s volatile Ogaden region.

The State Department said Friday Washington is working with the Ethiopian government, international partners and non-governmental organizations in responding to …

The long road home

By RUTH EGLASH , THE JERUSALEM POST

Dressed in traditional Ethiopian garb, replete with long white, mock-chiffon shawls and colorful headdresses, the women gather with their children to receive their daily staple of food distributed by …

PRESS RELEASE
Ethiopian Women for Peace and Development

In the past few weeks, conflicting reports are coming from Ethiopia. On one hand, the government released some political prisoners, mostly leaders and members of the CUD party and journalists. We had …

By Messay Kebede

These days we catch the TPLF leaders openly claiming the paternity of the Eritrean independence and boasting about their achievement. More surprisingly, as though the issue of a second reunification of Eritrea with Ethiopia was back on …

By Edmonton Sun

Cops were looking for a man who fired a shotgun into a busy Ethiopian restaurant during a botched robbery attempt late last night.

“No one was hurt. He asked for money but ran out after the gun …

Japan donates $1 million to UNICEF to prevent malaria in Ethiopia

Press Release – UNICEF

The Government of Japan on Monday donated US$1 Million to UNICEF for the prevention of infectious diseases among children in Ethiopia.

An estimated 344,000 children …

On September 8th, 2007 the Christi Pits Park in Toronto is going to be decorated with hundreds of Ethiopian flag and thousands of Ethiopians and Ethio-Canadians to herald the Ethiopian Millennium celebration organized in the city of Toronto.

The Ethiopian …

አለቃ አያሌው በአራት አመታቸው በምስራቅ ጎጃም ዞን ዲማ ጊዮርጊስ ቤ/ክርስቲያን የቤተክህነት ትምህርት የጀመሩ ሲሆን በእድሜ ዘመናቸው ቤተ ክህነትን ሲያገለግሉ የነበሩና በኋላም የሊቃውንት ጉባኤ ሰብሳቢ በነበሩበት ወቅት በ1988 ዓ.ም ከአባ ገ/መድህን (የቀድሞው አቡነ ጳውሎስ) ጋር ቤተክርስቲያኒቱን በሚመለከት ጠንካራ የሃሳብ ልዩነት በመፈጠሩ …

Foreign Policy Magazine interviews Samuel Assefa, the Woyanne regime envoy in Washington DC. The ‘ambassador’ exposes himself in the interview as a blathering idiot. 

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COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS

Four imprisoned Ethiopian journalists of now-defunct Amharic-language weeklies were released on conditional pardon on Saturday along with 27 opposition activists, according to news reports and local journalists. The four journalists had been given heavy prison sentences…

By Heidi Rickels of Project C.U.R.E.

Local volunteers of Project Cure Arizona this month helped load a 40-foot container full of donated medical supplies and equipment that will be delivered to a Clinton Foundation-sponsored HIV/AIDS clinic in rural Ethiopia.

Nearly …

The following is a resolution passed on Aug 18, 2007, by Ethiopians of the Wolqait-Tegede region currently residing in Ohio. 

የወልቃይት-ጠገዴ ተወላጅ ኢትዮጵያውያን ተቃውሞና የአቋም መግለጫ

በ 8/18/2007 በትግራይ ሕዝብ ነፃ አውጭ ግንባር ተውካዮች (ትውልዳቸው ወልቃይት የሆኑ) የትግራይ ክልል የፀጥታ/ደህንነት …

[The story of our adventure through the eastern and northern sides of Africa overland in our Landrover in 2007.]

By Lorraine and Neville Karg

Monday, August 20, 2007
Gonder, Ethiopia

Sunday 19th August 2007 Belegese Pension, Gonder

Woke up very …

H.R. 2003 – The Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act of 2007

78% For, 22% Against

This is the WashingtonWatch.com federal legislative update for the week of August 20, 2007.

With Congress in the middle of its August recess, hot debate …

The sole mobile phone network in Ethiopia has suffered its second serious outage within two weeks reports the local Ethiopian Reporter newspaper. The first outage was largely caused by a nationwide power failure, however last Friday’s failure was due to …

Bahrain – AN Ethiopian maid hanged herself at her Bahraini sponsor’s house in Barbar at around 1pm yesterday.

The victim, who was in her 20s, was found hanging from a shower curtain rail by her sponsor, Chief Public Prosecutor Ahmed …

By Jack Kimball

ASMARA, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki accused the United States of fuelling conflicts in the Horn of Africa and urged Washington to change its policies in the latest round of finger-pointing between the two …

By Jack Kimball

ASMARA, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki accused the United States of fuelling conflicts in the Horn of Africa and urged Washington to change its policies in the latest round of finger-pointing between the two …

PRESS RELEASE
Ethiopian Community Association in Ottawa, Canada

Celebrate Ethiopia’s journey of 2000 Years with love and unity

On several occasions Ethiopia’s prominence reached its climax. It inspired the world as a pioneer of early civilization. The discovery of the …

Hundreds of Ethiopians residing in the Washington DC Metro Area gathered on Saturday at the Unification Church to say thank you to former members of the Kinijit International Leadership (K.I.L.).

The event was organized by Netsanet LeEthiopia Radio, Addis Dimts …

Woyanne mission of manipulating Ethiopians fom Wolqait and Tegede failed miserably in Columbus, Ohio.

Two Woyanne officials — Ato Ferede Yeshiwondim, Administrator of Wolqait, and Ato Tsegaye Asamamaw, a Tigray region security representative — who called for a meeting on …

ASMARA (AFP) — Nimbly peeling a spiky cactus fruit, eight-year-old Kibrab offers its sweet orange flesh to a sharp-suited young Eritrean.

It is “beles” time in Asmara — the annual return of Eritrea’s scattered diaspora and harvest time for the …

Ethiopian civic and media groups in Washington DC are organizing a public gathering today, August 18,  to honor and express appreciation to members of the former Kinijit International Leadership.

Several Ethiopian civic and media groups are sponsoring this special event …

The World Bank recently appointed Ken Ohashi as a country director for the World Bank regional offices in Ethiopia and Sudan. Mr. Ohashi, a Japanese national, will replace the outgoing Ishac Diwan, head of the World Bank regional office in …

Ato Dawey Ibrahim, former President of the Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions, currently living in exile in the Netherlands, writes this 6-page article (Amharic) about the EPRP conspiracy against Ethiopian workers and their unions. Click here to read.…

Issayas said this in a recent interview, according to ETN. To help promote Ethiopia’s unity, the Eritrean government said that it has launched a new magazine named “One Ethiopia.” This is further confirmation of what Professor Ephrem Isaac had told …

PRESS RELEASE August 17th, 2007

Defending champion Gete Wami returns BERLIN-MARATHON

Defending champion Gete Wami (Ethiopia) will return to the 34th real,- BERLIN-MARATHON on 30th September. That means that both champions will come back to Germany’s biggest marathon race. Wami’s …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States [that is backing the Woyanne terrorist regime in Ethiopia] is considering putting Eritrea on its list of state sponsors of terrorism, which would impose some sanctions, for allowing arms to flow into …

Atse Haile-Selassie and Etege Menen – video file

What a contrast to the current chigaram thugs in power who turned Ethiopia into a beggar republic!

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From The Economist print edition
MW. The World Bank reckons that 500m sub-Saharan Africans are without what it calls “modern energy”.

The situation is bound to get worse as the demand for power continues to grow. Africa’s relatively healthy economic …

From The Economist print edition
Aug 16th 2007 | DAR ES SALAAM — SEEN from space, Africa at night is unlit—as dark as all-but empty Siberia. With nearly 1 billion people, Africa accounts for over a sixth of the world’s …

Press Release

Join Former Alcatel-Lucent Treasury Manager for Webinar on Effective Foreign Exchange Risk Management

Industry Luminary Fikre Bizuneh and FiREapps CFO/COO Corey Edens Provide Insight Into Foreign Exchange Best Practices

SCOTTSDALE, AZ–(MARKET WIRE)–Aug 16, 2007 — FiREapps, the leading …

By Nasouh Nazzal, Gulf News

(Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates) – An Ethiopian maid committed suicide on Tuesday in Al Rams area leaving a note addressed to her mother asking for her prayers.

The 26-year-old Ethiopian maid identified as …

Ethiopian Review has obtained a statement issued by the Ethiopian Teachers Association (ETA) announcing and explaining its decision to suspend its president, Dr Taye Woldesemayat. Read it here [pdf, Amharic]…

The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) chairman, Ato Mohamed Omar Osman, and head of foreign affairs, Ato Abdirahman Mahdi, are currently in Washington DC on a working visit.

A source close to the ONLF told Ethiopian Review that the two …

By Elizabeth Blunt
BBC News, Jijiga

Once a dusty outpost in eastern Ethiopia, close to the Somali border, Jijiga town is now growing fast.

Since the government started devolving power and money to the component parts of the Ethiopian …

By Elizabeth Blunt
BBC News, Jijiga

Once a dusty outpost in eastern Ethiopia, close to the Somali border, Jijiga town is now growing fast.

Since the government started devolving power and money to the component parts of the Ethiopian …

(Reuters) A volcano has erupted in Ethiopia’s remote Afar region, leaving two people missing and forcing hundreds to leave the area, the state news agency said on Wednesday.

People living on the mountain range fled their homes after hot lava …

(Reuters) A volcano has erupted in Ethiopia’s remote Afar region, leaving two people missing and forcing hundreds to leave the area, the state news agency said on Wednesday.

People living on the mountain range fled their homes after hot lava …

Ninty three Somali civilians suffer from bullet wounds after Ethiopian [Woyanne] forces opened fire on passenger bus.

MOGADISHU – Six more Somali civilians died Tuesday after being seriously wounded when Woyanne forces opened fire on a passenger bus the previous …

By Fikre Tolossa

It is my contention that Western education has alienated Ethiopian intellectuals by uprooting them from their history, culture, language and society. This paper, which was presented at an Ethiopian studies conference at the University of Dayton, Ohio, …

City of Denver, Colorado, issued a proclamation naming September 11, 2007, “Ethiopian Millennium Day” in Denver. The proclamation was signed by Mayor John Hickenlooper and presented to Dagmawit Gishet Kidist Mariam Church of the Denver Metro area.Click here to …

By Selam Beyene, Ph.D.

The dawn of the new Ethiopian Millennium, which will be observed by Ethiopians at home and those in the Diaspora with immense pride and well-founded hope for the future, will bear different significances to different groups.…

By Yared Nerayo

Having been inundated by the political civility, ‘shimgelena’, ‘mechachal’, etc. propaganda in the last few weeks, I was grudgingly looking for positive things to appreciate about the minority regime in Addis. My search has accidentally revealed a …

Ethiopia’s Information Highway: Capacity Building Minister Tefera Walwa shows off his accomplishment (satire)

[actually the photo is taken in India]…

The Calgary Ethiopian Community Association, in collaboration with the Calgary EthioStar Soccer team, is organizing the 12th Annual North-Western USA and Canada Ethiopian Soccer Tournament.

The name of the event is Ethiopian Millennium Cup in Calgary.

See the poster here…

WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. State Department said Monday it had ordered Eritrea to close its consulate in Oakland, California, the latest salvo in an escalating diplomatic conflict with the impoverished Red Sea state.
The department informed Eritrea last week …