EDITOR’S NOTE: Hahahahahahahah
By Peter Heinlein | VOA
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister dictator Meles Zenawi has declared “mission accomplished” in Somalia, and told parliament Ethiopian Woyanne troops will be home from their controversial two-year military mission within weeks. Mr. Meles also …
By Yechiel Spira
Major Tzion Shenker, who currently serves as the operations officer of the northern Gaza brigade, will soon be promoted to lt.-colonel, thereby becoming the army’s first-ever Ethiopian battalion commander.
Commander of IDF Ground Forces Major-General Avi Mizrachi …
By Tom Jackman and Christian Davenport | Washington Post
One after another, people began calling police yesterday, telling them a suspicious man was running through their neighborhoods in McLean and Arlington County. Their 911 calls led three Fairfax County police …
Preventing Genocide: A Blueprint for U.S. Policymakers
A Panel Discussion on the Report of the Genocide Prevention Task Force
A public event co-sponsored with the American Academy of Diplomacy and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Date and Time
Thursday, …
The U.S. Genocide Prevention Task Force chaired by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Secretary of Defense William Cohen has issued its report on December 8, 2008. In the 174-page report, there is no mention of the genocide …
The notorious Federal Police of Ethiopia (also known as Meles Zenawi’s death squad) has told the state-run Ethiopian Television (ETV) today that it is investigating Wzr. Birtukan Mideksa, chairperson of Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ).
The Woyanne Federal Police …
By Karyn Maughan | IOL
Terror-reeling India and South Africa have something in common: both are rated as one of the world’s 20 most dangerous countries.
Backed by travel advice issued by the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), London’s …
BOSTON – Wide Horizons for Children, a nonprofit based in Waltham, Massachusetts, is sending the doctors to Ethiopia to provide medical care for children and pregnant women. The first mission went to the impoverished nation in November, according to a …
EDITORS NOTE: Meles Zenawi’s dictatorship in Ethiopia that is committing massive human rights violations and war crimes in Ethiopia and Somalia participates in the International Human Rights Day, as reported below by the Walta Woyanne Information Center (WIC).
Addis Ababa, …
Codeshare services on onward flights from Addis Ababa and Frankfurt / Lufthansa now offering all three travel classes on flights to Ethiopia
Lufthansa passengers now have a choice of four new codeshare destinations in Africa. The increase in services is …
By Shelly Paz | Jerusalem Post
Aleli Admasu, an unknown father of five from Rishon Lezion, surprised everyone by winning the 30th spot on the Likud Knesset candidates list in Monday’s primary, reserved for an immigrant.
“I didn’t believe the …
By Tim Carman | City Paper
It just came to my wandering attention that News Channel 8 followed up on the Washington Post’s recent story about how the sagging economy and the city’s new meter system have affected cabbies …
Hear Ethiopia Reads founder and finalist for the CNN Hero 2008 Award Yohannes Gebregeorgis speak about his work in New York and New Jersey, This week.
New Jersey
Place: Maplewood Memorial Library
51 Baker Street
Maplewood, NJ 07040
Date: Saturday, …
The London Chapter of Ethiopian People’s Patriotic Front (EPPF) has been formed on Sunday, December 7, 2008, according to the Chapter’s press release. (Read more here)
EPPF is currently reorganizing itself around the world under the leadership of its …
The Woyanne regime in Ethiopia is going to send Tewodros Kassahun (Teddy Afro) to the notorious Ziway prison camp that is located in a remote part of the country, a prison official told Awramba Times.
Ziway is a not just …
A California satellite technology provider has signed a deal to put a planned broadband Internet satellite into orbit above the U.S. in the first half of 2011.
The ViaSat-1 satellite will be launched on board an Arianespace rocket from the …
He died at his residence outside Moscow although here was no immediate word on the cause of death.
Patriarch Alexy II was …
The Attempt to Whitewash Crime Against Humanity Inside the Ogaden Region of Ethiopia
By Fekade Shewakena
A recent propaganda piece by the Ethiopian authorities masquerading as a government investigative report issued to whitewash the crimes in the Ogaden Region would …
[pdf]
ሚስተር ኦባማ የመጀመሪያው ጥቁር የአሜሪካ ፕሬዝዳንት ሆነው በመመረጣቸው ታላቅ ታሪክ ሰርተዋል። አሜሪካ ውስጥ ለዘመናት በጥቁሮች ዘር ላይ ከባርነት አንስቶ ከፍተኛ ጭቆና፣አድልዎና ንቀት እንዲሁም በርካታ ኢሰብአዊና ዘግናኝ በደሎች ሲፈጸሙባቸው …
By Selam Beyene
If there were any doubters about the viciousness and callousness of Zenawi’s dictatorship, those doubts must now be dispelled by the recent conviction of Tewodros Kassahun (a.k.a. Teddy Afro) in the kangaroo court of the despot […
By Alisha Ryu | VOA
The Ethiopian Woyanne army, which had announced it would pull out of Somalia by the end of the year, is reportedly establishing new bases in central Somalia and has yet to withdraw from key positions …
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (APA) – Over 20 millions Ethiopian muslims on Monday celebrated the 1428th Eid al-Adha Arafa colourfully here in Addis Ababa and other parts of the country.
In Addis Ababa where there is a big number …
Nairobi, Kenya (HRW) – All parties in the escalating conflict in Somalia have regularly committed war crimes and other serious abuses during the past year that have contributed to the country’s humanitarian catastrophe, Human Rights Watch said in a report…
The regime in Ethiopia has imprisoned the renowned artist Tewodros Kasahun (Teddy Afro) on the pretext of a traffic accident that is supposed to have happened some 2 years ago. The vindictive regime had filed a pile of fabricated charges …
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters) – Ethiopia began inviting tourists to visit its dwindling elephant herd on Monday as part of efforts to boost income from tourism.
The Babile wildlife sanctuary near Harar, 560 km (350 miles) east of Addis Ababa, …
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
Thief! Thief! Catch the election thief! The Constitutional Court of Thailand caught a boatload of election thieves last week. Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat and his six-party governing coalition were convicted of theft of the December 2007 …
By yilma bekele
He is in our face. We cannot avoid his gaze. The report said that he looked serene as he left that hellhole of a room they call ‘Court House’. Does he know something we don’t? Why is …
FUKUOKA, Japan (AFP) — Beijing Olympic bronze medallist Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia has won the Fukuoka international men’s marathon, setting a personal best time as well as a new record.
The 21-year-old Ethiopian picked up the pace and never looked …
By Abebe Gelaw
Where justice has lost its meaning, where prosecutors are blunt instruments of a tyrant, where courts are abattoirs of vendetta, where the rule of law means nothing but the rule of a tyrant, trials are too farcical …
The level of economy in countries around the globe is not even. It is somewhere very high and somewhere very low. GDP, literacy rate and employment rate are several parameters of a country to determine the level of its …
Frustrated over the continued injustice of the ruling Tigrean People Liberation Front (Woyanne) against the people of Ethiopia, several Ethiopian groups in the Washington DC area are coming together to take strong actions. The decision to take action, which will …
By Johnnie Dorsey | Austin American-Statesman
I recently had a humbling experience on a trip to Ethiopia with Catholic Relief Services. It was a trip that helped me realize that the words of the Our Father can bring us together …
WASHINGTON (News 8) – While economic woes are hurting many businesses, one group of restaurateurs are suffering particularly badly.
Owners of restaurants in the D.C. neighborhood known as Little Ethiopia, centered around 9th and U streets, say they …
YEMEN – Habebah Hussein Mohamed, an Ethiopian national residing in Yemen as a refugee for more than 26 years has been a long-time volunteer to defend other Ethiopians in need of someone to report their daily sufferings to the Yemeni …
By Ryan Rowe
This visit to Ethiopia has been absolutely amazing, inspiring, saddening, heart-wrenching and humbling all at the same time. It’s hard to describe these experiences, but I’m going to try my best. Telling you how I feel about …
By Kate Ravilious | National Geographic News
Modern humans may have evolved more than 80,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study of sophisticated stone tools found in Ethiopia.
The tools were uncovered in the 1970s at …
The Woyanne kangaroo court in Ethiopia has sentenced popular Ethiopian singer Tewodros Kassahun (Teddy Afro) to 6 years in prison today after convicting him of hit-and-run and manslaughter. He is also ordered to pay 18,000 birr in fines.
Judge Leul …
Click on the image to enlarge
…
Let me entice you with yet another book that I cannot put down despite the busy schedule toward the end of the semester. Cutting For Stone is the debut novel of Dr. Abraham Verghese, who is a Professor for the …
Las Vegas (ASSOCIATED PRESS) – A broken O.J. Simpson was sentenced Friday to as much as 33 years in prison for a hotel armed robbery after a judge rejected his apology and said, “It was much more than stupidity.”
The …
(Aljazeera.net) – At least 16 people have been killed and dozens injured from suspected shelling by Ethiopian Woyanne troops in the north of Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, witnesses say.
Residents said they believed Friday’s shelling had been aimed at …
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s best-known pop star, Teddy Afro, was sentenced to six years in jail on Friday for killing a homeless man when driving his BMW in the capital Addis Ababa.
The 31-year-old singer, whose real name …
Ms Ros-Lehtinen thought the call was a prank
|
US Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen thought she was being hoaxed when a man who sounded a lot like Barack Obama called her – so she hung up on him.
In fact, the …
UNICEF
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 4 December 2008 – At the crack of dawn, 32,000 registered participants came together in Maskal Square to participate in Africa’s biggest 10 km road race – the Great Ethiopian Run. UNICEF and the Great Ethiopian …
By NEIL MACFARQUHAR | The New York Times
UNITED NATIONS — Members of the Security Council generally expressed support on Wednesday for the International Criminal Court’s moving ahead with the possible indictment of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan for …
By Beles
According to Internet Worlds Statistics, Internet usage in Ethiopia is the lowest in Africa and the world.
While countries in Africa and around the world enjoy unprecedented growth in information technology (IT) and telecoms growth and reaping …
POZNAN, Poland (AFP) — The food crisis in Ethiopia and other countries in the Horn of Africa region is severe and could rapidly turn into famine, the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies warned …
Alemitu Girma Hailu’s father Mamo Kacha and mother Sale Mankocha were finally able to give their daughter a proper funeral. The maid’s body was kept at a morgue for 62 days after her sponsor refused to bear the repatriation costs. |
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Ethiopia’s population has risen by a staggering 23.4 million people over the past 14 years, to its current 76.9 million, according to a census approved by parliament Thursday.
The census dates from May 2007 and includes …
This Honolulu Advertiser announcement of Barack Obama’s Aug 4, 1961 birth was published August 13, 1961 on page B-6. It is available only on microfilm in Hawaii libraries. The announcement is 4th from the bottom of the left hand column. …
By Peter Heinlein | VOA
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – [The Woyanne regime in] Ethiopia has agreed to a brief delay in its troop pullout from Somalia to allow the international community time to organize a replacement force. VOA’s Peter Heinlein …
By Joe Michael | Commentary
The Kangaroo court of Ethiopia has delivered yet another unmerited verdict. This time, it is against the most popular singer Teddy Afro, who was falsely, based on the evidence submitted by the prosecutor, accused of …
Somalia’s jihad
This poses near-term dangers not only for long-suffering Somalis, whose plight is barely recorded, but for the world. Somalia is a failed state that has been without effective government now for 17 years. International trade …
“Rice revealed herself to be an apostle of George Bush’s War on Somalia.”
By Glen Ford | BAR
If you believe that Barack Obama will pursue a policy in the Horn of Africa that is substantially different than that of …
Inside a Scientist’s Mission to Study HIV in Ethiopia
Some HIV patients suffer from terrible neurological disease. Then, there are others that never have any cognitive problems at all. The same virus, but very different responses. That’s why most days …
By Casey Farrar | The Keene Sentinel
PETERBOROUGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA) – On Dr. Fletcher R. Wilson’s first trip to Ethiopia, he decided he wouldn’t let it be his last.
Wilson, an obstetrician and gynecologist at Monadnock OB GYN Associates …
By Andrew Heavens
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese politicians claimed Barack Obama as one of their own on Saturday as they belatedly celebrated his election as U.S. president, hailing his family roots in their country.
Much has been made of Obama’s …
Pune, India (UNI) – Ethiopian runners, popular for their long distance running, will be taking part along with the top runners from Kenya and Tanzania in the 23rd edition of the Vodafone Pune international marathon, to be flagged off here …
Teams from Doctors Without Borders (MSF) treated 164 refugees from Ethiopia and Somalia who arrived on a beach in southern Yemen on December 1, after they made a harrowing two-day journey in smuggler boats launched from northern Somalia.
At least …
By Simegnish Yekoye
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia- The Ethiopian parliament has lifted the immunity from criminal prosecution of Shewaferahu Yitina, elected member of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) after a request from Addis Ababa City Administration saying he is …
This is PART 7 of a seven-part in-depth look behind the scenes of the campaign, consisting of exclusive behind-the-scenes reporting from the McCain and Obama camps assembled by a special team of reporters who were granted year-long access on the …
This is PART 6 of a seven-part in-depth look behind the scenes of the campaign, consisting of exclusive behind-the-scenes reporting from the McCain and Obama camps assembled by a special team of reporters who were granted year-long access on the …
This is PART 5 of a seven-part in-depth look behind the scenes of the campaign, consisting of exclusive behind-the-scenes reporting from the McCain and Obama camps assembled by a special team of reporters who were granted year-long access on the …
This is PART 4 of a seven-part in-depth look behind the scenes of the campaign, consisting of exclusive behind-the-scenes reporting from the McCain and Obama camps assembled by a special team of reporters who were granted year-long access on the …
This research paper (authored by the British House of Commons Library) looks at recent developments in the Horn of Africa, where there are a number of protracted and interlocking crises at work, and briefly discusses some of the main factors …
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopian superstar singer Teddy Afro has been convicted of the manslaughter of a homeless man killed in a hit-and-run incident in Addis Ababa in 2006.
The singer was found guilty of running the man down in …
This is PART 3 of a seven-part in-depth look behind the scenes of the campaign, consisting of exclusive behind-the-scenes reporting from the McCain and Obama camps assembled by a special team of reporters who were granted year-long access on the …
By Dagnachew Teklu
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (APA) Thousands of Ethiopian Jews (Falashas) still continue their demand to be repatriated to Israel-their promised land-to unite with their relatives already there.
There are still a good number of Falashas camping outside the …
This is PART 2 of a seven-part in-depth look behind the scenes of the campaign, consisting of exclusive behind-the-scenes reporting from the McCain and Obama camps assembled by a special team of reporters who were granted year-long access on the …
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Journalists are hereby informed that the next Ordinary Sessions of the decision-making organs of the African Union will take place in Addis Ababa, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
The AU Summit will hold according to the …
By Bruck Shewareged | EthioPolitics.com
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Two Ethiopian opposition parties, the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) and Oromo People’s Congress (OPC), said in a joint statement that the National Information Security Service (NISS) and the Federal Police …
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters) – Income from Ethiopia’s flower exports will more than double to $150 million this year, but future expansion may be hit by the global financial crisis, the head of a private industry body [that is affiliated …
Sana’a, Yemen – At least 18 Somalis and Ethiopians drowned off Yemen on Monday, and 73 were still missing after smugglers forced them to jump overboard from two boats, rescuers said.
They told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa the smugglers ordered 236 …
The Woyanne regime’s kangaroo court in Ethiopia has convicted popular Ethiopian singer Tewodros Kassahun (Tedy Afro) of hit-and-run and man slaughter during a hearing held today.
Ethiopia Zare reported that after the conviction, Judge Leul asked Tedy and his attorney …
Alemayehu G. Mariam
Lipstick and Fingernail Polish
In July, 2008, the Zenawi regime commissioned an official report on riot control entitled “Modernizing Internal Security in Ethiopia”[1]. That report, prepared by retired British Colonel Michael Dewars, made “recommendations designed to create …
|
|||||
| Embassy of Algeria in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia send edits Nifas Silk Lafto K. Ketema 05 Addis Ababa City: Addis Ababa Phone: 251 1 71 96 66, 251 1 20 57 57 Fax: 251 1 | |||||
In contrast, there are only about 20,000 Internet service subscribers in Ethiopia, and 0 mobile Internet (accessing the Internet on cellphones) users under a policy instituted by the dictatorial regime of Meles Zenawi that is intended to keep the people …
This is a good example for the Ethiopian opposition to establish bases in neighboring countries, such as those that are friendly, namely Eritrea.
Botswana’s foreign minister has suggested on Wednesday that his country would be prepared to allow MDC leader …
Llodio, Spain – Ethiopia’s Tariku Bekele and Kenya’s Linet Masai captured top spots in style at the 25th ‘Cross Internacional Valle de Llodio’ held today (30) on a cold and rainy day for weather.
In doing so, Bekele became the …
By Helen Nyambura-Mwaura
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebel movement has slammed a government [Woyanne regime’s] investigation refuting claims of war crimes against the people of a marginalized eastern region it operates in.
Ethiopian authorities Woyanne …
Ethiopian Television Network’s (ETN) interview with Ethiopian Review publisher Elias Kifle will be rebroadcast today, Monday, at 6:55 PM Washington DC time. Part II will run at 10:45 PM. Click here to watch.…
By Abdurrahman Warsameh
MOGADISHU (Xinhua) — With Ethiopian Woyanne regime’s announcement of withdrawing its troops from Somalia by the end of the year, as well as the signing and culmination of the Djibouti peace and power-sharing agreements between the Somali …
MELBOURNE – Peerless Ethiopian runner Haile Gebrselassie defied a serious case of jetlag to claim a commanding victory in the inaugural Great Australian Run on Sunday.
The two-time Olympic 10,000m champion and reigning marathon world record holder arrived in Melbourne …
AFP never reports about murders, corruption and other crimes by the Woyane regime in Ethiopia for fear of being expelled from the country. So this major international news organization has relegated itself to reporting local stories such as wild animals …
An Ethiopian resident of the Marsa Open Centre was jailed for 10 months yesterday after he was found guilty of trafficking in and possessing cannabis resin and escaping from custody.
The court, presided over by magistrate Lawrence Quintano, heard how …
BBC – All Ethiopian Woyanne troops will leave Somalia by the end of the year, a foreign ministry spokesman has announced.
Ethiopia Woyanne sent thousands of soldiers into Somalia two years ago to help government forces oust Islamists from the …
PRESS RELEASE
Ginbot 7 Movement for Freedom and Justice rejects the claim made by the regime in Ethiopia that no war crime took place in the Ogaden region.
On June 11 this year, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) had issued …
Ethiopian Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 metre champion Kenenisa Bekele could be out for up to four months with a stress fracture.
At the Beijing Olympic Games, the 26-year old became only the fourth man to win a Olympic distance double.…
Ethiopia Zare reports that the Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ) has been prevented from printing fliers that announce a public meeting scheduled to be held in Addis Ababa on December 6.
UDJ is a party that is daydreaming …
Sydney, Australia – Ethiopian running maestro Haile Gebrselassie could capture his 27th world record at the inaugural HBA Great Australian Run in Melbourne, organizers said Saturday.
Sunday’s 15-kilometre race around the streets of Australia’s second-biggest city is his first outing …
By Thembi Mutch
The phone call from a mobile in Ethiopia was vague: did I have resilience, a sense of humour, journalism experience? I was in my English garden at the time, and getting a phone call from the UN …
By Jason McLure
Ethiopia, Africa’s biggest coffee producer, has halted daily auctions and will begin trading the beans on the national commodity bourse from Dec. 2 to reduce fraud and help reassure buyers of quality.
The Ethiopia Commodity Exchange, which …
By Yilma Bekele
“Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!” was the order given by the first American Admiral, Admir. David Glasgow Farragut at the Battle of Mobile Bay. The entrance to the Bay was heavily guarded when he ordered his …
By ABE SELIG | Jerusalem Post
Singing, dancing and reveling in the fulfillment of years spent yearning for a return to Jerusalem, thousands of Ethiopians from all over the country descended on the capital’s Haas promenade in Armon Hanatziv Thursday …
Ogaden Online Editorial
Back in June 2008 this year, the internationally recognized human rights organization known as the Human Rights Watch (HRW) published the most detailed, first hand account of the type of atrocities and genocide carried out by the …
CNN’s list of the 2008 top 10 U.S. political turkeys gave us an idea to prepare our own list of Ethiopian political turkeys.
10. Beyene Petros – has always been a turkey, not just this year.
9. Lidetu Ayalew – …
Ethiopian Television Network (ETN) will host a debate/discussion between Ethiopian Review publisher Elias Kifle and Mebt Radio host Meshesha Biru on Nov. 29, 2008.
According to Ato Gizaw Legesse, the program host, the main topic of the discussion …
Genet Asrat, owner of Albo African Gift Shop
|
By ISABEL ESTERMAN
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – Inside Oakland’s Albo African Gift shop, at the corner of Alcatraz and Telegraph, a deep herbal aroma wafts from a row of colorful bottles labeled ‘frankincense.’ …
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s dictatorial regime said on Wednesday a government-Woyanne-funded probe had found no evidence to support reports by a rights group that its military committed war crimes during a campaign against rebels in the eastern …
Algerian Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia