Monthly Archives: April 2009

Ethiopian World Bank director pledges $35 billion for Africa

By Desalegn Sisay | Afrik.com

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — World Bank is set to triple its reconstruction and development lending geared towards developing countries to mitigate the harsh impact of the global economic downturn. The bank’s US$12 billion loan projection …

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Genocide and New Speak

BSN Editor’s Introduction: Ordinarily, we don’t write introductions to articles or essays published in The Black Star News but the following column by Keith Harmon Snow warrants it.

Snow has been at the forefront, as has this newspaper, in exposing …

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Ethiopia's Dire Tune seeks solace in Boston return

BOSTON MARATHON SPECIAL

By Elshadai Negash

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Universal Sports) – It has never been an easy feat to win selection to the Ethiopian Olympic marathon squad. Ethiopian marathon runner Dire Tune, the 2008 Boston Marathon champion, …

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Exclusive photo of Ethiopian Princes Kemeria Abajobir

Kemeria Abajobir Abajifar

(EthioPlanet) — Last week, EthioPlanet.com revealed the name of the mysterious woman who until then was only known as the “Ethiopian Woman” Count Alexandre de Lesseps had apparently fallen for.

There were some disputes in …

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Woyanne dismisses calls to investigate rights abuses

By James Butty | VOA

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission [that is set up by the Woyanne tribal junta to produce fake reports] says Meles Zenawi’s government has designed good governance programs aimed at respect and protection for human rights. …

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Atlanta: Ethiopian businessman’s killer on trial

By ANDRIA SIMMONS | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

GWINNETT COUNTRY, GA — Tedla Lemma came to this country seeking a better life and political asylum from the former communist government in Ethiopia.

But for Lemma at least, America was not a …

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Woyanne regime in Ethiopia to boost weapons production

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP) — Ethiopia’s dictatorial regime will boost arms production to cut weapons imports and save its dwindling foreign exchange, the tribalist junta leader Meles Zenawi has said.

“Our main objective is to reduce our defence expenditure and …

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Nkrumah At 100 – Lessons for African Leadership

By Yao Graham | The Ghanaian Journal

Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie and Ghana’s founder and first President Kwame Nkrumah during the formation of the Organization of African Unity in Addis Ababa. [Getty Images]

While many African leaders have aspired to …

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U.S. plans to reinstate program that reunites refugee families

Befakadu Moreda, a 45-year-old Ethiopian refugee settled in Houston, applied last month to bring an adopted son to the U.S., though not through the P-3 program. Moreda has no documentation to prove 19-year-old Ashenafi Endale was abandoned as a baby. …

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Ethiopia's dictator may prosecute coffee exporters

By Jason McLure | Bloomberg

Ethiopia’s dictatorial regime may prosecute six of the country’s largest coffee exporters after the government said they have been hoarding beans bound for export, Prime Minister dictator Meles Zenawi said.

The government shut the exporters’ …

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40 shops shut down for tax violations in Addis Ababa

By Hilina Alemu And Addisu Deresse | Addis Fortune

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — More than 40 businesses, mainly in Merkato and Piazza areas, have been shut down over the last nine days after intelligence officers of the Ethiopian Revenue and …

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Saudi suspends Ethiopian livestock and meat imports

By Abiy Wendifraw | Addis Fortune

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has suspended imports of Ethiopian livestock and meat products from entering its market, sources disclosed.

Though the Embassy of the Kingdom in Addis Ababa said …

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Largest gathering of coffee professionals in the world

ATLANTA, GA — April 16th-19th, Ethiopia will welcome the world of coffee to Atlanta, Georgia, as a Platinum sponsor of Specialty Coffee Association of America’s 21st Annual Exposition.

The Place Where It All Began

Representatives from the Ethiopia coffee industry …

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U.S. court allows apartheid claims

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a warning to those who do business with Ethiopia’s tribalist dictatorship that is terrorizing the people of Ethiopia.

(BBC) — A United States judge has ruled that lawsuits can go ahead against several companies …

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6 secrets of self-made millionaires

By Kristyn Kusek Lewis | Reader’s Digest

When you think “millionaire,” what image comes to mind? For many of us, it’s a flashy Wall Street banker type who flies a private jet, collects cars and lives the kind of decadent …

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A consortium of Saudi businesses invest $629 mln in Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A consortium of Saudi businesses have invested $629 million in 85 different projects from agriculture to mining in Ethiopia, the investment authority said on Monday.

The Horn of Africa nation attracted $10 billion in local and …

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Reading the Tea Leaves

Alemayehu G. Mariam

Pax Obama

President Obama made a historic speech to Turkish lawmakers last week, but his message was global in scope and contained nuggets of his foreign policy yet to unfold. The first chords of Pax Obama (Obama’s …

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At least 7 Ethiopians and Somalis die off Yemen coast

SANAA (Reuters) – Seven African migrants drowned and a further seven are missing and presumed dead after smugglers forced passengers off a boat in deep sea off Yemen, the U.N. refugee agency said.

Survivors told the U.N. High Commissioner for …

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Ethiopian man confesses to the murder U.S. official

By Carly Lagrotteria and Eric Roper | The GW Hatchet

An Ethiopian man has pleaded guilty to the murder of 2007 alumnus Brian Adkins, a Foreign Service officer found dead in his Ethiopia home this February, according to Adkins’ family.…

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Obama authorizes military action to rescue hostages

By Michael D. Shear | Washington Post

It was one of the earliest tests of the new American president — a small military operation off the coast of a Third World nation. But as President Bill Clinton found out in …

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Specialty coffee roasters object to Ethiopia's new system

WASHINGTON (Seattle) — U.S. coffee importers and roasters are worried that a new auction system in Ethiopia makes it almost impossible for them to buy coffee from the particular farmers whose beans they want.

The system, overseen by the Ethiopia …

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Ethiopia coffee feud drowns out voices

By Wondwossen Mezlekia

An internal feud between Ethiopian private exporters and the government caught the media spotlight recently but, as usual, limited journalism coverage derailed the attention off the fundamental issues.

On March 25, 2009, the government seized 17,000 tons …

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Texas doctors and adoption agency team up in Ethiopia

By ANNA M. TINSLEY | Forth Worth Star-Telegram

FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Scott Brown traveled to Ethiopia in 2006 to watch over the adoption of Enoch, a 3-month-old, 5-pound boy with big brown eyes.

It was the first adoption the …

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Tedla Lemma murder trial starts in Atlanta

By Josh Green

Loran Zemedu Araya is one of the three suspects in the killing of Ethiopian businessman Tedla Lemma in a suburb of Atlanta

LAWRENCEVILLE (GDP) – A Riverdale man is to stand trial this week in …

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Ethiopia's Habte Dibaba wins Jordan's Ultra Marathon

By Roufan Nahhas

AMMAN (Jordan Times) – Ethiopia’s Habte Dibaba Robele was crowned champion of the men’s Ultra Marathon (48.7km) after clocking 3h05m leaving second place to Iraq’s Nouri Jaber with 3h05m39s and Jordan’s Salameh Al Aqra’ came …

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Woman linked to de Lesseps split up is an Ethiopian royalty

Ababiya Abajobir, the uncle of Kemeria Abajobir Abajifar

The mysterious Ethiopian woman identified as the cause for the divorce between the reality TV show star LuAnn from The Real Houswives of New York and her husband Count Alexandre de Lesseps …

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Washington’s relationship with Ethiopia – Newsweek

By Jonathan Tepperman | NEWSWEEK

Few people outside Ethiopia have ever heard of Birtukan Mideksa. And that’s just how the government wants it. Since December, Birtukan has been kept in solitary confinement, one of hundreds of political prisoners there. Her …

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Ethiopian woman in the middle of French royal divorce

BY Marie Mcgovern and Nancy Dillon | The Daily News

The fairy-tale marriage of Countess LuAnn de Lesseps is crumbling over a princess.

The mysterious Ethiopian beauty at the center of the divorce between Bravo TV’s “The Real Housewives of …

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Horn of Africa beset by a rare set of disadvantages

By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The pirate standoff with the U.S. Navy has burned Somalia into the West’s consciousness as a base for lawlessness and terror, but the hostage crisis illuminates a potentially dangerous picture confronting a …

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Ethiopia's tribalist junta urges UN to act against Eritrea

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP) — Ethiopia’s dictatorial regime on Saturday criticized the UN for not taking strong measures against arch-foe Eritrea over its failure to withdraw troops from disputed territories along its border with Djibouti.

A UN resolution adopted last …

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IPU Assembly adopts resolution on financial crisis

ADDIS ABABA (Xinhua) — The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) concluded its 120th Assembly here on Friday, adopting resolutions on mitigating effects of the global financial crisis and on boosting its role in issues of freedom of expression, climate change, peace and …

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Ethiopian firm signs $300 million tea deal witth Dubai company

ADDIS ABABA, April 10 (Reuters) – An Ethiopian firm has signed a $300 million joint venture deal with a Dubai company to develop a 5,000 hectare (12,360 acre) tea plantation, a government official said on Friday.

“The joint venture agreement …

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Dead man walking

By Yilma Bekele

“Why, O my friends, did ye so often puff me up, telling me that I was fortunate? For he that is fallen low did never firmly stand. – Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy

When the prison guard …

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Turning the tide on female genital mutilation in Ethiopia

By Deirdre Mulrooney

The rather gruesome topic of female genital mutilation (FGM) came up at a dinner-party I was at last weekend, thanks to the Pamela Izevbekhai coverage lately (she’s applying for asylum in Ireland on the basis that her …

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Formalizing Ethiopia's waste management informal economy

By Mahelet Guoshe

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (UNEP) — Waste disposal is one of the major challenges to cities and other human settlements. One person’s garbage may be another’s gold, at least where waste is concerned to “scavengers” and others who …

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Women in Ethiopia: A White Woman’s perspective

By Jenny Higgins

All things considered, I’ve always thought Ethiopia ranks reasonably well for the position of women in society. I don’t have all the statistics or information, and I would never presume to speak for Ethiopian women so this …

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Liya Kebede debuts her "Lemlem" collection for J.Crew

NEW YORK (Fashion Week Daily) – J.Crew is a brand of many muses, but Liya Kebede is currently occupying the top spot. The model, designer and philanthropist was on hand at the brand’s Collection boutique on Madison Avenue …

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Conference in Ethiopia addresses adolescent girls' rights

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (UNICEF) – More than 600 parliamentarians from over 100 countries came together this week in Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa to discuss the role of parliaments in promoting global peace and security, democracy and development. Among the …

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Educated immigrants in Canada stuck in survival jobs

By Travis Lupick

For some of Metro Vancouver’s most intelligent citizens, life is fraught with disappointment and frustration. Take Newman Kusina, for example. Since moving to Canada in January 2008, the Zimbabwean-born academic has spent his nights awake at his …

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Ethiopian found Israel wasn't heaven on Earth she imagined

By Stuart Laidlaw | Toronto Star

When Yuvi Tashome was a little girl in Ethiopia, Jerusalem was a mystical place known to her only through the Torah and the tales children tell one another.

“I grew up with stories about …

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World Bank rejects growth forecast by Ethiopia's dictator

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (The Daily Monitor) — The recently made growth forecast for the year’s economic growth of the country by the International Money Fund (IMF) was more realistic than the forecast made by the Ethiopian government, the World Bank …

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No rush by U.S. employers for visas for foreign workers

By DIANE STAFFORD | The Kansas City Star

U.S. employers have yet to ask for as many H-1B work visas as authorized for the federal fiscal year beginning in October.

For the first time in several years, applications for the …

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Ethiopia: Slamming the door on specialty coffee buyers

By Michaele Weissman

In late 2007 and early 2008 as I was writing “God in a Cup,” the Ethiopian coffee industry experienced what amounted to a market collapse. Vast amounts of coffee that had been purchased by buyers in the …

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Ogaden rebels counter claims by Ethiopia's dictatorship

By Peter Heinlein | VOA

Rebels fighting for independence in Ethiopia’s Ogaden region say they are stronger than ever, a day after the government said the insurgency is in tatters.

A statement e-mailed to news organizations Wednesday says the operational …

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Conversation Ethiopian jazz legend Mulatu Astatke

By Jeff Weiss in weiss | LA Weekly

Rivaling Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade, Franco, Tabu Ley Rochereau, and a handful of others, Mulatu Astatke ranks among the most influential African musicians of all-time.

The father of Ethio-Jazz, the …

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The challenge of being an Ethiopian Jew in America

NEW YORK (jewkey.com) – When Avishai Mekonen, 35, an Israeli photographer who has lived for the past seven years in New York City, lectured before American high-school students in Savannah, GA, one of them asked him to roll …

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Ethiopians finish 1st and 2nd in Carlsbad 5k

Carlsbad, CALIFORNIA (IAAF) – On a day featuring warm temperatures, blue skies and a slight breeze, Daba Bekana won the Carlsbad 5000 on Sunday, April 6, as Ethiopian men finished 1-2-3 in the 5k road race. Aheza Kiros of Ethiopia …

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Ethiopian cooking class at Roblar Winery in California

An exquisite evening awaits you at the Roblar Winery Cooking School for classes full of wonderful food and excellent wine. Guest Chef Saba Tewolde will start her class with a cooking demonstration and appetizers paired with Roblar wines. After the …

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Israeli delegation walks out of Ethiopia conference

The Israeli delegation at an inter-parliamentary conference in Addis Ababa walked out of the event Tuesday in protest of the presence of Hamas officials in the Palestinian team.

The delegation was lead by Likud’s Silvan Shalom and Kadima’s Shlomo Molla.…

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New president reduced Ghana ministries from 27 to 23

By Franklin Cudjoe

Ghanaians recently went to the polls to elect a new President to succeed outgoing president Kufuor. This was the second time under the country’s nascent democracy, that one political party was handing over to another without violent …

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Madagascar's ousted president in Ethiopia for AU meetings

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Madagascar’s ousted president Marc Ravalomanna was in Addis Ababa for talks with Ethiopian authorities and African Union officials, an Ethiopian official told AFP Tuesday.

“Mr Ravalomanana arrived on Monday evening in Addis Ababa for talks with …

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Senator Jim Inhofe visits Ethiopia this week

WASHINGTON — Senator Jim Inhofe is scheduled to visit five African countries this week, including ones he’s been to numerous times in the past 10 years.

Inhofe, Republican from the State of Oklahoma, was in Afghanistan earlier this week and …

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U.S. knew about Rwanda before, during and after

EDITOR’S NOTE: The U.S. also knows about, and is in fact an accomplice in, the current slow-pace, systematic genocide in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia by its client regime.

By Scott Baldauf | The Christian Science Monitor

Johannesburg, South Africa …

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US influence not uniquely critical to Ethiopia – Shinn

By Ambassador David Shinn

I participated in a panel hosted by the Oromo Studies Association at Howard University in Washington on April 4 and gave a subsequent interview to the Oromo language service of the Voice of America. The theme …

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Saudi private investors to put $100 million into Ethiopia farm

DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – A group of private Saudi investors plans to invest 375 million riyals ($100 million) to plant wheat, barley and rice in Ethiopia, one of the investors said.

The three investors met Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi …

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A Night of Jazz and Ethiopian music in Philadelphia

Crossroads Music books veteran Philadelphia vibraphonist Khan Jamal and the Debo Band, the first American-based band ever to be invited to play at the Ethiopian Music Festival in Addis Ababa–and for putting them on the same bill. It’s the kind …

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Shaleka Yoseph Yazew drops defamation lawsuit

Former chairman of Kinijit North America chairman Shaleka Yosef Yazew has abruptly dropped his defamation lawsuit against Kinijit NA auditor and other individuals following a conference with the defendant’s lawyer.

Kinijit North America is a U.S.-based support group of Ethiopia’s …

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Minister Silvan Shalom blocks anti-Israel decision in Ethiopia

By Roni Sofer | ynetnews.com

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – In the first visit of an Israeli minister to Ethiopia in five years, Regional Cooperation Minister Silvan Shalom blocked an anti-Israel decision from being passed at a the Assembly of the …

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Former president of Peru convicted of murder

EDITOR’S NOTE: Ethiopia’s Meles Zenawi, Azeb Mesfin, and the whole Woyanne mafia will no doubt face similar justice, sooner or later.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison Tuesday …

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Ship carrying 20 Americans believed hijacked off Somalia

(CNN) — Pirates off Somalia’s coast on Wednesday attacked a cargo ship with a crew of at least 20 U.S. nationals, according to the company that owns the vessel.

It is believed that the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama was subsequently hijacked, …

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Ethiopian, Turkish Airlines to reach a code sharing agreement

Negotiations targeting to reach a code sharing agreement is underway between the flag carrier Ethiopian Airlines and Europe’s emerging giant Turkish Airlines (THY), Capital has learnt.

Boosting its presence in Africa THY has split its route from Addis Ababa to …

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ONLF statement on Bereket Simon’s claim

PRESS RELEASE
OGADEN NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT

Claims by the Ethiopian regime’s Communication Minister, Bereket Simon, that the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) is “now in a state of crisis and very weak” can only be described as wishful thinking which …

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Woyanne denies nationalizing Ethiopia's coffee sector

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Ethiopia’s dictatorial regime said Tuesday it did not intend to nationalize the coffee sector after revoking licenses of six exporters for hoarding the beans.

Communications Minister Bereket Simon said the government will now market the product …

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Gebregziabher and Genzebe now target Berlin

Sabrina Yohannes | IAAF

Gebregziabher Gebremariam’s thrilling sprint victory and Genzebe Dibaba’s repeat junior gold medal at the World Cross Country Championships in Amman were inspired by their absent double Olympic champion compatriots Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba, albeit in …

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AU Commemorates the 15th Anniversary of Rwanda Genocide

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The African Union Commission (AUC) will tomorrow, Tuesday 7 April 2009, join the rest of the African Community within the continent and the Diaspora in commemorating the 15th Anniversary of the Rwanda Genocide.

Commemorative activities marking …

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Green footwear from Ethiopia

Just in time for the warmer weather comes stunning and sustainable footwear from Ethiopian soleRebels. The soleRebels Collective makes some of the most stylish and green footwear on the planet.

Started by Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu several years ago, the company …

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More mass graves found at Woyanne military base

A Somali man looks over the remains of individuals that were allegedly shot by Ethiopian troops during their occupation of parts of Somalia.

(Press TV) – Somalis have discovered the remains of dead bodies from former Ethiopian Woyanne

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A Filmmaker's Journey to Ethiopia

By Cheree Franco | The Brooklyn Rail

The trailer for Lisa Russell’s newest film opens with Ethiopian b-roll layered against ethereal chanting and birdsong—a boy drives a donkey cart, pelicans lounge in a scruffy lagoon. The camera pans from a …

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Allana conducts reconnaissance on Ethiopian potash sites


Allana Resources announced that it has completed its initial reconnaissance exploration programme on its Ethiopian Potash Project located in the Danakil Depression. This programme focused on structural mapping of the salt domes in the centre of the basin, structural mapping …

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Kenyan fund managers turn their backs on Ethiopian bank

By Emmanuel Were | Business Daily

NAIROBI, KENYA — Local fund managers showed little interest in a private placement by an Ethiopian investment bank for lack of knowledge of investment opportunities in the country.

Access Capital, based in Addis Ababa, …

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Joint venture Ethio-Dutch horticulture firm established

By MERGA YONAS | ADDIS FORTUNE

At a time when business in horticulture, particularly flowers, is highly threatened by the global economic downturn, Freesia Ethiopia, a joint venture by Ethiopian and Dutch businesspeople has joined the scene.

The official inauguration …

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Americans adopted 1,725 Ethiopian children in 2008

LILONGWE, Malawi (AP) — Madonna’s efforts to adopt two youngsters from Malawi have put her in the media spotlight. But she isn’t alone: a growing number of Americans are bringing home children from Africa as countries like China and Russia …

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Social qualities of an Ethiopian coffee ceremony

By Melissa Allison | Seattle Times

Zelalem Yilma, right, pours coffee during Sunday’s Ethiopian coffee ceremony at The Burke Museum. Yilma and others hosting the event described the Ethiopian coffee ritual as a way for their people to socialize, gossip,
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Police detained 26 Ethiopians for entering Yemen 'illegally'

SANA’A, YEMEN (Saba) – Yemeni police in Hudeidah province has captured 9 Ethiopian people for entering Yemen illegally, Media Center of Interior Ministry has reported.

In the meantime, police also captured 17 Ethiopians when they were heading for Hudeidah province.…

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Celebrating Easter week in Ethiopia

BAHIR DAR, ETHIOPIA – In Ethiopia, Easter is one of the most important religious festivals of the whole year, signified by the 53 days of fasting that precedes Easter Day itself. During this time, members of the Coptic Christian Church …

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Ethiopians sweep South Carolina 10k race

By Jeff Hartsell | The Post and Courier

NORTH CAROLINA – Tilahun Regassa appeared to thoroughly enjoy his Cooper River Bridge Run on Saturday morning. Regassa, a 20-year-old from Ethiopia, runs with an odd gait — his right foot turns …

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AU and EU commissioners visit Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The Commissioner for Social Affairs of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mrs. Bience Gawanas and the European Union (EU) Commissioner for Health, Ms. Androulla Vassiliou, on Saturday 04 April 2009, paid a visit to the Addis …

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Woyanne bans UDJ’s 250-man march

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – The plan by Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) to hold a march in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa this coming Thursday to protest the arrest of their leader Wzr. Birtukan Mideksa has been banned by the …

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Ethiopia's Atsede Bayisa wins Paris Marathon

The 33rd edition of the Paris Marathon took place Sunday from the Avenue des Champs Elysees. The winner of the 42km run was 21-year-old Kenyan Vincent Kipruto, who came in at a record-breaking 2 hours, 5 minutes, 44 seconds.

The …

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A writer's encounter with an Ethiopian doctor

By Leslie Scrivener | Toronto Star

When the writer is Camilla Gibb and the subject is an Ethiopian doctor who inspired the character with “butter-soft dark skin and bright teeth” in her bestseller, the outcome might be the education of …

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Israel’s #1 hit song features Ethiopian lyric – video

A hit song in Israel, Mi’Maamakim (Hebrew for “Out of the Depths”), begins to the tune of Nanu Nanu Ney, a traditional Ethiopian folk song. Watch the video below.

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Israel's hottest song has Ethiopian flavor

BY ARON HELLER | Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Israel’s hottest musical export these days is a dreadlocked composer who pioneered a unique blend of Israeli, Ethiopian, Yemenite and Latin music from a makeshift recording studio in his parents’ basement.

Idan …

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Iran has sent a parliamentary delegation to Ethiopia

Iran has sent a parliamentary delegation to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to attend the 120th assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

The current political, economic and social developments, the role of parliaments in restoring peace and security at times of …

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How Tahir and I did it

By Fekade Shewakena

Some people in Ethiopia on the religious fringes are playing with fire. I have received emails of videos and audios circulating over the internet as evidences of Christians being attacked by Muslims and Christians attacking Muslims in …

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African Development Bank express commitment to Gibe III

By Kaleyesus Bekele | The Reporter

Mihret Debebe, general manager of the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo), told a press conference on Tuesday that after visiting the giant Gilgel Gibe III hydropower project, officials of the African Development Bank (ADB) …

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Former prime minister of Ethiopia denies charges

By Addisu Abebe | VOA

The former Ethiopian Prime Minister, Tamrat Layne, denied involvement in mass killings more than 15 years ago in Dire Dawa, Bedenno, Arbagugu, Aris and other communities, during an exclusive interview with VOA Amharic’s Addisu Abebe. …

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President Obama on ‘American exceptionalism’

By James Fallows


It’s after midnight in China, but I wanted to mention in real time an oratorical performance that deserves a second look. It’s from Barack Obama’s NATO press conference that just wrapped up, and the part worth studying …

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Ethiopia's orphans face life of hardship

By Jonathan Clayton | Times Online

The Ethiopian peasant farmer and his wife shuffled painfully into the orphanage. They were in the last stages of AIDS and had only weeks to live. However, they were happy. They had heard the …

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663,000 U.S. jobs lost in March; Unemployment reached 8.5%

By ALICE GOMSTYN | ABC NEWS

Despite better-than-expected reports on everything from housing to manufacturing this week, recession-wary U.S. companies are still shedding hundreds of thousands of jobs. The government reported that the nation’s employers cut 663,000 workers in March, …

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Breathtaking scenes of Ethiopia’s Simien Mountain

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Video: Interview with EPPF Fighters

Interview with EPPF Fighters and other news. Watch the video below.

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In defense of the Ethiopian coffee exporters

By Seid Hassan | Murray State University

The latest reports from Ethiopia indicate that Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has revoked the licenses of six of the country’s main coffee exporters, accusing them of hoarding the coffee supplies. Similar threats were …

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Shocking news to Meles and other African dictators


EDITOR’S NOTE: Germany’s leader Angela Merkel had said at the G20 meeting in London that corrupt dictators should not be allowed to hide their money in secret Swiss bank accounts any longer. If Merkel’s proposal is put to work, this

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The founding of Addis Ababa City

By RICHARD K. P. PANKHURST

Visitors to Addis Ababa at the turn of the century were far from imagining that Menelik’s capital founded a few years earlier was destined within the space of little more than fifty years to become …

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USAID/OFDA Ethiopia update – April 2009

SECTOR OVERVIEW

USAID/OFDA supports a variety of emergency and preventive nutrition interventions in disasters and complex emergencies. USAID/OFDA nutrition programs include treatment for severe and moderate acute malnutrition; infant and young child feeding; nutrition education; and support for nutrition systems, …

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Yemen to take part in 120th assembly of IPU in Ethiopia

SANA’A (Saba) – Yemen is to take part in the 120th assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union which will be held in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa from next Sunday to 10 April.

To represent Yemen in the 120th assembly of …

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A child in Ethiopia, so close to starving to death

Ibro Bekeri Yusef feeds therapeutic milk to his severely malnourished five-year-old daughter Khesna, at the UNICEF-supported feeding unit of Bissidimo Hospital in East Harerghe Zone of Oromia Region. [UNICEF/KENA00397/Shehzad Noorani]

(UNICEF) – When five-year-old Khesna Ibro arrived in …

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Somali refugees in Ethiopia being moved to a new camp

(UNHCR) – We are starting today the relocation of Somali refugees from a transit centre in Dolo Ado, Ethiopia, near the Ethiopian-Somali border, to the newly opened Bokolmanyo camp some 90 kms inside Ethiopia. The first convoy, consisting of 10 …

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More photos of Ethiopian rally at the G20 meeting

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Lawyer for jailed Canadian asks court to block aid to Ethiopia

By Jim Brown | THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA, CANADA – The lawyer for a Canadian jailed in Ethiopia has gone to court trying to block foreign aid payments to the Ethiopian regime in protest over his client’s treatment.

Lorne Waldman …

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