Monthly Archives: April 2014

Speak Up for Writers in Ethiopia: PEN to Secretary of State Kerry

PEN America

April 30, 2014

PEN sent the following letter to Secretary of State John Kerry on the eve of his visit to Ethiopia to urge him to raise the case of imprisoned journalist Eskinder Nega, winner of the 

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Celebrity Musicians Can’t Feed the World: William Easterly

The trouble with Live Aid, Live 8, and pop star condescension

 

By William Easterly | Slate.com

April 29, 2014

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I was browsing in a used record store in the small town of Bowling Green, Ohio,

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“አፍሪካ ተስፋ ይኖራታልን?”

ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም 

ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ

በአፍሪካ ተስፋችን ሊሟጠጥ ይችላልን?

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እ.ኤ.አ ማርች 2004 ኒኮላስ ክሪስቶፍ የተባለው ለኒዮርክ ታይምስ መጽሔት መጣጥፍ የሚያቀርቡት ተዋቂ ጸሀፊ ስለአፍሪካ መጻኢ …

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ENTC weekly radio – April 28

Listen to ENTC radio program – April 28

News and analysis, ENTC public meeting in Washington DC – Part 2

Listen here (mp3)

To listen by phone – 213-992-4363…

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“Is there any hope for Africa?”

hopeShould we despair over Africa?In March 2004, Nicholas Kristof, the noted columnist for the New York Times declared in frustration,  “Africa is a mess. It is the only continent that has gotten poorer over the last four decades and …
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Semayawi Party prepares for peaceful protest rally today in Addis Ababa

Semayawi Party Semayawi Party is staging another peaceful protest march in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa today to demand the release of political prisoners and respect for basic rights.

Over the past week, as Semayawi Party was preparing for today’s demonstration, the ruling …

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Robbery disguised as progress: TPLF evicting residents of landmark Addis neighborhoods

Residents of  Kazanchis, American Gibi, Teklehaimanot, Kirkos, Dejach Wube Sefer, given just 3 weeks to evacuate; land sold to developers.

By Wudeneh Zenebe | Ethiopian Reporter

April 26, 2014

 

 

The Addis Ababa City Administration urged city residents in

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Mother of California stowaway living in refugee camp in Ethiopia

Associated Press

April 25, 2014

SAN JOSE, Calif. –  A United Nations official says the mother of a California teenager who stowed away on a flight to Hawaii is living in a refugee camp in Ethiopia.

Ubah Mohammed Abdule, 33, …

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በኢትዮጵያ የቅንጦት ግድቦችን መገደብ ለምን አስፈለገ?

ከፕሮፌሰር  አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም

ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ

ባለፈው ሳምንት የዓለም አቀፍ ወንዞችን እና  ለሶስት አስርት ዓመታት በእነርሱ ላይ ህልውናቸውን መስርተው የሚኖሩ ህዝቦችን መብት ለማስጠበቅ በግንባርቀደምነት በሚታገለው ዓለም አቀፍ ድርጅት ኢንተርናሽናል ሪቨርስ (የዓለም አቀፍ ወንዞች ጥበቃ) ላይ የኢትዮጵያ ገዥ አካል ለእራሱ ጥቅም …

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Ethiopia’s villagisation scheme fails to bear fruit

By William Davison | The Guardian

April 22, 2014

 

The orderly village of Agulodiek in Ethiopia‘s western Gambella region stands in stark contrast to Elay, a settlement 5km west of Gambella town, where collapsed straw huts strewn with

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Ethiopia: Trapped By a Crippled Telecom

By Kalkidan Yibeltal | addisstandard.com

April 21, 2014

A soaring number of option-deprived customers and eye-watering packages continue to swell the earnings of the state monopoly Ethio telecom. In return the inglorious institution kept on crippling everything this country has

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ENTC Weekly radio – April 21

Listen to ENTC radio program – April 21

News and analysis, ENTC public meeting in Washington DC

Listen here (mp3)

To listen by phone – 213-992-4363…

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Land campaigners criticise World Bank doing business and benchmarking of the business of Agriculture in Africa

By Ishmael Kindama | Standard Times Press

April 22, 2014

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As a promoter and financer of large-scale land investments in agriculture, the World Bank Group has been accused by campaigners on land rights issues as key driver of land …

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Dam! White Elephants in Ethiopia?

white elephant Last week, in a bizarre display of faux outrage and indignation, the regime in Ethiopia unleashed its big “experts” to go after International Rivers, an organization that has been leading the global struggle to protect rivers and the rights …

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የአፍሪካ ሰብዓዊ መብት ኮሚሽን የታሰሩ ሙስሊሞችን ክስ ተቀበለ

 

April 19, 2014

 

ጋምቢያ የሚገኘው የአፍሪካ ሰብዓዊ መብት ኮሚሽን በሽብር ተከሰው በእስር ላይ የሚገኙ “የሙስሊሙ መፍትሔ አፈላላጊ ኮሚቴ” አባላት ያቀረቡትን የክስ አቤቱታ እንደተቀበለ ምንጮች ገለፁ፡፡

የኮሚቴው አባላት የክስ አቤቱታውን ያቀረቡት ከወራት በፊት ሲሆን በእነ አቡበከር አህመድ መዝገብ በሽብር …

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ወያኔ የጋበዛቸዉ የኮሪያ ኤክሰፐርቶች ያለ ባህር በር ማደግ አስቸጋሪ ነዉ አሉ

ከግብርና ወደ ኢንዱስትሪ የሚደረግ ሽግግርና የባህር በር አለመኖር ፈተና

 

በ   |  ሪፖርተር ጋዜጣ

April 16, 2014

ደቡብ ኮሪያ ከ30 ዓመታት በፊት ኢትዮጵያ አሁን በምትኝበት የኢኮኖሚ ደረጃ ላይ ትገኝ እንደነበር ይነገራል፡፡ ሆኖም የአምስት ዓመት የኢኮኖሚ ልማት ፕሮግራም በመንደፍ

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Wro. Assegedech Assefa: Ethiopia’s First Solo Woman Pilot

Assegedech Assefa Click here to watch interview with Woizero Assegedech Asefa

The first African woman pilot

By Negest Abate

Fifty four years ago, Weizero (MS) Asegedech Assefa, born from a privileged Ethiopian family, became the first female pilot; by breaking barriers in …

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First Hijra Foundation press release

 

 

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Ethiopia’s anti-terror law suppresses press freedom: Press TV

http://www.presstv.ir/

Wed Apr 16, 2014

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), a continental body of African free expression organizations, condemned the 27-year sentence imposed by Ethiopia on veteran Somali journalist, Mohamed Aweys Mudey.

Ethiopian prosecutors accused Mudey of having …

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Civilians and police clash in the town of Aykel, north eastern Ethiopia

Aykel town Ethiopia

An eyewitness who resides in the town of Aykel, Chilga Awraja, informed Ethiopian Review that a bloody confrontation took place between local population and TPLF regime security forces. Several civilians and soldiers have died and the regime is now sending …

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ENTC Washington DC Public meeting – Report

ENTC concluded a successful public meeting in Washington DC on April 13, 2014

Read the Report here (pdf)

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የሩዋንዳ የዘር ማጥፋት ረዥም ጥቁር ጥላዉን በ(መካከለኛው) አፍሪካ ጥሎአል

ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም

ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ

 

1994 የሩዋንዳ የጭፍጨፋ እና የእልቂት ጸጸት 2014 የመካከለኛው አፍሪካ ሪፐብሊክ ሰማይ ላይ እያንዣበበ ነው!

ባለፈው ሳምንት የሩዋንዳ ህዝብ እርስ በእርስ የተራረደበትን 20ኛውን ዓመት የሩዋንዳ የዘር ፍጅት መጥፎ ገጽታ ለማስታወስ የሀዘን …

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ENTC Washington DC public meeting (short video clip)

ENTC held a successful public meeting in Washington DC on April 13, 2014. Invited guests and ENTC leaders made great presentations and discussions. We will release the full report and video of the event when it is ready. In the …

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The Long Shadow of Rwanda on (Central) Africa

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Last week, the people of Rwanda began a solemn week of official mourning to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Rwanda Genocide. On April 6, 1994, Hutu extremist leaders in government, …

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ከአገር መውጣት የማይችሉ ባለሥልጣናት በጭንቀት ውስጥ ናቸው

አሁን ያለው ኢህአዴግ ላዩ በቀለም ቀቢ የተዋበ ይመስላል

Source:  Goolgule.com

April 10, 2014

 

 

ኢህአዴግ በሙስና ስም የ”ማጥራት ዘመቻ” ማካሄዱን ተከትሎ የተከሰተው አለመተማመንና እርስ በርስ በጥርጥር የመተያየት ችግር ካድሬውን ማስጨነቁ ተጠቆመ። ኢህአዴግን ለመሰናበት የሚፈልጉ በርካታ ካድሬዎች “ለምን” በሚል የሚቀርብላቸውን …

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የዓለም ወንጀለኛ ፍርድ ቤትን (ICC) ከውድቀት አደጋ መከላከል

ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም

ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ

ፍትህ እንደገና ዘገየችን?

እ.ኤ.አ በዚህ ዓመት በጃኗሪ ወር መጨረሻ አካባቢ “ኬንያታ በዓለም አቀፉ የወንጀለኞች ፍርድ ቤት (አይሲሲ/ICC): ዘግይቶ መቅረብ ፍትህ እንደተነፈገ መቆጠር የለበትምን?“ በሚል ርዕስ ትችት አቅርቤ ነበር፡፡ በዚያ ትችቴ ላይ ICC የኡሁሩ …

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MEDREK or the End of a Political Masquerade? Messay Kebede

It is now abundantly clear that the project of creating a strong multiparty opposition by uniting unitary parties and ethnic parties is anything but feasible. The inability of MEDREK to achieve unity despite numerous attempts as well as Dr. Negaso …

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ቤተ-መንግስት ስር የሚኖሩ ቤት አልባዎች በጅብ መንጋ ልንበላ ነው አሉ

Addisadmassnews.com

Apri 7, 2014

ቦታው ለልማት ይፈለጋል ተብሎ ቤት ሲፈርስ፣መጠለያ አጥተው ቤተ-መንግስት ስር መኖር የጀመሩት  48 ቤት አልባዎች፤ሰሞኑን “በጅብ መንጋ ልንበላ ነው” ሲሉ ምሬትና አቤቱታቸውን ገለፁ፡፡ ከጅቦቹ ይከላከሉናል ብለን የሰበሰብናቸው ውሾችም በወረዳው ባለስልጣናት በመርዝ ስለተገደሉብን ከፍተኛ ስጋት ላይ ነን ብለዋል …

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Saving the ICC: A Proposal for a Witness Protection Program

ICC WITSEC Justice delayed, again?

In late January of this year, I wrote a commentary entitled, “Kenyatta at the ICC: Is Justice Deferred, Justice Denied?” In that commentary I openly expressed my angst over the endless delays, postponements and backpedalling …

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Kenenisa Bekele wins Paris Marathon

Kenenisa Bekele

PARIS (AP) — Three-time Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia won the Paris marathon Sunday on his debut at the distance.

Bekele completed the 42-kilometre (26-mile) race in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 4 seconds to break the race record set …

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Obang Addresses Women’s National Democratic Club

Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE)

SMNE

April 2, 2014

The reason I am with you today began on December 13, 2003[i] when Ethiopian National Defense Forces, accompanied by militia groups they had armed, began a massacre of leaders …

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“ሺህ ዘጠኝ መቶ ሰማንያ አራት” በሁለት ሺህ አስራ አራቷ ኢትዮጵያ እይታ ሲገመገም፣

ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም

ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ 

Meles Zenawi1 “ታላ ወንድም” በአንክሮ እየተመለከቷችሁ ነው! በሚስጥር፡ የሚንሾካሾከው ወሮበላ መንግስት በ2014ቷ ኢትዮጵያ 

በኢትዮጵያ ያለው ሚስጥር አነፍናፊው ገዥ አካል በጉአዳ ውስጥ የተደበቁ የኢትዮጵያውያንን/ትን ሚስጥሮች መርምሮ ለማውጣት በጣም ውድ የሆኑ የኤሌክትሮኒክስ መሳሪያዎችን በመጠቀም የስለላ ፕሮግራሞችን በመተግበር …

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Ethiopia Habtemariam is named president of Motown

Ethiopia Habtemariam(ALLACCESS.COM) – UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP has reorganized its EAST COAST recorded music operations that re-establishes DEF JAM RECORDINGS, ISLAND RECORDS and MOTOWN RECORDS as stand-alone labels within the UMG family.

In making the announcement, UMG Chairman/CEO LUCIAN GRAINGE said, “UMG …

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ENTC Press Release – A clear-cut solution for the cirsis in Ethiopia

ENTC issued a press release today outlining the road map to a solution for the crisis in Ethiopia.

Read the statement (pdf)  Amharic     English

 

 

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Ethiopian sues UK for funding repression in his country

By Ian Birrell | Dailymail.co.uk

March 29, 2014
The farmer claims aid is funding a despotic one-party state in his country
Alleges regime is forcing thousands from their land using murder and rape
Prime Minister David Cameron says donations are …

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How Ethiopia Spies on Its Diaspora Abroad

European companies sell surveillance technologies to abusive foreign regimes

By Felix Horne | The Wall Street Journal
March 31, 2014
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Many Europeans are upset over revelations that the United States government spies on them. But European companies are selling surveillance
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