By Stephanie McCrummen
Washington Post Foreign Service
NAIROBI — Three Ethiopian journalists who had been held for almost two years in an Addis Ababa prison said that days after being cleared of all charges and released this spring, they each …
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Freed Ethiopians Describe Abuse, Intimidation
14 Ethiopian groups call for action in Ogaden
For Immediate Release: August 17, 2007.
We, the undersigned, as members of Ethiopian human rights organizations, Ethiopian civic organizations and in the Ethiopian religious community, call for immediate action to stop the outrageous human rights abuses going on in the …
Expelled Eritreans seek damages from Ethiopia
[Lawyer Ruta Ghebremichael receives a war damage claims from a woman in her office in Asmara in this file photo from July 30, 2007. REUTERS/Jack Kimball]
By Jack Kimball
ASMARA (Reuters) – Standing in a muddy courtyard, 65-year-old Letezai Tewolde-Bahta’s …
Kinijit leaders will arrive in the US on Aug. 29
A six-member delegation of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) led by the party’s chairman Ato Hailu Shawel will arrive at Washington DC’s Dulles Airport on Wednesday, August 29, at 8 AM.
Previously they were scheduled to arrive …
Ethiopia set for millennium party – Reuters
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters) — More than seven years after most of the world marked the start of the 21st century, Ethiopia is putting the finishing touches to its own millennium bash.
A screen in Addis Ababa counts down the …
Ethiopia set for millennium party – Reuters
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters) — More than seven years after most of the world marked the start of the 21st century, Ethiopia is putting the finishing touches to its own millennium bash.
A screen in Addis Ababa counts down the …
31 Kinijit Party leaders released from prison
Addis Ababa (ENA) – The Ministry of Justice said Ethiopian President Girma Woldegiorgis approved the pardon plea of other 31 members and leaders of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD).Some 38 of the 71 members and leaders of CUD, …
Ethiopian Airlines plans more flights to China and India
(Reuters) – Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Airlines hopes to tap surging growth in China and India by opening new flights aimed at making Addis Ababa their gateway to Africa, chief executive Girma Wake said.
“Even one per cent of that market …
Abba Gebremedhin says ‘we were Christians before Christ’
By Gamal Nkrumah, Al-Haram
“We were Christian for over a thousand years before Christ,” Abba Gebremedhin [formerly known as Abba Paulos], the [illegitimate] Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, declared nonplused.
“We have been Christian since Queen Makeda [the …
Abba Gebremedhin says 'we were Christians before Christ'
By Gamal Nkrumah, Al-Haram
“We were Christian for over a thousand years before Christ,” Abba Gebremedhin [formerly known as Abba Paulos], the [illegitimate] Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, declared nonplused.
“We have been Christian since Queen Makeda [the …
Ethiopian History on display at the Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago
New Exhibit Celebrates One of Ethiopia’s Finest Living Artists
The Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA) in Chicago,- announces the opening of Painting Ethiopia: The Life and Work of Qes Adamu Tesfaw. On display from Saturday, September 1 to Sunday, …
Woyanne claims it foiled OLF attack
The Chinese News Agency, Xinhua, reports that the Woyanne regime claims to have stopped the Oromo Liberation Front from carrying out attacks against the regime. Read the news below >>>
This latest attempt was targeted at bombing infrastructures and public …
U.S. Policy in the Horn of Africa – James Swan
By James Swan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs
4th International Conference on Ethiopian Development Studies
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
August 4, 2007
As Delivered
Good afternoon, and thank you, professor for inviting me to join you in Kalamazoo. …
Taye Woldesemayat is kicked out of ETA
The Ethiopian Teachers Assocation (ETA) has dismissed its long-time chairman, Dr Taye Woldesemayat last week, according to Addis Dimts Radio reporter in Addis Ababa.
ETA’s 7-member executive committee reportedly made the decision to fire Dr Taye after he failed to …
R&B, jazz to fuel a 1960s golden age in Ethiopian music
By Robin Denselow
The Guardian
It’s a scorching hot afternoon in a recording studio on the outskirts of the southern French city of Toulouse, and the talk is of music and Ethiopia. Inspired by the Ethiopiques albums compiled by French …
R&B, jazz to fuel a 1960s golden age in Ethiopian music
By Robin Denselow
The Guardian
It’s a scorching hot afternoon in a recording studio on the outskirts of the southern French city of Toulouse, and the talk is of music and Ethiopia. Inspired by the Ethiopiques albums compiled by French …
R&B, jazz to fuel a 1960s golden age in Ethiopian music
By Robin Denselow
The Guardian
It’s a scorching hot afternoon in a recording studio on the outskirts of the southern French city of Toulouse, and the talk is of music and Ethiopia. Inspired by the Ethiopiques albums compiled by French …
Ethiopians demand explanations on land giveaway to Sudan
OPEN LETTER TO THE ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER MR. MELES ZENAWI
[በኣማርኛ, pdf]
Mr. Meles Zenawi,
Prime Minister
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
August 8, 2007
Mr. Prime Minister,
The characteristic peculiar to our country, which distinguishes it from other countries, …
Kinijit delegation to visit the United States starting Aug 20
A six-member high-level delegation of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) headed by Ato Hailu Shawel will depart Ethiopia for the United States on August 20, according to Ethiopian Review sources.
The delegates include Ato Hailu Shawel (president), …
Woyane says 502 Ogaden rebels killed
(Reuters) The Woyanne regime in Ethiopia said it had killed more than 500 rebels and captured 170 in the past two months during an offensive in the volatile but energy-rich Ogaden region bordering Somalia.
The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) …
ESAC condemns the deliberate attack on Civilian and Religious place In Jigjiga
The Ethiopian Somali Advocacy Council (ESAC)
Washington, Dc
Press Release
The inhuman attack on a market and religious place, a church, in Jigjiga, in the capital of Somali Region shows that the authoritarian regime of Meles Zenawi is on his …
Woyanne regime says export income falls short of target
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia earned more than $1.3 billion from exports in 2006/07, missing its $1.5 billion target owing to price fluctuations in international markets, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said on Tuesday. [How much of it went …
Ogaden’s downward spiral
By Simon Tisdall
The Guardian
Rising tensions in the Ogaden region of eastern Ethiopia, combined with chronic instability in neighbouring Somalia, Eritrean enmity, and human rights concerns, are testing US support for the Addis Ababa government led by Clinton-era good …
Ogaden's downward spiral
By Simon Tisdall
The Guardian
Rising tensions in the Ogaden region of eastern Ethiopia, combined with chronic instability in neighbouring Somalia, Eritrean enmity, and human rights concerns, are testing US support for the Addis Ababa government led by Clinton-era good …
Woyanne says 200 ONLF rebels killed in crackdown
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 7, 2007 (AFP) – Ethiopia’s defence ministry [the Woyanne junta] Tuesday said government troops had killed 200 rebels and captured hundreds in the restive predominantly Somali southern region of Ogaden over the past month.
“Over 200 anti-peace …
Ethiopia earned $40 million from gold exports
Ethiopia earned $40 million from the export of gold supplied by traditional small-scale miners during the past 11 months, Ethiopian Mines and Energy Minister said on Monday.
Alemayehu Tegenu told journalists in Addis Ababa that close two tons of gold …
Woyanne executes Kinfe Gebremedhin’s killer
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters) — The Woyanne regime in Ethiopia executed a military officer convicted of killing the country’s former head of security and immigration, the federal prison service said.
Major Tsehai Wolde Selassie was convicted of shooting dead Kinfe …
Woyanne executes Kinfe Gebremedhin's killer
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters) — The Woyanne regime in Ethiopia executed a military officer convicted of killing the country’s former head of security and immigration, the federal prison service said.
Major Tsehai Wolde Selassie was convicted of shooting dead Kinfe …
Tesfaye Yirga of the Ethiopian Treachers Association is released
On Saturday, we reported that the Ethiopian Teachers Association’s (ETA) office in Addis Ababa was surrounded and the head of the Addis Ababa chapter of the ETA, Ato Tesfaye Yirga, has been arrested.
We have now been informed that Ato …
Karg in Africa: Blue Nile Gorge, Ethiopia
(The story of our adventure through the eastern and northern sides of Africa overland in our Landrover in 2007.)
Monday 6th August 2007 Baro Hotel – Addis Ababa
We proceeded back to Addis to the …
Siphoning off the Ethiopian Airlines’ profit?
The Ethiopian Airlines CEO last Friday announced that the airline has made an annual profit of 129 million birr (see below). When that amount is converted to U.S. dollar, it amounts to only $14 million. EAL (referred to by some …
Siphoning off the Ethiopian Airlines' profit?
The Ethiopian Airlines CEO last Friday announced that the airline has made an annual profit of 129 million birr (see below). When that amount is converted to U.S. dollar, it amounts to only $14 million. EAL (referred to by some …
Two bombs in eastern Ethiopia kill 1, wound 8
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 6 (Reuters) – One civilian was killed and eight wounded in two bomb blasts in Ethiopia’s Ogaden region, officials said on Monday, as Ogaden rebels and the government blamed each other for the explosions.
“Two suspects have …
Vague promise of finding oil drives violence in Ethiopia
Deadly battle for quixotic prize: Vague promise of finding oil drives violence in Ethiopia, complicating a region already embroiled in civil war, as nation’s real natural gas reserves attract global attention
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Petroleum nearly killed …
Ethiopian Teachers Association under attack
By Wondimu Mekonnen
There is a disturbing new development in the premises of the Ethiopian Teachers Association (ETA) in Addis Ababa, this week. The time is a summer break for teachers in Ethiopia. Using this opportunity, the Addis Ababa branch …
Lift-off to a new life – the story of Abebe Fekadu
By Natascha Mirosch
The Sunday Mail
HE MIGHT not have been able to stand when the national anthem was played in Darwin at the Arafura games in May this year, but you couldn’t find a prouder Australian than Abebe Fekadu.…
Haile Gebreselassie: The distance-running king isn’t resting on his laurels
By LYNN ZINSER
The New York Times
Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia walked through Manhattan on a sweltering afternoon, a slight man in a simple khaki outfit, drawing attention only because two burly bodyguards cleared a path for him. Gebrselassie’s trademark …
Haile Gebreselassie: The distance-running king isn't resting on his laurels
By LYNN ZINSER
The New York Times
Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia walked through Manhattan on a sweltering afternoon, a slight man in a simple khaki outfit, drawing attention only because two burly bodyguards cleared a path for him. Gebrselassie’s trademark …
Looking at the effects of the Ethiopia-Eritrea border dispute
By Maru Gubena
(This paper was written in early 2000, and was published in Ethiopian Review Magazine and other Ethiopian newsletters at that time. Although the text is almost a decade old, the issues analyzed are still current and …
Explosion kills one person and injures three in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) One person was killed and three others injured when a mortar exploded in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, APA learnt here on Friday.
Police said the mortar exploded in Merkato, one of the largest open markets in …
50 000 Somalis flee to Ethiopia
Addis Ababa (Reuters) – About 50 000 Somalis have crossed into neighbouring Ethiopia in the past six months of instability in their homeland, and most are living without humanitarian aid, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
The UN High Commissioner …
Obituary: Shimeles Gessesse
Shimeles Gessesse (August 06, 1954 – July 23, 2007)
KEIZER, OREGON – Shimeles Gessesse (Shimmy) was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on August 6, 1954. He came to the United States in 1975 to attend Oregon College of Education (now …
Obituary: Shimeles Gessesse
Shimeles Gessesse (August 06, 1954 – July 23, 2007)
KEIZER, OREGON – Shimeles Gessesse (Shimmy) was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on August 6, 1954. He came to the United States in 1975 to attend Oregon College of Education (now …
Red Cross confirms pullout from Ethiopian region
GENEVA (Reuters) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has pulled out from Ethiopia’s restive Ogaden region following a government order, but still hopes to return, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.
Authorities in Ethiopia last week gave the …
Corruption engulfing Kinijit exposed further
Ethiopian Review and EMF conducted a press conference with Kinijit North America auditor, Ato Tesfaye Asmamaw. Ato Tesfaye, a senior accountant with the U.S. Federal Elections Commission, has also served as the auditor of Kinijit North America. Ato Tesfaye has …
Kangaroo court in Ethiopia sentenced opposition members
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia August 1, 2007 (ENA – state controlled) – The Federal High Court [kangaroo court] has sentenced five leaders and members of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) from four to 16-year rigorous jail terms.
In …
A Battle in the U.S. Congress: Lobbyists vs. Human Rights Advocates for Ethiopia
By Scott A. Morgan
American Chronicle
We all noticed last fall when the American Voters decidely threw out a Republican Congress and replaced it with the Democrats. But it is becoming clear that if WE expected a change in how …
U.S.-Ethiopia: A Double-Edged Partnership
By Stephanie Hanson
Council on Foreign Relations
After Ethiopia’s December invasion of Somalia to vanquish Islamic militants, many observers labeled Addis Ababa a proxy of the United States, and a few even called it a “puppet.” Both labels implied the …
Dr Taye’s rogue group votes not to dissolve itself
Members of the controversial Kinijit International Council (K.I.C.) held a meeting yesterday to discuss their group’s status after receiving a letter from the main leadership in Addis Ababa informing them that it is taking back the political leadership of the …
Dr Taye's rogue group votes not to dissolve itself
Members of the controversial Kinijit International Council (K.I.C.) held a meeting yesterday to discuss their group’s status after receiving a letter from the main leadership in Addis Ababa informing them that it is taking back the political leadership of the …
Karg in Africa: Awassa, Ethiopia
(The story of our adventure through the eastern and northern sides of Africa overland in our Landrover in 2007.)
By Lorraine and Neville Karg
Tuesday 31st July 2007 Awassa
We had a lovely night and left early in the morning …
Ethiopia treason suspects “acted within law”
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A U.N. elections consultant told an Ethiopian treason trial on Tuesday two anti-poverty activists charged with trying to overthrow the government had been acting within the law.
Daniel Bekele, 40, and Netsanet Demissie, 29, are the …
Ethiopia treason suspects "acted within law"
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A U.N. elections consultant told an Ethiopian treason trial on Tuesday two anti-poverty activists charged with trying to overthrow the government had been acting within the law.
Daniel Bekele, 40, and Netsanet Demissie, 29, are the …
Female circumcision declines in Ethiopia’s southern region
ADDIS ABABA, 31 July 2007 (IRIN) – The number of girls and women who undergo female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) has declined in Ethiopia’s Southern Regional State, and could be reduced further if stronger penalties were enforced, an NGO leader said.…
Female circumcision declines in Ethiopia's southern region
ADDIS ABABA, 31 July 2007 (IRIN) – The number of girls and women who undergo female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) has declined in Ethiopia’s Southern Regional State, and could be reduced further if stronger penalties were enforced, an NGO leader said.…
Ethiopian opposition party denies links in treason trial
Addis Ababa – Ethiopian opposition officials told a court on Monday that two anti-poverty activists on trial for allegedly trying to overthrow the government were never members of their movement. Daniel Bekele, 40, and Netsanet Demissie, 29, are the last …
Nearly 12,000 Ethiopians left homeless by floods
ADDIS ABABA — Nearly 12,000 people have been displaced and one person has died in western Ethiopia in flash floods over the weekend, an official said Tuesday.
“As of now, we only know that 11,886 people have been displaced and …
Conference on Female Genital Cutting Opens in Addis Ababa
By Joe De Capua, VOA
Washington
In Addis Ababa, a five-day conference is underway on female genital cutting. The UN Population Fund says worldwide, up to 140 million women and girls have been subjected to the practice, which is also …
Kinijit Int’l Leadership hands over political leadership back to the freed leaders
The Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party’s International Leadership (K.I.L.) announced yesterday that it is handing over political leadership back to the recently freed top leaders of the party in Addis Ababa.
At a press conference that was attended by …
Kinijit Int'l Leadership hands over political leadership back to the freed leaders
The Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party’s International Leadership (K.I.L.) announced yesterday that it is handing over political leadership back to the recently freed top leaders of the party in Addis Ababa.
At a press conference that was attended by …
There are only 2,500 Internet users in Ethiopia
Information Technology in Ethiopia
By EITPA
The 1960’s witnessed the advent of information technology in Ethiopia, when the mainframe computers were introduced for the first time in Africa. Despite being installed in the important sectors of military, defense, finance, telecom, …
Ethiopian regime turns its critics into untouchables
By ZOE ALSOP AND NICK WADHAMS
The Globe and Mail
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Dressed in a black Adidas track suit and seated amid a comfortable clutter of term papers and political science tomes in his modest office at Addis …
Oromo youth group organizes large rally in Minneapolis
By Ifrah Jimale, StarTribune.com
Two thousand Oromo people, part of the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, marched Thursday to the State Capitol to raise awareness of human rights violations in Ethiopia.
People came from around the United States, Canada, …
Letter to the Ethiopian Canadians
By Obang Metho
Dear Ethiopian Canadians,
We are thrilled with the release of the 38 political leaders, human rights defenders, journalists and political activists this past week, yet the crisis in Ethiopia remains serious despite this good news. Instead, it …
Freed Ethiopian opposition condemn govt “propaganda”
ADDIS ABABA, July 26 (Reuters) – Ethiopian opposition leaders accused the government on Thursday of waging an “intensive propaganda campaign” against them through state media, less than a week after being freed in a clemency deal.
Thirty eight …
Freed Ethiopian opposition condemn govt "propaganda"
ADDIS ABABA, July 26 (Reuters) – Ethiopian opposition leaders accused the government on Thursday of waging an “intensive propaganda campaign” against them through state media, less than a week after being freed in a clemency deal.
Thirty eight …
Deal Near on Food for Sealed Area of Ethiopia
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
The New York Times
LAMU, Kenya, July 25 — United Nations officials and the Ethiopian government appear to have reached an agreement to allow emergency food aid into a conflict-ridden area that the Ethiopian military has been …
Dr Yacob Hailemariam vows to finish what he started
By MATTHEW BOWERS, The Virginian-Pilot
Despite spending 21 months in prison with a life sentence looming, former Norfolk State University professor Yacob Hailemariam said Wednesday he has no regrets about his activism in his home country Ethiopia.
“Believe me, it …
Recently freed Kinijit leaders issue a statement
The Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit)
Press Release
July 25, 2007
As a result of the political unrest in our country, following the May 2005 election, lives have been lost, human and …
Five Ethiopian opposition members seek pardon
By ANITA POWELL, Associated Press Writer
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—Five opposition members imprisoned since 2005 pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempting to overthrow Ethiopia’s government, but asked the judge for a pardon.
The Meles regime pardoned and freed 38 other opposition members …
Meles Goes from Strategic Starver to UN Partner in a Day
By Matthew Russell Lee of Inner City Press
UNITED NATIONS, July 23 — Does the UN system have humanitarian access to the Ogaden region of Ethiopia or not? In the July 22 New York Times, the director of the UN …
Back in Addis, goodbye and good riddance!
A sad but not-far-from-the-truth observation about the current state of things in Ethiopia by a couple of American tourists.
We spent the weekend at the Sheraton in Addis Ababa the capital of Ethiopia. I was glad …
Karg in Africa: Ethiopia
(The story of our adventure through the eastern and northern sides of Africa overland in our Landrover in 2007.)
Tuesday 24th July 2007 Bekele Mola Hotel, Arba Minch
This morning we went up to Chencho, …
The moral hazards of dealing with Meles Zenawi
Washington Post Editorial
Saturday, July 21, 2007
MORE THAN once during the Cold War, the United States aligned itself with dictatorial or corrupt, but anticommunist, foreign governments, compromising democratic principles for perceived advantage against the Soviet Union. These choices were …
Ethiopia rebels warn catastrophe looming in Ogaden
NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuters) — Ogaden rebels warned of a looming “man-made famine” in Ethiopia’s remote area bordering Somalia and called on Monday for a U.N. investigation into accusations the government was blocking food aid to the region.
On Sunday, a …
The “Sheik” vs. Ethiopian Review
By Yared Nerayo
Comments made on EthiopianReview.com are being scrutinized by one of the largest foreign investors in Ethiopia, Al-Amoudi, and his high-powered lawyers, for possible legal action against the magazine’s publisher. Al-Amoudi, A.K.A. the “Sheik”, has embraced the Tigray …
Ethiopia’s opposition parties need to rethink relations with Eritrea
By Haile Lemma
Most Ethiopians, particularly the hardline Nationalists, hold the perception that Eritrea is still conspiring with the woyanne regime against the interests of Ethiopia. They believe that even the bloody border conflict between the two countries is an …
Ethiopia's opposition parties need to rethink relations with Eritrea
By Haile Lemma
Most Ethiopians, particularly the hardline Nationalists, hold the perception that Eritrea is still conspiring with the woyanne regime against the interests of Ethiopia. They believe that even the bloody border conflict between the two countries is an …
The EPRDF, Civil Society Organizations and Human Rights in Ethiopia
By Paulos Milkias
The EPRDF party is driven by power as an end in itself. The lure of the current Ethiopian government’s authority has in fact transformed the political party into a power-machine that crushes everything on its way, including …
Fear of torture or ill-treatment for political detainees in Ethiopia
Amnesty International
Further Information on UA 88/07 (AFR 25/002/2007, 16 April 2007) – Incommunicado detention/
Bashir Ahmed Makhtal (m), Canadian national
Halima Badrudine Hussein (f), Comorian national
Ayub Abdurazak (m), French resident
Tesfaldet Kidane Tesfasgi (m), Eritrean national, television cameraman…
Ethiopia blocks opposition Web sites: watchdog
By Andrew Heavens
Reuters
An Internet watchdog on Tuesday accused Ethiopia of blocking scores of anti-government Web sites and millions of blogs in one of sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest cases of cyber-censorship.
Web monitor, the OpenNet Initiative, said the Horn of …
How rescued British diplomats in Ethiopia abandoned their local staff – for the second time
By BARBARA JONES
The Daily Mail
The chandeliers in the grand drawing room of the Ambassador’s Residence sparkled overhead.
Swathes of tartan were draped round the room and a bottle of whisky stood at the centre of every table as …
The only way the US can prop up its client regime in Somalia is through lawlessness and slaughter
By Salim Lone
The Guardian
This is the most lawless war of our generation. All wars of aggression lack legitimacy, but no conflict in recent memory has witnessed such mounting layers of illegality as the current one in Somalia. Violations …
Addis Ababa University students angry at Menelik II hospital
Addis Ababa University students expressed outrage and anger on Tuesday after doctors at Menelik II hospital allegedly took out some parts from the body of a student. Daily Monitor reports as follows:
The deceased Ahmed Abdurrahman, a 3rd year physics …
Ethiopia rebels want to hand over Chinese hostages
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian rebels who killed 74 people and seized seven Chinese workers in a raid on an oilfield said on Thursday they had no plans to hold the hostages or to attack other foreign companies.
A London-based …
Chaos at Addis Ababa University
Addis Ababa – Dozens of students were injured on Thursday in clashes with each other and the police at Ethiopia’s largest university, said students.
One student said he saw another killed by demonstrators, and about 50 wounded in …
Ethnic Somali rebels kill 74 at Chinese oilfield in Ethiopia
By Anita Powell in Addis Ababa
The Guardian
Rebels stormed a Chinese-run oilfield in eastern Ethiopia yesterday, killing 74 workers and destroying the facility, guerrillas and government officials said.
The Ogaden National Liberation Front, an ethnic Somali group that has …
San Francisco Chronicle reports about torture in Ethiopia
Reports of torture in Ethiopia are widespread
By Nick Wadhams
San Francisco Chronicle
Ghimbi, Ethiopia — First, the police threw Tesfaye into a dark cell. Then, each day for 17 days, it was the same routine: Electric shocks on his …
War Crimes Are Being Committed in Mogadishu, Somalia, but does the world care?
By Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi
The scenes coming out of Mogadishu are so horrible that they are unbearable to watch. Civilians are lying dead in their homes and on the streets; there is no water; no electricity; hospitals have been shelled …
Joy amid struggle – The Getatchew Haile story
Is this Dr. Getatchew Haile? the caller asks.
Yes, Getatchew answers into the telephone.
Can I come over and talk to you?, the voice asks.
Why and about what?, Getatchew asks, skeptical.
It’s Oct. …
The Christmas War in the Horn of Africa Continues: What is the Way Out?
By Mammo Muchie (Ethiopia) & Osman Abdulkadir Farah (Somalia)
Introduction
Once again the Horn of Africa is on the news radar screen with the usual nauseating projection and imaging of a region embroiled with a seemingly unending litany of violence, …
Acid attack on woman shocks Ethiopia
By Amber Henshaw
BBC News
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Kamilat Mehdi, 21, had a bright future ahead of her. She dreamt about doing a degree and becoming an air hostess.
All that changed one night when she was walking home …
Democracy and the War on Terrorism: The Curious Case of Ethiopia
By Adugnaw Worku
Ethiopians have been confused and puzzled by America’s indifference to the on-going political crisis in their homeland. During the 2005 Ethiopian election and after, conventional wisdom among Ethiopians assumed that The United States would stand with them …
A Night Vigil for Hostages in Ethiopia
By Tedla Asfaw
I read yesterday a report by BBC about the night vigil in Addis Ababa, Anglican church for the release of Ethiopian hostages in Eritrea. In front of Downing Street in London, Ethiopian Diaspora have been holding vigil …
Ethiopian-American artists make their mark
By Neda Ulaby, NPR’s Morning Edition
A generation of Ethiopian Americans is making its mark on the arts. They are part of a wave of young people whose families fled Ethiopia in the 1970s and who came of age in …
Pledge for a Long Hot Summer for Meles Zenawi
By Ethiopians and Ethiopian-Americans for a Democratic Ethiopia
On March 5, 2007, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is set to hand down his kangaroo court ruling on one group of his political victims, the leaders of CUD – Kinijit. It is …
The IFs of History
By Afura Burtukana
When I was a student in Ethiopia, some years back, I had a History teacher whom I respect to this date. He had just graduated and it was his first year as a teacher. Yet, unlike many …
Open Letter to the People of Ethiopia and the Judges
A translation from Amharic
By Dr. Yacob Haile-Mariam
Kaliti Prison, Addis Ababa
Under the Case File “Engineer Hailu Shawel and Others,†we have been charged with serious and heinous crimes by the prosecutor of the Ethiopian government. We could have …
Ethiopia, FAO Agree to opening Sub-regional Office for Eastern Africa in Addis Ababa
Following the signature of an agreement with the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has announced the opening of a new Sub-regional Office for Eastern Africa countries here in Addis Ababa… …