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Obama assists the London police
During his trip to the U.K. to participate in the G20 meeting, U.S. President Barack Obama took time out to assist the London police in apprehending Ethiopia’s genocidal dictator Meles Zenawi (Satire).
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Ignored and isolated
By Yilma Bekele
When they said “a picture speaks a thousand words” they could have been thinking about this one. The setting definitely is a reception. The people sitting around the table appear very important since there appear to be …
Obama scolded Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi
U.S. President Barack Obama scolded Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi during a brief one-to-one encounter at the G20 meeting in London on April 2. Obama reportedly told Meles that the human rights condition in Ethiopia is deplorable and unacceptable.
Following a …
Ethiopia's Woyanne regime starts exporting coffee itself
By Jason McLure | Bloomberg
Ethiopia, Africa’s largest coffee producer, will start exporting beans itself after closing the warehouses of six of the country’s largest exporters, which it claims are stockpiling coffee and contributing to a shortage of foreign currency.…
Ethiopians in London held protest at the G-20 meeting
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Hundreds of Ethiopians held a protest rally in London today (April 2) at the site of the G-20 meeting.
The protesters opposed the appearance of Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi at the meeting. They demanded the G-20 countries to stop financing …
Tamrat Layne visits Alcatraz Prison, San Francisco
Tamrat Layne and family the notorious Alcatraz Prison in California – March 2009
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It is interesting to see that former Woyanne Prime Minister Tamrat Layne has now joined the ranks of some of the people he chased out of their …
WB launches education improvement program in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (World Bank) – The Ethiopian Government and the World Bank on March 14 officially launched the General Education Quality Improvement Program (GEQIP).
The project aims to support Ethiopia’s effort to improve the quality of general …
Genocide Watch calls for action against Ethiopia’s dictator
Genocide Watch, the international campaign to end genocide, has called on United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Justice Navanathem, to initiate an investigation against the government of Meles Zenawi. Genocide Watch cited the atrocities committed in Gambela against the …
Newspapers in Ethiopia ordered to re-register
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (afrol News) – The Ethiopian Broadcasting Agency (EBA) has ordered the existing newspapers and magazines to re-register within three months time and further barred property owners of such media from holding positions of editor or …
Warm characters and confusing timelines of Ethiopia
By Victoria Moores | Flight Global
My recent visit to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia revealed it to be a place filled with contrast, extremely warm characters and confusing timelines.
First up, the timelines. It’s like travelling back in time. No, …
Recession hits Ethiopian flower sales in Holland
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a good news since the flower farms in Ethiopia are destroying the soil. The Woyanne-affiliated flower exporters are using chemical fertilizers that are toxic to the soil and nearby lakes.
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia says …
Birtu-Can! Yes, We Can!
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
Free Birtukan and All Political Prisoners in Ethiopia!
On March 2, 2009, Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopia throughout the world will be taking to the streets to protest human rights violations by the ruling regime, and …
Two killed in Eritrea bomb blast
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Two people were killed and eight wounded when a bomb went off in a restaurant in a small town in western Eritrea, the foreign ministry said Saturday.
The explosion rocked the restaurant Wednesday. There have been …
U.S. Department of States Human Rights report on Ethiopia
United States Department of States
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Released on February 25, 2009
Ethiopia is a federal republic led by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and the ruling Ethiopian People’s …
Livestock in Ethiopia lowlands decimated by climate-change
Thousands flee ethnic clashes in southern Ethiopia – BBC
(BBC) – Tens of thousands of people have reportedly fled their homes as a result of fighting between rival groups in a remote part of southern Ethiopia.
The BBC’s Elizabeth Blunt says 300 people may have been killed …
The ‘green famine’ of southern Ethiopia: Myth or Real?
By Tegga Lendado
This article is dedicated to the victims of the recent drought, disease, malnutrition, famine, and others who are facing premature death in Southern Ethiopia. The purpose is to induce rational, religious and humanitarian response with its readers. …
Russian companies to showcase goods at Ethiopia trade fare
By Kester Kenn Klomegah
MOSCOW (IPS) – When the 13th Addis Ababa International Trade Fair officially opens tomorrow, the Russian trade delegation hopes to make its presence felt with participating industrial companies and business enterprises.
About 50 Russian …
Negash Mosque proposed as UNESCO's World Heritage Site
By International Islamic News Agency
Addis Ababa – Ethiopia launches activities to make Africa’s first mosque -Al Nejashi Mosque – as a tourist destination and a world heritage site by UNESCO in the coming few years. The Ethiopian Ministry of …
Ethiopia’s export to the U.S. rose to $152 million
EDITOR’S NOTE: Most of the exporting is being done by companies that are owned by the Meles crime family, including his wife Azeb Mesfin. The money stays in the U.S. and Ethiopia gets no benefit.
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (Reuters) – …
Food aid to Ethiopia caught up in Djibouti port
EDITOR’S NOTE: The stupid regime in Ethiopia yesterday asked for $400 million in emergency food aid, and yet it cannot even get delivery of food aid caught up in the Djibouti port.
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (PANA) – Ethiopian authorities said …
Ethiopia's regime appeals for food aid to feed 4.9m people
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (PANA) – Ethiopia, battered by the effects of climate change and exceeding national hunger, launched an appeal on Tuesday for some 4.9 million people on the verge of starvation. State Minister for Agriculture Mitiku Kassa said the …
The destruction of Ethiopia’s Lake Koka
By Tedla Asfaw
The Koka Lake I know has turned green thanks to the chemicals damped into the lake. Fertilizers, Nitrogen, Potassium and Phosphorus heavily used to grow commercial flowers and the untreated water from factories surrounding Addis Ababa are …
AigaForum vs Obang Metho: Is there racism in Ethiopia?
By Obang Metho
On the morning of February 4, an Ethiopian friend called me and asked, “Did you know you were on AigaForum?” (For those readers not familiar with AigaForum, it is well known to Ethiopians as being the EPRDF …
FIFA to receive a report on Ethiopian football dispute
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (FIFA.com) – FIFA’s Executive Committee will receive a report on Ethiopian football next month, following a joint FIFA/CAF mission to East Africa between 17-18 February. The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) is currently suspended from all FIFA and …
There are 275,000 Ethiopians registered as living in Yemen
Yemen (Yemen Times) – The rich but under-explored history between Yemen and Ethiopia dates back to ancient times. Cultural relations between two countries can be traced back to the birth of the Aksum Kingdom in Ethiopia as an extension of …
Ethiopian Airlines cuts flights to U.S. and China
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian Airlines said on Monday it was cutting flights to the United States and China as the global financial crisis hit passenger numbers.
Girma Wake, chief executive officer of the airline — one of Africa’s leading …
Wude Ayalew's shock at Ethiopia's World Cross Country trials
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (IAAF) – African 10,000m bronze medallist Wude Ayalew’s shock defeat of cross country specialists Gelete Burka and Meselech Melkamu in the senior women’s 8km was the highlight of the 26th Jan Meda International Cross Country — Ethiopia’s …
Newspaper editor disappeared in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Editor of Harambe Newspaper, Wosenseged Gebrekidan, who was sent to Kality prison last week, Feb. 19, has disappeared and his family is unable to locate him in any of the Addis Ababa and Federal prisons.
Wosenseged …
Sudanese oil company breaks in to Ethiopian market
By Tesfa-alem Tekle | Sudan Tribune
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — A Sudan based petroleum company has penetrated to Ethiopian oil market to start operation on lubricants, fuel distribution and to provide related service in the country
Wadi Alsundus Petroleum Co, …
Eritrea rejects mediation on Ethiopia border row
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has rejected any effort to mediate a border dispute with Ethiopia’s tribalist regime led by Meles Zenawi (Woyanne), calling it a “wicked ploy”, state media said on Saturday.
Last week, Ethiopia’s dictator Meles …
Ethiopia's regime urged Japan to lift ban on coffee imports
Arrest in fraudulent takeover of Ethiopia’s Citibank account
PRESS RELEASE
U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney Southern District of New York
FEBRUARY 20 , 2009
LEV L. DASSIN, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and JOSEPH M. DEMAREST, JR., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of …
Nigerian accused in scheme to swindle Ethiopian bank
EDITOR’S NOTE: Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi and wife Azeb Mesfin should also be arrested and charged with looting the country’s national treasure.
By BENJAMIN WEISER | The New York Times
Swindles in which someone overseas seeks access to a person’s …
ONLF fighters killed 140 Woyanne troops
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP)–Clashes have broken out in the restive Ethiopian region of Ogaden, with rebels saying Friday they have killed 140 government troops and allied militia fighters.
The Ethiopian government Woyanne tribalist regime in Ethiopia disputed the claims from …
6 fake opposition parties form alliance in Ethiopia
By Barry Malone
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Six [fake] Ethiopian opposition parties formed an alliance on Thursday and accused the government of clamping down on dissent ahead of parliamentary elections next year.
[All this is orchestrated by the American embassy …
Newspaper editor, unable to post bail, sent to prison
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Harambe Newspaper editor Wosenseged GebreKidan has been taken to the notorious Kality prison today after he told the court that he doesn’t have 3,000 birr to pay for bail.
The U.S.-financed regime in Ethiopia has brought …
Ethiopia’s dictatorship says it will not free telecoms, banking
EDITOR’S NOTE: The only reason the vampire regime in Ethiopia will not liberalize the telecom industry is that it wants to limit the people’s access to information.
By Jason McLure | Bloomberg
Ethiopia’s tribalist dictatorship will pursue membership of the …
Bashir vs. the International Criminal Court
By Paulos Milkias
Crimes against international law are committed by men, not by abstract entities, and only by punishing individuals who commit such crimes can the provision of international law be enforced.” – World War II Nuremberg Tribunal
Darfur …
For Ethiopian artist Elias Sime, every object tells a story
The Santa Monica Museum of Art surveys an Ethiopian artist who ‘takes you into this micro-universe of intense experience.’
By Scarlet Cheng | Los Angeles Times
The main gallery space at the Santa Monica Museum of Art has been marked …
Kangaroo court reduces Teddy Afro’s sentence to 2 years
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – The Woyanne high kangaroo court today reduced Teddy Afro’s 6-year prison sentence to 2 years, allowing him to go free in 5 months from now.
Teddy has been held in prison for the past 11 months …
Guantanamo in Ethiopia
The notorious Kality Prison in Ethiopia
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By xcroc
In January 2007, after the Ethiopian invasion, and US bombing of Somalia, at least 85 different people from at least 25 countries, including the US, were part of Africa’s first mass rendition …
Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede tunes up for London Marathon
Harar, Ethiopia (IAAF) – Ethiopia’s Olympic marathon bronze medallist Tsegaye Kebede fine-tuned his preparations for April’s Flora London Marathon with a comfortable victory on Sunday (16) in the Major General Hayelom Araya Memorial, an annual 15km race that serves as …
Ethiopia’s regime runs out of foreign currency reserve
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (PANA) – Ethiopian Prime Minister tribal dictator Meles Zenawi has ordered a total freeze in government borrowing, but the country still faces a major foreign reserve crisis with the current reserves only enough to cover one month …
Climate change in Ethiopia taking toll on livestock
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Daily Monitor) – Climate change-induced livestock diseases are causing more illness and death of livestock in southern lowlands of the country, a study conducted to assess the local level of impacts of climate change said.
The study …
Tekeze Dam runs out of water on its 1st anniversary
By Tedla Asfaw
I followed the interview Meles Zenawi gave to an Ethiopian audience this past week. For the question of making Ethiopia an exporter of power while there is domestic power shortage including in the capital Addis Ababa, the …
South African man with drug capsules in stomach arrested in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (APA) – Ethiopian security officials on Saturday arrested a South African man with over 70 capsules of suspected drug inside his stomach.
The arrest of the South African man happened a few days after the …
Ethiopia's economy hurt for not having stock exchange
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) – Ethiopia’s financial sector will miss out on the possible investments from American major financiers because of its lack of a domestic stock exchange market to help attract foreign capital, an investor said.
An American investment …
Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi plans to quit in 2010
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Afrique en ligne) – Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi said on Friday he was in consultations with his ruling party about the possibility of quitting as Prime Minister and retaining his role as the party leader after next …
Ethiopia's dictator defends arrest of opposition leader
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (EuroNews 24) – Ethiopia’s Prime Minister dictator Meles Zenawi has said the arrest of the country’s opposition leader was not a political decision, arguing the authorities were left with no other choice.
Authorities arrested and …
Ethiopia’s tribalist regime and South Africa sign defense agreement
ADDIS ABABA (SAPA) – The defense ministers of South Africa and Ethiopia’s tribalist dictatorship signed a memorandum of understanding in Addis Ababa on Friday, South Africa’s defense spokesman Sam Mkhwanazi said. [The current South Africa regime is as full of …
United States of Africa may take off in 2017, Senegal president says
(The Guardian) – AHEAD of a proposal for the proclamation of the United States of Africa by 2017, continental leaders will by January next year establish an Authority of the Africa Union to work out the details of …
Suspect arrested in U.S. diplomat’s death in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters) – Ethiopian police have arrested a local man suspected of killing of a U.S. diplomat at his home in Addis Ababa, officials said on Wednesday.
The unnamed suspect was being transferred to the capital after he …
Global economic crisis cuts down Ethiopia flower earnings
EDITOR’S NOTE: The flower exporters are destroying Ethiopia’s fertile land by using fertilizers that are toxic. It would be good if they all get bankrupt and out of business. Ethiopia’s fertile land need to grow food, not flower.
ADDIS ABABA …
Update on the death of U.S. diplomat in Ethiopia
United States Department of States
Public Affairs
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
Question Taken at the February 9, 2009 Daily Press Briefing
February 9, 2009
Question: Any update on the investigation into the death of the Foreign Service Officer …
2 Tanzanians die after drug capsules burst in their stomach
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (APA) – Two Tanzanians, aged 27 and 32 years old, who were arrested and accused of concealing drugs inside their stomachs died in Addis Ababa after the drugs burst in their stomach, the Ethiopian police …
Bereket Simon says Queen Elizabeth II has Ethiopian roots
By Edward | Politics & Poetry
A spokesman for the Ethiopian government said on Sunday that the English monarch Queen Elizabeth the 2nd was descended from a 19th century tribeswoman from the Semien Mountains in northern Ethiopia. Records from the …
Museveni, Gaddafi clash in Ethiopia
By Henry Owour and Argaw Ashine | The Daily Monitor
Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA – President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday night openly clashed with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, after the two disagreed over the direction of the formation of a single …
Which way Ethiopia?
By Messay Kebede
Since the disintegration of Kinijit after the release of its leaders from prison, the debate is raging between supporters of armed struggle and those still favoring a peaceful form of struggle. The purpose of this paper is …
Zimbabwe opposition party doubts Mengistu extradition
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s opposition party said on Friday it doubted its unity government with President Robert Mugabe would extradite Ethiopia’s former Marxist ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam, who has asylum there.
Mengistu, called the “Butcher of Addis Ababa” by his …
U.S. diplomat’s death in Ethiopia being investigated as homicide
By Carly Lagrotteria and Sarah Scire | The GW Hatchet
A George Washington University alumnus working for the State Department was found dead in Ethiopia this week and U.S. government officials say his death is being investigated as a homicide.…
African Union summit dominated by Gadhafi
By Peter Heinlein | VOA
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – The just completed African Union summit in Addis Ababa was partly a celebration of the continent’s achievements, and partly a reminder of how deeply it remains troubled by wars, poverty and …
U.S. diplomat found dead in Ethiopia
By VOA News
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The U.S. State Department says one of its diplomats has been found dead in his home in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.
A State Department official, who asked not to be identified, said 25-year-old …
There are only 200,000 college students in Ethiopia
EDITOR’S NOTE: There are more political prisoners than college students in Ethiopia under the US – and EU-financed brutal dictatorship in Ethiopia.
By John Gill | Times Higher Education
Concerns about heavier workloads and the “managerialist” culture of universities are …
AU summit divided over creation of United States of Africa
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (BBC) — An African Union (AU) summit in Ethiopia has been extended to a fourth day amid disagreements on the issue of creating a United States of Africa.
Many leaders said the proposal by Libyan leader Colonel …
High Court to rule on Birtukan Mideksa's case
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (PANA0 – On Thursday, Ethiopia’s High Court will rule in a case in which opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa has been charged with treason, following the government’s decision to revive a 2005 treason case in which she was …
Ethiopian opposition official freed on bail
By Barry Malone
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A leading Ethiopian opposition politician was freed on bail on Wednesday after he was jailed last November after the government accused him of working with rebels, his party said.
Bekele Jirate, 54, a …
MDC plans to extradite Mengistu HaileMariam to Ethiopia
By Martin Fletcher | Times Online
HARARE, ZIMBABE – The former Ethiopian dictator who slaughtered opponents on an industrial scale in the so-called “Red Terror” is to face justice after 17 years being sheltered by Robert Mugabe’s regime in Zimbabwe. …
African First Ladies call for more political power to check HIV/AIDS
EDITOR’S NOTE: Meles Zenawi is a prime minister, so his wife cannot be ‘first lady.’ Only the wife of the ‘head of state’ (President Girma Woldegiorgis), and not the head of government (prime minister) can be ‘first lady.’ She is …
Muammar Gaddafi elected chairman of the African Union
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters) — Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was elected chairman of the African Union on Monday and made clear he would pursue his vision of a United States of Africa despite reluctance from many members.
Resplendent in golden …
AU calls for the suspension of indictment against Sudan president
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The African Union urged the International Criminal Court Friday to suspend its indictment of Sudan’s president on genocide charges, saying it could jeopardize any peace process in Darfur.
The court’s chief prosecutor has accused Omar …
European Union gives $320 million to Woyanne
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (AFP) – The European Union has given Ethiopia’s dictatorship €251m (US$329 million) in aid to boost development projects across the Horn of Africa nation, the government said on Friday.
The agreement was signed on Thursday by the …
Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie predicts 1:58.00 marathon
By ELIAS MAKORI | Daily Nation
The world marathon record can sink as low as one hour and 58 minutes, the fastest human being over 42-kilometres, Haile Gebrselassie, has predicted.
But the Ethiopian legend, who has been in Nairobi since …
Seyoum Mesfin squeaks like a rat over Somalia
By Peter Heinlein | VOA
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — The Intergovernmental Authority on Development, or IGAD, a regional grouping of six East African nations, has condemned the attempt by Islamist extremists to retake control of Somalia, following the withdrawal of …
UDJ held protest demonstration in Addis Ababa
The Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ) leaders and members held a protest rally in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa demanding the release of their leader Wzr. Birtukan Mideksa.
The demonstration took place in the form of a candle light …
Amazing works of Ethiopian artist Elias Sime
By Peter Clothier | Huffington Post
It is not often, these days, that I walk into an exhibition space and feel those familiar symptoms–the heart beating harder, faster, the head spinning with awe, the blood running through the veins–by which …
Aba GebreMedhin denounces Woyanne!!
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – The fake patriarch of Ethiopia’s Orthodox Tewahdo Church, Ato GebreMedhin (formerly Aba Paulos), for the first time since he was appointed by Meles Zenawi as the puppet head of the Church, spoke out against the Woyanne …
African Union representatives meeting kicks off in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Xinhua) — The 17th Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) of the African Union (AU) kicks off here on Monday, making preparation for a series of following AU meetings.
Jean Ping, Chairperson of the AU …
President Obama to unclench fists in the Horn of Africa
Barack Obama has a unique opportunity to bring something resembling stability to Africa’s Horn.
By Scott Johnson | NEWSWEEK
As a state, Somalia has racked up more failures than any other on the planet. So said Susan Rice, soon to …
Mass graves accidentally uncovered in an Ethiopian prison
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – On Tuesday this week, construction workers have accidentally discovered mass graves inside the notorious Central Investigation’s (Maekelawi) detention center that is located behind the Addis Ababa Police Commission.
The Addis Ababa Police Commission’s headquarters is being …
Woyanne says U.S. senators’ criticism “unwarranted”
By James Butty | VOA
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – A senior Ethiopian Woyanne regime official says his government has a responsibility to maintain law and order and would not be swayed by outside criticism. The official, Bereket Simon, an advisor …
President of Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region defected
President of Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region, Ato Yaregal Aysheshum, has defected and joined the opposition camp earlier this month.
The Ethiopian Review Intelligence Unit has learned that Ato Yaregal had sought political asylum in an east African country, and when his …
Grenade blast wounds 33 at Ethiopian bus station
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (Reuters) – An apparently accidental hand-grenade explosion wounded 33 people, nine seriously, on Thursday at the central bus station in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, police said.
“This does not appear to be a terrorist attack. It …
General Aman Mikael Andom’s home demolished
By Muluken Yewondwossen | Capital Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – The former residence of the first post-imperial acting head of state of Ethiopia, General Aman Mikael Andom, was partially demolished on Tuesday, January 6, 2009, in an Addis Ababa City …
Turkey eyes the mining sector in Ethiopia
By Andualem Sisay | AfricaNews
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Turkey is now planning to join the mining and energy development sector of Ethiopia after years of investing in the textile sector.
Last week, a Turkish business delegation led by Turkish …
Bereket Simon reappointed as propaganda chief
American Chamber of Commerce in Ethiopia is launched
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (U.S. Embassy) – Minister of Trade and Industry Girma Birru and U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Donald Yamamoto today joined the board of the newly established American Chamber of Commerce in Ethiopia for the organization’s official launch. The …
UDJ southern Ethiopia organizer died
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Meto Aleqa (Lieutenant) Alemayehu Yeneneh, a national council member of the Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ), has died today after suffering stroke.
Following the May 2005 elections, Lt. Alemayehu, who had worked as southern …
Kemer Yousef returns to Ethiopia
By John Goddard | Toronto Star
Kemer Yousef
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TORONTO, CANADA – Kemer Yousef, who escaped Ethiopia on foot with nothing 24 years ago, has scored an unprecedented video hit with Nabek, a seven-track DVD showing him singing from a …
Police in Ethiopia arrests foreign currency dealers
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is done to eliminate the competition against Woyanne currency dealers, not to enforce the law. Foreign currency exchange is one of the businesses that the ruling party wants to monopolize.
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (APA) – The Ethiopian …
Clintons taking over Obama presidency
By Peter O. Otika | BSN
The presidential election and its drama have finally come to an end. The excitement and honeymoon is over. It is time for us all to get back to reality and lead life as we …
Somali parliament speaker begs lawmakers to return home
EDITOR’S NOTE: Somali parliamentarians are currently hiding in Kenya fearing that the puppet regime is about to collapse.
MOGADISHU (Xinhua) — Sheik Adan Mohamed Madoobe, speaker of the Somali national parliament, called on lawmakers on Monday in the Kenyan capital …
AI demands the release of detained Oromos politicians
Ethiopia: Arbitrary detention/torture or other ill-treatment
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
At least 15 members of the Oromo ethnic group, including those named above have been arrested in the Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and also reportedly in eastern and western parts of the Oromia …
Finland Foreign Trade Minister visits Ethiopia, Kenya
Foreign Trade and Development Minister Paavo Väyrynen (Photo: YLE)
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Foreign Trade and Development Minister Paavo Väyrynen embarks on a five-day visit to Ethipia and Kenya from Monday. Väyrynen will discuss Finnish development cooperation with the Prime Ministers of both countries.…
94 Oromo politicians detained so far, opposition claim
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Ethiopian authorities arbitrarily arrested 94 opposition members and Oromo nationals in different towns of Oromiya region but mainly in the capital Addis Ababa, confirmed two oppositions parties today.
Recently the Oromo Parliamentarians Council in a joint …
125 Oromo elders urge OLF to negotiate with Woyanne
EDITOR’S NOTE: These are opportunist cowards. Why don’t they speak up when the Meles dictatorship is turning the country into a vast prison camp for Oromos?
By Tsegaye Tadesse
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – An Ethiopian rebel group must listen to …
New Jersey: Holiday open house to benefit Ethiopian orphans
RANDOLPH TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY – Paul Michael Designs, 477 Route 10 East, will hold a holiday open house fundraiser to benefit Ethiopian orphans from 5 – 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13.
The event will feature jewelry made by the children …
Obama’s presidency: What is there in it for Africa?
By Fekade Shewakena
Watching Barrack Obama’s election from the beginning of the campaign to the victory celebrations was like watching an epic Shakespearian movie. The death of his grandmother two days before the victory celebration appears like a plot that …
Land O'Lakes support dairy development in Ethiopia
U.S. government and Land O’Lakes Corporation support dairy development
Man on left stands in front of two abodes. (Photo by Michael Tewelde)
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By Phillip Kurata | America.gov
Asallah, Ethiopia — Until two years ago, Ato Abebe scratched out a meager …