DENVER, COLORADO – Yohannes Gebregeorgis grew up in a dusty Ethiopian village, the son of an illiterate cattle trader. As a barefoot boy, he couldn’t know his fate in life, but it was already sealed. He would spend his life …
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Ana Gomes: free election under Meles impossible in Ethiopia
By Yeroo Newspaper
Ana Gomes, Member of the European Parliament and Head of the European Electoral Observation Mission to Ethiopia. She gave the following interview to a Yeroo, an Oromiffa publication which has ceased publication due to repressions.
Hon. Ana …
False promises for Ethiopia’s Jews
Ethiopia’s Jews caught between waiting for imagined heaven and living in daily hell of racism in Israel.
GONDER, Ethiopia – In a makeshift synagogue painted in the colours of Israel’s national flag, thousands of Ethiopian Jews listen as a sermon …
U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia warns Americans of terror threat
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia has warned American citizens against taking part in the Great Ethiopian Run because of the threat of terrorism.
Friday’s message says embassy staff and their families should not to take part …
China proposed to Ethiopia to build an agriculture technology center
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – China proposed to Ethiopia to enhance bilateral relations through expanding joint cooperation and coordinate their positions on world affairs to safeguard their interests.
The offer was made during a visit by the speaker of the Chinese …
Ethiopia's Green Famine
By Susan Braden | The Globalist
While the land may be green and crops are growing, there is not enough food to go around in Ethiopia. Though innovations in therapeutic feeding products keep people alive, Susan Braden of Save the …
Time is up for dictators
By Joe Michael
The historical U.S. election is now over by electing Barack Obama as the 44th President. The landslide victory goes beyond making history. Obama’s administration is set to bring definite change for the entire world. It is a …
An Ethopian-Eritrean war looms again – France 24
EDITOR’S NOTE: The people of Ethiopia will stand with the Eritrean army if the Woyanne regime starts another one. Meles Zenawi’s tribalists junta will find that out.
By France 24
Every morning these Ethiopian Woyanne soldiers inspect the road which …
Somalia insurgents capture town on outskirts of capital
By Hamsa Omar and Jason McLure | Bloomberg
Insurgents in Somalia captured a town on the outskirts of the capital, Mogadishu, in at least the sixth incident this week in which the nation’s transitional government was unable to defend territory …
Nokia says 'Ethiopian market is promising'
By Andualem Sisay | AfricaNews
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Nokia said Ethiopian market is strategic and promising to the company. “As Ethiopia is one of the strategies and promising market of Nokia, we will continue to enhance our customer service …
Ethiopians students to tour Chicago suburb juvenile detention facilities
CHICAGO – Lake Countys Juvenile Probation and Detention Services will have foreign visitors later this week.
On Friday, two doctoral students from Ethiopia will be visiting and touring the juvenile facilities to learn more about how the systems operate, with …
Zimbabwe’s $28 quadrillion is worth U.S. $1
Zimbabwe’s economy has all but collapsed, leaving it’s currency worth far less than the paper it’s printed on. The hyperinflation is now estimated at over a quintillion percent, although no one really knows.
Most Zimbabweans are switching to barter and …
Top Kenya athletes to take part in Great Ethiopia Run
A group of promising Kenyan athletes, Britain’s Mo Farah and Sweden’s Mustafa Mohammed will lead the foreign charge at next month’s Toyota Great Ethiopian Race.
Gilbert Yegon, who finished third in the half marathon race at the Standard Chartered Nairobi …
Crucial harvests in southern Ethiopia
By Alex Wynter | IFRC
GOBA, ETHIOPIA – Carefully targeted humanitarian food interventions, supported by the Finnish and Austrian Red Cross and the Federation and implemented by the Ethiopian Red Cross Society, have helped alleviate a food-security crisis in Wolaita …
Solomon Haile – Distance dominator
By Carl Little – Washington Post
MCLEAN, VIRGINIA – So much of what goes into Solomon Haile’s story comes down to distance. The more than 7,000 miles he flew in October 2007 from his native Ethiopia to the Washington area. …
Publisher charged for news of congratulations to Obama
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – A newspaper publisher and an editor in Addis Ababa are hauled to police station for publishing congratulatory message to President-Elect Barack Obama by a leader of an opposition party.
Senior editor of Awramba Times Ato Fitsum …
Woyanne sent officials to monitor U.S. elections
The audacious Woyanne regime in Ethiopia sent election observers to monitor this month’s U.S. elections, according to the following news release from its embassies. This must be a sadistic joke on the suffering and subjugated people of Ethiopia by the …
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, 2008.
The event will feature jewelry made by the …
Ethiopia: Mass detention of Oromos continue
Widespread arrest of Oromos in Addis Ababa and other parts of the counrty continued, this time targeting women, including a 3-year-old child, OLF News correspondent reported from Addis Ababa.
Among several women who were apprehended from their homes and work …
Ethiopia: Woyanne regime dismisses Commercial Bank president
By Yohannes Anberbir | Addis Fortune
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – The Federal Government sacked Abe Sano, president of the state-owned Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) last Friday, November 7, 2008.
The government ordered the Public Financial Enterprises Supervisory Agency (PFEA) …
Ethiopia: Officials removed from city govt over land scandal
By Wudineh Zenebe | Addis Fortune
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – The Addis Abeba City Administration has started claiming back land and government properties illegally obtained by officials of the former provisional Administration of the city, some of whom have been …
Ethiopia eyes a big role in global leather industry
By Phillip Kurata | Geostrategy
Well-heeled shoppers in New York, Paris, Tokyo and other global fashion centers are beginning to see a new name, Taytu, beside familiar Guccis and Chanels among the ladies’ handbags in exclusive shops.
Ethiopia, home to …
Japan donates 9,600 metric tons of wheat to Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Japan today donated 9,600 metric tons of wheat worth over 47 million birr to the Ethiopian Grain Trade Enterprise.
Speaking at the handing over ceremony, Japanese Ambassador to Ethiopia, Kinichi komano, said the donation has a …
Ethiopia: Woyanne troops gun down 3 civilians in Somalia
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Meles Zenawi’s troops in Mogadishu have indiscriminately opened gunfire on unarmed civilians killing three people on Tuesday, witnesses told Mareeg.
Eyewitnesses confirmed to Shabelle that they saw the dead bodies killed by the soldiers in Hamar Bile …
Arrest made in assault case against The Reporter editor Amare Aregawi
(ENA) – Bole Sub City Police department in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, arrested one of the suspected assailants who attacked owner and Editor-in-Chief of The Reporter newspapers, Ato Amare Aregawi.
Officer Tadesse Bekelle told Ethiopian News Agenecy (ENA) on Saturday that …
Ethiopian women facing horrific conditions in Arab countries
By Tania Tabar, The Daily Star
BEIRUT – At the Ethiopian Consulate in Beirut, Lebanon, a poster declares “Ethiopia: 13 weeks of sunshine” as two officials sit at their desks. The three chairs in the waiting room are usually occupied …
Construction starts for AU center in Ethiopia's capital
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (Xinhua) — To the sound of horns, the revving of engines by the assembled construction vehicles and much applause from the delegates, the start of the construction of the new conference center of the African Union (AU) …
Horrors facing Ethiopian domestic workers in Beirut
By Tania Tabar, The Daily Star
BEIRUT, LEBANON – At the Ethiopian Consulate in Beirut, a poster declares “Ethiopia: 13 weeks of sunshine” as two officials sit at their desks. The three chairs in the waiting room are usually occupied …
Ethiopia: Little Addis Ababa in Tokyo, Japan
By Kentaro Sugino / Yomiuri Shimbun
A traditional shitamachi area of Tokyo associated with the popular “Tora-san” series of films has seen a recent influx of newcomers looking for a new life away from political turmoil back home.
While many …
Agrofuels industries v. food farming in Ethiopia
EDITOR’S NOTE: Look no further to find the the main cause of food shortage in the fertile region of Ethiopia. Woyanne agrofuel companies are sucking southern Ethiopia dry.
Gebremedhine Birega, environmentalist, Ethiopia: “It is unbelievable. [Agrofuel] plots have so rapidly …
UDJ in the service of a fascist regime
LONDON UK – The chairperson of Unity for Democracy and Justice, Wzt. Birtukan Mideksa, and executive committee member Ato Akilu Girgire, held a public meeting in London on Sunday, Nov. 9. In a dramatic shift from a similar meeting last …
China top legislature visits Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA (Xinhua) – Leaders of China’ top legislature and Ethiopian Federal Council said here Sunday that the two countries should strengthen cooperation between the two countries’ legislatures as part of their efforts to push for improvement of bilateral relations …
Israel: Immigrants from Ethiopia form a political party
Ruth Eglash , JERUSALEM POST
Residents of at least eight municipalities will, for the first time in Israel’s history, be able to vote for a political party made up solely of new and veteran Ethiopian immigrants during next week’s local …
Ethiopia sweeps New Delhi Half Marathon
NEW DELHI: Ethiopia’s Deriba Merga won the Delhi Half Marathon men’s race, setting a new race record of 59.14 mins. The women’s race was won by a fellow Ethiopian Aselefech Mergia clocking 68.16 mins.
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Ginbot 7 condemns mass detention of Oromos
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Ginbot 7 condemns the ongoing mass detention of Oromos by the Meles dictatorship
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Meles Zenawi’s dictatorship in Ethiopia continues to use terrorism as a pretext to terrorize Ethiopians and silence political dissent. It is …
The ‘war’ between Ethio-Channel and The Reporter
Or should we say between Amare Aregawi and Al Amoudi?
It is not still known who is behind the attempt on Amare Aregawi’s life, editor of The Reporter based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. An opinion piece published today on the …
Ethiopia: When strangers become family
By Robin Summerfield | Calgary Herald
Robin and Anjanette Bailey and their children Josiah, 7, and Hannah, 9, hold a photo of Mamush before leaving for Ethiopia to meet the newest member of their family for the first time. (Photo: |
Ethiopia: The home of the Queen of Sheba
By Melissa Burdick Harmon
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – The Queen of Sheba’s palace isn’t what it used to be. Its roof is long gone. Its grand entrance is but a memory. Yet the 3,000-year-old ruins remain, sprawling over thin-grassed farm …
Acid attacker received 20 years in jail
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Demissew Zerihun, who attacked 21-year-old Kamilat Mehdi in March 2007 with acid, received a 20-year jail sentence by a superior court in Addis Ababa yesterday. Co-defendant Yacob Haile was released freely.
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Somali members of parliament stranded in Kenya
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – More than 200 Somalian parliamentarians have found themselves stranded in Nairobi, lacking the money to pay for air tickets for their return home, BBC reported Friday.
Citing a spokesman for the parliamentarians, who had attended an …
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Ethiopia: Orphans running households
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Ethiopia will by 2010 see a four-fold increase in the number of orphaned children aged between nine and 19 who are heading families due to AIDS, poverty and conflict, a local NGO said on Friday.
Some …
Ethiopia: Africa Union headquarters construction ground-breaking
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (APA) – The African Union Commission will hold a ground-breaking ceremony on Monday for the construction of its new conference centre and headquarters that will cost over $100 million.
China, currently involved in development activities …
Woyanne says an OLF commander killed in western Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – An Ethiopian rebel leader blamed for blasts in Addis Ababa was lured into a farmer’s house in the rural west and then shot dead, [Woyanne] authorities said on Friday.
[Dictator] Meles Zenawi’s government, the biggest U.S …
The Africa policy of an Obama administration
By Dr. J. Peter Pham | World Defense Review
Senator Barack Obama’s election as the forty-fourth President of the United States is, of course, a historic milestone in America. But it is also a major moment in African history as …
Reading about Téwodros II of Ethiopia
By John Coyne
WHENEVER ONE STARTS TO READ about Ethiopia, very soon he or she discovers Téwodros II, the infamous emperor of the Empire in the mid-nineteenth-century. Téwodros was a great, romantic visionary, and a mad figure of Ethiopian history …
Obama Victory – Reaction from Addis Ababa
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — The 44th president of the United States is Barack Obama – and he has a lot of promises to live up to. At least, that’s the take here in Addis. While Ethiopia’s neighbors to the …
The unpublished interview with Berhanu Nega
Journalist Dereje Habtewold, who is currently in exile, recounts the terror that was unleashed in Addis Ababa and throughout Ethiopia by the Meles regime in November 2005.
Dereje remembers his interview with the newly elected mayor of Addis Ababa, Dr …
Ethidolls.com: Teaching history through dolls
Makeda®, The Queen of Sheba Doll with Doll Stand
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EthiDolls, co-founded by two Ethiopian born women now living in the New York City area, tells the stories of African Women Leaders from history and designs the authentic dolls that represent …
Eritrea hopes Obama will change US policy in Horn of Africa
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Eritrean President Isaias Afeworki on Thursday voiced hope that US president-elect Barack Obama will change his country’s policy in the Horn of Africa, a region blighted by conflicts.
“It is my utmost pleasure to convey to …
Woyanne arrests rebel suspects, tightens security
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia The Woyanne regime tightened security in the capital on Thursday after police said they had arrested more than a dozen leaders of the rebel Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and accused them of plotting terrorist attacks.…
Ethiopian Airlines orders 10 Boeing dream-liners
Ethiopian Airlines has embarked on a strong expansion programme that includes pressing of an order for 10 Boeing 787-800 dream-liners.
The airline’s world sales manager Amare Tsadik briefed Malawian travel operators during their weekend visit at Ethiopian Airlines head office …
Ginbot 7 congratulates President-Elect Obama
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Ginbot 7 Movement
Ethiopians joyfully celebrate, with Americans and the rest of the world the election of Barack Obama to take the office of the presidency of the United States of America. Ginbot7 recognizes the symbolic and …
Mass arrest of ethnic Oromos in Addis Ababa
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Following last weeks arrest of its general secretary, the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) chairman, Ato Bulcha Demeksa, on Wednesday has accused the Woyanne regime of waging a mass arrest against ethnic-Oromo opposition supporters in Addis …
The recent TPLF fundraising and the Diaspora’s foul play
By Seid Hassan
Professor, Murry State University
As the recent write-ups on many Ethiopian related web pages and the daily Paltalk shows can attest, there is an uproar regarding the so-called “Millennium Telethon”, which was released in a video by …
Volcano exploded in Ethiopia, lava covers 300 sq km
ETHIOPIA – Lava flow from a volcanic explosion in Ethiopia’s remote north-eastern Afar region has covered a record area, researchers say.
Satellite photos show the lava covered about 300 sq km (115 sq miles).
According to Addis Ababa University, Monday’s …
Ethiopia: 32,000 registered for The 2008 Toyota Great Ethiopian Run
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The 2008 Toyota Great Ethiopian Run registration closed at the end of last week with all 32,000 places sold out for the race which this year takes place on Sunday 23 November.
Ethiopia’s annual international 10km …
Three Ethiopians detained in China
By Yohanes Gessesse
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Three Ethiopians have been prevented from leaving Beijing, China, for five months because of debt claims of over 100 million birr ($10 million) owed to Chinese business people. They are being held until …
Ethiopia stays up all night to hear US election results – VOA
By Peter Heinlein, VOA
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Millions of Africans are exhausted after staying up all night watching expectantly to see whether a man of African descent will elected to the America’s highest office. VOA’s Peter Heinlein attended an …
Ethiopian farmers hurt by biofuel choice
By Aaron Maasho
SODO, Ethiopia – With a slight reeling in his gait, Ashenafi Chote ventures into his small plot of land and shakes his head, his eyes full of regret: “I made a mistake”.
For the last 10 years, …
American-Jewish group provides care the sick in Ethiopia
By PAUL LUNGEN | CJNews
TORONTO — Rick Hodes’s, left, first contract with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (the Joint) was to last only six weeks. That was more than 20 years ago but the American-born doctor is still …
Woyanne warns of ‘imminent terror’ attack
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Ethiopia The Woyanne regime on Tuesday warned of an “imminent” terrorist attack and urged its citizens to be vigilant but did not elaborate on the nature of the risk.
“There is proven evidence that a plot …
Ethiopia: Suspects held in brutal attack on editor
New York – CPJ calls on Ethiopian authorities to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into Friday’s beating of newspaper editor Amare Aregawi.
Aregawi, managing editor of the English- and Amharic-language newspaper Reporter, was released on Monday from a hospital …
7,000 Ethiopian pilgrims to travel to Saudi Arabia
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (APA) – Some 7,000 Ethiopian pilgrims will travel to Saudi Arabia for the 2008 Haji, Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Council said on Monday.
The council said that it has begun proving services for the largest number …
Why Amare Aregawi was attacked?
This is the second part of the article that explains why The Reporter editor Amare Aregawi was attacked in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, last week.
The article gives detailed background information and analysis, as well as possible motives. The person with …
Starving Ethiopia to export meat to Egypt
EDITOR’S NOTE: Companies owned by Woyanne (the ruling party in Ethiopia) want to export meet — bought below market prices from poor farmers — to Egypt while over 6 million people in the country have nothing to eat.
ADDIS ABABA, …
Ethiopia: Editor convicted of misidentiying judge’s name
Committee to Protect Journalists
NEW YORK – An Ethiopian Federal High Court judge convicted an editor today on criminal charges of “inciting the public through false rumors” over a reporting mistake, local journalists told CPJ. Editor-in-Chief Tsion Girima of the …
Ethiopia: EAL wins 2008 "Best Airline in Africa Award"
Ethiopian Airlines was presented with the prestigious 2008 “Best Airline in Africa Award” at the African Travel Award gala in Lagos, Nigeria on October 25, 2008. The award was conferred to Ethiopian for its excellent network and convenient connections in …
Leading newspaper editor beaten unconscious outside son's school
Reporters Without Borders condemns a violent attack on leading journalist Amare Aregawi on 31 October in Addis Ababa, in which he sustained serious head injuries. Aregawi edits The Reporter, a big-circulation newspaper published in Amharic and English-language versions.
“The Ethiopian …
Saving lives with trained birth attendants in Ethiopia
DIRE DAWA, ETHIOPIA (IRIN) – Like many teenagers in rural Ethiopia, Shekuria Mume, 19, became pregnant, quit school and got married at 15. The birth of her first baby remains one of her most traumatic experiences, as an untrained traditional …
Meles dissolves the Ministry of Information
By Bruck Shewareged, The Reporter
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – In a move that came as a surprise to many watchers, Prime Minister dictator Meles Zenawi announced the dissolution of the Ministry of Information and made a reshuffle in his cabinet. …
An Ethiopian opposition leader arrested
By Barry Malone
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (Reuters) – Ethiopia said on Monday an opposition leader had been arrested for working with insurgent groups opposed to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s government.
The Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) confirmed its general secretary …
The 843-Day War
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
It’s Time to Cut and Run!
In mid-July 2006, Zenawi sent his troops to Somalia to prop up the so-called transitional government in Baidoa. By late December, 2006 his tanks rolled into Mogadishu to dislodge the …
Human Rights and Governance in Ethiopia – CSIS panel
The CSIS Africa Program cordially invites you to attend a panel on: “Human Rights and Governance in Ethiopia” with opening remarks by
David Kramer
Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
followed by a panel with…
Ethiopia’s History of National Resistance
The Significance of Ethiopia’s History of National Resistance for African Unity and Dignity
By Mammo Muche
Network of Ethiopian Scholars
We came across a book written by Baron Roman Prochaszka with the title “Abyssinia the Powder Barrel,” a book on …
World Bank gives Ethiopia over $100m for potable water
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (a href=”http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?page=show_article_engamp;id_article=79390″APA/a)- The World Bank has earmarked 109 million dollars to assit Ethiopia with potable water projects to tackle shortage in various towns of the country, APA learnt here.
Ethiopian Ministry of Water Resource said Saturday that …
Afan Oromo TV staff member arrested, house confiscated
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Woyanne regime security agents have arrested a staff member of ETV’s Afan Oromo TV program, Wzr. Lelise Wodajo.
The Woyanne security agents picked up Wzr. Lalise from her place of work, Ethiopian Television (ETV), and took …
Radio program diaries of living with HIV reduces stigma in Ethiopia
Betengna, a radio program in Ethiopia that showcases the diaries of ordinary people living with HIV, may contribute to reducing HIV-related stigma, according to the results of a research study disseminated September 24, 2008 in Addis Ababa. Results of the …
Possible motives behind the attempt on Amare Aregawi’s life
This lengthy article (Amharic, pdf) discusses possible motives behind the attempt on Amare Aregawi’s life last Friday.
Ato Amare, publisher and editor-in-chief of The Reporter, was brutally attacked by three unidentified individuals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Friday, Oct. 31. …
Pittsburgh's Tana Ethiopian Restaurants
By Pam Starr, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA – The chefs at Tana Ethiopian Cuisine in East Liberty go through more than 200 pounds of onions every week.
Since most of the stews are onion-based, and onions are a big staple …
The generosity of the Ethiopian people
By JTV, Lamp Post Reports
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Getting around Addis can be quite a hassle. Public transportation is provided by hundreds of ‘mini-buses’ that are actually secondhand Toyota vans from Europe. While it’s cheap, it’s certainly not the …
Video: Meles Zenawi on Hard Talk (satire)
Interview with Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi (satire)
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Ginbot 7 remembers the November 2005 massacre
Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice and Freedom issued a statement remembering the massacre of pro-democracy protesters in Addis Ababa and other cities through out Ethiopia.
Following the May 2005 elections, in which Meles Zenawi’s regime was defeated, Meles suspended the …
Even on Bloody Feet – Haile Gebreselassie
By Haile Gebreselassie
NEWSWEEK
I came of age under a communist military regime in Ethiopia. I could have become a farmer like my father or a soldier like many of my friends. Instead, I became a long-distance runner. And on …
Tirunesh Dibaba and Sileshi Sihine tie the knot in ten-day wedding feast
By Elshadai Negash, IAAF
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopia’s Olympic 5000m/10000m champion Tirunesh Dibaba and two-time Olympic 10000m silver medallist Sileshi Sihine tied the knot in a spectacular two-week long wedding ceremony in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Dubbed “the wedding of …
Obang talks about ‘The Obama Factor’
What Will an Obama Win Mean to Ethiopians?
By Obang Metho
Welcome to everybody! It is great to be back in Oakland. The last time I was here was almost two years ago. At the time, I was invited by …
Meles calls big farming “patently stupid”
EDITOR’S NOTE: What does this ችጋራም Woyanne knows about farming? Over 6 million people are starving because of his regime’s mismanagement of Ethiopia’s resources.
By Barney Jopson, Financial Times
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – In the past four years the rain …
Meles begs the international community to save him
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dictator Meles Zenawi is begging the international community to save him from his Somalia debacle. Did the international community ask this chigaram Woyanne to invade Somalia in the first place? He cannot even feed his own people in …
Ethiopia’s dictator reshuffles cabinet
By Argaw Ashine, NATION
Ethiopian Prime Minister dictator Meles Zenawi has reshuffled his 15-member cabinet, including key ministries of Defence, Justice and Agriculture.
Zenawi, who returned on Wednesday from an Inter-Governmental Summit in Nairobi, appointed nine new ministers and presented …
Ethiopia: The army is led by a tribal junta
Source: The Indian Ocean Newsletter
Since the EPRDF came to power in Addis Ababa in 1991, the Ethiopian army has been dominated by more seasoned Tigrayan officers who are members or sympathizers of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (Woyanne, hard …
Woyanne foreign minister blames Somali leadership for defeat
EDITOR’S NOTE: It is good to see Woyannes get their butt kicked in Somalia. Ethiopian Review would like to remind the world that the war in Somalia is between the Meles crime family and the Somali people since Ethiopia currently …
Video: Azeb Mesfin says ‘we are not thieves’
This must be joke of the year. Meles Zenawi’s wife, Azeb Mesfin, the ‘mother of corruption’ in Ethiopia tells an interviewer that she and her dictator husband have barely enough money to pay for their children’s school.
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Ethiopians in DC protest Woyanne war crimes in Ogaden
WASHINGTON DC – Ethiopians in Washington DC held a rally to protest the widespread human rights violation against innocent civilians and systematic repression of ethnic Somalis that is taking place in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia.
As reported by the …
Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi suspends Mauritania
COTONOU, BENNIN – Ethiopian prime minister dictator announces Mauritania’s suspension from African Peer Review Mechanism.
Mauritania has been suspended from the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), Ethiopian Prime Minister dictator Meles Zenawi, announced Saturday at the opening of the ARPM …
US Says Draft Ethiopian NGO Law Would ‘Close Political Space’
The top U.S. official for human rights and democracy issues has met Ethiopia’s TPLF leaders to express concern about pending legislation that critics say would curtail political freedoms. VOA’s Peter Heinlein in Addis Ababa reports Ethiopian…
'No rift between Somali, Ethiopian leadership' – spokesman
MOGADISHU (Xinhua) – Hussein Mohamed Hubsired, spokesman for the Somali president, has strongly denied media reports of a political rift within Somali and Ethiopian leaders over the future of the war-torn Horn of Africa nation, a press release said Sunday.…
Ethiopia: Disputed NGO law sent to rubber stamp parliament
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (AFP) — The Ethiopian government Woyanne dictatorial regime in Ethiopia has submitted to the rubber stamp parliament draft legislation on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) which has drawn fire from rights activists, the state news agency said on Saturday.…
Ethiopia’s man-made famine deteriorating, UN warns
NEW YORK (UN News Center) – Drought-hit Ethiopians are facing a worsening food situation as the cost of maize soars nearly three-fold in some areas of the Horn of Africa country compared to last year, the United Nations Office for …
The gov’t in Ethiopia puts war before famine
On the front line of an invisible Ethiopian famine, government forces stand between the dying tribes scattered across a closed hinterland and outside aid.
By Damien McElroy
Telegraph.co.uk
The restrictive Ethiopian Woyanne security regime hiding the worsening crisis in the …
UK stops aid to Ethiopia as Woyanne hides famine victims
By Catherine Philp
TIMES ONLINE
KEBRE DEHAR, ETHIOPIA – Britain is to withhold future aid commitments to Ethiopia over concerns that its Government is obstructing efforts to help millions at risk of famine in the drought-stricken Somali region in the …
UN Deputy Secretary General Migiro departs for Ethiopia for development talks
NEW YORK – Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro will visit Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, this weekend to attend a development meeting and to hold talks with the Horn of Africa nation’s top officials.
She will chair a meeting of UN …