By Negussay Ayele
Background to Deir Sultan at a glance
Unknown by much of the world, monks and nuns of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, have for centuries quietly maintained the only presence by black people in one of Christianity’s holiest …
Yearly Archives: 2002
A new strategy for political change in Ethiopia: Consolidation of resources for election 2005
Elias Kifle
August 2002
The strategy of forming a “united front” to free our country from the TPLF/EPRDF tyranny needs to be reviewed and adjusted. I believe the current strategy has miserably failed. It’s about time we must admit that …
Ethiopia’s Educated Suffer Government Repression
Testimonies from “Lessons in Repression: Violations of Academic Freedom in Ethiopia”
About the chilling effect of human rights violations on students and educators
We can’t complain publicly or we will be arrested. The students are afraid of such things. Not …
Posted in Ethiopia News
The zonal and woreda elections 2001 in Hadiya and Gedeo
“We have the right to vote. We have registered, we have voting cards. But we can not make use of our right, because our candidates are not there. We demand our right to vote.”
It is voting …
Face the Facts: The Recent Ethio-Eritrea Boundary Decision in the Eyes of International Law
By Yohannes Chane Metiku
April 2002
Third World jurists have the uncomfortable task of interpreting and applying “International Law”, which for the most part is made, shaped, twisted or even often times abused in line with the national interests of …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Seven projects for Ethiopia’s recovery
By Donald N. Levine
April 2002
Radical politics and civil strife have transformed the face of the Ethiopian nation over the past quarter of a century. Besides drastic changes at home, refugees to more than a dozen countries have formed …
Home Sweet Home – Part II
By Adugnaw Worku
A year ago this month, I was in Ethiopia enjoying the company of friends and loved ones. And now a year later, I am reliving the experience and wishing that I could still be there. On the …
World Bank and Meles Zenawi defend each other’s interests
By Deki Alula
In an attempt to divert attention from the serious problems facing his administration, Mr. Meles Zenawi wrote a hollow piece of paper sometime ago called “a renewal something” and ordered his employees and party cadres to discuss …
Posted in Ethiopia News
UN envoy reports no evidence of ‘child soldiering’ in Ethiopia and Eritrea
UN NEWS CENTER
NEW YORK – A top United Nations expert on the impact of armed conflict on children said today that during a recent visit to Eritrea and Ethiopia he had seen no systematic use of child soldiers and …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Sossina Girma v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
SOSSINA GIRMA,
Petitioner,
VERSUS
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE,
Respondent.
Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
February 20, 2002
Before JONES, WIENER, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.…
Posted in Ethiopia News