TORONTO, ONTARIO — Avion Resources Corp. (“Avion Resources” or “the Company”) (TSX VENTURE:AVR) is pleased to announce that it has completed its purchase of exploration assets in the North and West regions of Ethiopia from Aberdeen International Inc. (“Aberdeen”). Avion …

By Tefferi Mengistie

My compatriots from Dallas flocked in a bunch to Oklahoma on January 29, 2008 to stage their protest against Senator Inhofe’s intransigence to listen to the voice of the voiceless. Oklahoma City has become a point of …

SOURCE: NBC-K5

SEATTLE – A suspect has been arrested in connection with a double shooting at a Seattle restaurant that left the owner dead and another person wounded Wednesday in the Central District.

The Associated Press is reporting that 23-year-old …

By Patrick Worsnip, Reuters

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The Security Council renewed the mandate of the struggling U.N. peace force on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border for six months on Wednesday despite a request from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for just one month.…

Listen to Ethiopian Review interview with chairman of the Oromo Federal Democratic Movement Ato Bulcha Demeksa, Jan. 31, 2008. Several OFDM candidates have been arrested as they campaigned for the April 2008 local elections in Ethiopia. Click here to listen.…

Woyanne gunmen rounded up and arrested eight candidates who were campaigning for the April 08 local elections representing the Oromo Federal Democratic Movement… Read more by zikkir News Service…

በኦሮሚያ ክልል በሰሜን ሸዋ ዞን ግራር ጃርሶ ጉለሌ ወረዳ ውስጥ ለቀጣዩ የሚያዝያ የአከባቢና የማሟያ ምርጫ በመቀስቀስ ላይ የነበሩ ስምንት እጩዎች በፖሊስ ቁጥጥር ስር መዋላቸውን ሪፖርተራችን ዘገበ፡፡

ትናንት ከሰአት በኋላ በጉለሌ ዋና ከተማ ካምቦ ውስጥ የምርጫ ቅስቀሳ በማድረግ ላይ የነበሩት ወጣቶች …

በቀጣዩ ሚያዝያ ለሚካሄደው የአከባቢና የማሟያ ምርጫ በእጩዎች ላይ የሚደርሰው እንግልት ከፍተኛ ደረጃ ላይ በመድረሱ የኢትዮጵያ ምርጫ ቦርድ ጸሃፊና የጽ/ቤቱ ዋና ኃላፊ የሆኑት አቶ ተስፋዬ መንገሻ ለወያኔ ካድሬዎች የማስጠንቀቂያ ደብዳቤ ለመጻፍ ተገደዱ፡፡

ተቃዋሚ ፓርቲ አባላትን፤ እጩዎችንና ደጋፊዎችን የማዋከቡ ተግባር በከፍተኛ ደረጃ …

(Reuters) Egyptian police shot dead two migrants from the Ivory Coast and arrested six other Africans as they tried to slip across the border into Israel illegally overnight, Egyptian security sources said Wednesday.

“An Egyptian security patrol saw a youth …

Meles Zenawi thinks the west’s attitude to Africa is unbalanced and unfair. But his country is being torn apart by human rights abuses

By Tom Porteous, Guardian Unlimited

Western policy towards Africa is ill-informed and inconsistent. That’s the message of …

Letter from Joel Simon, Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, to Woyanne’s boss:

We are writing to express our great concern about the government’s denial of publishing licenses to five independent Ethiopian journalists freed last year from prison. …

African ‘leaders’ (mass murderers, thieves, and tyrants) are gathering in Addis Ababa for an AU summit. Agazi killers (well-fed Woyanne gunmen) and Federal Police are patrolling every corner of the city to guarantee the saftey of Meles Zenawi’s fellow tyrants. …

By Yilma Bekele

I got home and powered my computer. First thing is first; I always check the usual Ethiopian Web sites when I get home. When you are an Ethiopian you have to do that because you never know …

Haaretz – Israel News

By Anshel Pfeffer

The government must reexamine the eligibility for immigration of thousands of Falashmura and allow an additional 1,500 to move to Israel, the High Court of Justice ruled last week.

This decision constitutes a …

By Harvey Morris at the United Nations
Financial Times

The United Nations might be forced to evacuate its peacekeepers next month from the tense border zone between Ethiopia and Eritrea, removing the most visible deterrent to renewed warfare between the …

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I am Blen Tamrat Layne, and I am writing on behalf of my family. My father, Tamrat Layne, was the former prime minister, and he has been in prison for more than eleven years. He got arrested when I was …

You are invited to a fundraising event in Washington DC organized by Ethiopians for Obama in support of Senator Barack Obama’s historic candidacy for president of the United State of America. Everyone is welcome to attend and participate in this …

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(AP) MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali [freedom fighters[ firing rockets and mortars clashed with [Woyanne occupying forces] in fighting that killed at least 17 civilians and two Ethiopian Woyanne soldiers in the capital, witnesses said Tuesday.

The fighting occurred late Monday …

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MOGADISHU, Somalia Jan 29 (Garowe Online) – Ethiopia’s Woyanne’s top military commanders serving in Somalia have dispatched a letter to the country’s interim president, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, expressing their dissatisfaction with the policies of new Prime Minister Nur …

የቅንጅት ለአንድነትና ለዴሞክራሲ ፓርቲ የስራ አስፈጻሚ አባላት በትናንትናው እለት ሊያካሂዱ የነበረውን ወሳኝ ጉባኤ አስተባባሪዎቹን በማሰርና ወከባ በመፈጸም የትግሉን አቅጣጫ መቀየር እንደማይቻል አንድ የአመራር አባል ለዜና አገልግሎቱ ገለጹ፡፡

በፓርቲው ፕሮግራም መሰረት የስራ አስፈጻሚ ቡድኑ እስከ ረቡዕ ባሉት ጊዜያት አስፈላጊዎቹን ቅድመ ዝግጅቶች …

በቀድሞው የመኢአድ ቢሮ የሚገኙትና ከቅንጅት ህገ ደንብ ውጭ የአቶ ሀይሉ ሻውል ወኪል ሆነው በተሾሙት በአቶ አባይነህ ብርሃኑ የሚመሩት አባላት ደጋፊዎቻቸውን ለማነጋገር በተዘዋወሩባቸው ክልሎች ያጋጠሟቸውን ጉዳዮች አስመልክቶ በዛሬው እለት በጽ/ቤቱ የቃል ሪፖርት ማቅረባቸውን የውስጥ ምንጮች ለዜና አገልግሎቱ ገለጹ፡፡

ደጋፊዎቻቸውን የማነጋገር ተልእኮ …

The Woyanne fascist regime has started to arrest people who refuse to register for the April 2008 local elections… Read more by zikkir News Service.…

Kinijit North America issues a statement on the arrest of Kinijit officials Ato Alemayehu Yeneneh and Ato Girma Amare on Monday in Addis Ababa.
Click here to read.…

Kinijit-Los Angeles is organizing a discussion forum with Dr Berhanu Nega for this coming Saturday, Feb. 2. Artist Shambel Belayneh will introduce his new CD at the event.

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By Melaku Tegegne

This call or plea is made following the statement made by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia in which he dubbed the country’s entry into the third millennium as a Period of Renaissance. He made this statement …

በ3ኛው አገር አቀፍ ምርጫ ቅንጅትን በመወከል ለህዝብ ተወካዮች ም/ቤት ያለፉትና በተመረጡበት ጎጃም ውስጥ ህዝቡን በማስተባበር ታዋቂ የሆኑት አቶ ይታየው ጥሩነህ ከእስር ለተፈቱት የቅንጅት አመራሮች በመወገን ሊቀሰቅሱ ይችላሉ በሚል የፈጠራ ክሶች እየቀረቡባቸው መሆኑን ለጉዳዩ ቅርበት ያላቸው ምንጮች ለዜና አገልግሎቱ ገለጹ፡፡

አመራሩ …

JIJIGA, Ethiopia (AFP) — Ahmed Nour Abdi sighs heavily when asked to describe his futile attempts at mediation, a customary practice among elders in the restive Ogaden region of Ethiopia.

“The other side refused to meet us,” he says, referring …

By Scott A Morgan

Despite various Efforts of Mediation the situation within Kenya continues to Decline. Since the outbreak of violence days after the Highly Controversial Elections on December 27th at least 800 people have perished and thousands have been …

በምስራቅ ሸዋ ዞን ዝዋይ ከተማ ቀበሌ 02 የሚኖሩና በንግድ ስራ የሚተዳደሩ አራት የቤተሰብ አባላት በሚያዝያ ለሚካሄደው ምርጫ ካርድ አንወስድም በማለታቸው በታጣቂዎች ተወስደው መታሰራቸውን ሪፖርተራችን ከስፍራው ዘገበ፡፡

ወራት የቀሩትና ተመዝጋቢ በማጣት እስከቀጣዩ ወር መጀመርያ የተራዘመውን የመራጮች ምዝገባ ለመቀስቀስ በየቤቱ መዞር የጀመሩት …

BELETWEIN, Somalia Jan 28 (Garowe Online) – Ethiopian Woyanne troops backing Somalia’s transitional federal government withdrew from a key military base in the central regions on Monday, witnesses and residents said.

Since early 2007, the Ethiopian Woyanne army …

Source: Ethiopian Woyanne News Agency

Merahabete, January 28, 2008 (Addis Ababa) – Two streets in Alem town of the Merhabete Woreda, North Shoa Zone of the Amhara State, are named after Prime Minister Monster Meles Zenawi and Founder and Chairman …

Ethiopian Review conducted an interview with Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) spokesperson Dr Beyan Asoba on Saturday, January 26. Listen the interview here.. …

Ethiopian Review has learned that the two individuals who had been found hidden inside the storage compartment of an Ethiopian Airlines (EAL) jet at Dulles Airport in Virginia are members of the Oromo National Congress. According to ER sources, Ato …

Intimidation and arrest of officials of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) intensifies. Today, Ato Alemayehu Yeneneh, Kinijit coordinator for the Southern Ethiopia, and Ato Girma Amare, an office staff member, have been arrested and taken to Woreda …

Kinijit-Switzerland Paltalk Room will hold a panel discussion today (Monday), Jan 28 at 2:00 PM EST on the problems faced by Kinijit. The discussion will be aired live via Ethiopian Review Broadcasting Network starting at 2:00 PM. …

Meseret Defar shattered the world indoor two-mile record with a superb display of front-running in Saturday’s Reebok Boston Indoor Games.

The Ethiopian, who already owns the outdoor version, recorded a time of nine minutes 10.50 seconds in blitzing the field …

Ato Andargachew Tsege writes about learning from Kinijit’s past and planning for the party’s future. Click here to read (Amharic, pdf).…

Kinijit North America has scheduled a press conference with Kinijit executives from Ethiopia on Sunday, January 27 at 1:00 PM EST. The press conference can be heard live at Ethiopian Review Broadcasting Network.

Also Sunday
Interview with Ato Andargachew …

Antigua Sun

A group of Antiguans and Barbudans who want to fully experience and express their emancipation both “spiritually and culturally” have moved towards developing an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Diocese here.

According to a press release, “We, people of …

Richard Watts, Times Colonist

Randal (Randy) Bailey was sentenced yesterday to life in prison with no parole for 12 years for the knife attack that left two men injured and Bruk Abera dead.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Malcolm Macaulay noted …

በምርጫ ታሪክ በጣም ቀዝቃዛውና በተመዝጋቢ ድርቀት አስተባባሪዎቹን ያሸማቀቀው የሚያዝያው ምርጫ የተመዝጋቢዎች የጊዜ ሰሌዳ ዛሬ የሚጠናቀቅ ቢሆንም እስከ ቀጣዩ ወር መጀመርያ ድረስ እንዲራዘም በምርጫ ቦርድ ተወስኗል፡፡

ይህ ገዢው ፓርቲ ከራሱ ጋር የሚወዳደርበት የመሰለ የምርጫ ሂደት ለወያኔ ያለው ፋይዳ ያን ያህል ባይሆንም …

ምርጫ 97ትን ተከትሎ በተፈጠረው ቀውስ የቤተሰብ አባላቸውን ላጡ ዜጎች ማቋቋሚያ የሚሆን ገንዘብ በማሰባሰብ የጥቃቱ ሰለባ የነበሩት ዜጎች ተጠቃሚ የሚሆኑበትን መንገድ በማመቻቸት ላይ መሆናቸውን አንድ የቅንጅት ለአንድነትና ለዴሞክራሲ ፓርቲ የአመራር አባል ለዜና አገልግሎቱ ገለጹ፡፡

አንዳንድ ቤተሰቦች የግፉ ሰለባ በመሆን የበለጠ ተጎጂዎች …

(PressTV) – North Mogadishu is the scene of heavy fighting after an attack on an Ethiopian Woyanne military convoy killed three soldiers and injured nine.

The fighting broke out between Pasta and Heyle Barrise bases on Friday, after …

By Uchenna Izundu
Oil and Gas Journal

LONDON, Jan. 25 — White Nile Ltd. will explore and develop a 29,000-sq-km block on the southern Rift basin in southwestern Ethiopia under a production-sharing agreement signed with that country. Seismic data collection …

MEKELE, TIGRAY (ENA) – Sheik Mohamed Hussein Al Amoudi, the renowned businessman operating in Ethiopia, and the Tigray State Administration signed an accord on Thursday that enable the former to launch various investment projects in the state.

Signing the agreement, …

As part of the recognition of African American History Month, the Multi-Cultural Center of the South in Shreveport, Louisiana, will present the work of Ethopian artist Tesfaye Negusse, says Valarie Gunn. The exhibit is called “Impression-Man on Canvas.”…

UN News Centre – Warning that the continuing military build-up by Ethiopia and Eritrea in their border areas, where the two countries fought a deadly two-year war that ended in 2000, creates the risk of reigniting hostilities, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon …

By Marijke van der Meer, Radio Netherlands

Audio

One of our most fundamental rights is the right to privacy, the right to solitude and anonymity, the right to be left alone, in a space of our own. Privacy begins with …

Source: EWNA (Woyanne News Agency)

Sheik Mohamed Hussein Al Amoudi, the renowned parasite businessman, and the Tigray State Administration signed an accord on Thursday that enable the former to launch various investment projects in the state.

Signing the agreement, …

Fifa.com

Ethiopia may not have had a title to celebrate in December, but their performances in the Cecafa Cup were enough to propel them back into the top 100 on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. Indeed, Ethiopia moved up 15 places …

By Ebissa Ragassa

A shocking event occurred within the last months: Siye Abraha was released from prison all of sudden. That was indeed a surprising event. Our justice system must have been working for a man that was denied a …

By Andrew Cawthorne and Helen Nyambura-Mwaura

NAIROBI, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Ethnic fighting killed at least 12 people in Kenya’s Rift Valley and forced thousands from their homes on Friday, undermining hopes of an end to weeks of unrest.

The …

LONDON (AFP) — Trying to impose democracy in Africa is wrong, Ethiopia’s prime minister dictator said Friday, contrasting Western attitudes to countries like Kenya and Zimbabwe to policies towards oil-rich Gulf states.

In a rare British newspaper interview, Meles Zenawi …

ምርጫ 97ትን ተከትሎ በተፈጠረው ቀውስ ለእስር የተዳረጉ የቅንጅት ደጋፊዎችንና አባላትን ለማስፈታት የቅንጅት ስራ አስፈጻሚ አባላትና የአገር ሽማግሌዎች በጥምር በመስራት ላይ መሆናቸውን አንድ የስራ አስፈጻሚ አባል ለዜና አገልግሎቱ ገለጹ፡፡

ህዝባዊውን ፓርቲ ህጋዊ ከማድረጉ እንቅስቃሴ ጎን ለጎን እየተካሄደ ባለው እስረኞችን የማስፈታት እንቅስቃሴ …

MOGADISHU (AFP) — Three Somali soldiers were killed Friday when Somali insurgents attacked a military air base south of Mogadishu and made away with weapons, an army official and an insurgent leader told AFP.

A group of insurgents attacked and …

Woyanne is intensifying its repression against opposition parties in preparation for the upcoming local elections. It is also reported that very few people are registering to vote. Read more by zikkir News Service.…

In this 105th Special Report, Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) presents details of its findings on human rights violations perpetrated against members of the Wolayita ethnic group living in Arbaminch zuria wereda, Lante farmers’association in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and …

በኢትዮጵያ የምርጫ ታሪክ የመጨረሻው ዝቅተኛ ግምት በተሰጠው የሚያዝያው ምርጫ ላይ የህብረትና የኦፌዴን አመራሮች እጩዎቻቸው እየታሰሩባቸው መሆኑንና የተለያዩ ጫናዎች እንደሚደርሱባቸው በመግለጽ ላይ ሲሆኑ በማንም አእምሮ እንደተቃዋሚ የማይቆጠሩት የአቶ ልደቱና አየለ ጫሚሶ ቡድኖች ምርጫውን አስመልክቶ እንደሚጠበቀው አዎንታዊ መግለጫዎችን በመስጠት ላይ ይገኛሉ፡፡

ለሚያዝያው …

Mekelle, TIGRAY (ENA) – Sheik Mohamed Hussein Al Amoudi, the renowned businessman operating in Ethiopia, and the Tigray State Administration signed an accord on Thursday that enable the former to launch various investment projects in the state.

Signing the agreement, …

(Environmental Finance, London) — JPMorgan Chase has come under pressure to refuse to provide a loan for the controversial Gilgel Gibe III hydropower dam in Ethiopia.

Three NGOs – Campagna per la Riforma della Banca Mondiale in Italy, …

I. Introduction

1. The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 12 of Security Council resolution 1320 (2000) of 15 September 2000, by which the Council requested me to keep it closely and regularly informed of progress towards the implementation …

DULLES AIRPORT, Va. (WUSA) — Investigators are looking into what can only be described as a major security breach.

Two stowaways were discovered Wednesday on an Ethiopian Airlines flight that landed at Dulles International Airport.

Even so, the …

(Press TV) Dozens of Ethiopian Woyanne soldiers are killed in ongoing clashes with Islamic Courts Union forces in the central region of Hiraan in Somalia.

The fighting broke out early on Thursday morning in the town of Kalaber …

PA Sport – Craig Mottram is expecting another rough ride when he faces Tariku Bekele over 5000 metres at the IAAF World Athletics Tour meeting in Melbourne on February 21.

The Commonwealth silver medalist has fought some exciting battles with …

Woyanne propaganda has reached a new low — lower than Nazi propaganda — when this week one of its web sites reported that 3,000 peasants have become millionaires. The next thing WIC will report is “The economy under Woyanne is …

Press Release

EFSNA announces that its 25th year anniversary will be held in Washington D.C. in 2008. ESFNA board members were given the opportunity to assess the various venues including 5-star Gaylord Hotel, RFK Stadium, D.C. Armory and the Convention …

The 1.4 billion Birr cement expansion project launched by Muger Cement Enterprise with an objective of minimizing the growing shortage of cement in Ethiopia would begin production by in March 2009, Enterprise Acting General Manager said.

In an interview with …

Take a note of the stark similarities between the “Mount Kenya Mafia” and the ‘Woyanne mafia (EFFORT)’ that currently controls almost every major industry in Ethiopia. Ethiopian freedom fighters such as ONLF need to stop confronting the Woyanne military directly, …

ስዬ አብርሃ – አዲስ ወይን ጠጅ ባዲስ አቁማዳ ወይስ አሮጌ ወይን ጠጅ ባዲስ አቁማዳ?

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አቶ ስዬ አብርሃ በፈረንጆቹ አዲስ ዓመት መግቢያ ላይ በዋሽንግተን አካባቢ ያደረጉትን ውይይት ለመካፈል ስሄድ፣ ማንም የሚረዳውና የሚገምተው ጥርጣሬና …

Kinijit-San Jose (California) has issued the following statement regarding Hailu Shawel’s visit to the Bay Area next weekend. Click here to read [pdf, Amharic]…

The first 100 batch of 500 medium-sized passenger buses imported from China with a loan secured from HSBC, arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Thursday January 17, 2008.

The buses, which are imported with a view to alleviating the acute …

UNITED NATIONS Reuters – U.N. peacekeepers monitoring the disputed border between Ethiopia and Eritrea may have to halt operations within weeks because Eritrea has cut diesel fuel supplies, said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

In letters dated Monday to Eritrean President …

By Jason McLure, Newsweek

It was early one morning in July when 400 Ethiopian Woyanne soldiers came to Ridwan Hassan Zahid’s village of Qorile, 120 miles southeast of this dusty market town. The small settlement of ethnic Somalis in eastern …

A must see video of how Ethiopians are risking their lives and facing horrifying ordeals to escape from the Woyanne parasitic regime in Ethiopia. It is in French, but the message is clear.

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A group of Kinijit parliamentarians led Ato Temesgen Zewdie and the Kinijit executive commttee have signed an agreement today… Details by zikkir News Service …

ለቀናት ሰፊ ውይይት ሲካሄድበት የቆየው ቅንጅትን የትግል አቅጣጫ ይወስናል ተብሎ የታመነበት ስምምነት ፊርማ በቅንጅት ስራ አስፈጻሚ እና ፓርቲውን ወክለው ፓርላማ በገቡት በእነ አቶ ተመስገን መካከል በዛሬው እለት ተፈጸመ፡፡

ዛሬ ከቀኑ በ8፡00 ሰአት ላይ የቅንጅት ስራ አስፈጻሚ ቡድን ባደረገው የአብላጫ ድምጽ …

Documentary about the 2nd pilot test in Ethiopia of the One Laptop Per Child project
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ADDIS ABABA, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Ethiopia opened a $21 million electronic commodities exchange on Friday that will trade six crops including coffee, wheat, maize and sesame.

“The exchange system will contribute a lot to create healthy relations between producers …

በደቡብ ምእራብ ኢትዮጵያ ኦሮሚያ ዞን ቦረና ከሃገረ ማርያም 57 ኪሎ ሜትር ርቀት ላይ በጉጂዎችና በኮሬ ብሄረሰብ መካከል በአሁኑ ወቅት ከፍተኛ ጦርነት እየተካሄደ መሆኑን ሪፖርተራችን ዘገበ፡፤

በአከባቢው በተለያዩ ጊዜያት በወሰንና አከባቢውን ሃብት በመጠቀም መንስኤ ግጭቶች ሲከሰቱ የቆዩ ቢሆንም የአሁኑ ከፍተኛ የሰውና …

IAAF – World Junior 5000m champion Tariku Bekele and fellow Ethiopian Abreham Cherkos Feleke will both contest the 5000m national title against Australia’s 2005 Worlkd Championship bronze medallist Craig Mottram at Melbourne’s Olympic Park, one of the feature events on …

IAAF – World Junior 5000m champion Tariku Bekele and fellow Ethiopian Abreham Cherkos Feleke will both contest the 5000m national title against Australia’s 2005 Worlkd Championship bronze medallist Craig Mottram at Melbourne’s Olympic Park, one of the feature events on …

By: Abdul-Aziz Oudah, Yemen Observer

The commercial department of the Yemeni embassy in Ethiopia has failed in preparing a Yemeni commercial exhibition in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, sources said.

According to these sources, mismanagement of preparations surrounding the …

By Barry Malone

OGADEN, Ethiopia, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Mariam Qorana had worried about getting caught between the Ethiopian army and separatist rebels even before a bullet flew through the wall of her hut and hit her below her right …

By Berhan Tsehai, Tsehainy.com Staff

Close to a thousand individuals were on hand to view the first screening in New York City of the documentary titled ‘Man of the Millennium’-An historical account of the life and times of Emperor Haile …

An American’a Water Shortage

By Sarah Stuteville

Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA —The water in our new house in Addis has been turned off for days and my back is so sore I’ve been squirming around on our dirty couches all evening …

By Peter Heinlein, VOA
Jijiga, Ethiopia

Ethiopian officials say a Somali-born American citizen is being detained as an enemy combatant in the East African nation’s restive Ogaden region. The acknowledgment counters earlier government claims that many westerners have been detained …

A representative of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) in southern Ethiopia was arrested by Woyanne gunmen this morning, and later released after residents of the town surrounded the government building… Read more by zikkir News Service…

A senior leader of Ethiopia’s major opposition party, the Coaliiton for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit), Ato Gizachew Shiferraw, receives messages of support from Timket celebration participants at the Bole MedhaneAlem Church in Addis Ababa… Read more by zikkir News …

በደቡብ ብሄር ብሄረሰቦችና ህዝቦች ክልል የጎፋ ዞን ሳውላ ከተማ የቅንጅት ተወካይ የሆኑት አቶ እንድርያስ ኤሮ በዛሬው እለት የከተማዋ የፌዴራል የደህንነት ቢሮ ሃላፊ በሆኑት በአቶ ሚካኤል ዘሪሁንና የወያኔ/ኢህአዴግ ተወካይ በሆኑት በአቶ ታደለ ያዕቆብ ከቢሯቸው ታፍነው ከተወሰዱ በኋላ በህዝብ ግፊት መለቀቃቸውን የደቡብ …

የጥምቀት በዐልን ለማክበር በቦሌ መድሃኔአለም የተገኙት የቅንጅት ለአንድነትና ዴሞክራሲ ፓርቲ ስራ አስፈፃሚ የሆኑት አቶ ግዛቸው ሽፈራው ለበዐሉ ካደመው በብዙ ሺህ የሚቆጠር ምእመን “በርቱ” የሚል የድጋፍ መልእክት ተላለፈላቸው::

አቶ ግዛቸው በስፍራው የተገኙት ከቤተሰባቸው ጋር በበዐሉ ለመካፍል ቢሆንም በቦታው መኖራቸው እንደታውቀ ብዙ …

By Yilma Bekele

A façade is a false appearance that is more pleasant than the reality. Hollywood is good at this sort of stuff. They create illusion to simulate the imagined event. It is called ‘Special Effects’. Such movies as …

By Alemayehu G. Mariam

What Would Dr. King Say?

Recently, there was a “tempest in a teapot” between Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama over Dr. Martin Luther King’s role and contributions in the civil rights movement. Hilary said, “Dr. King’s …

By Obang O. Metho

In the year 2007, the Anuak Justice Council has come closer to many Ethiopians from all over the country. This was not by accident. Despite the great marginalization and discrimination of the people of Gambella and …

JIJIGA, Ethiopia (AP) – Ethiopian officials have held an American citizen in custody for over a year in Ethiopia’s restive Somali region, the region’s top security official said Sunday.

Mohammed Farah Hassan has seen no American officials since being jailed …

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Half of Ethiopian women are victims of domestic violence, [the other half are kept poor and destitute by Woyanne] the country’s “justice minister” Dimegn Wube said in a statement received by AFP Saturday.

“The violence being …

By Scott A Morgan

For Nearly a Month Kenya has convulsed with violence after a Highly Controversial Election that erupted into an orgy of violence. Since the 27th of December over 500 people have perished in the violence that has …