(AFP) – Ethiopia distance-running great Kenenisa Bekele added to his collection of notable landmarks by setting a new world-best performance mark in the two miles at the international indoor meeting here Saturday.
The reigning Olympic 10,000 metres champion, on the …
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
New reports indicate that a few locust swarms are present in Oman and Yemen. In southern Oman, an immature swarm was reported on 11 February in the Dhofar hills near Salalah. …
By Louis Charbonneau
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A standoff between Eritrea and the United Nations escalated on Friday as a U.N. spokeswoman said Eritrea had cut off food supplies to U.N. troops on its border and stopped them withdrawing to …
It is rumored that Meles Zenawi’s wife, Azeb Mesfin, sold this priceless Ethiopian national treasure to the highest bidder?
By Peter Smith
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The Courier-Journal
Fallen angels marry human women and spawn a breed of giants that wreak havoc on …
Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton 48% to 42% in Texas, according to the latest poll by American Research Group. Obama leads Clinton among self-described independents and Republicans 24% to 71%. Obama leads among men 55% to 29% (47% of likely …
Vice-chairperson of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit), Wzt. Birtukan Mideksa, will attend Kinijit North America’s general assembly in Las Vegas at the end of this month, according to sources close to the party’s leadership. Ato Kifle Tigneh, …
Kinijit Atlanta Support Chapter (KASC), at its General Assembly meeting held last week, elected an eight-person Board of Directors: Girmaye Gizaw, Wossen Kebede, Eyob Kidanemariam, Zewde Bekele, Fikrealem Mulatu, Getachew Legesse, Yohannes Alemayehu and Teshager Seyoum… Read More …
Interview with Kinijit leaders Ato Assefa Hailu (a member of parliament form Ambassel Woreda, Wollo), and Ato Amaha Aba Mecha (Kinijit secretary general of North Gondar) who went to Eritrea to join the armed struggle against the Woyanne fascist regime.…
Two Kinijit members of parliament gave up their peaceful struggle and left for Eritrea, source said. In a televised interview on Wednesday, February 13, the two individuals said peaceful struggle is considered a crime by the incumbent Woyanne regime in …
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By staff reporter
A law graduate strangled a 59-year-old woman when they were both patients on a psychiatric ward in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
Telahum Tedola (Tecola?) confessed to the killing and told a nurse he attacked Rosalyn McManus because …
In recent military operations, the Tigray People’s Democratic Movement (TPDM) kill more than 100 Woyanne soldiers, and Ogaden Liberation Front (ONLF) fighters kill over 132 Woyannes soldiers.
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COMMENTARY
My Position on the Involvement of Ethiopia in Somalia
By Melaku Tegegne
Meles Zenawi could have made a Rambo-style, quick and decisive victory in Somalia and got the job done. Instead, he decided that the Ethiopian soldiers continue for …
(Press TV) More than ten people have been killed across Mogadishu as the city walks on the verge a new fighting between rebels and Ethiopian Woyanne forces.
Press TV Somalia correspondent in Mogadishu said three civilians were targeted …
Senator Barack Obama emerged from Tuesday’s primaries leading Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton by more than 100 delegates, a small but significant advantage that Democrats said would be difficult for Mrs. Clinton to make up in the remaining contests in the …
The biggest obstacle to the advancement of technology in Ethiopia is Meles Zenawi and his vampire regime. For example, even Somalia, which doesn’t have a functioning government, has a much better mobile phone service than Ethiopia. The Woyanne regime has …
“A Walk to Beautiful” is an inspiring documentary film that tells the heartbreaking story of five Ethiopian women who suffer from devastating childbirth injuries. Rejected by their husbands and ostracized by their communities, these women are left to spend the …
By Fikremariam Tesfaye
A new, privately-owned pay TV service by the name of GTV- Gateway Community Television GTV is poised to enter the broadcasting market with the main objective of educating and entertaining the Ethiopian public, its …
የቅንጅት ከፍተና አመራሮችን አግደናል በማለት ከህገ ደንብ ውጭ የሆኑ አፍራሽ እንቅስቃሴዎችን ሲያካሂዱ የቆዩት እነ አቶ አባይነህ የመኢአድን ሰርተፍኬት በማደስ በመንቀሳቀስ ላይ መሆናቸውን ለጉዳዩ ቅርበት ያላቸው ምንጮች ለዜና አገልግሎቱ ገለጹ፡፡ ስራ አስፈጻሚው መታገድ ዋንኛ አላማም ይህ ምስጢራዊ አጀንዳ እንደነበር ታውቋል፡፡
የሚቀርቧቸው …
Woyanne receives $755 million from its international backers for a job well done of torturing, raping and murdering of Ethiopians and Somalis.
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia The Woyanne beggar regime secured a total $755 million in development loans …
By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent
Senator Barack Obama won primaries in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia with ease Tuesday night in a determined drive to erase Hillary Rodham Clinton’s delegate lead in the Democratic presidential race.
“Tonight …
OBAMA, Japan (AFP) — Barack Obama, who has been credited with tapping support in unlikely places, is enjoying a groundswell of enthusiasm in a small city in western Japan, which is delighted to share his name.
Obama, Japan, is rooting …
ANNOUNCEMENT
The 2009 Ford Motor Company International Fellowship of the 92nd Street Y is now accepting applications from community leaders who are citizens and residents of Azerbaijan; the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania; Cambodia; Ethiopia; Israel; Liberia; and …
Senator Barack Obama has defeated Senator Hillary Clinton in the Virginia primary tonight, crushing what may have been Clinton’s best chance at a Potomac primary win. Clinton had hoped to perform strongly in Virginia’s rural communities and among women and …
A senior adviser to Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has suggested that she – along with other “party elders” – will step into the ring if they feel that Democratic hopes of winning back the White …
By MATTHEW ROSENBERG
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Peace talks to end postelection bloodshed in Kenya moved to a secret location Tuesday for a final push. Negotiators said the opposition has proposed sharing power with the government for two years and …
(PressTV) – A Somali soldier stands guard at Bakara market in Mogadishu.
Two Somali soldiers armed with automatic weapons have attacked an Ethiopian a Woyanne base in the city of Afgooye, 30 kilometers off Mogadishu.
The two soldiers …
Andargachew Tsige’s recent article about the status of the struggle for democracy and freedom in Ethiopia is spreading like a wildfire in Ethiopia. The 27-page article is being sold 30 birr per copy by newspaper vendors… Read more at zikkir …
የቅንጅት ለአንድነትና ለዴሞክራሲ ፓርቲ የላእላይ ም/ቤት አባል በሆኑት በአቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌ የተጻፈውና 27 ገጽ ያለው በቅንጅት ዙርያ የሚያጠነጥን ጽሁፍ በድብቅ በከፍተኛ ቅጅ በመሰራጨት ላይ ይገኛል፡፡
‹‹ያለፈውንና ያለንበትን አይቶ የወደፊቱን አቅዶ መንቀሳቀስ›› በሚል ርእስ ጥር 2000 ዓ.ም. የተጻፈውን ይህን …
Barack Obama appeared poised Monday to trounce Hillary Rodham Clinton in today’s “Potomac primary,” as polls showed him with huge leads in Maryland and Virginia. Obama, fresh from five weekend wins over Clinton in Louisiana, Washington state, Nebraska, Maine and …
In Addis Ababa alone, over 100,000 children are homeless. Millions live in slums. And yet, Woyanne offers to help build Sudan’s infrastructure. Eight million Ethiopians are facing starvation, but Woyanne exports livestock and invests on growing flower for export. …
Virginia, Maryland and DC will hold Democratic party primaries tomorrow, Tuesday. In Maryland, Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton among men 57% to 34% (43% of likely Democratic primary voters) and Obama leads Clinton among women 54% to 40%. Clinton leads …
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia The Woyanne regime in Ethiopia has agreed to temporarily host a U.N. peacekeeping force acting as a buffer with Eritrea after Asmara cut off fuel supplies to the force, the foreign ministry said on Monday.…
There is a severe shortage of food in Ethiopia, and yet the Woyanne regime tries to export livestock to Ghana and other countries, as reported here.
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ADDIS ABABA, 11 February 2008 (IRIN) – Ethiopia’s new national nutrition strategy …
By Yohannes Assefa
The moment of truth has come — DC/VA/MD will vote in the presidential election primary tomorrow, February 12. Ethiopians in DC, Virginia and Maryland can made all the difference. Senator Jim Webb won his upset election last …
In preparation for the upcoming local elections in Ethiopia, Woyanne has issued multiple identification cards (up to 5 per person) to its supporters so that they can vote several times. Those Kebele and Woreda officials who complained about this day …
ACCRA, Ghana — Mohamed Aboutraika’s 77th minute goal enabled Egypt to retain the African Nations Cup with a 1-0 victory over Cameroon in the final in Accra on Sunday.
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Aboutraika’s 77th minute matchwinner was his seventh goal of the …
Kinijit North America Association of Support Organizations will hold its general assembly in Las Vegas on Feb. 23, 2008. Representatives of Kinijit chapters from over 18 cities will participate in the assembly to: 1) elect the Kinijit NA leadership, 2) …
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Several Ethiopian women and men are suffering in Libya detention centre. Addis Dimts radio host, Abebe Belew managed to interview these prisoners, who had been tortured and starved. These Ethiopian prisoners are held in life-threatening facilities lacking …
ከሁለት ወር በኋላ ለሚደረገው የአከባቢና የማሟያ ምርጫ ወያኔ ካድሬዎች በአዲስ አበባ በሚገኙ የተለያዩ ቀበሌዎች እስከአምስት የሚደርሱ መታወቂያዎችን በመጠቀም ምርጫውን ሂደት ስለሚያዛቡት ኮሮጆ በመገልበጥ የማጭበርበር ድርጊት መፈጸም እንደማያስፈልጋቸው ጉዳዩን በቅርብ የሚያውቁ ምንጮቻችን ገለጹ፡፡
ከተለያዩ ክልሎች በመምጣት የአዲስ አበባን መታወቂያ እንዲያገኙ የሚደረጉት …
Last week, IRIN (a U.N.-sponsored news agency) reported that 8 million Ethiopians are currently facing starvation. Today, we learn that Woyanne businessmen and the minister of agriculture are in Ghana to find meat buyers. What can one make of this? …
In the delegate chase, Barack Obama has pulled ahead of Clinton, even when the support of uncommitted super delegates is figured in. According to CBS News estimates, Obama holds a razor-thin lead with 1,134 delegates overall to 1,131 for Clinton. …
By IAAF
Valencia, Spain – As expected, both 3000m and Long Jump events provided some of the main highlights of Saturday evening’s (9-Feb) ‘Reunión Internacional Ciudad …
WASHINGTON (AFP) — They are political polar opposites, but for Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, hidden family ties run deep, as they are distant cousins.
The vice president’s wife Lynne Cheney told MSNBC that she …
(The Sub-Saharan Informer, ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia) – An American law professor, teaching at the Ethiopian Ministry of Education’s Mekelle University in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, had her contract terminated last week by university officials.
The administration claims …
Barack Obama wins the Democratic Primary in Nebraska and Washington State by wide margins, and is on his way to win Louisiana today. It has been a bad day for Hillary Clinton… Read More
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By Bito
Dear Blen Tamirat Layne,
I read your open letter to the ‘Government of Ethiopia’ requesting the release of your father Ato Tamirat Layne, who was the vice chairman of the ruling Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Party (EPRDF), prime …
PRESS RELEASE
Ethiopians for Obama
Ethiopians for Obama, a volunteer group that supports Barack Obama, is planning an intensive outreach to the Ethiopian and Ethiopian American community in the Washington DC metro area throughout this weekend leading up to the …
By Admasu Simeso
This is a personal appeal and plea to the Kenyan political leaders, specifically to Mr. Kibaki and Mr. Odinga; the religious and community leaders of Kenya; and the people of Kenya at large, to save their country …
MOGADISHU, Somalia Feb 8 (Garowe Online) – A member of parliament from Somalia’s southern regions announced his resignation during a Friday radio interview, after accusing the country’s leaders of “taking orders” from Ethiopian Prime Minister dictator Meles Zenawi, …
By PEGGY NOONAN, The Wall Street Journal
Hillary Clinton is losing this thing. It’s not one big primary, it’s a rolling loss, a daily one, an inch-by-inch deflation. The trends and indices are not in her favor. She is having …
By TOM ODULA, Associated Press
Kenya’s ruling party and opposition have agreed to form a joint government in an effort to end weeks of bloodshed that have engulfed the country since the disputed presidential election, an opposition lawmaker said Friday.…
By Sheera Claire Frenkel, THE JERUSALEM POST
Shlomo Mula begins nearly all his speeches with the same sentence: “I walked 800 kilometers from Ethiopia to Sudan.” On Monday, Mula will take one more journey, as he is sworn in to …
Opening Statement by Congressman Donald M. Payne
The U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Foreign Affairs
The Political Crisis in Kenya: A Call for Justice and Peaceful Resolution
February 6, 2008
Good morning, and welcome to the Subcommittee on Africa …
A new conflict could break out between Eritrea and Ethiopia Woyanne, the UN says, as it prepares to withdraw its troops.
The UN gave a Wednesday deadline for Eritrea to restore fuel supplies to the peacekeepers on its side of …
The Obama campaign in Virginia is coordinating a statewide canvassing blitz for this Saturday through Monday, February 9-11. We will begin this earnest GOTV phase of the campaign with a high energy kick off event this Saturday morning, where volunteers …
ANNOUNCEMENT
on Tuesday, Feb. 12, all are invited to Dukem Restaurant to view the results of the Potomac Primary. Come and be amongst friends as the results of the Virginia, DC, and Maryland primaries are broadcast.
Dukem Restaurant will extend …
(IRIN) Ethiopia experienced a record harvest during the meher season that runs from June and October but pockets of poor food production across the country have still left millions of people needing food assistance, according to a food …
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NAIROBI, Kenya – The U.S. said Thursday it was barring 10 leading Kenyan politicians from both the president’s party and his rival’s, calling them “criminals” involved in postelection violence that has brought a country once considered …
Source: Kinijit North America
Forty members of parliament have signed an agreement with the executive committee of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) on Monday to work under to the bylaws and manifesto of the party.
Though the …
The Woyanne regime in Ethiopia continues to arrest members and leaders of opposition leaders ahead of the April local elections. Read more by zikkir News Service…
በቀጣዩ የሚያዝያ የክልልና የም/ቤት የማሟያ ምርጫ ለመሳተፍ እጩዎቻቸውን ያቀረቡ ተቃዋሚ ፓርቲዎች ተወዳዳሪ እጩዎቹ ያለ ህግ ስርአት እታሰሩባቸው መሆኑን ለዜና አገልግሎቱ ገለጹ፡፡
የኦፌዴን ጽ/ቤት ሃላፊዎች በዛሬው እለት ለዜና አገልግሎቱ እንደገለጹት በግራር ጃርሶ ጉለሌ ወርዳ ውስጥ ለሚወዳደሩት የፓርቲው እጩዎች አስፈላጊ ዶክመንቶችን በመያዝ …
Source: ENA
Al Amoudi’s company, MIDROC-Ethiopia (one the Woyanne vampire corporations that are sucking the blood of Ethiopians), announces plan to tap over 70 tons of gold valued at 1.6 billion USD (yes, BILLION) until 2020, its Chief Executive Officer …
By TRACY JOHNSON
P-I REPORTER
Seattle — A man accused of killing the owner of a Central District sandwich shop and wounding a customer was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder and three attempted-murder charges.
Rey Alberto Davis-Bell, 23, is accused …
By Network of Ethiopian Scholars (NES)
There is a pervasive and corrosive phenomenon characterised by the gratuitous trading of insults that we believe has been disorientating the Ethiopian opposition lately. Though the opposition is passing through a difficult phase at …
PRESS RELEASE
American foreign policy in Africa over the past one-half decade has vacillated on a pendulum of confusion and ineptitude. Nowhere has this fact been more magnified than in the Horn of Africa. The irrefutable evidence is that the …
In a city where over 100,000 children sleep in the street (watch this video), Woyanne business partners (the vampires) plan to build $200 million hotel as reported below by the Woyanne-controlled Ethiopian News Agency (ENA)
(ENA) – A …
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Eritrean opposition groups trying to bring down President Isaias Afwerki plan to set up a government in exile for the Red Sea state, an opposition leader said on Monday from the Ethiopian capital.
A …
By Ethiopian-American News Serivce
On Saturday, February 2, 2008, Ethiopians for Obama held a successful fundraising event in Washington DC in support of U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama. The event was attended by a cross section of the Ethiopian community …
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
Universities in democratic societies crank out legions of technorati, digerati and literati every year. But what do universities in police states produce? Hordes of ignorati?
Welcome to higher education in the Land of Absurd-istan! In an …
Five senior executives from the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) and three chemists from the Ethiopian Geological Survey were arrested last week for their alleged involvement in a gold fraud scandal. The NBE, which exports gold, reportedly bought 300 kilograms …
By Jennifer 8. Lee, The New York Times
For all the rhetoric of national unity and bipartisanship, presidential political strategy is still centered around coalitions of various constituencies: labor, religious groups, youth, retirees, African Americans, Latinos — and women. Women, …
(AFP) Olympic champion Meseret Defar finished more than ten seconds ahead of her nearest rival to run the world’s fastest 3000 metres time in Stuttgart.
The Ethiopian 5,000 metres Olympic gold medalist blitzed the field with a world best time …
By Magali Rheault, Gallup
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the Horn of Africa, democracy is rather scarce. But in 2005, Ethiopian voters went to the polls in the country’s first multiparty parliamentary elections to pave the way for establishing democratic values. …
Source: Ethiopian Woyanne News Agency
Guna Trading Houses [owned by the Meles crime family] envisaged to export 13,000 tons of sesame valued at 17 million US dollars to global market this Ethiopian Fiscal Year, its General Manager (GM) …
DLA Piper — a lobbying firm in Washington DC that is hired by the Woyanne mass murderers in Ethiopia for $50,000 per month — has contributed $403,420 to U.S. Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton (see the list of Hillary …
A public meeting organized by Ato Moges Bruck in Los Angeles for Ato Hailu Shawel this coming weekend has been cancelled because of growing disagreement over Dr Taye Woldesemayat’s role, among other things.
Ato Moges is the former chairman of …
Ato Hailu Shawel’s personal “envoy” in Addis Ababa Ato Abayneh Berhanu has invited Vice chairperson of Kinijit Wzt. Bertukan Mideksa for a secret meeting on Monday. It is reported that Wzt. Birtukan has accepted the invitation. Ato Abayneh decided to …
በመላ አገሪቱ ያሉ ደጋፊዎቻችንን እናነጋግር በሚል ከቀድሞው የመኢአድ ቢሮ ተልከው የነበሩት የአቶ አባይነህ ብርሀኑ ልኡካን በየሄዱበት ተቃውሞ ሲገጥማቸው ቆይቶ ከተመለሱ በኋሏ አቋማቸውን በመመርመር የቅንጅትን ተ/ም ሊቀመንበር ወ/ት ብርቱካን ሚደቅሳን ሊያነጋግሩ ቀጠሮ መያዛቸውን ሪፖርተራችን ዘገበ፡፡
ልኡኩ በተጓዘባቸው ክልሎች ሁሉ የስራ አስፈጻሚው …
This speech by Ghanaian economist George Ayittey unleashes an almost breathtaking torrent of controlled anger toward corrupt leaders (ER calls them parasites) and the complacency of Africans that allows them to thrive. Click below to play the video.
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Human Rights Watch 2008 Report
The Ethiopian government’s Woyanne human rights record remains poor, both within the country and in neighboring Somalia, where since early 2007 thousands of Ethiopian Woyanne troops have been fighting an insurgency alongside the Transitional Federal…
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in California shows Hillary Clinton with a very narrow three-percentage point lead over Barack Obama. The survey was conducted in the hours immediately following Florida’s Presidential Primary and before John Edwards dropped out of …