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CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME!
A Response to Girma Kassa’s article “Let the ‘Weyane’ Bashing end.”Mezgebe Gebrekiristos

Skip the Face Saving Gymnastics
Re: Let the Weyane “Bashing” End Alula Nega

As I Reacted to Girma Kassa’s
Let the Weyane “Bashing” End
Henok Gamlak

LET THE "WEYANE" BASHING END
Girma kassa

Unity advocated by Diaspora Intellectuals Verses EPRDF’s Policy Solomon Gebre-Amelak
July 18 2008

Opposition Political Parties in Ethiopia: Which Way Forward? By Tesfaye Habisso

PM Meles and officials from his government met the business community in Addis Ababa to discuss current economic issues. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia May 2008
part I part II

PM Visits Development Projects in Afar, Oromia Regional States

Terrorists Never Hide Out From The Eyes Of The Public, Security Forces

  President Tsegay Berhe half year State of the State Report to Parliament Tigray Regional State, Ethiopia.
  Part I
  Part II

The story of woyane Tigray as told by Ado Woyenti:Martyred Almaz and Dawit Abraha andHaileyesus (Dambush)
Almaz Part I   Almaz Part II
Dawit Part I   Dawit Part II
Haileyesus (Dambush) Part I
Haileyesus (Dambush) Part II

Taming Tekeze!
The Huge Tekeze Hydro power project in the north of the Country is progressing well. Tekeze_1 Tekeze_2 Tekeze_3 Tekeze_4 Tekeze_5

The Government of Ethiopia is at the Fore Front in the Fight against Food Insecurity

· What is Enhanced Out Reach Strategy?

· Enhanced Out Reach Strategy Info II

· What is Productive Safety Net Programme?

· Safety Net Info II

· The Dream

Ethiopia braces against effects of global food crisis

BHP Billiton Wins License to Explore for Potash in Ethiopia Bloomberg.com - July 18 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton Ltd. , the world's largest mining company, was granted a potash-prospecting license for a 17,000 square-kilometer (6,564 square-mile) area in Ethiopia 's northeastern Afar state, the Mines Ministry said.

Ethiopia: USAID Launches Ecotourism Development Program AllAfrica.com - Jul 17 United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Wednesday launched its new multi-million dollar ecotourism program, with the view to contribute to the development of Ethiopia's unique and potentially very "lucrative" ecotourism sector.

Ethiopia promising to be one middle-income country - UN report
A new UN report released on least developed countries (LDC) on Thursday said that with the continuing economic growth it is registering, Ethiopia in 25 years will be ranked among the middle income countries of the world.

In Eritrea, youth say frustrated by long service
"I love my country, but I'm a young man and I want to earn money to support my family," said one Eritrean national service recruit, who makes 145 Nakfa ($9.6) per month. "We have a saying here. Service without reward is punishment."

ICI claims article was 'racially offensive'
The Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) is to make an official complaint to the Garda Síochána today about the publication of what it considers to be a racially offensive article that appeared in the Irish Independent last week.

Anti-terror task force discloses suspects of acts of terror in Addis Ababa seized, identified. Suspects of terror bombings perpetrated at a few places on different days in Addis Ababa in 2000 E.C. have been seized, disclosed the Joint Anti-terror Task Force of the National Intelligence and Security Service and the Federal Police.

PM Meles Visit to South Africa

Source: ENA

The number of Eritrean soldiers who fled to Ethiopia tops 10,000
“Currently a total of 31,500 Eritreans are being sheltered in Ethiopian camps among whom 10,500 of them are Eritrean soldiers” statement said. Every day a number of Eritrean soldiers flee to Ethiopian borders in protest to killings, detention and harsh treatment they face back at home.

Tigrai Development Association (TDA) is planning to hold a huge telethon rally on July 4th weekend (Sene 29, 2008 EC). The telethon is expected to raise much needed money to support TDA projects in the education sector. TDA calls on all members and supporters in Diaspora to be part of this historic event.

Aigaforum as well as meqelleinfo calls its readers to be part of this noble cause also. Help TDA so it helps the young generation get quality education.
Help TDA and help the future! TDA telethon call(amharic) |TDA telethon call(tigrigna) |TDA telethon call(english)

AU sends team to probe Eritrea-Djibouti clashes
The African Union has sent a team to investigate fighting this month between Djibouti and Eritrea close to strategic Red Sea shipping lanes, the top AU diplomat said on Friday.

Djibouti's PM says Eritrea continues massive armed incursion
The Prime Minister said that Eritrean troops were continuing their incursion through massive armed force, which he suspected was motivated by the desire to build a new modern port, in order to become a regional trading centre.

Ethiopia gets $200 mln IFC loan for cement factory ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia signed a $200 million loan agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on Wednesday to build a new cement plant to ease cement shortages in the vast country, officials said.

AU says Nigeria will send peacekeepers to Somalia KAMPALA (Reuters) - The Nigerian military has sent a reconnaissance team to Somalia and is expected to deploy troops there soon as part of an African peacekeeping force, a spokesman for the force said on Tuesday.

Where the Security Council Fears to Tread A hapless shell of a government. A nasty Islamist insurgency. A looming humanitarian disaster. Somalia is the most dangerous failed state on the planet, and even international troubleshooters are keeping their distance.

U.N. looks at disbanding Eritrea/Ethiopia force UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council considered on Monday a plan to disband its peacekeeping mission to the volatile border between Eritrea and Ethiopia after Eritrea forced most of its troops to go home.

Survivors of an Ethiopian massace 20 years ago revisited. According to the human rights monitor Africa Watch in its report Evil Days, the attack began around 11am on June 22, 1988, when two gunships arrived and began to strafe the town. Their purpose seemed to be to cut off escape, We shall never forget or forgive this vicious and monstrous act on our people. The people of Tigrai will never again be victims.Watch Gerry's Ethiopian photo essay here

Carter Center earmarks close to 920 mln USD to fight malaria, trachoma in Amhara State

Bahirdar, June 21 (WIC) – Carter Center has reportedly allotted close to 920 million USD to prevent malaria and trachoma from being heath threats to the inhabitants of Amhara State.

Ethiopia: aid workers exaggerated drought threat - Ethiopia accused some aid agencies on Friday of exaggerating the impact of a drought afflicting the country to raise money under false pretences.

Ethiopian politicians form new opposition party to prepare for elections
The Unity for Democracy and Justice party will contest the 2010 general elections and is confident of winning, said Birtukan Midekssa, the party's chairwoman.

Swim or Sink Together: Meles Tells Europe

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told European trade negotiators that their continent’s destiny is joined at the “hip” to Africa, thus it has the choice to either sink or swim together.

Gezategaru voice discussion forum (pal talk). Interview with President Tsegay Berhe of Tigrai regional state, Ethiopia. The president gave detailed and very informative answers on many topics including Ethio-Eritrea issues and economic and good governance progress in Tigrai.

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