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Kassahun Taye - Endet Nesh - sekota In Memory of Lekatit 11 by Dimtsi Woyane
The documentary is a must have for all! It is a must have for students of the Ethiopian politics and for those who would like to know the truth about the nature of the struggle EPRDF fought and won against the Derge Regime. To order your copy call: DC;Tel 202 364 1200 Newyork Tel 212 4211830: LA Tel 213 365 6651
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President Issayas lectures the World, masquerading as defender of Ethiopia Unity (MOFA 05/22/09):- President Issayas is taking the opportunity of Eritrea’s 16th anniversary of independence (May 24)...Issayas finds little to welcome in the world or even in Eritrea. The words that most commonly appear are challenge, conspiracy, hostility...[but]President Issayas tried to portray himself as a defender of Ethiopian unity. [Only if he had not told the world in 1991 that]... “The only reason that there is an Ethiopia is that the US needed it for the Cold War, and recreated it, otherwise it would have disappeared at the end of World WarII.”
Israel donates
50,000 USD worth
drugs,
pharmaceuticals
Israeli Embassy to Ethiopia donated on Friday drugs and pharmaceuticals valued at 50,000 US dollars to Ethiopia, the Ministry of Health disclosed.
Ethiopian to acquire
two B737 aircraft
10
Gorgeous Pilgrimage Sites You Need
to See
Chinese Investment in Ethiopia:
Developmental Opportunity or
Deepening China’s New Mercantilism?
Opposition blame game: It has not
worked before and it won’t work now! Ethiopia would not back away from supporting TFG: Seyoum A/A, April 18, 2009 (Addis Ababa) - Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin says Ethiopia would not back away from its commitment to provide capacity building support to the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia.The foreign minister reiterated his government's stand during talks here on Saturday with Somalian Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke US threatens Eritrea over support for al-Qaeda-linked terrorists By Damien McElroy in Asmara:- The US has warned Eritrea it risks American military action for its support for a Somalian terrorist group linked to a plot to attack President Barack Obama... It champions al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda-linked group that American intelligence believes has trained a dozen of its own citizens to carry out attacks in the US
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Ancient Town
of Adwa Part 1| Part 2Part 3 | Part 4 (G.E.
Gorfu)
Dimtsi
Woyane |
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Role of alumni conferences said vital to build capacity of academic institutions |
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Addis Ababa, February 29 (WIC) – An Ethiopian scholar, who lived for more than 23 years in Germany, said promoting alumni conferences is vital to score better results in various academic circles through transferring knowledge and technologies. |
brief
On
Eritrea, Somalia, term limit and
current state of the economy.
A
leading Ethiopian opposition
politician, who was imprisoned for
life last month after a dispute with
the government, has ended a hunger
strike and told relatives she wants
to begin legal proceedings to win
her freedom
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Professor Tirussew Tefera receives UNESCO's most prestigious award Professor Tirussew Tefera Addis Ababa, November 27 (WIC) - Professor Tirussew Tefera, Dean of the Addis Ababa University College of Education, has been awarded one of UNESCO's most prestigious awards, the Jan Amos Comenius Medal, for outstanding achievement and innovations in the field of education.
The Results of an
Investigation by the Government of
Ethiopia into allegations by Human
Rights Watch on human rights in the
Somali Regional State
November 2008 Addis AbabaIn June
2008, Human Rights Watch made a
series of allegations against the
Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF)...
Given the seriousness of these
allegations, the Government of
Ethiopia immediately set up an
investigation into HRW’s claims
despite its own concerns over the
Report’s obviously flawed
methodology,
State pardons 44 ex-OLF members convicted of serious crimes. Forty-four individuals who were serving prison terms after having been convicted of involvement in serious crimes have been set free on Tuesday following endorsement by the Head of State of recommendation made by the Board of Pardon of the Ministry of Justice, which looked into their petitions.
Pirates 'working with
Islamists'
By Martin Plaut:- Somali pirates
have been accused of forming what is
described as an "unholy high seas
alliance" with some of the country's
Islamist insurgents... The Islamists
are using the pirates to train their
own forces in naval tactics so that
they can provide protection for arms
being smuggled in Somalia from
Eritrea.
Canadian scholar highlights role of
federalism in speeding up dev’t
Addis Ababa, November 22 (WIC) – A
federal system of government plays
significant role in building
democracy and bringing about
socio-economic development through
solidifying the unity among nations
and nationalities, a Canadian
University Professor
stressed...Ethiopia is selected to
host the 5th International
Federation Forum to be held for the
first time in Africa in the next
year!
Terrorism, double standards and the
international community
(MFA Nov 21, 2008):-Over the last
few years, terrorism has been one of
the international media’s most
frequently used words. And as often
misused. But there has been a
surprising lack of unanimity over
what it means. Indeed there are
literally dozens of definitions and
a great deal of dispute about how it
might be categorized....
Nations,
Nationalities Day symbolizes
Ethiopians’ harmony, unity:
Ambassador Yamamoto
Addis Ababa, November 21 (WIC) – United States Ambassador to Ethiopia, Donald Yamamoto said celebrating the Nations, Nationalities and People’s Day would enable nations and nationalities of Ethiopia live and work together in their efforts of making a better tomorrow and better country.
Ethiopia:
India Private Investment Reaches $4
Billion -
India today is becoming the single
largest foreign investor in Ethiopia
with nearly $4 billion in private
sector investment, said the
Ambassador on Monday. Gurjit Singh,
Ambassador of India, on his
presentation under the title of
"India's role in Ethiopia economy
with emphasis on infrastructure
sector" said, floriculture and
agriculture, mining, manufacturing
and services are the main areas of
his country's investment here.
Bombardier Sells Eight Q400 NextGen Airliners to Ethiopian Airlines

Toronto man returns to Ethiopia a
pop star
Twenty-four
years after escaping, Kemer Yousef
is going back to perform in
Ethiopia, where the Oromo singer is
a symbol of unity to the country's
dozens of ethnic groups... About
five years ago, Ethiopian Prime
Minister Meles Zenawi opened a
dialogue with expatriate Oromo
communities in Europe and North
America."The system changed, the
people changed, I changed," Kemer
says of his broader themes in recent
years of love between men and women,
love for humankind, and love for
Ethiopian village life.
Somali pirates seize supertanker
loaded with crude:

Somali pirates hijacked a
supertanker hundreds of miles off
the Horn of Africa, seizing the
Saudi-owned ship loaded with crude
and its 25-member crew, the U.S.
Navy said Monday
Eritrean army members gave
themselves up to the Ethiopian
government
The
Afar State Police Commission
disclosed that 100 Eritrean army
members who took up the struggle
against the dictatorship of the
Eritrean government have given
themselves up to the Ethiopian
government with all their armaments.
“Loyal Opposition” and the debate on the President’s Speech (MoFA) - The debate attracted substantial attention from the public and in the media. For the first time it was apparent that the statements of opposition and of government reflected shared concerns. The opposition was raising issues that Parliament could and should discuss even if they were matters of detail not appropriate for a debate on the President's opening speech of the session. As the Prime Minister emphasized, the issues, if not the details, were all ones on which the government and opposition could essentially agree.
Citi-Bank reimburses NBE’s USD 27mln
Alemayehu Kebede, modernization and
foreign relations directorate, told
The Reporter that the individuals
used fraudulent documents to cheat
the bank. “They submitted forged
documents via fax messages. We do
not have such kind of working
procedures,” Alemayehu said.
UK’s
aid to Ethiopia utilized
properly: Secretary
Alexander
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Secretary of State for
International Development of
UK, Douglas Alexander said
on Friday that he recognized
that UK’s fund to Ethiopia
is being utilized properly
to implement planned
development programs. The
secretary said the financial
support made by his
government enabled Ethiopia
to construct educational
facilities, rural roads and
implement health care
programs including family
planning services. |
Presidential
spokesman says no rift between
Somali, Ethiopian leadership
"I would like to underline that the
current leadership of Somalia and
Ethiopia have come all the way to
make history out of their courage
and far-sighted vision by
strengthening all the positive
values and important interests we
share as brothers and neighbors,"
Financial Crisis To Have Little
Effect On Ethiopia - PM Meles
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP)--Ethiopian
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said...
"In general, we don't expect drastic
effects on our economy, our
financial structure is not as
liberalized as those of affected
countries and the economy is not
intertwined to Western economies to
face a crisis," Meles told
parliament.
EPRDF's 7th organization conference
preparations said successful: EPRDF
Hawassa, October 15 (WIC) – The
preparations for the 7th
organization conference of the
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary
Democratic Front (EPRDF) held early
last month in Hawassa town were
successful, EPRDF Council Office
announced.
Axum University to admit 2,400
students
Axum, October 16, 2008 (Axum) - Axum
University, one of state owned
universities, is to admit 2,400
students during the current
Ethiopian academic year.University
president, Dr Mebiratu Mesfin told
ENA that the 30 million Birr
expansion work launched last year
was already
completed and readied for service.
Ethiopia Defends Proposal to
Criminalize(regulate) Many
Foreign NGO Activities
Ethiopian officials have told
western diplomats that parliament
will approve a proposed Charities
and Societies Proclamation within
weeks...
Ethiopia signs deal for largest wind
farm in Africa
ADDIS
ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopia on Thursday
signed a 220-million-euro (300
million dollar) deal with a French
company for the construction of
Africa's largest wind farm.The
contract was inked by
representatives of the Ethiopian
Electric Power Corporation (EEPC)
and French wind turbine manufacturer
Vergnet
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Somali
pirates holding a
Ukrainian cargo ship
carrying military tanks
threaten to blow it up
if they are not paid a
ransom.
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UN council rebukes Eritrea for
stonewalling UN probe
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 17 (Reuters) -
The U.N. Security Council rebuked
Eritrea on Wednesday for refusing to
cooperate with a U.N. investigation
of clashes on its border with
Djibouti that left a number of
Djiboutian soldiers dead.

EPRDF conferences (1983-1993 EC) Part 1| Part 2
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OPEN LETTER TO MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TÜBINGEN
Hatred and Ignorance Shouldn’t be Rewarded;
Jacob Abraha
US
keeps its strong relations with Ethiopia under the new President,
Ambassador Yamamato ; Source: ENA
Remember US

Iyassu Berhe
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The beginning of the end
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

On
this Thanksgiving Day let us be thankful to those who made it
possible for all of us to walk head high, straight and proud. Thank
You General Hailu!
Ben's
Point of view with regards to the current status of
The Reporter Newspaper.
Nov
20th, 2008
OPPOSITIONS’ AND SUPPORTERS’ ENDLESS SMEAR CAMPAIGNS
By Mathza
Ethiopia:A Country Built on Shared History and Worth-Struggling to
Preserve
by Tesfaye Habisso

(a call to support UEDP-MEDHIN coming congress)
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