Boston, USA – Tirunesh Dibaba has seen a lot of record-setting success at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, with 5000m World record races in 2005 and 2007, but her attempt to add to that resume fell short at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games on Saturday (6) evening as Dibaba [...]
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US/UK Ethiopian policy Full of words but void of deeds
February 8th, 2010
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By Girma Kassa
As reported by Bloomberg news, Gavin Cook a spokesman for the British Embassy in Addis Ababa, said that the UK government had a frank and full dialog with the government of Ethiopia on human rights and democracy including Birtukan.
On multiple occasions, the former US Ambassador in Ethiopia Donald Yamamotto, his boss, the Assistant [...]
Call for Papers & Participation for Conference on the Horn of Africa
February 8th, 2010
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Call for Papers & Participation
Conference on Good Governance, Peace, Security, and Sustainable Development in the Horn of Africa
Washington DC, April 9 to 11, 2010
The Horn of Africa sub-region continues to remain ever fragile. This fragility increased in the post 9/11 period. The total collapse of Somalia and the irresponsible and imprudent [...]
Western Diplomatic Omerta in Ethiopia
February 8th, 2010
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By Alemayehu G. Mariam
Reporting on the eerie silence of Western diplomats in Addis Abeba on Birtukan Midekssa, the first woman political party leader in Ethiopian history and Ethiopia’s # 1 political prisoner, Xan Rice, a reporter for the Guardian wrote last week:
That foreign embassies, including Britain’s, which have been refused permission to visit Mideksa, have [...]
Ethiopian-Eritrean Friendship Conference to be held in San Jose, California
February 8th, 2010
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The Ethiopian Eritrean Friendship Committee is pleased to announce that the second Ethiopian-Eritrean Friendship Conference will be held on March 12-14, 2010 at Masonic Center in San Jose, California. The aim of the conference is to bring together Ethiopian and Eritrean scholars and academicians from around the world to discuss ways and means of healing [...]
TPLF controlled Ethiopian troops cross into two Somali towns-locals
February 7th, 2010
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By Mohamed Ahmed and Abdi Sheikh
MOGADISHU, Feb 7 (Reuters) - (TPLF Controlled) Ethiopian troops in armoured vehicles crossed into two border towns in south central Somalia and seized the family of a man with links to al Shabaab insurgents, residents said on Sunday.
They said troops went to El Barde and Yeed on Saturday seeking the [...]
Africa is pre-destined to be the loser in the global climate deal
February 7th, 2010
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By Seifu Tsegaye Demmissie
The dictators and despots of Africa have always been the sources of embarrassments and irritation which make Africans lose confidence and hope in the continent. The decision of the African Union to re-elect the sellout Meles Zenawi as its chief negotiator is outrageous and needs to be denounced. It is [...]
Black Boxes of Crashed Ethiopian Jet Retrieved
February 7th, 2010
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The devices could shed light on the cause of the crash that killed all 90 people on board
Lebanese army officials say navy commandos have retrieved the flight recorders from an Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet that crashed off the Lebanese coast last month, killing all 90 people on board.
Officials said the so-called “black boxes” were taken [...]
Ethiopia’s Hydro Plans Get Stuck in the Mud
February 7th, 2010
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On Jan. 13, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi inaugurated the Gilgel Gibe 2 scheme, the country’s biggest hydropower project. “It is possible to speed up development without polluting the environment,” Zenawi proudly declared as he cut the ceremonial ribbon. Yet this was wishful thinking.
Due to shoddy preparation, the project had already been delayed by more [...]
Ethiopia law forces journalists to reveal sources
February 7th, 2010
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ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Ethiopia’s new anti-terror law strips journalists of the right to protect the identity of their sources, a (Weyane) official said in a statement carried Saturday by the national news agency ENA.
“The anti-terrorism law revoked the rights of journalists not to disclose their information sources when they report on terrorism,” the [...]
