Friday, November 28, 2008
Disputing HRW's Irrefutable Facts with TPLF Propaganda (Ogaden Online)
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Ethiopia - A cover for TPLF indefinitely(Nazret)
Ethiopia's dictator wants to talk with OLF (Ethiopian Review)
Ali Bira & Kemer Yousuf: Traitors or Nationalists? (Oromo Affairs)
Saturday, November 22, 2008
EPRDF failed Ethiopia but blames international community for "double standards" (Ethiomrdia)
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
50,000 Ethiopians displaced by floods (AFP)
Secretary Of State Clinton? Obama Should Not Sleep With Wolves (Black Star News)
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
The genius of America By Alemayehu G. Mariam (Galbeed)
Broken bones and body bags: horrors facing Ethiopian domestic workers(The Daily Star)
"They always say, 'she killed herself,'" the social affairs officer said.
In the case of Zebiba Kedr, who is currently hospitalized, the consulate is working on having charges laid against the woman for whom she was working. The employers have stated that Kedr fell from the 12th floor of their building, but the head of the consular section said that when he went to see her in the hospital and asked her "Madame" had pushed her, she indicated 'yes' by blinking her eyes. read more...
Sunday, November 9, 2008
G7 condemns the ongoing mass detention of Oromos Ethiopian Media Forum)
የለውጥ ዝናብ መቼ ይሆን በኢትዮጵያ የሚያካፋው? (ግርማ ካሳ) (Ethiopia Zare)
A Call for Ethiopians live in the Twin Cities and in greater MinnesotaAnyuak Media)
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Body of housemaid lying in UAE morgue for a month (Gulfnews)
Barack Obama has Opened Up a New Door of Opportunity and Now We Must Move Ahead! (Anuak Justice Council)
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
World reacts to Obama win (BBC)
Obama turns to building his administration (msnbc)
In quotes: US election reaction (BBC)
"We wish you strength and fortitude in the challenging days and years that lie ahead." FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA ...more..
Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls (NY Times)
President-Elect Barack Obama in Chicago (You Tube)
Obama victory sparks cheers worldwide (AP)
Kenyans celebrate Obama victory (China View)
Monday, November 3, 2008
Europe awaits new US president in time of crisis(EU Obsever)
If Europeans had a vote, Barack Obama would beat John McCain by large margin. He enjoys greater popularity due to the fact that he represents a more evident contrast to the politics of the outgoing president, Republican George W. Bush.
Mr Bush's eight-year-long term has been marked by a unilateral decision to invade Iraq - something that his reputation has never recovered from, even though he later reached out to consult Europe on issues such as Iran....more..
Chicago gets ready for Obama(The SUN)
All these good people – and Americans ARE good and decent people – will be descending on to Chicago’s lakeshore tomorrow night to salute the man they believe can lay to rest the stumbling incompetence of the Bush era and restore pride, prosperity and confidence to the world’s most powerful nation.
Win or lose tomorrow, Barack Obama has transformed not just American politics but the way the world is run.
He is the first truly cosmopolitan leader, a product not of one place at one time but all places at all times....more...
Japan's Obama town set to party for U.S. namesake (Yahoo News)
Shops in the town have been selling everything from T-shirts, fish burgers and steamed cakes to chopsticks bearing Obama's name.
"We've been dancing for Mr. Obama for more than six months," said Yuko Shirayama of the local "Obama Girls" hula dancing group, created to cheer on Obama. "So I hope he wins."
Her group traveled to Hawaii to celebrate Obama's victory over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic nomination for U.S. president earlier this year and the dancers hope to go to Obama's inauguration ceremony if he wins....more..
The 843-Day War (Ethipolitics)
The Question of War Crimes
Now that there will be a “ceasefire” (effectively ending the occupation and the war), there are serious questions of war crimes against Zenawi’s troops, the forces loyal to the TFG and the insurgents. The tip of the war crimes iceberg is evident in a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) entitled, Shell Shocked: Civilians Under Siege in Mogadishu [1] HRW in its scathing report alleges that the insurgents would “launch mortar rounds within minutes, then melt back into the civilian population.” The “Ethiopian and TFG response to mortar attacks increasingly included the return firing of mortars and rockets in the direction of origin of insurgency fire.” Specific “neighborhoods like Casa Populare (KPP) in the south, Towfiq and Ali Kamin around the Stadium, all along Industrial Road, and the road from the Stadium to Villa Somalia were heavily shelled or repeatedly hit by Ethiopian BM-21 multiple-rocket launcher and mortar rounds.” The impact of the shelling on the civilian population was “devastating”. HRW concluded, “The appalling consequences of indiscriminate attacks, the deployment of forces in densely populated areas, and the failure of all warring parties generally to take steps to minimize civilian harm is reflected in the thousands of civilians who died or whose lives were shattered by the injuries they sustained or by the loss of family members. It is also reflected in the staggering numbers of people who fled Mogadishu and in the scale of the destruction of homes, hospitals, schools, mosques, and other infrastructure in Mogadishu.”...more..
Ethiopia arrests opposition leader, journalist hurt (Reuters)
Meles dissolves the Ministry of Information (Ethiopian review)
Meles did not give any specific reason for dissolving the ministry but said in general that it is not due to a particular reason.
The dissolution of the ministry, some legal experts say, raises some questions as regards who would assume the mandates that the ministry used to have such as licensing newspapers and regulating the media.
So far, nothing has been said as to the fate of the different government media outlets and the Broadcasting Agency, which were accountable to the ministry.
It is not clear so far to which government institution the Ethiopian Television and Radio Enterprise and the state-owned newspapers will be accountable in the future...more..