Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Starbucks to open farmer-support center in Ethiopia (SeattleTimes)
Soldiers continue human rights abuses in Ethiopia's beleaguered southeast, say residents (IHT)
Eritrea-Ethiopia border deadline looms amid war fears (Reuter)
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Tuesday said Ethiopia had no plans of fighting another war, but would make sure Eritrea "never, ever dreamed" of conflict if Asmara unilaterally launched one.
Eritrean Information Minister Ali Abdu reacted to the comments on Wednesday reiterating longstanding allegations Ethiopia is planning to invade. "This is just what's been said on TV screens, but we know what's happening on the ground and behind closed doors," he said...more..
Ethiopia turns waste plastic into fuel(African News)
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
UN to visit Ethiopia trouble spot (BBC)
Ethiopia:Defar wins prestigious continental award (Africa News)
Ethiopia 'bogged down' in Somalia (BBC)
PM Meles: Ethiopia Prepared for War, Wants Peace With Eritrea (VOA)
Monday, November 19, 2007
Remembering the martyrs of 2005(Ethiomedia)
Ethiopia: Dying regime with curious supporters (Biddho)
FEATURE-Ethiopia's Ogaden refugees recount horrors of conflict (Reuter)
"The Ethiopians say that all the Ogaden people are part and parcel of the ONLF, they don't differentiate, so they kill everyone," he said, displaying a scar on his hand that he described as a bullet-wound.
"I heard the grandparents got three of my children. I don't know about the others," added Abdi, revealing at the end of an interview that he had been a "member of the ONLF resistance."....more
Ethiopia 'bombs' Ogaden villages (BBC)
Friday, November 16, 2007
European parliament calls for war crimes probe in Somalia (AFP)
The UN secretary general's special envoy to Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, said Tuesday that war crimes suspects in the shattered African nation should be prosecuted at the International Criminal Court to end impunity.
In April, a European Union envoy to Kenya, Eric van der Linden, asked Brussels to investigate whether Ethiopian and Somali forces had committed war crimes in their recent crackdown on Islamist and clan insurgents in Mogadishu...more
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Ethiopian opposition to brief media today in DC before heading home (Ethiomedia)
Monday, November 12, 2007
Who is in power? On the horns of a dilemma (Ethiomedia)
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Big Marathon Payday Becomes More Than a Dream (Newyork Times)
Gete Wami remembered the first time she earned prize money for running.
“I went to Italy and won $500,” said Wami, a 33-year-old from Ethiopia. “I took the money and built a two-room adobe back home.”
Robert Cheruiyot remembered the poverty of his youth, when he was limited to one meal a day at age 4 and had no shoes until he was 10 or 11.
“I got my first prize money when I went to Brazil, and they gave me $5,000,” said Cheruiyot, 29, from Kenya. “I went home and gave it to my mother.
“Getting this check here, I wasn’t expecting in my life to get this.”..Full txet
Students Protest Beyonce's Ethiopia Trip (Washington Post)
Tuesday, November 6, 2007; 12:03 PM
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Students at Ethiopia's top religious college are protesting the close ties between the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the government, alleged restrictions on their speech _ and Beyonce's recent meeting with their patriarch...full text