Thursday, June 12, 2008
Ethiopian sets world record in one-hour run (CBC)
Ethiopia's Dire Tune set a new world record in the one-hour run during the Golden Spike Grand Prix meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Thursday....more..
Images back Ethiopia abuse claim (BBC)
US scientists say satellite images confirm reports that the Ethiopian military have burnt towns and villages in Ethiopia's Somali region.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science says the images back up a Human Rights Watch's report...more..
Group accuses Ethiopia of war crimes in Ogaden (Victoria Advocate)
June 12, 2008 - 5:23 a.m.
Ethiopia's government is committing war crimes in its military campaign against rebels in the Ogaden region, a rights group charged Thursday in a report that complained the U.S. and other Western governments willfully ignored abuses....more..
West fails to condemn Ethiopia rights abuses: rights group (Reuters)
By Daniel Wallis
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Western donors have failed to condemn war crimes by Ethiopian forces during a year-old campaign against separatist fighters in the country's eastern Ogaden region, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday...more..
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Cry for mother Ethiopia (Ethiopian Review)
We are hungry and destitute for variety of reasons. The single most important cause of hunger is ‘lack of sovereignty’. We are not in charge anymore. This trend did not start yesterday. We have been sliding towards this hellhole of ‘neo-colonial’ camp the last forty years or so. After assuming power the TPLF minority regime was too happy to facilitate the eventual take over of our country by the industrialized west and international bankers.
The mafia clique in charge is doing this not because they are evil, nor because they have a hidden agenda to destroy Ethiopia and liberate Tigrai. That is just a smoke screen. The people of Tigrai are made to feel insecure by waving Amhara Nationalism. The Amhara are made hostile towards all of Tigrains by overplaying the non-existent over development of the region at the expense of others. Meles and company are doing this because that is the only way they can stay in power. TPLF is not a mass based organization. In today’s Ethiopia they have no single interest group they can count on. Their main constituents are the foreigners.
On planet Earth the most vital resource is food. We all get sidetracked by this talk of oil, gold and other rare natural resources. If you think about it without food all others lose their value. Without human being the Earth will be another ball among billions in this vast wonderful universe we call home. At the moment this is the only place where life is known to exist. Without food to sustain us we will not exist. This is exactly our problem in Ethiopia. We do not have enough food to sustain us. But what happened to our food?
We are but just another victim of globalization and the new international order. The military regime, which assumed power after the ‘74 famine, was in the words of our beautiful son Teddy Afro ‘le lewte yalfeterew seltan lai seweta’ situation. The world was polarized between the West and the East and the Derg gravitated towards the Soviet Union. It was a time Russia’s power and influence was ascending and the US was on a retreat mode. The Soviets poured in arms and Cuban solders to reel us into their orbit. The illiterate and cruel Derg mowed down the most experienced older generation and the most educated new generation of our country. We became an empty shell of our former self...more..
Djibouti says clashes with Eritrean troops at border ( Reuters)
Source: Reuters
DJIBOUTI, June 10 (Reuters) - Djiboutian soldiers clashed with Eritrean troops for the first time in a nearly two-month old standoff, Djiboutian state media reported on Tuesday. The Eritrean government was not immediately available for comment, and no independent confirmation of the clash was immediately available....more..
Famine-hit Ethiopia ups army budget (Aljazeera)
The Ethiopian government has announced plans to increase its military budget by $50m to $400m, just one week after it appealed for international help to tackle its worst famine in 25 years...more..
Monday, June 9, 2008
UDJP General Assembly Meeting to be Broadcasted Live (Ethiopolitics)
UDJP, in the mean time, is finalizing its preparation for the significant and historic meeting. The latest from the organizing committee reveals that the number of participants is 380, including the 30 others who were not invited first but the committee decided they should be included. 70 Dignitaries, Honoraries and Special Guests will attend the meeting at an observatory level...more..
Ethiopia eyes biofuels, says no risk to crops (Reuters)
Some 4.5 million Ethiopians need emergency food aid due to failed rains and high food prices, reviving grim memories of the country's 1984-1985 famine, which killed more than 1 million.
But the government also faces an annual fuel bill of up to $900 million, and aims to reduce that over time using biofuels....more..
But the government also faces an annual fuel bill of up to $900 million, and aims to reduce that over time using biofuels....more..
Desperation as Ethiopia's hunger grows (BBC)
What we have seen in the villages is not famine - but it is a crisis.
Some say tens of thousands of children are at risk. I can believe that...more
የሎንዶኑ ህዝባዊ ውይይትና ተያያዥ ዜናዎች ዝርዝር ዘገባ ( ኢትዮጵያ ዛሬ)
አንድ ኢትዮጵያዊ ፖለቲከኛ “አባዱላ ገመዳ እና አዲሱ ለገሠ ሎንዶን ባደረጉት ህዝባዊ ስብሰባ ላይ ምንም አይነት ተቃውሞ ያላሰሙ ጥቂት ግለሰቦች ይሄንን ውይይት ለመቃወም መሞከራቸው አስቂኝ ሆኖብኛል” ብለዋል።...more..
“በወለጋው ግጭት የሞቱት ከ250 ይበልጣሉ” አቶ ቡልቻ ደመቅሣ ( Ethiopia Zare)
ኢህአዴግ ሀገሪቱን ሲቆጣጠር ትጥቅ ያስፈታው ደጋማውን ክልል ብቻ ነው የሚሉት አቶ ቡልቻ፤ በቤንሻንገል የሚኖሩ ሰዎች ትጥቅ ያልፈቱ በመሆኑ ጉዳቱን ማድረስ ችለዋል። ከኦሮሞ ወገን አንድም ጥይት የተኮሰ ሰው የለም የሚሉት አቶ ቡልቻ፤ ኦሮሞዎቹ ለዓመታት የያዙትን መሬት ልቀቁ በመባላቸውና አንለቅም በማለታቸው ምክንያት ድንገት በተፈጠረ ጥቃት ነው እልቂቱ የደረሰው። ...more..
Hunger in Ethiopia now spreading to adults (AP)
"To see adults in this condition, it's a very serious situation," Mieke Steenssens, a volunteer nurse with Doctors Without Borders, told The Associated Press as she registered the 5-foot-4 Usheto's weight at just 73 pounds.
Aid groups say the older victims suggest there is an escalation in the crisis in Ethiopia, a country that drew international attention in 1984 when a famine compounded by communist policies killed 1 million people....more..
Ethiopian commander killed in Somalia (Press TV)
Ethiopian troops are said to be in a state of shock and confusion over their leader's death...more..
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Sudanese authorities release 26 Ethiopians they detained
Ethiopia and Sudan Border Issues Committee reports that 26 Ethiopians who were detained by Sudanese authorities have been released...Click here to read more [pdf, Amharic]
Source Ethiopian Review
Canada denies entry visa to Gambella Genocide suspect (Anyuak Media)
"Zenawi was virtually using Olum as a 'guinea pig' whether his visits to North America would pass unnoticed, or would provoke legal actions of both governments and the Ethiopian Diaspora," one analyst told Ethiomedia...more..
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Dibaba on World Record, " I could have run faster." , by Bob Ramsak for IAAF (RunblogRun)
“The early part of the race was pretty good,” she said, “but at 3000m we were a little behind so then I had to catch up on the pace. I could have run faster if the pacing was a little better.”...more..
Tirunesh Dibaba with her
world record figures
(Getty Images)
Gambella Genocide Collaborator to Speak in Cana)da (Gambela Today)
"It's to me ironic, and in fact contradictory, that Canada would be granting (Olom) any type of visa, when we can't get in to see a Canadian citizen who's been held incommunicado for almost two years," McTeague said.
Gambellan Governor’s Visit Brings International Publicity to Genocide Despite Attempts to Evict Press (Anyuak Media)
Omot Olum was the one in fear who caved in to the pressure from this regime of death. By adopting the foundational principles of Meles—lying and deceit—he was rewarded for selling out on his people by his subsequent appointment as the un-elected governor. He did not need to flee for his life, because he was now initiated into the ranks of loyal collaborators. On the other hand, Okello Akway became a prime target of the EPRDF fury and had to flee for his life. He had seen Omot Olum hand over the list of the Anuak to be killed, something that could later on indict Omot Olum and others...Full text..
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