Genocide Watch and Survivors Rights International. Ethiopia Offers Olive Branch in Nile Water Sharing Dispute. Ethiopian Government Denies Arrest of Opposition Party Activists. Ethiopia: Broken contract, broken faith, broken country. Over the past week, Meles Zenawi has been waxing eloquent on contract and leasehold law.
Asked by a local journalist whether the winds of change blowing in North Africa could make a detour to Ethiopia, he said that was impossible because he and his party have a five-year “contract” with the Ethiopian people. He explained[1], When the people gave us a five year contract, it was based on the understanding that if the EPDRF party [Zenawi’s party] does not perform the contract to expectations it would be kicked out of power. No need for hassles.
STOP THE REPRESSION AGAINST YOUNGSTERS IN ADDIS ABEBA. Following the arrests of many members of the opposition, an arrest that focused on Oromos, the regime of Meles Zenawi has rounded up dozens of youngsters in Addis Abeba and detained them in the central prison (Ma’eklawi) alleging they are involved in “planning and staging demonstrations”. Sources close to the regime claim that the youngsters are linked to anti regime opposition organizations. It is to be noted that the regime has blocked web sites, imposed full control over internet connections, tapped mobile and fixed telephones and jammed radios like Finote Democracy Radio. Some of the youngsters had allegedly struck contact with opposition groups inside the country and also contacted others with the aim of “organizing protests like Tunisia and other countries”. Transparency Ethiopia. Welcome to Mekelle University. The Community Based Education.
Welcome to the official site of Addis Ababa University. Adama University - Ethiopia: News. Ethiopian Economic Association. Ethiopian Economic Association. Mozilla Firefox (Private Browsing) Dear OSA members and supporters, Dear Colleagues and Friends, I just wanted to say thank you to all who came to attend the OSA Mid-Year Conference or presented an article.
We had several outstanding scholars who presented novel and interesting studies and an amazing enthusiasm created by it. Mozilla Firefox (Private Browsing) Homepage of the Journal AETHIOPICA. Review of african political economy. Ethiopia: Repression Sets Stage for Non-Competitive Elections. (New York) - The Ethiopian government's repression of registered opposition parties and ordinary voters has largely prevented political competition ahead of local elections that begin on April 13, Human Rights Watch said today.
These widespread acts of violence, arbitrary detention and intimidation mirror long-term patterns of abuse designed to suppress political dissent in Ethiopia. "It is too late to salvage these elections, which will simply be a rubber stamp on the EPRDF's near-monopoly on power at the local level," said Georgette Gagnon, Africa director at Human Rights Watch. "Still, officials must at least allow the voters to decide how and whether to cast their ballots without intimidation. " A Case Study of Aid Effectiveness in Ethiopia. Foreign aid has played a major role in Ethiopia’s development effort since the end of World War II.
It has been instrumental in bridging the country’s savings-investment and foreign exchange gaps. Its importance as a source of financing for the development of capacity building (human capital, administrative capacity, institutional building, and policy reforms) is also unquestionable. Thus, increasing efforts were made to mobilize foreign aid in the last two regimes. Following the change in political regime in 1991 and the adoption of the structural adjustment program in 1992/93 in particular, the country has enjoyed a significant amount of aid. Ethiopia to trade specialty coffee locally. ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia plans to move the trade in its specialty coffee to an Addis Ababa-based commodities exchange instead of the current channel of selling the beans at auctions overseas, a senior trade official said.
Eleni Gebre-Madhin, Chief Executive Officer at the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) said up to 30 percent of the country's produce is classified as specialty beans but that higher prices for the fine coffees were not trickling down to farmers. "The initiative positions Ethiopia to have perhaps the only domestic marketing system in the world for discovering and trading specialty coffee at the arrival stage, thus benefiting the farmers who produce these coffees, rather than at the export end of the chain," she said. Meles Zenawi's war threat against Eritrea. “Agents of Shabiya (the Eritrean government) were seized with explosives intended for disrupting the AU Summit,” said Meles.
And while he would have normally stopped here and moved on, visibly relishing the dependable competence of his security services, he opted to beat the war drum. “We will work towards changing Eritrea's policies or its government. This could be done diplomatically, politically or through other means. " He clearly implied war. But only a few days earlier he had categorically told an Eritrean opposition radio station that his government “would work in a military capacity” to oust the Eritrean government. Ethiopian News from the Internet - በአደስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የተቃውሞ ሰልፍ ጥሪ ወረቀት ተበተነ. Ethiopia bomb blast wounds two: official. ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A bomb exploded near a court in the west of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa on Thursday, wounding two people, police officials said.
"It exploded at 4 p.m. (1300 GMT) on the pavement of a road that links with the Lideta High Court," Tesfaye Eshetu, a district police investigator, told Reuters. Tesfaye said two people had sustained light injuries but were now on their way out of hospital. "We haven't apprehended any suspects so far. The case is still being investigated," he added. Imminence of Popular Uprising in Ethiopia. By Shimekit Debalke Different sources tell us that the Ethiopian towns will soon be inundated by adamant Ethiopians who take to the streets in unison – irrespective of religion, ethnic origin, and political ideology – to firmly stand against this decaying regime.
I have been happy to see the US, France, UK, and others striking Gaddafi’s power to express their practical solidarity with the pro-democracy forces of Libya. This is a lesson that should be drawn by Meles and other African dictators who still want to cling to power against the will of their people. From Ethiopia: Integrated Approach Helps “Model Farmers” Increase Productivity. GOVERNMENT RE-IMPOSES MAIZE EXPORT BAN. Let's describe the whole world! Ethiopia at centre of global farmland rush. It's the deal of the century: £150 a week to lease more than 2,500 sq km (1,000 sq miles) of virgin, fertile land – an area the size of Dorset – for 50 years.
Bangalore-based food company Karuturi Global says it had not even seen the land when it was offered by the Ethiopian government with tax breaks thrown in. Karuturi snapped it up, and next year the company, one of the world's top 25 agri-businesses, will export palm oil, sugar, rice and other foods from Gambella province – a remote region near the Sudan border – to world markets. Ethiopia is one of the world's largest recipients of humanitarian food and development assistance, last year receiving more than 700,000 tonnes of food and £1.8bn in aid, but it has offered three million hectares (7.4 million acres) of virgin land to foreign corporations such as Karuturi. "It's very good land.
It's quite cheap. Ethiopia warns of action against Eritrea. By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia warned on Saturday it would take "all measures necessary" against Eritrea, in a rare threat of direct action against a neighbour it routinely accuses of supporting rebel groups.
Ethiopia and Eritrea have often traded tough rhetoric since a 1998-2000 border war killed some 80,000 people, but Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has up to now ruled out confrontation. "What we are saying is that we will not sit idle and watch Eritrea challenge our sovereignty and our development efforts," foreign ministry spokesman Dina Mufti told Reuters.
BLOG: Al Shabab recalls 1977-78 War Veterans. MOGADISHU — They marched towards the battlefields – at the peak of their prime – overflowing with patriotism and driven by irredentist beliefs and territorial expansion. With guns slung around their shoulders and ardently miming the mellifluous melodies of patriotic songs, the devoted Somali soldiers had one definitive goal in mind: the annexation of Ogadenia or Western Somalia in order to create a Greater Somalia. Today, however, after more than three decades of inaction, the veterans of the 1977-78 Somali-Ethiopian war are singing a different tune and are driven by different motives. After having survived their sanguinary adventures, the veterans now vow to fight in the name of God to fend off the traditional foe. Ethiopian students occupy 30 per cent seats at DIAT. At a Minnesota market, tales of a hidden Ethiopian war. Ridwan Hassan Sahid, 17-years-old, shows scars on her neck caused by near death-by-strangulation by Ethiopian soldiers in July, 2007.
Photo by Doug McGill. The first time I heard Fatima tell her story, I answered in the natural way. “They killed my husband,” she said. Ethiopia: Grand public meeting held in Oslo, Norway. Ethiopian princess tells Llandudno pupils about prison ordeal - North Wales Weekly News. Mar 17 2011 by Eva Ketley, North Wales Weekly News. Ethiopia: Meles Zenawi and OPDO - By Jawar Mohammed. Al Amoudi gives $240,000 to his bootlickers in ESFNA « Ethiopian Review Content - Ethiopia.
EthiopianReview.com | March 12th, 2011. የአቡካ የህግ ጡመራ. The New Ethiopian Party « EthioSun. Digital Resistance to Political and Cultural Manipulation and Indoctrination. Ethiopia - Tigrians outraged over EFFORT-led corruption. Ethiopia ranks 130 in world corruption table. Corruption: Sarkozy, Obama Pressure Ethiopia’s Zenawi to Betray Africa’s Future at Copenhagen Climate Talks. NGOs and civil society groupings are reacting with anger and disappointment to a joint appeal by France and “Ethiopia, representing Africa” for a so-called ‘Copenhagen Accord’ to result from the current COP15 negotiations being held in the Danish capital. Just another WordPress.com site. Ethiopia - On the Nile, Egypt cuts water use as Ethiopia dams for power. Reporting from Mansoura, Egypt, and Blue Nile — On the sloping western shores of Lake Tana in central Ethiopia, where villagers gape at new tractors as if they were Ferraris and power lines pass over lean-tos lighted by candles, a poor nation's hopes hum inside a new hydroelectric plant.
Lured by the plant's promise of powering villages and irrigating 350,000 acres of farmland, intrepid investors are venturing across misty hills and navigating sprawling savannas. The World Bank has lent the country $45 million to "unleash" the region's growth potential, and Ethiopian leaders have promised that development along the tributaries feeding the Blue Nile will raise crops for the hungry and bring jobs to a rustic swath of Africa. But not all stories along the Nile are hopeful ones. How Much Does Internet Access Matter? Yemen unrest could help al Qaeda, al Shaabab:Ethiopia. Calls for an Islamic Revolution in Ethiopia. Dawit Kebede, Ethiopia's courageous, defiant editor. ደጀ ሰላም Deje Selam: ጅማ- የሚመለከታቸው በሚገባ ያልተመለከቱት አካባቢ. Ethiopian History: 19th Century. Ethiopian Evangelical Christian Churches Are Burnt by Muslims, Group Says. Billionaire Mo Ibrahim and Africa’s Legacy. First Lady Azeb Mesfin dismisses corruption rumors.wmv.
ህግ ነክ ጥቅሶችና አባባሎች. Will Djibouti's Guelleh survive the tide of the Arab revolution? Protesters March against Illegitimate Chinese Support of Gibe III Dam. » An Ethiopian Uprising is Now or NeverEthiopian News. ECADF Ethiopian News.
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