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Archive for May, 2007

Out in the Cold – Addis Fortune | May 31, 2007

May 31st, 2007

A mother and a daughter sit alongside a road on Thursday night, May 24, 2007, after their house was demolished the same day by special taskforce in the Bole District. Read more…

Five die in Somalia convoy attack – BBC

May 30th, 2007

Woyanne troops have opened fire, killing five civilians, after a land mine attack on their convoy in the town of Beledweyne in central Somalia. Read more…

Horror stories of torture hound Ethiopia as it proclaims commitment to reform – By NICK WADHAMS

May 29th, 2007

“They appoint judges who have no legal knowledge of law, who learn about the law for six months and sit at the court.” Read more…

Democracy in Ethiopia, Unplugged: Reflections on a Dream Deferred – By Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam

May 28th, 2007

Speech given at a town hall meeting on the campus of Samuel Merritt College, Oakland, California on May 27, 2007 Read more…

Blast rips into crowd in Ethiopia, up to 11 die – By Andrew Heavens(Reuters)

May 28th, 2007

ADDIS ABABA, May 28 (Reuters) – A blast ripped through a crowd in Ethiopia’s volatile Somali region on Monday, Read more…

Witnesses: 2 bodies with gunshot wounds found in Somali capital – The Associated Press

May 28th, 2007
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MOGADISHU, Somalia: Two bodies with gunshot wounds were found Monday in Somalia’s capital following two explosions Read more…

Nuruddin Farah: ‘War only leads to self-destruction’ – By Albert Salarich

May 28th, 2007
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The Somali writer, 62, is an important figure in African literature. A committed defender of women’s rights, he chronicles Somalia’s trip to chaos and back. Read more…

Somali Islamists produce martyr video – By Khaled Kazziha

May 24th, 2007

NAIROBI, Kenya: Islamic insurgents in Somalia have created a video showing a man reciting prayers from the Quran before apparently blowing himself up in a suicide blast, Read more…

Woyanne releases US journalists – BBC

May 23rd, 2007

The Zenawi Regime has released three New York Times journalists who were arrested while covering the conflict in the Ogaden region, the newspaper says. Read more…

Swedes ‘were tortured’ by Woyanne –

May 23rd, 2007

Three Swedish nationals detained in Ethiopia for several months and released last week were “tortured” and mistreated during their captivity, their lawyer said on Tuesday. Read more…

London remembered 2nd anniversary of historic May – KSOUK

May 22nd, 2007

LODNON – Ethiopians in London and the United Kingdom remembered the 2nd anniversary of the historic May 2005 election Read more…

Allegiance Rewarded – By Marina Walker Guevara

May 22nd, 2007

Zenawi reaps U.S. aid by enlisting in war on terror and hiring influential lobbyists

WASHINGTON “” One dramatic act sets Ethiopia Read more…

Was Satellite Radio Invented by way of Ethiopia? – Benin Mwangi

May 22nd, 2007

The answer is yes. The same country that has brought the world the likes of the world’s richest person of African descent Mr. Mohammed Al Amoudi has also brought the world Noah Samara Read more…

Defar breaks world record in two miles – By Mark Lamport-Stokes

May 20th, 2007

CARSON, California (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s Meseret Defar shrugged off an upset stomach to set a world record in the women’s two-mile run on Sunday, clocking a time of nine minutes 10.47 seconds at the Adidas Track Classic. Read more…

Three Swedes freed from Ethiopia

May 19th, 2007

19 May 07 | BBC
Three Swedish men have been released by Ethiopia after being detained for five months on suspicion of helping Islamist militants in Somalia. A spokeswoman for Sweden’s foreign ministry said the three men Read more…

Washington Update – By Mesfin Mekonen

May 17th, 2007

WASHINGTON DC – The Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs of the Senate Appropriations Committee held a hearing on May 10. Secretary of State Rice testified and was questioned about human rights in Ethiopia. Read more…

Abyssinian Baptist Church celebrates 200th anniversary – WABC

May 17th, 2007

Leaders will go to Ethiopia on pilgrimage to celebrate.
New York – When the Abyssinian Baptist Church was founded, Thomas Jefferson was president. Abraham Lincoln wasn’t born yet. Blacks were still enslaved, and would be for decades more. Read more…

Ethiopian refugees protest in SA – News 24

May 17th, 2007

Johannesburg – Ethiopian refugees living in South Africa protested on Wednesday against the detention of opposition leaders back home at the Pan African Parliament (PAP) in Midrand. Read more…

REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS STANDING UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN ETHIOPIA – Coalition for HR2003

May 15th, 2007

Broad Bipartisan Support for Human Rights in Ethiopia Finally a Reality. Click Here to read more Read more…

A message to Ethiopians on a historic day – Abebe Gelaw, Editor of Addisvoice.com

May 15th, 2007

Two years ago, over 29 million Ethiopians registered to cast their votes across the country queued up for hours in scorching sun to elect their leaders. Read more…