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With All Eyes on the Economy, Don’t Overlook the Barriers to Press Freedom – International Press Institute

March 31st, 2009

When leaders of the world’s biggest economies gather in London on Thursday to discuss a tsunami of problems, their talks are expected to focus on preventing trade barriers, improving transparency, and strengthening financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund. Read more…

Reflections on Tesfaye Gebreab’s “Ye Gazetegnaw Mastawesha” – By Neamin

March 31st, 2009

I have been following like many the great interests generated by “Ye Gazetegnaw Mastawesha”, a book written by Tesfaye Gebreab. Read more…

Genocide Watch calls on UN to initiate action against Meles

March 31st, 2009

March 30, 2009 [Washington DC.] Genocide Watch, the international campaign to end genocide, has called on United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Justice Navanathem, to initiate an investigation against the government of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Read more…

300 migrants die after vessels sink – Morning Star

March 31st, 2009

MIGRATION officials confirmed on Tuesday that over 300 people have drowned off the coast of Libya after their rickety vessels sank on the way to Italy. Read more…

Looking at the Effects of the Ethiopia–Eritrea Border Dispute – By Maru Gubena

March 31st, 2009

It is difficult if not impossible for most of us to assess the effects, including the loss of human lives, the displacement of a large number of people, and the impact on economies, of the still unsettled Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict – a most unfortunate war that is said to be a result of border dispute. Read more…

Who kills more? Barbaric Agazzi or Diabetes – Yared Tafesse

March 31st, 2009

I would like to express briefly why I am composing this note. I need humanterian Ethiopians understand that I am writing this NOT for the sake of defamation but I want: Read more…

Will Makhtal be brought to Fair Trial under Butcher of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi? – ESAC

March 30th, 2009

The evidence of war crimes in Somali Region of Ethiopia is a challenge to universal justice: will Ethiopian official perpetrators ever stand trial as the Sudanese authorities have been brought to book? Read more…

Revisiting Ethio-Eritrean issues – Forum organizers in San Jose, California

March 30th, 2009

On March 15, 2009—San Jose has hosted a discussion forum on the Ethio-Eritrean issues. The honorable invited guests on this topic were Professor Tesfatsion Medhanie from the University of Bremen, Germany and Professor Daniel Kendie from the University of Henderson in Arkansas, United States. Both scholars have written books on the Ethio-Eritrean issue. The meeting has driven lots of participants and it was a successful event. The Amharic version of what the first speaker, Professor Tesfatsion, presented to the audience will soon be posted on the Internet in its entirety. Read more…

Putting the cart in font of the horse – By Yilma Bekele

March 29th, 2009

Commodity is one of those terms open to many interpretations. The Marxist have their own definition of what a commodity is. Read more…

Open Letter to Prime Minister Gordon Brown – Tibebe Selassie Abebe, Ph.D.

March 29th, 2009

The Honorable Gordon Brown, Prime Minister
United Kingdom
10 Downing Street
London, SW1A 2AA Read more…

World Class: Liya Kebede weaves her way into retail with Ethiopian wear and a J.Crew deal – By Mark Ellwood (New York Daily)

March 29th, 2009

On the kids: (From l.) LemLem sun dress ($138) and Crewcuts boys’ blazer ($118); LemLem embroidered dress ($158); LemLem sun dress $138); LemLem hoodie ($150) and Crewcuts jeans ($98) handout Read more…

Genzebe keeps the Dibaba family at the top of the world – Amman 2009 by Len Johnson for the IAAF

March 28th, 2009

Amman, Jordan – Genzebe Dibaba imposed herself on a tough course and tough opposition to take her second junior women’s World Cross Country title. Read more…

Gebremariam wins world cross for Ethiopia – CNN

March 28th, 2009

Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam kept the men’s individual title at the world cross country championships in Ethiopia after winning a sprint finish to Saturday’s championship in Jordan. Read more…

Ethiopians dominate Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K – By Timedispatch

March 28th, 2009
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Tilahun Regassa, a 19-year-old Ethiopian; and Amane Gemeda, his 26-year-old contrywoman, captured the men’s and women’s championships in this morning’s 10th running of the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K. Read more…

Dire effect of neglect by AU of TPLF abuses – By Roble Ababya

March 26th, 2009

The dismal performance of the African Union, since its establishment officially in Durban on the 9th of July 2002, is a burning issue especially to genuine intellectuals who have the interests of Africa at heart and the young generation who see their future blighted due to rampant corruption, Read more…

The shock of seeing an African dictator at the G20 Summit – Neguse Gamma

March 26th, 2009

The invitation of the Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi to the G20 summit on 2 April in London takes Ethiopians by surprise and invokes anger. Read more…

Ethiopia needs no more puppets – By Abebe Gellaw

March 25th, 2009

The latest drama in Meles Zenawi’s parliament has brought sharper focus on the arrogance of the boss once again. A member of the rubber stamp parliament asked the despot about the human cost of invading neighbouring Somalia. Read more…

Ethiopians Protest in Tübingen, Germany

March 24th, 2009

Absolute ruler to the summit – By Bekele D. Woyecha, United Kingdom

March 24th, 2009

THOMAS JEFFERSON once said, “The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government” and that should equally apply for governments across the globe irrespective of economic standards. Read more…

Zenawi And His Zombies – Joe Michael

March 24th, 2009

In this perplexed Ethiopian politics era, one indisputable fact is how futile the so-called Ethiopian parliamentarians are. Read more…