From Ghana with love
By Yilma Bekele (08 January 2009) Ghana is at it again. They insist on trailblazing. Not that we complain, no we just envy Ghana. Ghana envy is spreading all over Africa like a wild fire. More »
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Ginbot 7 gaining momentum
Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice and Democracy is gaining momentum on its Ene Le Wegene $1 Million Campaign with significant increase in the number of support. More »
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የወጪ ምንዛሪ አለቀ- ብሔራዊ ባንክ አስቸኳይ ድጋፍ ጠየቀ
7 ጃንዋሪ 2009 –የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ባንክ በአገሪቱ ለተከሰተው የወጪ ምንዛሪ እጥረት ከዓለም አቀፍ የገንዘብ ተቋማት የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ የብድር ድጋፍ የሚያገኝበትን እና ለጋሽና አበዳሪ አገራት ቃል የገቡትን ገንዘብ በወቅቱ በሚሰጡበት ሁኔታ ላይ እየሰራ መሆኑን አስታወቀ፡፡ More »
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እስረኞችን በሚመለከት አለማቀፍ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ ሊደረግ ነው
Ethiopia Zare (ማክሰኞ ታህሳስ 28 ቀን 2001 ዓ.ም. January 06, 2009) ፦ ያለአግብብ የታሰሩ እስረኞች እንዲፈቱ የሚጠይቅ ታላቅ አለማቀፋዊ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ እንደሚደረግና በተለይ እውቁን ድምጻዊ ቴዲ አፍሮንና የመጀመሪያዋን የኢትዮጵያ ሴት የፖለቲካ ድርጅት መሪ የሆነችውን ወ/ት ብርቱካን ሚዴቅሳን ሁኔታ በጉልህ የሚያሳይ አለማቀፍ የአዘጋጅ ኮሚቴ ተቋቋመ። [View poster and cities, pdf] More »
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Government passes repressive new legislation, AI
For immediate release: 6 January 2009– Amnesty International called the Charities and Societies Proclamation law (CSO law), adopted today by the Ethiopian parliament, a repressive law designed to strictly control and monitor civil society in an atmosphere of increasing intolerance of the work of human rights defenders and civil society organisations. More »
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Serawit’s ‘Hiroshima’ movie began shooting in USA
EMF – Ethiopian movie writer and director, Artist Serawit Fikre announced that he began shooting his new film entitled, “Hiroshima” in America. Speaking to EMF on his tour in America, Serawit said that he started shooting scenes in Ethiopia and Hiroshima, Japan. Many scenes are being shot in Chicago, Atlanta and other areas of USA.
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Parliament ratified Law to Curb Rights, Democracy
By Jason McLure, Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) — Zenawi’s parliament ratified a law that critics say will prevent groups from promoting human rights and democracy in the Horn of Africa country, strengthening the government’s hand to crack down on dissent. [Picture: Zenawi’s rubber stamp parliament filled with ignorants who have rigged seats. They never had their own say. Now they voted for a Law that prevents human rights and democracy] More »
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Ethiopian rebels warn Petronas on oil exploration
NAIROBI, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Ethiopia’s Ogaden rebels warned Malaysia’s Petronas [PETR.UL] on Tuesday they would not tolerate oil exploration in their remote eastern region, saying it would link the company to war crimes by the Ethiopian military. More »
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In Defense of Birtukan Mideksa
Can’t beat up the big boys? Beat on the woman and old man!
By Alemayehu G. Mariam, 5 January 2009
If you can’t beat up the big boys in Mogadishu, beat on the woman and the old man in Addis Ababa!
That happened last week in Ethiopia. Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJP) President Ms. Bertukan Mideksa was strong-armed, manhandled and whisked away to the infamous Kality prison. More »
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Birtukan or the Appeal of the Heroine
Messay Kebede - I read with great interest Dessalegn Asfaw’s article titled “Lessons from Birtukan Mideksa’s Arrest,” posted on Ethiomedia. His starting observation is that the EPRDF’s decision to arrest Birtukan emanates from a calculated risk confirming that the advantages of the detention will outweigh all possible negative fallouts. More »
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