The requests came just before Obama on Friday announced $3
billion in private-sector pledges to help feed Africa’s poor. The U.S. is a
major contributor of aid to Ethiopia. The Solidarity Movement for a New
Ethiopia and the Oakland Institute asked Obama in a Thursday letter to
“reassess the terms” of U.S. aid to Ethiopia during weekend talks with Prime
Minister Meles Zenawi. Meles is one of four African leaders invited to discuss
food security at Camp David. The longtime leader has been accused of
restricting freedoms and the media. Some in Ethiopia see him as a dictator. The
Committee to Protect Journalists said in a Wednesday letter to the White House
it was concerned that Ethiopia had charged 11 independent journalists under
sweeping anti-terror laws. “Since 2011, under the guise of a counterterrorism
sweep, the government of Ethiopia has brought terrorism and anti-state charges
against 11 independent journalists, including blogger Eskinder Nega, who may
face life in prison for his writing about the struggle for democracy,” CPJ
Executive Director Joel Simon said in the letter. “Such policies deter
reporting on all sensitive topics, including food security.” Read more…Anti-Gay Sentiment Flares in Ethiopia as Addis Ababa Preps for AIDS Conference
The leaders of Ethiopia's main religious denominations faced journalists briefly in an Addis Ababa conference room Tuesday. Abune Paulos, the patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church was there, along with representatives of the Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council...
Ethiopia: Editor of independent Newspaper left the country over fear of imprisonment
Kebede said he received a tip about a week ago from confidential sources alleged government plans to re-imprison him. Kebede also said that the paper was unlikely to continue publishing.
A glimpse of light after sorrow nightmare
Aberash Hailay, on Monday November 14, returned after an intensive treatment in Bangkok and thanked the Ethiopian Women Lawyer's Association (EWLA), Sheik Mohammed Al-Amoudi who covered her treatment costs, her Airline colleagues, to members of the media and the Ethiopian public for their support..
Ethiopian troops cross south and central border of Somalia
Ethiopian troops are once again crossing the borders of Somalia, in the South and Center of the Country. The news was reported by eye-witnesses..
Saif Al Islam Gadafi captured in South Libya
The legacy of Saif Al Islam has ended. Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of slain Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, has been captured in a firefight in the Libyan desert after weeks on the run, senior Libyan military commanders said Saturday...
Slovak ambassador to Ethiopia recalled for consultations
Slovakia has recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia, Milan Dubček, Foreign Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda announced at a news conference on Thursday, November 10. He said that the Foreign Ministry had been waiting for three days for an official response from Ethiopi...
Sunday, May 20, 2012
CPJ called on Obama to reassess US-Ethiopia relation over Media restrictions
The requests came just before Obama on Friday announced $3
billion in private-sector pledges to help feed Africa’s poor. The U.S. is a
major contributor of aid to Ethiopia. The Solidarity Movement for a New
Ethiopia and the Oakland Institute asked Obama in a Thursday letter to
“reassess the terms” of U.S. aid to Ethiopia during weekend talks with Prime
Minister Meles Zenawi. Meles is one of four African leaders invited to discuss
food security at Camp David. The longtime leader has been accused of
restricting freedoms and the media. Some in Ethiopia see him as a dictator. The
Committee to Protect Journalists said in a Wednesday letter to the White House
it was concerned that Ethiopia had charged 11 independent journalists under
sweeping anti-terror laws. “Since 2011, under the guise of a counterterrorism
sweep, the government of Ethiopia has brought terrorism and anti-state charges
against 11 independent journalists, including blogger Eskinder Nega, who may
face life in prison for his writing about the struggle for democracy,” CPJ
Executive Director Joel Simon said in the letter. “Such policies deter
reporting on all sensitive topics, including food security.” Read more…Saturday, May 12, 2012
Canada to cut aid to Ethiopia, China and others
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Ethiopia expels 2 Arabs, Middle East origin amid tension with Muslims
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Barak Obama invited four African leaders at the G8 Summit in Camp David
US President Barack Obama has invited the leaders of Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana
and Tanzania to take part in a session on food security in Africa at the G8
summit this month, officials said Thursday. Obama will host the leaders of the
rich nation's club at his Camp David retreat in Maryland between May 18-19. He
has now asked Benin's president and African Union chairman Thomas Boni Yayi,
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, President John Mills of Ghana and
Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete to join the session on food security. Fears
of famine and drought are stalking several areas of Africa Water shortages have
hit communities in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya. Aid groups have also sounded
alarm over a separate hunger crisis in the west of Africa where the Sahel
region of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger has been hit hard by
drought, high food prices and conflict. Source
( AFP) Friday, May 4, 2012
DV Lottery 2013 Result Open on May 1, 2012
DV 2013 Program: Applicants in the Diversity Visa 2013 program may check the status of their entries through Entrant Status Check on the E-DV website beginning on May 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013. Please remember to keep your confirmation, since more DV 2013 entrants may be selected on October 1, 2012. On May 1, 2012 at noon Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), In Ethiopian time 8 PM entrants from DV 2013 (those who submitted entry between October 4, 2011 and November 5, 2011) may check the status of their entry using the confirmation number through Entrant Status Check on the E-DV website. Be advised that additional DV 2013 entrants MAY be selected beginning October 1, 2012. The DV-2013 registration period was from October 4, 2011, until November 5, 2011. Entrant Status Check is the ONLY means of informing you if your entry was selected or not. All entrants, including those NOT selected, may check the status of their entries through the Entrant Status Check on the E-DV website www.dvlottery.state.gov. Entrants will need to use the information from their confirmation pages saved at the time of entry. additionally, Entrant Status Check will provide successful selectees instructions on how to proceed with their application. The Kentucky Consular Center no longer mails notification letters and does not use email to notify DV entrants of their selection in the DV program.Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Jailed Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega honoured (BBC)
Monday, April 30, 2012
Official: Gunmen kill 5 farmworkers in Ethiopia
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Ethiopia, Shashemene is the birth place of King Solomon and Queen Sheba , claim Rastefreians
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Reliable sources from Eritrea tell assenna.com that Isaias Afewerki, is seriously ill.
Reliable assenna.com sources from Asmara indicate that Isaias Afewerki, the unelected leader of Eritrea, is seriously ill.According to the sources, Isaias has recently been to Qatar two times for intensive medical treatment.Many Eritreans inside the country are aware of Isaias’ ill health; however, the government media has never made it public.As it has been reported on assenna.com for a couple of times in the recent years, Isaias Afewerki has been suffering from chronic Liver Ailment and has travelled frequently to Qatar for treatment. Source ( assenna .com) Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Maitre Artiste Afewerk Tekle dies at 80
The late Maitre Artiste World Laureate Afewerk Tekle was born on October 22, 1932 in the historic city of Ankober in Shoa Province, Ethiopia, according to the artist’s official web portal. Sent to England in 1947 to become a mining engineer, Afewerk’s artistic talent was soon perceived. He was accepted at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London and later went to the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of London, the famous “Slade”. While studying in England he made several artistic pilgrimages to Europe. On the completion of his studies he returned to Addis Ababa where he held a one-man exhibition at the Municipality Hall in 1954. It was the first significant art exhibition of post-war Ethiopia. Read more.... 



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