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PM Meles Zenawi denies 1984-85 Ethiopia aid was diverted
published 11 hours, 16 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 11 hours, 16 minutes ago
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:25:15 AM GMT Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:25:00 AM GMT
The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi has denied the allegation which claimed that 95% of the $100m aid raised by Live Aid and others to fight famine in rebel-held northern Ethiopian in 1985 was diverted to be spent on weapons.He said the BBC had fallen for lies put out by his political opponents on the eve of a general election in Addis Ababa next month. (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.africanews.com tags: election 2002, eprdf, ethiopia, Food, Meles Zenawi, TPLF

BBC stands by its Ethiopia aid abuse report
published 1 day, 6 hours, 19 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 1 day, 6 hours, 33 minutes ago
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:22:21 AM GMT Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:08:27 AM GMT
The BBC report claimed that 95 per cent of the $100m aid raised for famine in northern Ethiopia in 1985 was diverted by rebels to buy weapons. (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.newstatesman.com tags: eprdf, ethiopia, Food, TPLF

BBC holds firm over Ethiopia famine funds report
published 1 day, 6 hours, 19 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 1 day, 6 hours, 31 minutes ago
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:22:21 AM GMT Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:09:56 AM GMT
Bob Geldof with Ethiopian children in 1985. Geldof galvanised international aid to fight the famine. Photograph: Rex Features The BBC is standing by a report that 95% of the $100m aid raised to fight famine in northern Ethiopia in 1985 was diverted by rebels and spent on weapons, despite denials by Bob Geldof and leading charities. (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.guardian.co.uk tags: Bob Geldof, eprdf, Meles Zenawi, TPLF

Ethiopia: food security situation in North Wollo - report
published 1 day, 6 hours, 19 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 1 day, 6 hours, 30 minutes ago
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:22:21 AM GMT Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:11:05 AM GMT
Preliminary report of the joint multi-agency team (Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Sector (DRMFSS), Regional Disaster Prevention and Food Security Bureau, Regional Water Bureau, WFP, UNICEF, OCHA, GOAL and Save the Children UK) indicates that the food security situation in North Wollo and Wag Hemra zones (Amhara) (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.reliefweb.int tags: economy, ethiopia, Food

Ethiopian crash compensation lawsuit continues as fault still under debate
published 1 day, 6 hours, 19 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 1 day, 6 hours, 29 minutes ago
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:22:21 AM GMT Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:12:17 AM GMT
Further legal proceedings commenced on Monday against the US aeronautical giant Boeing, seeking compensation for relatives of victims from the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash. (more)
Digg It category: Business | comment | | source: www.dailystar.com.lb tags: Ethiopian Airlines

Woyane Blood Money
published 1 day, 6 hours, 19 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 1 day, 6 hours, 25 minutes ago
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:22:21 AM GMT Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:15:29 AM GMT
The story of how the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), commonly known as Woyane, stole famine aid money in the 80's has been an open secret among Ethiopians for quite sometime. Only now it is getting the attention it deserves by the international press (see yesterday's BBC expose on the subject titled "Ethiopia famine aid 'spent on weapons"). (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.enset.org tags: eprdf, Food, Meles Zenawi, TPLF

የመለስ ዜናዊ ገደብ አልባነት
published 1 day, 6 hours, 19 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 1 day, 6 hours, 23 minutes ago
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:22:21 AM GMT Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:17:36 AM GMT
መለስ የህወሓት 35ኛውን ዓመት አስመልክቶ ሲናገርና በድምፅ ወያነ ትግራይ ጥያቄዎች ቀርበውለት ሲመልስ ልዩ ክብደት የሚሰጣቸው የቅስቀሳ መልዕክቶች አሉ። አንዱ መልዕክት በሃሳቦች ላይ ሳይሆን በሰዎችና ድርጅቶች እንዲሁም በተሸፋፈነ መልክ በህዝብ ላይ ያነጣጠረ አስቀያሚ፣ መጥፎ አርኣያነት ያለውና ባህላችንን የሚበክል ስድብ ነው። ሁለተኛው ደግሞ በሃሳቦች ላይ ያተኮረ የሚመስል ነገር ግን ሃሳቡ የተቃዋሚዎች መሆኑን ማስረጃ ሳይቀርብለት በእነሱ ያልተባለን እንደተባለ አድርጎ የሚያቀርበው በውሸት ላይ የተመሰረተ ህዝብን የማወናበድና የማስፈራራት ቅስቀሳ ነው። (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.ethiopiazare.com tags: eprdf, Meles Zenawi, TPLF

የሎሬት ፀጋዬ ገብረመድኅን ፬ኛ ዓመት ዝክር
published 1 day, 6 hours, 19 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 1 day, 6 hours, 22 minutes ago
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:22:21 AM GMT Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:18:48 AM GMT
ፌብሩዋሪ 25 ቀን 2010 እ.ኤ.አ. ብላቴን ጌታ ሎሬት ፀጋዬ ገብረመድኅን ቀዌሳ እነሆ በሞት ከተለየን አራተኛ ዓመቱን የደፈነበት ቀን ነው። ”ቦዳ (አምቦ) የተጀመረ ሕይወት ማንሐተን (ኒው ዮርክ) ተቋጨ። ግብዓተ መሬቱም በቅድስት ሥላሴ ካቴድራል (አዲስ አበባ) ተፈፀመ። …” በማለት ሎሬት ፀጋዬን የሚዘክርልን ዳንኤል አበራ ነው። (more)
Digg It category: Fun | comment | | source: www.ethiopiazare.com tags: ethiopia culture, Ethiopian art, Tsegaye GebreMedhin

ኢህአዴግ በአሰብ ላይ አጀንዳውን አልቀየረም
published 1 day, 6 hours, 19 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 1 day, 6 hours, 21 minutes ago
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:22:21 AM GMT Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:19:54 AM GMT
የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝቦች  ዴሞክራሲያዊ ግንባር (ኢህአዴግ)  ወደብን  የያዘው አጀንዳ እንደሌለ፣ ይልቁንም የኤርትራን ሉዐላዊ አገርነት  የፓርቲው ሥራ አስፈጻሚ ኮሚቴ  የመንግሥት ዋና ተጠሪ ሚኒስትር አቶ ኃይለ ማርያም ደሳለኝ ለሪፖርተር ጋዜጣ ተናገሩ፡፡ (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.ethiopianreporter.com tags: election 2002, eprdf, TPLF

ኢሕአዴግ በኢትዮጵያ ቴሌቪዥን እንዲተላለፍለት የላከው የምርጫ ቅስቀሳ መልዕክት ተመላሽ ሆነበት
published 1 day, 6 hours, 19 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 1 day, 6 hours, 19 minutes ago
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:22:21 AM GMT Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:21:53 AM GMT
ኢሕአዴግ በኢትዮጵያ ቴሌቪዥን እንዲተላለፍለት የላከው የምርጫ ቅስቀሳ መልዕክት የኢፌዴሪ ሰንደቅ ዓላማ አዋጅንና የምርጫ ሥነምግባር አዋጅን የሚጥሱ ይዘቶች በማካተቱ "ለማስተናገድ እቸገራለሁ" በማለት አስተካክሎ እንዲመጣ መልሶለታል፡፡ (more)
Digg It category: Fun | comment | | source: www.ethiopianreporter.com tags: eprdf, Ethiopia Media, Ethiopia Press, TPLF

EthioClips - Alebsise Sabawiyan Ormomo Ethiopian Music
published 2 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 2 days, 6 hours, 14 minutes ago
Monday, March 08, 2010 6:27:40 AM GMT Monday, March 08, 2010 6:27:18 AM GMT
Alebsise Sabawiyan Ormomo Ethiopian Music (more)
Digg It category: Fun | comment | | source: www.ethioclips.com tags: Oromo, oromo music

Ethiopia: Munich, Germany Ginbot 7 public meeting
published 2 days, 11 hours, 35 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 2 days, 11 hours, 38 minutes ago
Monday, March 08, 2010 1:06:09 AM GMT Monday, March 08, 2010 1:03:00 AM GMT
Ethiopia: Munich, Germany Ginbot 7 public meeting (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ecadforum.com tags: Activists, Ginbot 7

Ethiopia: Election 2010 and the players
published 2 days, 11 hours, 35 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 2 days, 11 hours, 37 minutes ago
Monday, March 08, 2010 1:06:09 AM GMT Monday, March 08, 2010 1:04:24 AM GMT
Say good bye to the Walwas and check out the new guys in town Election 2010 has already claimed its first victim in the Tigray State. Mr Aregawi Gebre Yohannes who is the candidate of Arena Tigray (one of the members of Medrek) for the House of Peoples Representative (HPR) has been stubbed to (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ecadforum.com tags: election 2002, eprdf, Medrek

Ethiopia: Ginbot 7 book review
published 2 days, 11 hours, 35 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 2 days, 11 hours, 36 minutes ago
Monday, March 08, 2010 1:06:09 AM GMT Monday, March 08, 2010 1:04:57 AM GMT
Ethiopia: Ginbot 7 book review Back to ecadforum home page (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ecadforum.com tags: Book, Ginbot 7

Electoral Preparations Hint Gearing up Towards Known Outcome
published 2 days, 11 hours, 35 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 2 days, 12 hours, 35 minutes ago
Monday, March 08, 2010 1:06:09 AM GMT Monday, March 08, 2010 12:06:12 AM GMT
The stage for this article was set by two events. Firstly, at the forefront triggering the writing was the second round inter-party debate of March 2nd in preparation for the May 23rd national election. Secondly, coincidentally (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.ethioquestnews.com tags: election 2002, ethiopia politics, Genet Mersha

Yemane Tsegay takes Lake Biwa Marathon crown
published 2 days, 12 hours, 35 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 2 days, 12 hours, 39 minutes ago
Monday, March 08, 2010 12:06:28 AM GMT Monday, March 08, 2010 12:02:29 AM GMT
Tsegay takes Lake Biwa crown Yemane Tsegay taking the Lake Biwa Marathon title (Yohei Kamiyama/Agence SHOT) Breaking away from the lead pack after 22Km, Yemane Tsegay of Ethiopia won the Lake Biwa Marathon on Sunday. (more)
Digg It category: Sport | comment | | source: www.iaaf.org tags: athletics, Marathon, sport

Ethiopian Solomon Assefa among IBM scientists
published 2 days, 12 hours, 35 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 2 days, 12 hours, 55 minutes ago
Monday, March 08, 2010 12:06:28 AM GMT Sunday, March 07, 2010 11:45:46 PM GMT
IBM Scientists Fengnian Xia, Yurii Vlasov and Solomon Assefa unveiled a significant step towards replacing electrical signals that communicate via copper wires (Photo: IBM) (more)
Digg It category: Fun | comment | | source: www.ethiomedia.com tags: ethiopia, ethiopia education

Shetaye Gemechu first Ethiopian runner to test positive for EPO
published 3 days, 11 hours, 33 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 3 days, 11 hours, 40 minutes ago
Sunday, March 07, 2010 1:08:13 AM GMT Sunday, March 07, 2010 1:00:33 AM GMT
Olympic marathoner Shetaye Gemechu has received a two-year ban from the Ethiopian Athletics Federation after testing positive for the banned substance EPO. The 29-year old is the third high profile Ethiopian in the last six years to be charged with a doping offense but first to test positive for EPO. She denied the charges in an exclusive Universal Sports interview. (more)
Digg It category: Sport | comment | | source: nazret.com tags: athletics, ethiopia, sport

VOA Amharic Broadcasts Jammed in Ethiopia
published 5 days, 5 hours, 23 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 5 days, 5 hours, 27 minutes ago
Friday, March 05, 2010 7:17:48 AM GMT Friday, March 05, 2010 7:14:04 AM GMT
International shortwave radio monitors have confirmed that VOA broadcasts in the Amharic language are being jammed. Amharic is the main official language and the language of commerce in Ethiopia. (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www1.voanews.com tags: election 2002, eprdf, Ethiopia Media, Ethiopia Press

Ethiopian adoptions to resume after review | Herald Sun
published 5 days, 5 hours, 23 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 5 days, 5 hours, 25 minutes ago
Friday, March 05, 2010 7:17:48 AM GMT Friday, March 05, 2010 7:15:34 AM GMT
The program, which has seen 450 children adopted to Australia in the past decade, was temporarily halted in November after Ethiopia requested aid funds as part of the deal. (more)
Digg It category: Business | comment | | source: www.heraldsun.com.au tags: Adoption, ethiopia, Ethiopia Adoption
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