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Ethiopia Devalues Its Birr Currency 17% Against Dollar, Central Bank
published 1 day, 20 hours, 8 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 1 day, 20 hours, 8 minutes ago
Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:03:26 AM GMT Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:02:46 AM GMT
Wed Sep 01 2010 Ethiopia devalued its currency, the birr, by 17 percent against the dollar, the third such move in the past 14 months, according to the National Bank of Ethiopia. The exchange rate was quoted at 16.351 per dollar today compared with 13.628 yesterday, according to the website of the Addis Ababa-based central bank. It was trading at 11.381 on July 10 last year. The devaluat... (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.bloomberg.com tags: Bank, economy, ethiopia, Ethiopia economy

Ethiopian Airlines seals finance deal for new aircraft
published 6 days, 1 hour, 5 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 6 days, 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
Saturday, August 28, 2010 10:06:15 PM GMT Saturday, August 28, 2010 10:04:15 PM GMT
Information was received last week from Addis Ababa, that Ethiopian Airlines had signed a deal worth more than US$1.5 billion earlier that week with the American Export–Import Bank. The funds will be used to pay for five B777 and ten B787 aircraft presently on order from Boeing Corporation and due for delivery over the coming [...] (more)
Digg It category: Business | comment | | source: abbaymedia.com tags: Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Airlines

Ethiopia: Ginbot 7 and OLF Leaders Response to Meles Zenawi
published 6 days, 1 hour, 5 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 6 days, 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
Saturday, August 28, 2010 10:06:15 PM GMT Saturday, August 28, 2010 10:02:49 PM GMT
Dr Berhanu Nega of Ginbot 7 movement and Dr. Beyan Asoba of OLF gave interview to Netsanet Le Ethiopia Radio regarding Meles Zenawi’s gimmicks of negotiation and reconciliation and also on the overall struggle for freedom. Click here to listen Related articles by Zemanta Ethiopia: Dr. Berhanu Nega said no negotiation with Meles Zenawi (ecadforum.com) [...] (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ecadforum.com tags: Birhanu Nega, Ginbot 7, Meles Zenawi, OLF

ESAT Press Release – Ethiopian Satellite Television
published 6 days, 1 hour, 5 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 6 days, 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
Saturday, August 28, 2010 10:06:15 PM GMT Saturday, August 28, 2010 10:01:43 PM GMT
Urgent advert for ESAT It is no secret that the Ethiopian Satellite Television, ESAT, has become the most popular television program in Ethiopia and around the world. Despite the continuous jamming of ESAT by the Ethiopian regime, ESAT has stolen the hearts of millions in such a short time. Tens of thousands have called ESAT [...] (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ecadforum.com tags: Esat, Ethiopian Media, Ethiopian Press

“Merkato”, The Home of Two Religions
published 6 days, 1 hour, 5 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 6 days, 1 hour, 10 minutes ago
Saturday, August 28, 2010 10:06:15 PM GMT Saturday, August 28, 2010 10:00:47 PM GMT
During the Jumaa prayers, Islamic parching (hutba) will be presented by the Imam. Sometimes it coincides with the sound of the Mass prayers from the church. The faithful will be disturbed by a mingled and distorted voice from the two loud speakers. St. Raguel’s Church has a big building on one side of the fence. The shops in the building exhibit the same confusion. (more)
Digg It category: Fun | comment | | source: addisnegeronline.com tags: Addis Ababa, ethiopian culture, merkato

Ethiopia ranks 94th “Best Country” in the World: Another jock to make you laugh
published 10 days, 18 hours, 22 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 10 days, 18 hours, 32 minutes ago
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:49:17 AM GMT Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:39:01 AM GMT
Lies, damned lies and surveys. This is a mother of mockery of surveys intended to give a semblance of inclusiveness to its title. Below this posting, there are surveys suggesting that 46% of us want to leave the country, that we are the 6th in food security risk in the world and 90% of us [...] (more)
Digg It category: Fun | comment | | source: ecadforum.com tags: ethiopia

Ethiopia: Great run for Birtukan Mideksa in Tubingen
published 10 days, 18 hours, 22 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 10 days, 18 hours, 31 minutes ago
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:49:17 AM GMT Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:40:02 AM GMT
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Birtukan Mideksa, an opposition party leader, is serving a life sentence in Kaliti Prison in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Amnesty International considers her a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned for peacefully exercising her right to freedom of expression and association. Birtukan Mideksa was previously arrested in November 2005 after the Coalition for Unity and Democracy [...] (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ecadforum.com tags: Addis Ababa, Birtukan Mideksa, Burtukan Mideksa, kaliti prison

Ethiopia: New Book “Hear Me Now” by Lemlem Tsegaw
published 10 days, 18 hours, 22 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 10 days, 18 hours, 30 minutes ago
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:49:17 AM GMT Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:40:40 AM GMT
Lemlem Tsegaw has previously authored three books both in her native language – Amharic and English. Her passion is to be a voice for the voiceless as illustrated in this book titled “Hear Me Now”and in her other previously published books “Unheard Voice” and “Mother’s Eye View” Thinking of Ethiopia What’s in the name Ethiopia? [...] (more)
Digg It category: Fun | comment | | source: ecadforum.com tags: Book, ethiopia culture, here me now, lemlem Tsegaw

Ethiopians night with Tamagn Beyene in the Carolinas
published 10 days, 18 hours, 22 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 10 days, 18 hours, 29 minutes ago
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:49:17 AM GMT Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:42:08 AM GMT
There will be Ethiopians night with Tamagn Beyene in the Carolina. Related articles by Zemanta Ethiopia: Tamagn Beyene’s Presentation: ESAT TV fundraise event (ecadforum.com) Ethiopia: Honoring Artist Activist Tamagne Beyene in Washington DC, Official Report by Organizers (ecadforum.com) Ethiopia: Zenawi’s Regime has Closed all Doors to Peace & Democracy (ecadforum.com) Ethiopia’s 2010 Rigged Election: where [...] (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ecadforum.com tags: Activists, Esat, Meles Zenawi, Tamagne Beyene

Ethiopia claims it will sign peace deal with separatist Ogaden rebels
published 10 days, 18 hours, 22 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 10 days, 18 hours, 27 minutes ago
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:49:17 AM GMT Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:44:27 AM GMT
The Ethiopian government said today that negotiations are in progress to reach an agreement with the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) – who have fought for the eastern regions right to self-determination since 1984. Speaking to the pro-government news agency, Walta Information Center, a National Security advisor to [...] (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: awramba.com tags: erpdf, Ogaden, Oil, ONLF

Kenya arrested 89 Ethiopian immigrants
published 10 days, 18 hours, 22 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 10 days, 18 hours, 26 minutes ago
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:49:17 AM GMT Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:44:57 AM GMT
Eighty nine Ethiopian nationals on Thursday appeared before a Kibera court charged with being in the country illegally. The aliens who were seized in Nairobi’s Dagoretti estate pleaded guilty to the charges but Kibera senior Principal Magistrate Grace Nzioka set the case for mention on Friday to provide the prosecution with more time [...] (more)
Digg It category: Fun | comment | | source: awramba.com tags: ethiopia, kenya

Meles declares to Complete Gibe III Dam at Any Cost
published 10 days, 18 hours, 22 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 10 days, 18 hours, 25 minutes ago
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:49:17 AM GMT Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:45:39 AM GMT
Briefing local media journalists in his office this morning , Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Awramba Times that the Gilgel Gibe III hydroelectric dam construction will be constructed at any cost on previously scheduled time. “nothing can stop the Ethiopian government from completing the project on schedule, [...] (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: awramba.com tags: Electric Power, Gilgel Gibe, Meles Zenawi

Awramba Times’ Office Attacked
published 10 days, 18 hours, 22 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 10 days, 18 hours, 25 minutes ago
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:49:17 AM GMT Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:46:29 AM GMT
Awramba Times (Addis Ababa):- Yesterday, August 17, 2010, around 8 o’clock in the evening, an “unknown men” tried to enter into Awramba Times’s (AT) office. And in a separate incident which occurred six hours before the evening’s outrageous act, and which some witnesses that happened to be at the place have substantially speculated it as [...] (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: awramba.com tags: Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Media, Ethiopian Press

Ethiopia under Zenawi named 2nd poorest country in the world
published 10 days, 18 hours, 22 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 10 days, 18 hours, 22 minutes ago
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:49:17 AM GMT Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:48:47 AM GMT
According to a new index developed by Oxford University and the UN, Ethiopia under Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is ranked the second poorest country on earth.The new measurement known as the Multidimensional Poverty Index, or MPI, will replace the Human Poverty Index in the United Nations' annual Human Development Report. The new report says Ethiopia has the (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: negaritethiopia.blogspot.com tags: economy, Meles Zenawi

Nitro Ethiopians Home Page
published 16 days, 15 hours, 50 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 16 days, 16 hours, 11 minutes ago
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 7:21:30 AM GMT Wednesday, August 18, 2010 6:59:52 AM GMT
Her name is ShiBire Desalegn. She is the first person to be killed when Meles Zenawi unleashed his forces following a peaceful protest by Addis Ababa University (AAU) students on June 6. She was shot and killed by EPRDF troops as she and her friends tried to block the road in Kotebe that leads to the Sendafa torture camp. She helped escape several AAU students from torture by helping them jump from the trucks that were taking them to Sendafa. She didn't have any weapon. But that didn't stop the EPRDF tro... (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: nitroethiopians.org tags: eprdf, Nitro Ethiopia, Nitro Ethiopians, ShiBire Desalegn, TPLF

NEDAP= Another TPLF Spying Agency (Shashu Habtu)
published 16 days, 15 hours, 50 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 16 days, 16 hours, 9 minutes ago
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 7:21:30 AM GMT Wednesday, August 18, 2010 7:02:04 AM GMT
@shewiT1 Btw selam, we saw your boyfriend Girmay at the woyane protest in DC ...LoL... Does he really think Abay is gonna start flowing to Tigray ...LoL... You are one lucky midget Agame to have a dumb guy like him, no one in the right mind would touch you ...lmfao...LibiTigray3 days ago (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.youtube.com tags: NEDAP, Shashu Habtu, TPLF

Netsanet Le Ethiopia Radio Interview on the Struggle for National Salvation
published 16 days, 15 hours, 50 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 16 days, 16 hours, 5 minutes ago
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 7:21:30 AM GMT Wednesday, August 18, 2010 7:06:27 AM GMT
Netsanet Le Ethiopia Radio Interview with Artist Tamagne Beyene and Ato Neamin Zeleke on the struggle for National Salvation (ye Hager Adin Tigil) and the need to organize and focus on the TPLF regime. Click here to listen Related articles by Zemanta “Netsanet Le Ethiopia” radio interview with Andargachew Tsiege (ecadforum.com) Ethiopia: Tamagn Beyene’s Presentation: [...] (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ecadforum.com tags: ecadforum, Tamagne Beyene, TPLF

Honoring and Celebrating Ethiopian Heroes annual event, Washington DC
published 16 days, 15 hours, 50 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 16 days, 16 hours, 4 minutes ago
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 7:21:30 AM GMT Wednesday, August 18, 2010 7:07:03 AM GMT
We are pleased to announce that the annual Ethiopian Heroes Celebration event shall be held on Sunday, Sept 5th, 2010 in Washington DC. The honorees for this year are Lt. General Jagam Kello, one of the greatest Ethiopian patriots and heroes who fought during the Italian fascist occupation, Captain Mamo Habtewold, an Internationally renowned hero [...] (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ecadforum.com tags: Activists, Diaspora, ethiopia

Book on biography of Meles to be launched in Ethiopia - People's Daily Online
published 19 days, 3 hours, 22 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 19 days, 3 hours, 54 minutes ago
Sunday, August 15, 2010 7:48:39 PM GMT Sunday, August 15, 2010 7:16:47 PM GMT
A book about the biography of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and the struggle of the Tigray People Libration Front (TPLF) will be launched in Ethiopia after two weeks. In a news conference held here on Friday, the author of the book, Eyasu Mengesha, said it took him two years to write the book. (more)
Digg It category: Fun | comment | | source: english.people.com.cn tags: Book, eprdf, eyasu mengesha, Meles Zenawi, TPLF

Visas for Ethiopian maids restricted
published 19 days, 3 hours, 22 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 19 days, 3 hours, 53 minutes ago
Sunday, August 15, 2010 7:48:39 PM GMT Sunday, August 15, 2010 7:18:16 PM GMT
The ministries of Foreign Affairs and Interior have decided not to grant visas to Ethiopian maids without the approval and authorization of the Ethiopian Embassy in Kuwait, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily. Sources say more than 10,000 Ethiopian maids have entered Kuwait without the knowledge of the embassy and without proper contracts. The number of Ethiopian maids in Kuwait is said to be over 30,000, excluding the non-registered ones who cause various problems, note sources. (more)
Digg It category: Business | comment | | source: www.arabtimesonline.com tags: ethiopia, Ethiopia export
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