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Ethiopia: Legendary actor Debebe Eshetu arrested anti-terrorism law | Mike Hitchen Online: i On Global Trends

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Ethiopian police have arrested a famous actor in an ongoing roundup of terrorism suspects that has also netted journalists and prominent opposition politicians. Opposition leaders and rights activists are accusing the government of using a new anti-terrorism law to silence political dissent. Legendary stage and screen actor Debebe Eshetu was shown on Ethiopian television in handcuffs, the latest in a series of government opponents to be charged under a broad anti-terrorism law that went into effect earl... (more)

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Luxury, horror lurk in Gadhafi family compound

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CNN is working with humanitarian organizations and medical officials to get help for the nanny, Shweyga Mullah. We know that viewers around the world want to help too. As soon as we get more information finalized we will post details on our Impact Your World page. Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Moammar Gadhafi told his people he lived modestly during his nearly 42-year rule over Libya, often sleeping in a Bedouin tent. Even if that was true for the le (more)

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UN: U.S. Gets 4,200 Ethiopian Troops To Patrol North-South Sudan Border

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Ethiopia to patrol Abyei peace The United Nations Security Council has passed an American resolution to authorize Ethiopia to station 42 hundred peacekeepers in the disputed Abyei region on the border between North and South Sudan. (more)

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Concern over journalists' arrest in Ethiopia

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Amnesty International, the UK-based rights group, has voiced concern over the arrest of nine people, including two journalists and two opposition party members, in Ethiopia on suspicion of terrorist offences. Woubishet Taye, a deputy-editor for the weekly Awramba Times, and Reyot Alemu from the Feteh newspaper who were arrested on July 19 and 21, were among those detained. Demelash Woldemikael, the assistant commissioner of Ethiopia's federal police, said: "The group was caught while plotting to sabota... (more)

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Ethiopians trapped in Yemen are being evacuated

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Nearly 2,000 Ethiopian migrants trapped in violence-hit Yemen are being evacuated, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says. It said it had so far flown out 275 Ethiopians, some of whom had gun-shot wounds. Yemen has been hit by months of instability, caused by the president's refusal to bow to opposition demands to quit. (more)

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Official: Ethiopia inks $100 million deal to purchase more than 200 Ukrainian tanks

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Ethiopia’s government has signed a deal to buy more than 200 tanks at a cost of $100 million from Ukraine’s state-owned military hardware export firm Ukrspetsexport, a Ukrainian official said on June 10. Media in Ukraine, which has exported in the order of $1 billion of arms annually in recent years and mostly to developing countries, said the subject of the deal could be Soviet-designed T-72 tanks. “The deal was signed three days ago. It is one of the biggest deals for the past 15 years,” said the... (more)

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Egyptian Minister - Tharir Square Leads to Nile Policy Change

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In his opening words at a press conference during the annual meeting of the board of directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Lisbon last week, Gouda Abdel-Khalek (PhD), Egypt's new minister of Solidarity and Social Justice, expressed a desire to speak from his "heart" as much as from his "mind." True to his words, he spoke candidly and eloquently about the historical mistakes his country has made in advancing its f... (more)

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Ethiopia Commutes Death Sentences for Former Officials Accused of Genocide

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Ethiopia has commuted the death sentences of 23 people convicted of genocide for their part in the “Red Terror” purges during the rule of former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam. The 23 still face life in prison. Among those spared the death penalty Wednesday are many senior officials in the Mengistu government, including former vice-president Fisseha Desta and former prime minister Fikreselassie Wogderes. The 23 were imprisoned after Mengistu’s Communist military junta collapsed in 1991. They were con... (more)

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Protesters Absent as Ethiopia Marks Anniversary of Meles Rule

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Tens of thousands of Ethiopians have turned out in Addis Ababa’s main square to mark Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s 20th anniversary in power. A “day of rage” counterdemonstration planned by democracy activists failed to materialize. The turnout at Addis Ababa’s Meskel Square was a fraction of the one million predicted. And with thunder clouds hanging overhead, a scheduled four-hour event was cut in half. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s nationally televised anniversary address lasted little more than fi... (more)

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CNN featured Ethiopian Jailed Journalist Dawit Kebede (Video)

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Jailed journalist: ‘I will never hesitate from criticizing’ CNN international highlight Ethiopian journalist Dawit Kebede on the weekly African voices edition. (CNN) — Sharing a communal cell with 350 other prisoners, Ethiopian journalist Dawit Kebede spent 21 months in a crammed jail, losing his freedom for speaking his mind. That was his penalty for writing an editorial criticizing the Ethiopian government after the post-election violence that rocked the country in 2005. But while many of his ... (more)

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Sudan, Egypt Review Ethiopian Proposal To Study Impact Of Its Blue Nile Dam Project

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KHARTOUM, (BERNAMA-NNN-SUNA) – Sudan and Egypt are reviewing an Ethiopian proposal to set up a joint technical tripartite committee to study the technical issues and impact of Ethiopia’s Millennium Dam, which is under construction on the Blue Nile River some 40 km east of Sudan in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopa. This came about when the ministers of Irrigation and Water Resources of Sudan and Egypt, Kamal Ali Mohamed and Dr. Hussein El-Atfy respectively, co-chaired a session of talks here Tuesd... (more)

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$8 billion secretly taken out of Ethiopia

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Is there any question about who is taking the money out of the country? The Meles crime family has has been looting Ethiopia’s treasure for the past 20 years. (Addis Fortune) — Ethiopia may be touted at international conferences on development agendas as one of the 10 fastest growing economies in the world, but it is also one of the top 10 out of the 45 least developed countries (LDCs) where foreign currency flows out in an illicit manner, worse than countries such as Sudan, Djibouti and Eritrea, a n... (more)

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Security stepped up along Kenya border with Ethiopia

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Kenya on Thursday wrote a protest letter to the Ethiopian government calling for the arrest of the Merille tribesmen involved in the killing of 21 Turkana villagers two days earlier. Internal Security Assistant Minister Orwa Ojode also told a news conference in Nairobi that the government had also intensified security at the border point to avert further attacks. Ojode said the government is also doing its best to find the Turkana herdsmen who killed 4 Merille community members on the same day at Tondony... (more)

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Ethiopia Hijacked Press Freedom Day Conference

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An Ethiopian observance of World Press Freedom Day was marred Tuesday by a walkout of independent journalists after a dispute with a rival group of state-run media employees. It was organized as a conference on critical topics of interest to Ethiopian journalists. But before the meeting began, staff members of Addis Ababa’s private newspapers were grumbling that the discussions were being hijacked. They said representatives of private media were far outnumbered by those from Ethiopia’s numerous stat... (more)

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At least 19 dead amid Kenya, Ethiopia border clashes

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Clashes between tribesmen in the remote, arid northern region of Kenya that borders Ethiopia killed at least 19 people and security has been beefed up in case of more reprisals, officials said on Tuesday. Rift Valley Provincial Commissioner Osman Warfa told Reuters 19 Kenyans died in fighting with raiders from the Merrille tribe, also know as the Dassenech, from Ethiopia. Cattle rustling and clashes over grazing land and access to water are relatively common in the region, though the extent of the ca... (more)

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Visit to Ethiopia successful, says popular delegation

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CAIRO: Members of the Egyptian popular delegation that visited Ethiopia this week hailed the "successful" outcome of the visit and the warm reception by the Ethiopian people and officials. The delegation returned Tuesday to Egypt after a four-day visit in which they met Ethiopian President Girma Wolde-Giorgis and Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who agreed to postpone ratification of the new Nile water treaty until a new Egyptian president and parliament are elected. “The visit has achieved all its goals, ... (more)

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Egypt tells Ethiopia it will negotiate over Nile

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Egypt's ambassador to Ethiopia said Thursday that his government is willing to negotiate disputed Nile River issues with Ethiopia, including a colonial-era treaty that gives Egypt a majority stake in the river. Ambassador Tarik Ghoneim said Egypt's new government wants to start discussions with all nine Nile countries about using waters in the best interest of all. "Everything is on the table," he said. (more)

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Ethiopian Minister Rules Out Permission to Egypt to Visit Nile Dam Site

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Ethiopian water minister says that his country neither informed Egypt about its plans to construct Nile Dam nor discussed the issue with that country despite fears that the issue could spark a war between both. Meanwhile, work on the 5,250-MW Renaissance Dam has already started, which has angered Egypt further. Egypt has always opposed any construction on the Nile River, on which it claims sole authority as a result of colonial era treaties, which gave Egypt right to about 86 percent of the waters origin... (more)

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እዚህ ብርሃኑ፤ እዚያ መለስ | Addis Neger

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እዚህ፣ አሁን እየሆነ ያለው በምንም መልኩ እዚያ አሁንም ሆነ በቅርቡ ሊካሄድ የሚችል አይደለም። እዚህ ሰውየው በሚያራምደው ሐሳብ ምክንያት በወንጀልኝነት አይፈረጅም፤ እዚያ ግን የሞት ፍርድ የተበየነበት ተፈላጊ “ወንጀለኛ” ነው። አድማጮቹና ተወያዮቹም እንዲሁ እዚህ በወንጀል ተባባሪነት የሚከሳቸው የለም፤ እዚያ ግን በአቶ መለስ ፍርድ ቤት በአባሪነት ሊከሰሱ እንደሚችሉ ያውቁታል። ዶ/ር ብርሃኑ ነጋ፤ ስቶክሆልም መጋቢት 3፣ 2003 ይህ የስዊድን ዋና ከተማ ስቶክሆልም ነው፤ ሰውየው ዶ/ር ብርሃኑ ነጋ፤ አድማጮቹና ተወያዮቹ ደግሞ እዚህ የሚኖሩ “የግንቦት 7” አባላት፣ ደጋፊዎች እና ሰውየውን ለመስማት የተሰበሰቡ ሌሎችም ኢትዮጵያውያን ናቸው። ያ ደግሞ የእነዚህ ሰዎች ነፍስና ደም የታተመበት አገር ነው- ኢትዮጵያ። ሆኖም እነርሱ እዚህ አሁን ስለሚነጋገሩበት ጉዳይ እዚያ በአደባባይ መነጋገር የሚታሰብ... (more)

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ቃለ መጠይቅ – አቶ መለስ ዜናዊ ከአገር ውስጥ ጋዜጠኞች ለቀረቡላቸው ጥያቄዎች የሰጡት መልስ

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በሰሜን አፍሪካ እና በመካከለኛው ምሥራቅ ያለው ሕዝባዊ እንቅስቃሴ በኢትዮጵያም ሊከሰት ይችላል ወይ? የሰሜን አፍሪካ ነውጥ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ሊከሰት ይችላል በሚል ተቃዋሚ ፓርቲዎች የሚያራምዱት ነው። የእኛ ሕገ መንግሥት ትግሎች በሰላማዊ መንገድ እንዲካሄዱ ሰፊ ጎዳና የከፈተ ነው። ከዚህ ውጭ የሚደረግ የሥልጣን ለውጥ ሕገ ወጥ መኾኑን አስቀምጧል። እያንዳንዱ ዜጋም ሕገ መንግሥቱን ማክበር እና ማስከበር እንዳለበት አስቀምጧል። በዚህም ላይ ከዐሥር ወር በፊት ምርጫ ተካሂዶ ኅብረተሰቡም የነበረው መንግሥት እንዲቀጥል በካርዱ ብይን ሰጥቷል። ኅብረተሰቡ ከዚያ በፊት የነበረውን ኢኮኖሚያዊ እንቅስቃሴ ዐይቶ በምርጫው እንቅስቃሴ ላይ ሐሳቡን ገልጧል። በተነጻጻሪ ከእናንተ በተሻለ የልማት ሥራ የሚሠራ የለንም ብሎ የአምስት ዓመት ኮንትራት ለኢሕአዴግ ሰጥቷል። ሕዝቡ ኢሕአዴግን እንዲሠራ ብቻ አይደለም ዕድል የሰ... (more)

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Ethiopia: Legendary actor Debebe Eshetu arrested anti-terrorism law | Mike Hitchen Online: i On Global Trends

Luxury, horror lurk in Gadhafi family compound

UN: U.S. Gets 4,200 Ethiopian Troops To Patrol North-South Sudan Border

Concern over journalists' arrest in Ethiopia

Ethiopians trapped in Yemen are being evacuated

Official: Ethiopia inks $100 million deal to purchase more than 200 Ukrainian tanks

Egyptian Minister - Tharir Square Leads to Nile Policy Change

Ethiopia Commutes Death Sentences for Former Officials Accused of Genocide

Protesters Absent as Ethiopia Marks Anniversary of Meles Rule

CNN featured Ethiopian Jailed Journalist Dawit Kebede (Video)

Sudan, Egypt Review Ethiopian Proposal To Study Impact Of Its Blue Nile Dam Project

$8 billion secretly taken out of Ethiopia

Security stepped up along Kenya border with Ethiopia

Ethiopia Hijacked Press Freedom Day Conference

At least 19 dead amid Kenya, Ethiopia border clashes

Visit to Ethiopia successful, says popular delegation

Egypt tells Ethiopia it will negotiate over Nile

Ethiopian Minister Rules Out Permission to Egypt to Visit Nile Dam Site

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