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Bob Geldof should be held accountable

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By Alem Mamo | March 10, 2010 Geldof's defiance amounts to saying the photo to the left never existed at all 1984/85 - Gebremedhin Araya (L), Max Peberdy (center) and Tekleweyni Assefa, a TPLF senior cadre who to this day is the director of REST, the so-called 'humanitarian wing' of the criminal TPLF group. (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ethiomedia.com tags: Bob Geldof, election 2002, eprdf, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian news, Food, Gebremedhin Araya, news about ethiopia, TPLF

The BBC's allegations over Ethiopian aid: what is the truth?

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Aid workers must be pragmatic - if food was getting to people, then the money was doing its job. To suggest that the TPLF never pulled a fast one and took their share would be a very foolish .... (more)

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Sir Bob Geldof – Defending the indefensible | Abbay Media

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The year was 1984. A famine of unimaginable proportions was ravaging the northern region of Ethiopia. Besides the famine, that part of Ethiopia was also in the midst of a multi dimensional bloody civil war that took so many lives and destroyed infrastructure. The fighting parties were the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF), operating in a close alliance, launching a coordinated political and military operation against the regime in Addis Ababa. In 19... (more)

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PM Meles Zenawi denies 1984-85 Ethiopia aid was diverted

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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)

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ኢሕአዴግ በኢትዮጵያ ቴሌቪዥን እንዲተላለፍለት የላከው የምርጫ ቅስቀሳ መልዕክት ተመላሽ ሆነበት

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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)

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ኢህአዴግ በአሰብ ላይ አጀንዳውን አልቀየረም

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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)

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የሎሬት ፀጋዬ ገብረመድኅን ፬ኛ ዓመት ዝክር

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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, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian art, Ethiopian news, news about ethiopia, Tsegaye GebreMedhin

የመለስ ዜናዊ ገደብ አልባነት

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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, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, news about ethiopia, TPLF

Woyane Blood Money

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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, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian news, Food, Meles Zenawi, news about ethiopia, TPLF

Ethiopian crash compensation lawsuit continues as fault still under debate

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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)

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Ethiopia: food security situation in North Wollo - report

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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, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian news, Food, news about ethiopia

BBC holds firm over Ethiopia famine funds report

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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, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, news about ethiopia, TPLF

BBC stands by its Ethiopia aid abuse report

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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)

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EthioClips - Alebsise Sabawiyan Ormomo Ethiopian Music

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Alebsise Sabawiyan Ormomo Ethiopian Music (more)

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Ethiopia: Ginbot 7 book review

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Ethiopia: Ginbot 7 book review Back to ecadforum home page (more)

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Ethiopia: Election 2010 and the players

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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)

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Ethiopia: Munich, Germany Ginbot 7 public meeting

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Ethiopia: Munich, Germany Ginbot 7 public meeting (more)

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Electoral Preparations Hint Gearing up Towards Known Outcome

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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)

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Yemane Tsegay takes Lake Biwa Marathon crown

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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)

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Ethiopian Solomon Assefa among IBM scientists

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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)

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