January 2012

Geletaw Zeleke The Ethiopian government has been claiming double digit growth for the past more than half a decade. According to the government, Ethiopia’s economy is growing at a rate of 11% which puts it at the top of rapidly growing countries around the world. By comparison this rate of growth would put Ethiopia along …

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(Alemayehu g mariam) The International Criminal Court (ICC) is on the chase; and over the past few months, things have taken a slow turn for the worse for African dictators and human rights violators. They are finding out that they can’t run and they can’t hide. Laurent “Cling-to-power-at-any-cost” Gbagbo of Cote d’Ivoire was snatched from …

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ADDIS ABABA, Jan 28 – Ethiopian Prime Minster Meles Zenawi said Friday he would pull troops out of Somalia “as soon as feasible,” admitting for the first time that forces had crossed into the war-torn neighbouring country. “The decision has all along been to help the TFG and we will withdraw our troops as soon …

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By William Davison (bloomberg) An Ethiopian judge sentenced three journalists, an opposition politician and another person to prison terms ranging from 14 years to life in jail for terrorism-related crimes. Elias Kifle, who was convicted in absentia and runs the U.S.-based Ethiopian Review website, received a life sentence, said Federal High Court Judge Endeshaw Adane. …

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                              By- Geletaw Zeleke                                       editor- Magill Dyess In this piece we will discuss the concept of redistribution of wealth using the following questions as the taking off point.    What is the meaning of the term Redistribution? Is redistribution a Socialist economic doctrine? Is redistribution a just practice in a Capitalist doctrine? Where does …

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By Fikre Tolossa, Ph.D The second volume of the reminiscence of Colonel Mengistu Haile-mariam, the ex-president and Prime Minster of Ethiopia, authored by Weyzero Genet Ayele saw the light of the day recently. I had a chance to read, review and analyze it. The book is divided into two parts. Part I deals with the …

Book review: 2nd Book of “Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam and Memories of the Ethiopian Revolution” (By Fikre Tolossa, Ph.D) Read More »

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia has lifted its suspension of 35 athletes, including double Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele, an athletics official said on Tuesday after imposing a ban last week in a row over a training camp. The Ethiopian Athletics Federation imposed the measure on Thursday after Bekele, Olympic women’s 5,000 and 10,000 metres gold …

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* Tourists attacked in early Tuesday raid, five killed * Group says could release them through negotiation * Denies killing Western tourists (Adds Hungarian survivors’ account) By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA/BUDAPEST, Jan 23 (Reuters) – An Ethiopian rebel group fighting for an independent homeland has said it was responsible for kidnapping two German tourists and …

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By LUC VAN KEMENADE ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An Ethiopian court on Thursday found three journalists, a politician and a politician’s assistant guilty of conspiring to commit acts of terrorism, in a case that drew rebukes from rights groups who fear the country’s anti-terrorism law is being used to suppress dissent. The five were charged under Ethiopia’s controversial …

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  Pilot Error Blamed For Ethiopian Airlines Crash   The crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 off the coast of Lebanon two years ago which killed all 90 people on board was caused by pilot error, according to a Lebanese report on Tuesday which was challenged by the airline. The 737-800, bound for Addis …

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By Robele Ababya, The new OLF’s reversal of its secession policy has no doubt sent a shockwave in the camp of Old OLF’s faction linked to the pariah dictator of Eritrea supporting the terrorist Al Shabab. The outpouring support to the new OLF has eclipsed the cry in the wilderness of the few abusive remnant …

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