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February 2012

Ethiopia: A Battle for Land and Water from PBS NewsHour

Program: PBS NewsHour Episode: Ethiopia: A Battle for Land and Water A controversial resettlement program in Ethiopia is the latest battleground in the global race to secure prized farmland and water. Correspondent Cassandra Herrman reports as part of the Food for 9 Billion series, a NewsHour partnership with the Center for Investigative Reporting, Homelands Productions […]

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TPLF Inc. as a ‘silent killer’ – By Aklog Birara (Ph.D.)

“Communities need leaders who create a better place to live. Children need leaders who help them reach their potential. Family and friends need leaders who model purpose-driven lives.” — John Maxwell, Leadership for Every Day By Aklog Birara (Ph.D.) Have you ever wondered, as I have, why Ethiopia and the Ethiopian people are caught in

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Dictators are the Problems — Not the Solution (By Wondimu Mekonnen)

By Wondimu Mekonnen LONDON – Ethiopian protesters and their allies on Thursday called on Western leaders who met at Lancaster House to discuss ‘Somalia’ to stop rubbing shoulders with dictators such as Meles Zenawi who they said was responsible for gross human rights violations, including genocide and crimes against humanity. Click Here

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Blasts in Somali town seized by Ethiopia from rebels

AFP/OGADISHU — Two strong explosions rocked the strategic Somali city of Baidoa hours after Ethiopian and pro-government forces wrested it from Al-Qaeda-backed insurgents, officials and witnesses said Thursday. Shebab spokesman Sheikh Abdulaziz Abu Musab claimed responsibility for the blasts late Wednesday, saying they had inflicted “heavy losses” on pro-government forces. He said the explosions “struck

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ethiomedia: Deutsche Welle disgrace to Press Freedom?

ethiomedia: Deutsche Welle disgrace to Press Freedom?

Alemayehu G Mariam February 20, 2012, In a memorandum sent to Deutsche Welle’s (DW) [Germany’s international broadcaster] “correspondents outside Ethiopia” in late 2010,  Ludger Schadomsky, editor-in-chief of DW’s Amharic program, blasted “ethiomedia and similar sites by extension” as a “disgrace” to press freedom.  “The amount of hatred splashed across [ethiomedia] is a disgrace to any politically

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Ethiomedia – Deutsche Welle: A Disgrace to Press Freedom?

Alemayehu G Mariam February 20, 2012 In a memorandum sent to Deutsche Welle’s (DW) [Germany’s international broadcaster] “correspondents outside Ethiopia” in late 2010,  Ludger Schadomsky, editor-in-chief of DW’s Amharic program, blasted “ethiomedia and similar sites by extension” as a “disgrace” to press freedom.  “The amount of hatred splashed across [ethiomedia] is a disgrace to any politically

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