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March 2012

Somalia: Nation, Ethiopia Forces Clash With Al-Shabab in Baidoa

(Shabelle Media Network)Baidoa — Heavy gun battle between Somali government soldiers supported by Ethiopian forces and Al-shabab fighters took place overnight parts in Baidoa town, just 250 Km away south of Mogadishu, security officials said. The clashes sparked after Al-shabab militants attacked early on Tuesday night on joint Somali and Ethiopian military bases in Isha

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Fire at Asebot Monastery in eastern Ethiopia (VOA)

(Source: Ethiopian Review) Ethiopian monasteries are under attack. Last week, the Woyanne junta started to demolish 18 churches at Woldeba Monastery in northern Ethiopia. Yesterday, the historic Ziquala Monastery in southern Ethiopia was being threatened with a raging forest fire. VOA reports that Asebot Monastery in eastern Ethiopia is also engulfed with fire. Listen below:

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Is the government serious about fighting corruption?

The case of alleged fraud and corruption at Ethiopia Commodity Exchange By Wondwossen Mezlekia   The Ethiopian Federal Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission’s annual report presented to the Parliament in May 2011 added Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) to the list of institutions whose practices are open for corruption, without disclosing what impelled the Commission to review

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Mahibere Kidusan – Mt. Zeqwala monastery is set in fire by Weyane agents like the Ura kidanmeert in Lake Tana

  (Source: Ethiopianism.net) The Agents of the Dictatorial regimes of Melees Zenawie dressed as Monk set in fire one of the prestigious monastery of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church located on the crater of Mount Zukawala. In the same context a year ago the same agents set in fire the most ancient monastery of Ura Kidane

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Ethiopia Military Aggression Diversionary Ploy, Says Eritrea

By Peter Clotty | Voice of America (VOA) Eritrean Information Minister Ali Abdu said Ethiopia’s admission of its military attack is a calculated ploy to divert the international community’s attention from its continuous 10-year occupation of Eritrean territory. He expressed little surprise that Ethiopia embarked on what he called “a military bellicosity that encroaches on

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Israel and Qatar mediate between Ethiopia and Eritrea – Meles to Sell Bademe

BREAKING NEWS: It has been confirmed by different sources that the Ethiopian and Eritrean governments will have a preliminary meeting in Germany on the 20th. of March 2012. Some representatives of both countries have already arrived in Germany. The mediators, Israel and Qatar, have presented the following five-point road-map to the Eritrean and Ethiopian governments:

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Ethiopia carries out attacks against Eritrea

By LUC VAN KEMENADE, ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopian forces entered archrival Eritrea on Thursday and carried out what a government spokesman described as “a successful attack” against military posts. Shimeles Kemal said Ethiopia launched the attack because Eritrea was training “subversive groups” that carried out attacks inside Ethiopia. Ethiopia and Eritrea fought a

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The Circumstance of Citizen Psychology Under Ethnic Federalism (By Geletaw Zeleke)

By Geletaw Zeleke Politics in its purest sense is the art of governance. This art should not be built upon differences of human language or culture but instead should rely on the dynamism of human creativity. Whenever politics are attached to bloodline, culture and language the play of governance is led off course. The nature

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