Oil-pumping African nations pay hefty sums to staff their hospitals with thousands of Cuban doctors, with most of the money going to the Cuban government. HAVANA, Cuba (Global Post) — Africa is a growth market for the world’s best-known Cuban brand after Havana Club rum and Cohiba cigars. That would be Cuba Rx, also known […]
by Aklog Demissie (aklogdem@gmail.com) This is second part of a series that highlight political and policy based mistakes by the EPRDF government. While the main aim is raising awareness of the general public, policy makers and politicians from EPRDF can see it as an independent view into their system and opposition parties can use it
by Aklog Demissie ( aklogdem@gmail.com ) If we can express the past 20 years of Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation or the current Ethio-Telecom in one word it will be ‘inefficient’. Compared to the progress made in other African countries in the expansion of telecommunication services at an affordable price driven by market competition, the Ethiopian Telecommunication
Dear President MacKinnnon, On June 10-15, an Ethiopian delegation of top-level officials from Hawassa University (HU), located in Ethiopia’s Southern Regional State, will arrive in Saskatoon to further their long-standing collaboration with the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) in the advancement of sustainable agricultural development, land management, human nutrition, community health and food security
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Press Release The stiff resistance of the Afars against their eviction from their ancestral lands on the banks of Awash River in order to make a way for two vast Sugar Plantations in Tandaho and Kessem has forced the TPLF regime to design a host of ploys to crush it in collusion with other forces.
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(All Africa) — The Israeli government is reportedly set to deport thousands of African migrants including most Ethiopians and South Sudanese. According to Israeli news outlets, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered an urgent expulsion to some 25,000 immigrants from Ethiopia, South Sudan, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Netanyahu made the orders during a recent
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Waldeba in my heart. By Yilma Bekele Truth be told I was not aware of Waldeba Monastery until quite recently. Today I live Waldeba, I breathe Waldeba, and I believe Waldeba has taken over my soul. Mind you I am not protesting rather I am being thankful for this ancient place for bringing focus into
By Ewnetu Taye After Meles Zenawi, leader of the ethno-fascist group misruling Ethiopia, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), got naked and suffered humiliation in front of world leaders, the racist thugs and bullies who believe that it is their birth right to oppress the people of Ethiopia, are out in droves to condemn and
By Alemayehu G mariam : The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition At the recent 2012 G8 Food Security Summit in Washington, D.C., Abebe Gellaw, a young Washington-based Ethiopian journalist, stood up in the gallery and thunderously proclaimed to dictator Meles Zenawi, “… Food is nothing without freedom…” Is he right? When President Obama invited
Dear President Obama: I came to America fleeing political persecution many years ago. I still carry the wounds that successive Ethiopian regimes inflicted on me personally and my family. I will spare you the tragic details. My crime was being an Oromo by birth and spirit. I volunteered for your campaign when you first ran
TPLF inspired national anthem heckled by Ethiopians. The Horn Times News Letter – By Getahune Bekele –Rustenburg, South Africa More than one thousand flag-waving Ethiopians used the June 3 world cup qualifying soccer match against South Africa at Royal Bofokeng stadium to express their anger towards the brutal iron hand rule of PM Meles
KUWAIT CITY, May 31: An unidentified Ethiopian maid who stabbed herself and ran out of the house naked, has been admitted to the Psychiatric Hospital, reports Al-Rai daily. According to security sources police rushed to Faiha when pedestrians informed the Operations Department of the Ministry of Interior that a bleeding woman of African origin was
