August 2012

A court in London on Thursday jailed an Ethiopian diplomat for trying to smuggle a large stash of cannabis through London’s Heathrow Airport. Amelework Wondemagegne, an official at the Ethiopian embassy in Washington, had tried to claim diplomatic immunity when she was caught at the airport in April with 56 kilograms (123 pounds) of cannabis. …

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By William Davison Ethiopia’s government may develop gas fields in its eastern Somali region itself or with a partner while a contractual dispute with a Chinese oil and gas company is resolved, Mines Minister Sinknesh Ejigu said. Five production-sharing agreements signed on July 22, 2011, with PetroTrans Co. for 10 blocks in the Ogaden area …

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ANALYSIS (All Africa) – Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s former Chief of Staff, was often heard saying, “A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.” Asked to explain what he meant, he said, “Crisis presents an opportunity to allow you to do things you thought you couldn’t do.” There is a potential crisis looming in Ethiopia …

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Netsanet Zegeye from Ethiopia Actually, I wanted my title to be ‘Message to the so Called Main Stream Media’, but due to oversight it happened to be like that or may be my subconscious wanted to convey something else; it might be opining that these media institutions need a sort of massage to correct their …

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