December 2012

Facefood is a new eatery in town with the “look and feel” of Facebook. Except at Facefood, unlike its online muse, there is a waiter that takes your order, prepares your food and serves you. A short walk from Atlas Hotel, onCape Verde Street, the restaurant occupies the former premises of Yod Abyssinia Cultural Restaurant, …

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By PRI Ethiopia has struggled with a shortage of qualified doctors for years. In an effort to resolve that, it’s vastly increased the sizes of existing classes and opened 13 new schools. But critics say Ethiopia is training a generation of woefully unqualified doctors. The pediatrics wing of St. Paul’s Hospital in Addis Ababa is …

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ESAT News The ruling Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Party (EPRDF) has reportedly forced ordinary citizens to buy a special edition of a party organ, Addis Raey, for a whopping 100 birr. The magazine devoted cover to cover homage to the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, whom it tried to characterize as a patriotic visionary leader …

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A poor peasant and a primary school dropout, who was described by senior political commentator as cold blooded murderer with thinking and reasoning capacity of a dinosaur, Gen Samora is dying… According to a sensitive document leaked to the Horn Times from Bella military referral hospital in Addis Ababa, the frail TPLF army chief-of-staff and …

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Debra Black Immigration Reporter As the sixth anniversary of the arrest and imprisonment of a Canadian citizen in Ethiopia approaches, preliminary negotiations are taking place for a possible prisoner transfer to Canada. Bashir Makhtal, a 44-year-old who lived and worked in Toronto, was arrested on the border of Kenya and Somalia on December 30, 2006, …

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by Teshome Debalke Everybody is wondering how did such civilized people asEthiopians ended up under the rule of uncivilized regime likeTigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) “Woyane”? uncivilised, Power hungry Politicians Before I go on exploring about how the uncivilized regime remained in power it is appropriate to explain what civilized society means, so that the ‘uncivilized’ understand not to …

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The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) announced that it will hold its mid-term general assembly in Washington DC from Feb. 22 – 24, 2013. The meeting will evaluate ENTC’s activities of the past six months and will make necessary adjustments, its news release said. Representatives of ENTC chapters and local councils from several cities and …

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Dec. 25 (ESAT News)—A group called Ginbot 7 Popular Force has announced the launching of armed resistance against the TPLF-led regime that it characterized as oppressive and tyrannical. The spokesperson of the group told ESAT that it has laid the foundation to collaborate with other armed groups such as the Tigray People’s Democratic Movement, Ethiopian …

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Ethiopia’s new prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, has expressed frustration with the Tigrean People Liberation Front (TPLF) to a group of close friends he recently met. One long time friend of the prime minister (who wants to remain anonymous) told Ethiopian Review today that Hailemariam is finding it impossible to get cooperation from the TPLF members …

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