February 2013

EthioChannel’s cover story on Junedin EthioChannel, pro regime “private” Saturday Newspaper has today reported that top ruling party official and “the Minister of Civil Service” has sought asylum in neighboring Kenya. A political scientist with a close knowledge of the former Minister that De Birhan talked to said that Junedin’s family couldn’t confirm the Report …

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(Ogaden) — Dozens of civilians were wounded yesterday afternoon in crowded Degahbour Bar after Ethiopian soldiers opened fire as confirmed by locals and our reporters on the ground. Some locals said they heard crackling gunfire from Ethiopian soldiers, whom they described as laughing and drunk. “They were all drunk and shooting all over the place,” …

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Tadias Magazine Art News Updated: Thursday, February 21st, 2013 Los Angeles (TADIAS) – Last year, Negist Legesse, also known as Nikki, director of the Little Ethiopia Cultural and Resource Center in Los Angeles asked her friend, commercial director and fine artist Lori Precious, to co-create an art competition for Ethiopian artists in Ethiopia. The first …

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(ADDIS FORTUNE) – Regulators at the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) have issued a directive cutting down the reserve requirement of commercial banks to 5%, from the previous 10%. This is the second decrease in the reserve requirement in two years, from the constant 15% three years ago. Banks have also been given a 2-year …

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by Tedla Asfaw The 76th anniversary of fascist Italy crimes against the Ethiopian people, Ye Sematat Ken, was remembered on Yekatit 12/Feb. 19 worldwide today. Here in New York City the first action of the day was to give a letter addressed to H.H. Pope Benedict the 16th.The letter that was prepared by Global Alliance …

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(ADDIS FORTUNE) – True to his promise, Hailemariam Desalegn, prime minister of Ethiopia, summoned some of his senior officials in the macroeconomic team to his office at Lorenzo Te’azaz Street last week. Among these officials were two or three who are locked in a feud over the availability and stock of the nation’s foreign exchange …

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Uganda has granted asylum to the 15 players from the Eritrea football team and the team doctor who absconded in the country in December during the 2012 Cecafa Tusker Senior Challenge Cup. Apollo David Kazungu, the Commissioner for Refugees in the Office of the Prime Minister in Uganda, said on Monday that the Refugee Eligibility …

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) – Ethiopian rebels on Monday warned a Canadian oil company against oil exploration in the country’s east and said the area is unsafe because of fighting. Africa Oil Corporation should halt all operations until the rebels make peace with the government, the Ogaden National Liberation Front, or ONLF said. The group …

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Judges at Oslo District court are to hear the case of Nathan Eshete and his family as they this week contest their forced repatriation. Seven-year-old Nathan, born and raised in Norway, was told before Christmas 2012 he and his parents would be deported back to Ethiopia. Nathan is one of hundreds of children whose asylum …

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