February 2013

02-14-2013 On February 15, 2013 the highly-acclaimed and legendary Ethiopian Musician, Teddy Afro will accept an Commendation Award from the City of San Jose on behalf of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Friendship forum EEFF. The award acknowledges EEFF’s dedication to peace and reconciliation. On this distinguished occasion, artist Teddy Afro will be honored for his […]

OTTAWA — Four days before calling 911 to report that he had stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death inside her Riverside Drive apartment, Tamrat Gebere decided to end his own life, he testified at his second-degree murder trial Tuesday. Distraught over an ongoing battle to see his 17-month-old daughter regularly, Gebere testified that he skipped work

Un uncertain future Fierce and noble: A tribeswoman in a Hammar village on the Omo River in Ethiopia The road to the Mursi heartland is long and best tackled one obstacle at a time. Just to call it a road is a stretch, really. Steve Turner, our guide from Kenya-based Origins Safaris, estimates it has

The strategic Horn of Africa country is one-third Muslim and two-thirds Christian; why is its state-TV ginning up religious tension? By William Davison, Correspondent February 14, 2013, ADDIS ABABA(Christian Science Monitor) — Ethiopia, a US ally in the battle against Al Qaeda-affiliated militants in Somalia, added to mounting worries about religious discord in the diverse

By Teklu Abate Background In his latest paper entitled “Ethiopia: Where do we go (or not go) from here?”, Professor Alemayehu cogently discussed possible trajectories Ethiopia would and should take in the years to come. He questioned how and to what extent the opposition is doing their jobs compared to what people in the governing

The 22-year-old Hagos Mezgebo escaped a life in war-torn Africa only to be gunned down in the streets of Allentown, seemingly for no apparent reason. But Enrique Manuel Ortiz showed no signs of remorse, nor did he offer any semblance of apology, as he was sentenced Monday to 40 to 80 years in prison for

by Girma Hadas Former Ethiopian diplomat (November 2012) I am obliged to write this short note after I heard the new Ethiopian UN Ambassador Tekeda Alemu’s, my former big boss, interview on the EPRDF pal-talk gezategaru a week earlier. The points he forwarded in the interview are provocative and therefore demand a reply and correction.

Calling for financial help In the name of free press and multi-party democracy When the Constitution was adopted in 1994, the Ethiopian people had hoped that press freedom and multi-party democracy would be a reality in Ethiopia. The people have been hoping for the last 22 years but their hope could not materialize beyond a

By Aaron Maasho (Reuters) – Eritrea’s President Isaias Afewerki sought on Monday to calm fears of unrest, and in his first reaction to the storming of the information ministry ago by dissident troops three weeks, blamed “bankrupt enemies” for being behind the attack. Eritrean soldiers, backed by tanks, took over the ministry on January 21

Thousands of Ethiopians are being driven off their ancestral land that the government’s selling without their consent to foreign investors buying up vast swathes of farmland, a U.S. watchdog reports. Feb. 10, 2013, ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia(UPI) — Thousands of Ethiopians are being driven off ancestral lands that the government’s selling to foreign investors buying vast