April 2013

The Horn Times News 26 April 2013 Getahune Bekele-South Africa Although the word “hard labour” sounds brutal and primitive, Zambian magistrate Shadreck Chanda was merciless in passing judgment when he sent 50 destitute Ethiopians to jail for entering the landlocked nation illegally on 29 March 2013. The Ethiopians aged 11 to 37 were caught by […]

By William Davison April 26 (Bloomberg) — Ethiopia will receive funds from China for a transmission line valued at $1 billion that will bring electricity from a hydropower plant to the capital, Addis Ababa according to a government official. The 619-kilometer (385-mile) link from the 6,000-megawatt Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River

The Horn Times News 25 April 2013 (Getahune Bekele- South Africa) “He is fit like fiddle and in perfect health. Never been to any hospital recently and no doctor has diagnosed him with heart condition.” The former ruler’s son-in-law who extensively travels between Johannesburg and Harare told the Horn Times in Pretoria asking for his

ESAT News April 23, 2013 Federal police officers have travelled from the Capital to a town in Northern Ethiopia, Merawi,  35 KM far from Bahir Dar city, to arrest several University students whom they suspected of having links with the newly formed Ginbot Seven Popular Forces (GPF). It has been confirmed that one student was

Gabe Joselow April 24, 2013 NAIROBI, KENYA — Ethiopia’s foreign ministry has denied there are plans to immediately withdraw all troops from Somalia, despite remarks by the Ethiopian prime minister expressing frustration with the pace of military progress in the country. Speaking to parliament Tuesday, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said the African Union force in

በፓርላማው ብቸኛው ተቃዋሚ ግርማ ሰይፉ በሚኒሶታ ሕዝባዊ ስብሰባ ሊያደርጉ ነው (ዘ-ሐበሻ) የአንድነት ለፍትህና ለዴሞክራሲ ፓርቲ የሚኒሶታ የድጋፍ ሰጪ ኮሚቴ ለዘ-ሐበሻ በላከው መግለጫ “በኢትዮጵያ ፓርላማ ብቸኛው ተቃዋሚ የሆኑት አቶ ግርማ ሰይፉ፤ ወደ ሚኒሶታ በመምጣት ቅዳሜ ኤፕሪል 27፣ 2013 ዓ.ም ሕዝባዊ ስብሰባ እንደሚያደርጉ” ገለጸ። የድጋፍ ሰጪ ኮሚቴው ለዘ-ሐበሻ እንደገለጸው “በአሁኑ ወቅት በሃገራችን ያለውን አጠቃላይ የፖለቲካ  የኢኮኖሚና የማህበራዊ