By Yilma Bekele Tamagne was here. I wrote that and felt I have said enough. Well since you asked I guess I will tell you the rest of the story. I thought by now you would know If Tamagne was here something big and important regarding Ethiopia happened. You know Tamagne; he does not do […]
LONDON — Ethiopia’s Tsegaye Kebede and Priscah Jeptoo of Kenya triumphed at a sombre London Marathon on Sunday, as runners paid tribute to the victims of the deadly bomb attacks at the Boston Marathon. Kebede hunted down 2011 champion Emmanuel Mutai to win the men’s race, while Jeptoo surged to victory in the women’s event,
The police came out with three cars and six policemen and stopped a meeting of Tasta bydelshus where the atmosphere was becoming so very irritably among the more than 300 Ethiopian origin attendees. The 300 attendees were Ethiopian asylum seekers or people with Ethiopian background. The police feared that it would get completely out of
CPJ – New York, April 22, 2013 The Committee to Protect Journalists protests Ethiopian authorities’ transfer of independent newspaper editor Woubshet Taye to a remote prison several hours away from his family’s home. Woubshet has been imprisoned since June 2011 on vague terrorism charges that CPJ has determined to be unsubstantiated. “Moving detainees to prisons
April 19, 2013 His Excellency, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations Dear Your Excellency, Subject: Ethnic Cleansing in Ethiopia UN Chief Ban Ki-moon UN Chief Ban Ki-moon First, we, the leadership team of the undersigned Ethiopian civic and political organizations, present our compliments to Your Excellency. It is with deep anguish and
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The Horn Times News 20 April 2013 By Getahune Bekele, South Africa As the unpopular, corrupt and inefficient minority junta continues to govern the police state Ethiopia with brute iron hand, dealing ruthlessly with political prisoners and jailed journalists whom it blames for causing the late despot Meles Zenawi’s “ untimely” death; Ethiopian political prisoners
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The Horn Times News 21 April 2013 Human rights institutions urged to assist in stopping the illegal transfer of political prisoners to Zeway death camp. By Getahune Bekele, South Africa Located 170 kms south-east of Addis Ababa on the outskirt of Zeway town, the Zeway death camp has been in the news recently after the
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“Ich bin ein Berliner.” – “I am a Berliner” Those words were spoken by President John F. Kennedy on June 26, 1963 in West Berlin. He said that to show solidarity with the people of Berlin after the East Germans with the approval of the Soviet Union erected the Berlin Wall to prevent their captive
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By Eyob Haile Just after 3 years of establishment ESAT turns to be the dominant, if not, the sole source of information to Ethiopians who reside in and outside the country, not dismissing the hope it has rekindled among the majority of Ethiopians that the organization would usher in a change that many Ethiopians have
Former winner Tsegay Kebede and Olympic silver medallist Priscah Jeptoo took surprise victories at the Virgin London Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on a day when pre-race favourites and Olympic champions suffered. Defending champion Wilson Kipsang, Olympic champion Stephen Kiprotich and 2011 London winner Emmanuel Mutai were all favoured ahead of Kebede by
