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June 2013

Amhara Liberation Forces, the OLF and Others Against Tigrean Colonialists

Fayyis Oromia It is really good news that Amharas are slowly waking up and starting to figure out that they are suffering, not only under the repressive regime, but also under the Tigrean colonial rule. They have already started to talk about a liberation struggle from the colonial rule instead of rehashing about the possible

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Ethiopia’s old guard hangs on as new guard rises

by Theafricareport.com Prime Minister Meles’s death in August 2012 has left the field open to those seeking to control the ruling EPRDF. With the retirement of the old guard within the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (1) is one of three influential newcomers at the helm of Tigrayan politics in the emerging post-Meles-Zenawi era. Foreign Minister

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The Anguish of Higher Education Students in Ethiopia

BY: Zelalem Abate E-mail: zelalem.abate1@gmail.com Academic activities such as studying, teaching, inventing, leading, administrating and other responsibilities in a university or college require at a minimum academic freedom. Unfortunately, however, academic freedom in higher education institutions of Ethiopia is drier than the Sahara desert. Ethiopians who have been part of these institutions as a student,

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Voice from the grave

By Yilma Bekele Meles Zenawi is dead. Meles Zenawi is alive. I am afraid in our case both statements are true. We saw the tyrant being buried or placed six foot under and the extraordinary sendoff orchestrated by his politburo in living color. The whole country was on stand still for a week or so

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Ethiopia summons Egypt’s ambassador over Nile dam attack proposals

By Associated Press, Published: June 6 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday it is demanding an official explanation from Egypt after comments from politicians suggesting Egypt attack or sabotage a Nile River dam Ethiopia is building.Dina Mufti, a spokesman for the ministry, said that Egypt’s ambassador to Ethiopia has been summoned to explain

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Ethiopia official labels Egyptian attack proposals over new Nile River dam ‘day dreaming’

By Associated Press, Published: June 5 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Egyptian officials tried to cool tensions with Ethiopia Wednesday over the new Nile River dam project by highlighting its “neighborliness” as the Ethiopian prime minister’s spokesman insisted that nothing would stop the dam from being completed upstream from Egypt, which is wholly dependent on Nile River water. Egypt

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Ethiopia hasn’t complained to UN over dam comments: Morsi spokesperson

Presidential spokesperson denies reports that Ethiopia has complained to UN over controversial comments made at dam meeting Ahram Online, Wednesday 5 Jun 2013 An Egyptian presidential spokesperson has denied reports that Ethiopia has filed a complaint with the UN Security Council over comments made at President Morsi’s meeting on Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam. The meeting, which

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