NAIROBI — The Globe and Mail When one of South Africa’s biggest newspaper chains was sold last month, an odd name was buried in the list of new owners: China International Television Corp. A major stake in a South African newspaper group might seem an unusual acquisition for Chinese state television, but it was no […]
Why China is making a big play to control Africa’s media Read More »
VOA Amharic September 12, 2013 [jwplayer mediaid=”22263″]
by Samuel Loewenberg Several major aid agencies have been blamed for not addressing rights violations in Ethiopia, including those linked to their programmes in the country. Samuel Loewenberg reports. The World Bank, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) have consistently failed to act on allegations of
Ethiopia: Aid agencies accused of ignoring rights abuses in Ethiopia Read More »
By Curtis Kline • Sep 12, 2013 Millions of acres of Ethiopia’s most fertile lands are being offered to foreign investors, often in long-term leases and at bargain prices. At the same time, through its ‘villagization’ program, the Ethiopian government is forcibly displacing hundreds of thousands of Indigenous Peoples in order to free up their land so
Ethiopia to Continue Land Grabbing and Forced Resettlement Read More »
By David A. Schwartz, Staff Writer2:08 p.m. EDT, September 12, 2013 As the two young Jewish leaders from Palm Beach County accompanied Ethiopian Jews on an aliyah flight to Israel’s Ben-Gurion Airport early in the summer, they were struck by the historical significance of the trip. “For most of my life there has been some form of Ethiopian exodus to
Young leaders travel with Ethiopian Jews on aliyah flight Read More »
By Kidane Alemayehu Inconsistency Regarding Victims of Poison Gas Warfare The international community including the United Nations and members of the UN Security Council are fully engaged with the recent use of banned chemical weapons by Syria’s Bashir Al-Assad regime against its own people. A policy of accountability was witnessed in other cases involving the
What Putin Has to Say to Americans About Syria By VLADIMIR V. PUTIN MOSCOW — RECENT events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and their political leaders. It is important to do so at a time of insufficient communication between our societies. Relations between us have passed through different
Zehabesha.com has named Andualem Aragie Walle as its 2005 Person of the Year. Andualem Aragie was sentenced to life imprisonment because of his free and democratic spirit, uncompromising stand against oppression and enduring love for his fellow citizens and for his country. Read-the-rest
Zehabesha names Andualem Aragie Walle ‘2013 Person of the Year’ Read More »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bSG4CeQATUs WASHINGTON (WUSA9) — A D.C. church was the target of vandalism and church members wonder if there was more to it. St. Mary Cathedral Ethiopian Orthodox Church at 1350 Buchanan St. in Northwest was in service when members say a man grabbed a framed picture of the Virgin Mary and slammed it on the
St. Mary Cathedral Ethiopian Orthodox Church in DC vandalized Read More »
By Abebe Gellaw Hundreds of Ethiopians residing in and around San Jose, California, raised their historic tricolor for the ninth time last Friday at New City Hall in the presence of Mayor Charles Rufus Reed, Councilman Sam Liccardo and other city officials. But TPLF representatives’ effort to block the historic event unless its coat of
Ethiopians honor flag as TPLF fails – (By Abebe Gellaw) Read More »
by African Press International on September 10, 2013 MOYALE, – Thousands of families remain displaced from the northern Kenya district of Moyale, close to the Ethiopian border, following the latest spate of clan violence, which has left at least two dozen dead since it broke out on 30 August. Aid agencies say they have been unable to
Clashes on Kenya-Ethiopia border among the Gabra, Burji and Borana communities Read More »
