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November 2021

Ethiopian Olympic legend Haile ready to go to the battle front in support of Ethiopia PM

The two-time Olympic gold medallist Haile Gebrselassie has announced he is enlisting in the Ethiopian military to fight an insurgency that threatens the capital, Addis Ababa. Gebrselassie, who set 27 long-distance running records, told Reuters he was joining up on Wednesday. The Olympic silver medallist runner Feyisa Lilesa would also enlist, local media reported. International alarm has […]

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Open Letter to: The Genocide Studies Program at Yale University

Open Letter to: The Genocide Studies Program at Yale University

Wosene Yefru, Professor Tennessee State University November 21, 2021 Yale University P.O. Box 208288 New Haven, CT 06520- I am writing this open letter to The Genocide Program at Yale University, MacMillian Center for International and Area Studies concerning the proposed conference on “Tigray Genocide in Ethiopia.” I am dismayed and saddened by the conference

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The west and its terror against Africans, specifically on Ethiopia

The west and its terror against Africans, specifically on Ethiopia

November 22, 2021 Tesfaye Yigzaw The old slave trade is presently being transformed with the scheme of neocolonialism. In this renewed system “house slaves” are recruited among African leaders, and diaspora individuals willing to bow down for imperialist colonizers to serve western interests. The west hauled humans and precious resources out of Africa, and slaves

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Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed says he’s heading to the “battlefront” in war with rebels: “Martyrdom is needed”

NOVEMBER 23, 2021 / 8:20 AM / CBS/AFP Nairobi, Kenya — Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister says he will lead his country’s army “from the battlefront” beginning Tuesday, a dramatic new step in a devastating yearlong war. “This is a time when leading a country with martyrdom is needed,” Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said in

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Ethiopian artefacts stolen by British soldiers returned after 150 years

Ethiopian artefacts stolen by British soldiers returned after 150 years

Ethiopia has hailed the return of precious artefacts looted by British soldiers more than 150 years ago, after a long campaign for their restitution. The collection — recovered from Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands — includes a ceremonial crown, an imperial shield, a set of silver-embossed horn drinking cups, a handwritten prayer book, crosses and

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“Rebuilding region would take at least 30 years”

“Rebuilding region would take at least 30 years”

Amhara Planning Commission Recovering from the severe economic damage inflicted by the war in northern Ethiopia and bringing back the economy of Amhara regional state to pre-Tigray war economic status would take thirty to forty years of endeavor, revealed an assessment by the Planning Commission of the Amhara Regional State. The regional GDP constitutes 22

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Foreign agendas at play in Ethiopian conflict

Foreign agendas at play in Ethiopian conflict

By: Shannon Ebrahim, Group Foreign Editor The hidden hand of foreign powers in the conflict in Ethiopia is just another example of the US and its allies seeking regime change in a country where the government is perceived to be too independent and not subservient to foreign interests. In the case of Ethiopia, it is

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Warning letters to BBC,CNN, Reuters, AP: Ethiopian Media Authority

Warning letters to BBC,CNN, Reuters, AP: Ethiopian Media Authority

Ethiopia has issued warning letters to four international media houses, CNN, BBC, Reuters and Associated Press. While issuing the letters, Ethiopian Media Authority said, in issuing licenses of operations for journalists, it expects that they would not write reports that would endanger the peaceful co-existence of the citizens, Ethiopia’s national interests or its territorial integrity.

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