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Oct 13: Bi-monthly VOLAG Refugee Consortium Meeting (at LSS in Mpls)
Do you work with refugee individuals, families or children in Minnesota? Are you interested in meeting with others to collaborate on issues facing refugees
Ethiopian Journalist Flees Country Over Exposure in WikiLeaks Cable
(By Kim Zetter) An Ethiopian journalist has reportedly fled his country after government authorities interrogated him over a WikiLeaks cable in which he was
Ethiopia arrests five for plotting ‘terrorist’ acts
(AFP) ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopian authorities arrested four opposition members and one journalist suspected of plotting attacks on state security, the government said Thursday.
Debebe Eshetu’s arrest and New Year
(By Eskinder Nega) Researchers detail ten types of smile. There is the tight-lipped smile which the English particularly fancy. There is the twisted smile
Mahdi Ali faces six counts of first-degree murder in the 2010 deaths at a Minneapolis market
(startribune) Abdirizak Bihi was at a local coffee shop late last week when conversation turned to Mahdi Hassan Ali, the teenager accused of gunning
What Should Starving Ethiopians do to Help Themselves?
By Alemayehu G. Mariam} In 1987 when Time Magazine featured a famine-stricken Ethiopian mother on its cover page, it failed to ask the most
Wikileaks: Ethiopia – Seeye Opens up about EFFORT & control over resources by super-rich Meles and Azeb
Upon taking power in 1991, the ruling Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) liquidated non-military assets held by the movement to found a series of
Ethiopia Detains 29 over bomb plots, Including Opposition Members
The Ethiopian government says it has detained 29 people, including several opposition members, across the country on terrorism-related charges. Government spokesman Shimeles Kemal said
A policy in delusion
By Timo Deresu]- Once upon a time there was a king who wanted to build a tower whose top gets as far as the
Gadhafi’s fall and Meles Zenawi
By Eskinder Nega Nero was famously eccentric in Roman times. He longed to be remembered for his theatrical abilities rather than leadership of one
Coca-cola donates $1.4m to save lives in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia
Coca-Cola’s Central East & West Africa Business Unit donated $1.4 million USD toward hunger relief efforts in the Horn of Africa. Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling
ONLF Blocks Chinese Oil Exploration Company From Operating
Dhagahbur — The Ogaden National Liberation Front ONLF on Wednesday said it had blocked an oil exploration company from China to start explorations in
Media Self-Censorship: Has It Gone Too Far in Ethiopia?
By Seble Teweldebirhan Addis Ababa, (Ezega.com) – One of the most important fundamental human rights guaranteed under both the Ethiopian constitution and international human
What Should the World Do To Save Starving Ethiopians?
By Alemayehu G. Mariam Nearly a quarter of a century ago, Time Magazine on its cover page asked two weighty questions about recurrent famines