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Subject: ALERT! Systematic Ethnic Cleansing on indigenous Harari Natives

In Other News, News, Press Releases / March 12, 2021

Date: March 10, 2021 This letter is written to alert and request of intervention to the global community and organizations about the ill intention of two political parties in Ethiopia that are engaged in Systematic Ethnic Cleansing on Indigenous Harari People by violating the affirmative action set by law to safeguard them from extinction. The …

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Rubio Joins Risch, Colleagues in Re-Introducing Bipartisan Resolution Encouraging Peaceful Resolution to Conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia

In Other News, News, World News / March 6, 2021

MAR 05 2021 Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Senators Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Todd Young (R-IN), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Chris Coons (D-DE) in re-introducing a bipartisan resolution calling on the government of Ethiopia, …

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THE GRAND ETHIOPIAN RENAISSANCE DAM: THE FACTS

In Other News, News, Press Releases / February 16, 2021

The Nile is a shared water resource among eleven countries: Burundi, D.R. Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Abbay (the Blue Nile) that originates from Ethiopia constitutes 86% of the Nile and the White Nile that originates from Lake Victoria constitutes 14% of the Nile. Blue Nile consists of …

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The most breathtaking geography in Ethiopia

In Other News, News / January 19, 2021

IT’S AN UNFORTUNATE reality that most travelers to Africa focus on a few select destinations like Egypt and South Africa, missing out on much of what the rest of the continent has to offer. Turn your eyes east to Ethiopia, and you’ll discover a world of natural beauty you may not have considered before. Despite …

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Viewpoint: Why Ethiopia and Sudan have fallen out over al-Fashaga

In Other News, News / January 3, 2021 / Ethiopia and Sudan

By Alex De Waal- BBC Africa analyst January 2, 2021 The armed clashes along the border between Sudan and Ethiopia are the latest twist in a decades-old history of rivalry between the two countries, though it is rare for the two armies to fight one another directly over territory. The immediate issue is a disputed …

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Foreword to the Special Issue on Education in Ethiopia

Education, In Other News / December 31, 2020

By Mammo Muchie & Fekadu Fullas, Yeshitela Degfu, Seble Worku et.al First Published (Ee-JRIF), Vol 2, No 2 (2010) Re- Published December 31, 2020 ”The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.” (Ralph M. Sockman) We launched the Ethiopian open access electronic journal on Ethiopian innovation research, training and foresight in order …

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The Global Alliance for the Rights of Ethiopians (GARE) Condemns Genocide of Amhara and Orthodox Christians and Demands Accountability

In Other News, Press Releases / November 3, 2020

ዓለም አቀፍ ትብብር ለኢትዮጵያውያን መብት Global Alliance for the Rights of Ethiopians (GARE) PO Box 1836, Rancho Cordova, CA 95741 Telephone: (877) 477-2544 www.globalethiopia.org info@globalethiopia.org All Lives Have Equal Value For immediate release: November 3rd, 2020. GARE expresses its condolences to the families massacred senselessly by the terrorist Oromo Liberation Army and its extremist allies …

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Mass Murder of Amharas in Benishangul-Gumez Region

Human Rights, In Other News / September 17, 2020

Targeted attacks against Amharas have occurred again in Benishangul-Gumez Region of Ethiopia. Amhara Association of America (AAA) has received reports that 89 people mainly Amhara/Agew have been killed by Gumez militias in an attack spanning several days starting September 4. We are still collecting information, but here is what we have learned from our sources …

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A disputed regional election plan has ratcheted up tensions between Ethiopia’s federal government and its rivals in Tigray

In Other News, Politics, World News / September 10, 2020

International Crises Group To avert a confrontation, Tigrayan officials should press pause on election preparations and both sides should embrace dialogue to address the dispute and underlying causes. What’s new? Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government and his rivals in Tigray are on a collision course over the latter’s plan to hold regional elections in defiance of …

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Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. condemned the approved plan to stop US Foreign Aid to Ethiopia and called on Congress to Intervene

In Other News, News / September 3, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 3, 2020 News reports that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has approved a plan to stop $100 million in U.S. foreign aid to Ethiopia, because of the country’s ongoing dispute with Egypt and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD), finally confirmed what we all knew from the …

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MacKenzie Scott has become the world’s richest woman

In Other News, World News / September 3, 2020

By Jazmin Goodwin, CNN Business New York (CNN Business)MacKenzie Scott — philanthropist, author and ex-wife of Amazon (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos — is now the wealthiest woman in the world. Scott’s net worth is now $68 billion, propelling her past L’Oréal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire index. Scott received a quarter of …

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Ethiopian National Theater, Addis Abeba. Photo by Henrik Berger Jørgensen.

ETHIOPIAN NATIONAL THEATER: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Art & Culture, History, In Other News / July 6, 2019

Written by Zerihun Birehanu Sira | 6th Jul 2019 | Essay, Ethiopia EUROPEAN INFLUENCES IN ETHIOPIAN THEATER Prior to the introduction of European form of theatre in Ethiopia, people use dance, story-telling, dialogue and role play in various social engagements. Most of the social engagements involve many dramatic elements that are used as a basis …

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