Ethiopia: Protest and Addis Ababa University By Eskinder Nega | March 18, 2011 Imagine a student movement’s hall of fame, and two countries in Africa, Ethiopia and South Africa, would…
Libya shuts air space in face of strikes By Sara Hussein | March 18, 2011 BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) – Libya shut down its air space on Friday as Britain and…
Meles Zenawi and OPDO enter a new phase By Jawar Mohammed | March 17, 2011 A massive purging campaign has hit the Oromo People’s Democratic Organization (OPDO). While purging (later…
UN approves no-fly zone over Libya Associated Press | March 17, 2011 UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council on Thursday approved a no-fly zone over Libya and authorized “all…
African Society for Laboratory Medicine is launched Press Release (US Embassy in Ethiopia) | March 17, 2011 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, (16 March, 2011) – A Pan-African professional body working for…
Corruption at Mesebo Cement Factory in Mekelle Anonymous | March 17, 2011 Messebo Cement Factory (Photo courtesy of Harder) To: All Ethiopians who aspire to see a prosperous democratic Ethiopia:…
Scoring victories, Gadhafi tells rebels to surrender By Ryan Lucas And Diaa Hadid, Associated Press | March 16, 2011 TOBRUK, Libya – Moammar Gadhafi’s forces overwhelmed rebels in the strategic…
Meles and his never-ending threats By Yilma Bekele | March 16, 2011 The people’s uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East have been the talk of Ethiopians both at…
Workers briefly abandon Japan nuclear plant, crisis By Shinichi Saoshiro And Chisa Fujioka | March 16, 2011 TOKYO (Reuters) – Workers were ordered to withdraw briefly from a stricken Japanese…
World events test ‘No Drama Obama’ By Glenn Thrush, Josh Gerstein POLITICO | March 16, 2011 A dizzying succession of major world events is bombarding a president who insists on…