Ethiopia: Writing its own obituary? By Ayenew Haileselassie, Daily Monitor | August 25, 2009 Two years ago TPLF had a target of having 2.6 million members in Tigray alone, and…
What’s your ethnicity? By Etyopian Simbiro | August 25, 2009 I faced a tough question when I applied for a student visa at the US Embassy in Finfine (Addis Abeba)…
Djibouti: Refugees get new ID cards By Kathryn Mahoney in Ali Addeh, Djibouti | August 25, 2009 ALI ADDEH REFUGEE CAMP, Djibouti (UNHCR) – After spending 18 of his 24…
Portrait of a dictator with a thousand faces By Alemayehu G. Mariam | August 24, 2009 Meles Zenawi (Reuters) The Masks of Dictatorship Last week, The Economist magazine painted a…
Kenenisa Bekele may be the greatest athlete of all time By Examiner | August 24, 2009 US Bernard Lagat (L) and Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele compete in the men’s 5000m race…
Two journalists sentenced to one year imprisonment By Eskinder Nega | August 24, 2009 ADDIS ABABA – A federal high court convicted and sentenced two journalists to one year imprisonment…
Are they speaking the truth? By Tesfay Atsbeha | August 24, 2009 “The rest of the world was scared to support TPLF as we were fighting to liberate Eritrea from…
Ethiopia’s Bekele nabs distance race double CBC Sports | August 23, 2009 Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele races to the finish line to win the gold medal in the final of the…
Open letter to UN Sec.-Gen. Ban Ki-moon Posted to the Web: August 22, 2009 H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon United Nations Secretary-General 1st Avenue, 46th Street New York, NY 10017 August…
Italian coastguard fears for Eritrean migrants AFP | August 22, 2009 Italian Red Cross doctors give first aid to one on five would-be immigrants at Lampedusa harbour, in southern Italy,…