Some of my Anglo -Saxon friends have for long suspected that the distance between an African and Satan, if any at all, is not that long at all. To begin with, it is common knowledge that Satan is black as are Africans. There are. of course, some Africans who imagine that they are not really black and belong to that category the French boldly call the "couleur sauvee" or the saved colors, that is saved by a hair's breadth from being black (God Forbid!), Métis, light skinned, brown, what have you.

Andrew McCarthy Held at Gunpoint in Ethiopia

Times sure have changed for '80s heartthrob Andrew McCarthy. While penning a piece for travel magazine AFAR, the actor was detained at gunpoint after entering an Ethiopian church without proper documentation.

New Ethiopia dam tunnel collapses

A water passage tunnel in a recently inaugurated hydropower dam in Ethiopia has reportedly collapsed, an NGO, International Rivers has said.

Ethiopian troops cross into two Somali towns-locals

Ethiopian troops in armoured vehicles crossed into two border towns in south central Somalia and seized the family of a man with links to al Shabaab insurgents, residents said on Sunday.

Africa is pre-destined to be the loser in the global climate deal

The dictators and despots of Africa have always been the sources of embarrassments and irritation which make Africans lose confidence and hope in the continent. The decision of the African Union to re-elect the sellout Meles Zenawi as its chief negotiator is outrageous and needs to be denounced.

Ethiopia gets Microsoft software in Amharic

US software giant Microsoft has launched Windows Vista in Amharic, the first operating system in the national language of Ethiopia, the official news agency said Saturday.

Ethiopia law forces journalists to reveal sources

Ethiopia's new anti-terror law strips journalists of the right to protect the identity of their sources, a top official said in a statement carried Saturday by the national news agency ENA.

EFFORT emptied Development Bank of Ethiopia

In mid-January, the ailing Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) declared once again that it is in need of rescue fund.The business weekly, Addis Fortune, reported that the bank called on the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) to inject more capital1 to refill its empty cash registers.

Focus on Eritrea as Somalia and Ethiopia Appeal for Action

African leaders have condemned Eritrea for what they termed as “unfolding destabilizing nature” in the East African region. African Union leaders in their final day in Addis Ababa, said that the Afewerki’s regime is still busy with its negative activities in destabilizing regional peace and security.

Scientists, Donors Blast Ethiopia's Bio Safety Law

Scientists and farmers are urging Ethiopia to reconsider a new biodiversity law they say restricts agricultural research and could hamper delivery of urgently needed food aid. The law has prompted foreign donors to cut off funding to Ethiopian scientific research institutions.

Ethiopian Government Appeals for Aid to Feed 5.2 Million People

Ethiopia needs emergency aid to feed 5.2 million people this year, the government said, appealing for 642,983 metric tons of food from foreign donors.

Letter To All Immigration Authorities The Right Of Asylum Seeking Ethiopian Refugees Must Be Respected

SOCEPP has learnt of the alarming development that quite a few countries have denied Ethiopian refugees asylum rights on grounds that are actually flimsy and without factual basis.

Open Letter To Us Ambassador Donald Booth

SOCEPP was pleased to hear your declaration, at the Senate Hearing to approve your nomination as US ambassador to Ethiopia, tha you would exert pressure on the Meles Zenawi regime to respect the human rights of the Ethiopian people.

Meles Zenawi in the eyes of African leaders

I saw sixteen minutes of praise of Meles Zenawi by some African leaders on pro TPLF web site Aiga this morning, I was not surprised. You invite someone in your home and ask him or her how am I doing, no one says negative things about you. The real stuff is said during lunch or coffee break while no one is around.

Ethiopian air crash shines light on lives of migrant workers

One of the victims, Tigist Tadess Woldemariam, is remembered as a trusted friend and beloved nanny who one day hoped to launch a farming project in her homeland.

Dedebit Credit and Savings Institute (DECSI) in Ethiopia

Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) after it overthrow the communist regime of Mengsitu Haile Mariam in 1991 confiscated also many government owned properties, houses, factories and put it under Endowment Fund For Rehabilitation of Tigray

US envoy pledges to press Ethiopia on rights

President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next US ambassador to Ethiopia pledged on Tuesday to press the government in Addis Ababa to improve human rights, free political prisoners and make upcoming elections fair.

Al Qaeda extends Somali network warns Christians Ethiopians

Al Shebab and Kamboni mujahideen extremists have joined forces with Al-Qaeda after concluding an alliance. Having already caused the deaths of several thousands of Somalis of all denominations, they have announced their intention to target the country’s Christian minority and Ethiopians.

Eritrea accuses Ethiopia over participation at event

The Eritrean government has circulated a letter to African heads of state accusing Ethiopia of blocking its right to participate in African Union summits and meetings.

Ethiopia jails editor whose paper challenged Zenawi

New York, February 1, 2010—An Ethiopian judge sentenced a journalist to prison on Friday in connection with a January 2008 column that criticized Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s statements about religious affairs in Ethiopia, according to local journalists.

95 Ethiopians arrested in Yemen

Security authorities in Abyan and Lahj provinces have arrested 95 Ethiopians, including 20 women, who have entered the country illegally, according to Interior Ministry.

Statement O N The Crash Of Eal Flight Et 409

The EPRP extends its heartfelt condolences to the 90 victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash.
The tragic accident has highlighted the plight of Ethiopian young women employees as domestic workers in Lebanon and the racism and brutal treatment they receive there in what is actually a modern slave existence.

Eprp Denounces The Jamming Of Finote Radio By The Meels Regime

The repressive regime of Meles Zenawi has continued to jam the Finote Democracy radio broadcast to Ethiopia. The jamming is centered in and around Addis Ababa while the radio continues to be heard, sometimes with difficulty, in other parts. Finote Democracy had broadcast to Ethiopia for more than a decade now.

Racism in Lebanon? Commenters Respond to Ethiopian Airline 409 Tragedy

Emotions have run hot in the aftermath of the Ethiopian Airlines crash, and this has resulted in some visceral exchanges between Ethiopians and Lebanese. If it wasn’t already evident, this episode has made clear that there is a great deal of anger on both sides, but especially on behalf of Ethiopians, who feel deeply mistreated and abused by the Lebanese.

The Islamist threat is back in Kenya

The recent violent street demonstrations in Nairobi have revived fears of Islamist attacks in Kenya. These demonstrations were in solidarity with the Muslim extremist cleric from Jamaica, Abdullah al-Faisal whom the Kenyan government recently deported back to his country.

Ethiopian Airlines plane makes emergency landing

An Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet which made an emergency landing in Chad due to a radar problem took off again Friday, but 120 of its 150 passengers refused to board, airport authorities said.

Ethiopia opposition says jailed leader ignored by West

The West is ignoring a jailed Ethiopian opposition leader to keep the Horn of Africa stable despite her being this week named on a United Nations list of arbitrary detainees, her party said on Friday.

Ethiopian Families Mourn Plane Crash Victims

Ethiopian families mourned the death of loved ones who were among 90 people aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane. It is believed that no one survived the horrific crash after the plane plunged into the Mediterranean, shortly after takeoff in Beirut.

Ethiopia: River Defenders Kidnapped While Mines and Dams Advance

It’s been more than a week since anyone has heard from three students kidnapped from the Awassa University campus in southern Ethiopia by government security forces, according to the Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA). Whereabouts of the students, Nagga Gezaw, Dhaba Girre, and Jatani Wario, is still unknown. The students were part of a local movement in southern Ethiopia which has called on their government to address river contamination, unpaid compensation and other problems caused by the Lega Dembi open pit gold mine.

Questions over Ethiopian jet's path before crash

The pilot of an Ethiopian airliner that crashed off the Lebanese coast did not respond to a request to change direction before contact was cut, the Lebanese transport minister said on Tuesday.He said it was too early, however, to draw any conclusion of pilot error.

Crashed Ethiopia plane 'flew into Beirut storm'

The Ethiopian jet that crashed into the sea off Beirut on Monday did not fly in the direction suggested by Beirut's control tower, Lebanese officials say.

No survivors in Ethiopian Airlines crash

Rescue workers found no one to save. They could only retrieve corpses of those aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed into the sea early Monday during a fierce winter storm.

Bodies found from Ethiopian Airlines crash

British, French and Cypriot aircraft and a U.S. warship joined rescue crews searching the Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon's coast Monday, where an Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed with 90 people aboard.By the afternoon, crews had found 21 bodies but no survivors, a Lebanese military spokesman said.

Why Is The Vatican Adding Insult To Injury On Ethiopia?!

The Vatican is in the process of beatifying Pope Pius XII to sainthood despite the well known fact that he was part and parcel of the Italian Fascists who perpetrated untold crimes including genocide in Ethiopia. It is also a matter of public record that the Pope had sided not only with Mussolini but also with the Nazis who committed the holocaust against six million Jews.

Ethiopian Airliner Crashes Near Beirut

An Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Monday morning shortly after it took off from Beirut International Airport in stormy weather. News reports said that 83 passengers and 9 crew members were on board.

Addis Ababa and major cities are in danger

"Earth quake risks in Ethiopia" posted on Ethiopian websites this week to have a background on our country infrastructure development and what we can learn from the January 2010 devastating earth quake in Haiti which took the lives of more than two hundred thousands of Haitians and more than half million people homeless.

Ethiopian wife may be deported because husband suffered stroke

In 19 days Baza Almash will be deported to Ethiopia, because her husband has been in a nursing home, immobilized by a stroke, and the couple is no longer living as man and wife.

The Raping of Ethiopia: The new way of Bio-Colonialism

Land is finite. There is so much of it and that is it. So, food-importing countries with scarce arable land but lots of cash, mainly in Asia and the Middle East, are increasingly looking overseas to secure food supplies after the prices of staple foods rocketed last year. They are scouring Africa as a kind of 3rd wave of outsourcing, i.e. agriculture outsourcing.

Sudan Acting Against Ethiopian Refugees Again!

Sudan is once again implementing measures that are negativel affecting the status of Ethiopian refuges and may end up by facilitating their deportation. It is to be noted that Sudan has in the past deported several refugees and one Azanaw Demile has disappeared while another (elder Atanaw Wassie) has died in detention and many still find themselves in Kaliti and other prisons.

Ethiopian Oromo rebellion 'on last legs'

A rebellion by ethnic Oromos in Ethiopia is at its weakest state after years of internal divisions, a former rebel leader said Friday, claiming it had "zero" chance of toppling the government.

Ethiopia inflation soars to 7.1 pct y/y in Dec

Ethiopia's year-on-year inflation rose to 7.1 percent in December from 0.6 percent in November on the back of rising fuel, food and construction material prices, the statistics office said on Friday.

Reporters Group Laments 'Sad' State of African Press Freedom

An international association of journalists has lamented the 'sad' state of press freedom in Africa, saying African governments rarely respect the right of independent reporting. The Horn of Africa stands out as the most dangerous place to practice journalism.

Ethiopia: Political Repression and the 2010 Elections

Ethiopia is on a deteriorating human rights trajectory as parliamentary elections approach in 2010. These will be the first national elections since 2005, when post-election protests resulted in the deaths of at least 200 protesters, many of them victims of excessive use of force by the police.

Ethiopia says "election repression" report lies

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) annual report said Ethiopia jails opposition members and has passed laws that outlaw most human rights organisations."Ethiopia is on a deteriorating human rights trajectory as parliamentary elections approach in 2010," the report said.

Meles Regime's Use Of Food Aid For Politics Denounced

Further evidence has emerged that the cruel regime of Meles Zenawi is suing food aid sent to famine victims for political purposes. Previously, credible accusations had been made exposing the fact that the Meles regime diverts food aid from the famine victims to its army, to the market (for sale that benefits it), and for the granary in its Tigrai homeland.

Israel resumes airlifts of Jewish Ethiopians

Israel has restarted an immigration scheme for Ethiopians of Jewish descent after halting it for more than a year. Eighty-one new immigrants arrived on a flight from Ethiopia to Tel Aviv early on Tuesday morning.

Ruchi Soya takes farm land on lease in Ethiopia

Ruchi Soya Industries, one of the leading edible oil processors, on Friday announced a major farm land acquisition in Ethiopia for soybean cultivation. The company said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ethiopian Government for cultivation of soyabean and setting up a processing unit on 61775 acres in Ganmbella and Benishangul Gumaz States on a lease basis for 25 years.

Ethiopia – country of the silver sickle – offers land dirt cheap to farming giants

This is a country of the bent back and the silver sickle, where virtually all the crops have felt the calloused fingers of the peasant farmer working his tiny parcel of state-owned land. The ox pulls the plough and the donkey the cart, and fertiliser counts as agricultural technology.

TPLF’s chaotic style versus EPRP’s party substance

On the eve of the departure of the Monarch, Emperor Haile Selasie, everybody and everyone was excited for a big change of leadership including the King of Kings, himself.

Ethiopia’s government tamps down on press freedoms

He explained in a low whisper that I needed to be careful about what I said in pubic because one never knows who within an earshot may have close ties to the government. My “guilty” comment involved the government clapping down and controlling press freedoms.

Ethiopian Opposition Says Would-Be Candidates Arrested

Ethiopian election officials are predicting more than 20 million voters will register for parliamentary elections in May. The process is now underway for both candidates and voters in all areas except the troubled Somali region. But opposition parties are complaining their supporters are being harassed, intimidated, and in some cases jailed.

Lost Kingdoms of Africa Ethiopia

The African continent is home to nearly a billion people. It has an incredible diversity of communities and cultures, yet we know less of its history than almost anywhere else on earth.

OPEN COUNSEL To the EPRDF- II

You have compromised the country’s sovereign territory by giving away huge tracts of border lands to foreign powers. In the guise of investments you have handed over the national resources and the economy to foreign interests, and sold out millions of hectares of the most fertile land to foreign powers and companies, dispossessing the Ethiopian farmers of their rightful property and their livelihood.

A vote for one Strong Ethiopia

We have four months to go before the general election and we can say many things from our recent experience.. The Miazia 30 million people rally in Addis five years ago is still fresh in our peoples mind. Not only people like Merara, Bulacha and Seye even OLF from distance was shocked by Ethiopian desire for change which was a referendum on failed TPLF/EPRDF Kilil/ethnic federalism policy for fifteen years.

No to Tyrant Afewarki and His PFDJ Ruling Junta

The 1993 euphoria of independence in Eritrea dwindled short after its inception and even before it was well grasped by the general public around the world. Contributing factors to this daunting public and global frustration, anger, and out-cry for help by varying opposition ventures are many.

Africom - Latest U.S. Bid to Recolonise Continent

African revolutionaries now have to sleep with one eye open because the United States of America is not stopping at anything in its bid to establish Africom, a highly-equipped US army that will be permanently resident in Africa to oversee the country's imperialist interests.

Was Ginbot 7, the Tiananmen Square of Ethiopia?

The last decade has seen the regime suppressing democratic and human rights aspirations and movements, the free press, falsifying elections, and conducting massacres. It has also seen it building infrastructure, like buildings and roads and promulgating a so-called anti-terrorist law that in effect bans all opposition to it as terrorist.

Ethiopia Food Security Alert

Poor performance of the June to September rains has resulted in below‐normal harvests in meher‐cropping areas as well as poor water availability and pasture regeneration in northern pastoral zones.

U.S., NATO Expand Afghan War To Horn Of Africa And Indian Ocean

In parallel with the escalation of the war in South Asia - counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan and drone missile attacks in Pakistan - the United States and its NATO allies have laid the groundwork for increased naval, air and ground operations in the Horn of Africa and the Gulf of Aden.

Ethiopia drought leaves millions hungry

Caritas is launching an appeal for Ethiopia after massive crop failure has left millions of people in need of food. Funds raised from the US$1.9 million (1.3 million euro) appeal will finance projects including improved nutrition among children and pregnant and nursing mothers, awareness raising about food and water management and training in water hygiene.

A Day of Reckoning and Healing: If Not Now, When...?

In the face corruption, mistrust, misunderstanding, recurrent famine, terrorist threats, border tensions, bitter rivalry among politicians, bickering intelligentsia, silent resistance, remote religiosity, futile climate change chatters and diplomacy, etc., we need to seek God's face

Review of Mememorismories of a Generation

Before Christmas, I was invited to the Refugee Workers Cultural Association in StokeNewington, to see a documentary film about the experiences of an Ethiopian political dissident, Mr Ali Saeed.

Eritrean president says CIA behind war with Ethiopia

Eritrean president, Isaias Afeworki said that intelligence agencies of the United States were the main instigators of the 1998-2000 Ethiopia-Eritrea border war which claimed the lives of 70,000 people.

Eritrean Official Denies Border Demarcation with Ethiopia

An Eritrean government official has described reports that an international body will soon demarcate the border between his country and Ethiopia as rumors.Information minister Ali Abdu said Ethiopia is “illegally” occupying Eritrean land - - a charge Ethiopia denies.

Condemn The Betrayal Of The Meles Regime On The Question Of The Nile River

The tyrannical regime of Meles Zenawi has struck a secret deal with Egypt on the question of the Nile and the said deal reportedly betrays the national interest of Ethiopia and that of the Nile Basin countries.

Calling For The Release Of Bashir Makhtal

Canadian citizen Bashir Makhtal was three years ago was arrested at a Kenyan border post, shackled and forced onto a night flight to Ethiopia, along with dozens of other foreign nationals.

Eritrea says it killed 10 Ethiopian troops

Eritrea's government has said its troops killed 10 Ethiopian soldiers after they attacked Eritrean positions on New Year's day, something Addis Ababa has denied.

A far-off museum to save an Ethiopian tribe's soul

Women jump up in their fluffy orange cotton skirts, waggling their shoulders at men who are swift to join the dance, sporting white feathers in their hair and shepherd's crooks in their hands.

Eprp Denounces The Jamming Of Finote Radio By The Meels Regime

Eritrea Ruler Reports Deadly Border Clash With Ethiopia

Eritrea ruler's propaganda website, www.shabait.com , today reported of a deadly border clash with Ethiopian troops in the early hours of the first day of the new year 2010. The incident reportedly took place in the border town of Zalambesa.

Ethiopia rejects warning of hunger after drought

An Ethiopian minister has denied reports that millions of people need urgent food aid after failed rains.Disaster Prevention Minister Mikitu Kassa told the BBC that the government was helping those hit by the drought.

Money and Power are the rules for Meles to Live By

Meles mentioned no national unity, sovereignty, or national interest, in his reply to the question of what his moral conviction is like in his political life. The question was asked by one of the journalists during his recent press conference in Addis Ababa. It is no wonder though that many Ethiopians are outraged by his provocative remarks he always uses against our national symbols and flags at every occasion.

Ethiopian Farms Lure Investor Funds as Workers Live in Poverty

Until last year, people in the Ethiopian settlement of Elliah earned a living by farming their land and fishing. Now, they are employees.Dozens of women and children pack dirt into bags for palm seedlings along the banks of the Baro River, seedlings whose oil will be exported to India and China.

Statement On The Makalle Meeting Of Sudanese And Meles Regime Officials

The 12th so called Ethio-Sudanese Development and Boundary Commission meeting has started in Makalle town, Tigrai, and is expected to last for four days. The 135 members Sudanese delegation is led by General Salah Abdella while the Meles Zenawi side is represented by security chief Getachew Assefa and top officials of the regions (kilil) of Tigrai, Amhara, Beni Shangul-Gumz and Gambella.

Egypt to invest in development of 20,000 hectares of land in Ethiopia

Egypt announced on Tuesday preparations to invest on 20,000 hectares of land in Ethiopia, with a multi-million dollar investment.

What Did Angelina Jolie Pay for Her Baby?

Did anyone ask movie star Angelina Jolie how much she paid for the Ethiopian baby she adopted? Or should I say how much she “donated”, most of which ended up in the hands of the national crime syndicate known as the Government of Ethiopia.

Eritrea opposition vows to up military action

An Eritrean opposition group told AFP on Tuesday it was "prepared to launch attacks" on government troops after the United Nations last week imposed tough sanctions on Asmara.

Nearly 183 Ethiopians entered Yemen illegally arrested

Security systems have captured 183 Ethiopian citizens, including 13 women and a child, who have entered the country illegally, according to Interior Ministry.

Issayas Afewarki – Eritrea’s Lonely Wolf

On Wednesday, December 23, 2009, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) slapped an arms embargo on Issayas Afewarki’s regime and imposed targeted sanctions for allegedly aiding Somali rebels and threatening neighbouring Djibouti. The 13-member body voted overwhelmingly and passed a Ugandan-drafted resolution that ban weapons sales to and from Eritrea and imposed travel restrictions on, and freeze assets of, Issayas Afewarki’s political and military leadership.