Hailemariam Desalegn at odds with TPLF on Oromo protests

Somaliland press May 14, 2014 Hailemariam (L) Debretsion (R) Debretsion is reportedly calling the shots from behind the scene. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn is once again at odds with the powerful TPLF branch of EPRDF ruling party, according to sources connected to his adminstration. This time the dispute is on government response to Oromo

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CHINA IN AFRICA: A CLOSE FRIEND OR A NEO COLONIALIST? – ANALYSIS

By Prof. B. R. Deepak Eurasiareview Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Ethiopia, Nigeria, Angola and Kenya between 4th and 11th May 2014. It was Li’s first visit to Africa, and coincides with the 50th anniversary of Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai’s first visit to Africa in 1964. Li’s visit has been considered as another milestone in

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Join the #FreeZone9Bloggers Tweetathon on May 14

Global Voices Written by Ellery Roberts Biddle Join Nigerian bloggers Blossom Nnodim (@blcompere) and Nwachukwu Egbunike (@feathersproject), along with Global Voices editor Ndesanjo Macha (@ndesanjo) from Tanzania for an Africa-wide tweetathon in support of the nine bloggers and journalists arrested in late April and currently being detained in Ethiopia. The Global Voices community and our network of friends

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Of Elections and Diapers in Ethiopia in 2015

By Alemayehu G. Mariam The 2010 European Union Election Observation Mission Ethiopia made the understatement of the decade when it observed, “The electoral process fell short of certain international commitments, Whether the people of Ethiopia are better off in 2014 than they were in 2010 or in 2005 is the sole question that should be

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ETHIOPIA Government quietly disintegrating

Indian Ocean Newsletter The general election looming ahead in 2015 is already casting a shadow over the Ethiopian government, whose sole uniting bond would seem to be its praise for the memory of its late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. His portraits are on all the walls in Addis Ababa, which was not the case when

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ETHIOPIA Government quietly disintegrating

Indian Ocean Newsletter  The general election looming ahead in 2015 is already casting a shadow over the Ethiopian government, whose sole uniting bond would seem to be its praise for the memory of its late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.  His portraits are on all the walls in Addis Ababa, which was not the case when

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አርበኝነት እና አርበኞች

Adebabay. Com (ኤፍሬም እሸቴ):- “ኲሉ ጻድቅ በጊዜ ርቱዕ” እንዲሉ የአገራችን ሊቃውንት “በደግ ጊዜ ሁሉ ጻድቅ ነው”። በሰላም ጊዜ ሁሉ ጀግና ነው። በደግ ዘመን ሁሉ ሃይማኖተኛ ነው። በጥጋብ ዘመን ሁሉ ቸር ነው። በደስታ ዘመን ሁሉ ወዳጅ ነው። በጤና ዘመን ሁሉ ጓደኛ ነው። ጊዜ ሲገለበጥስ? ስለ እምነቱ ሰው መከራ በሚቀበልበት ዘመን ሰማዕት ለመሆን የሚፈቅደው ጥቂት ነው። በጦርነት ወቅት

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ፈሪ ነኝ! ሞዴል ፈርቶ አደር! -Agegnehu Asegid

Agegnehu Asegid ፈሪ ነኝ!ፈሪ ነኝ! ሞዴል ፈርቶ አደር! ውሃ ውስጥ ሆኜ የሚያልበኝ። በርግጥ ውሃው “ፍል ውሃ” ከሆነ ማንም ሊያልበው ይችላል። እኔ ግን አጥንት በሚቆረጥም ውሃ ውስጥም ያልበኛል። መፅሀፉ፣ “የጥበብ ሁሉ መጀመሪያ እግዚአብሔርን መፍራት ነው” ይላል። እኔ ግን “የጥበብ ሁሉ መጀመሪያ፣ መጨረሻውም ሁሉንም መፍራት ነው” ብያለሁ። ፈርቻለሁም። እግዜር ሰይፍ የያዙ መላዕክት አሉት። መንግስት ዱላ እና ጠመንጃ

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Abebe Gellaw’s letter to Obama

President Barack Obama 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500 May 8, 2014 Dear Mr. President, It is a great honor and privilege for me to attend this unique reception organized in your honor at the Fairmont Hotel, San Jose.

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Obama to Journalist Abebe Gellaw, ‘I Love You Back!’

Abebe Gellaw interrupted President Obama during the end of a speech to the Democratic National Committee in San Jose, California on Thursday night. (May 8)

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