 Today in History - July 23
In 1892, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was born.
1892: Born near Harar
1928: Ascends to throne of Shoa
1930: Ascends to imperial throne
1936: Exiled after Italian invasion
1941: Returns to Addis Ababa
1974: Deposed by Mengistu
1975: Dies while in custody
In 1931, upon assuming power, Selassie established the first Ethiopian constitution
On June 30, Haile Selassie went to Geneva to seek help from the League of Nations.
1960s and 70s he worked for pan-African aims, particularly through the Organization of African Unity
Ethiopia became a charter member of the United Nations.
In 1948, Haile Selassie donated a piece of land at Shashamane, 250 km
south of Addis Ababa,for the use of Blacks from the West Indies.
Numerous Rastafari families settled there and there is a community there to this day.
Ethiopia. Much of Selassie's loyalty was fostered by the building of schools, universities, and newspapers, as well as increased availability of electricity, telephone, and public health services. The Bank of Ethiopia was also founded in 1931 and introduced Ethiopian currency. |
"Those at the stadium all seemed to be so in love with Ethiopia;
yet, there was something missing - not only an understanding
of how bad things were in Ethiopia, but a lack of involvement i
n changing the downward direction of the country."
(Obang about ESFNA) |
| Weyane court postponed the Teddy's trial to 4th October (Meskerem 29). |
Video clips showing a Hero's welcome to Gen Legesse
upon his arrival at the at the event organized to honor
him . Also Artist Tamagne's documentary film about
Ethio-Somalia War of the 70s and the great role played
by Gen Legesse, the Ethiopian Air force and armed
forces in general. They in four parts on youtube |
Former general secretary of CUDP Muluneh Eyuel,
has joined the Ginbot 7 Movement |
A top political group led by murderer/thief Sibhat
Nega has been pushing the deal that seeks to limit
procurementof telecom equipment exclusively within
Chinese companies...The entire Chinese business
companies’ executives and Chinese diplomats were
guests of honor at the annual TPLF Congress
recently held in Tigray region.
_______________ //______________
Something stirring in the opposition
|
Ethiopian official defects to U.S., decries
Anuak genocide
An Ethiopian government official seeking to distance himself from
what he says is a continuing attempt by Ethiopia to eradicate an
African tribe, has defected to the United States.Obang Oman,
who only three weeks ago visited Minneapolis as part of an official
Ethiopian delegation,was scheduled to return to Ethiopia on Sunday,
June 8. nstead, the night before, he fledhis Washington, D.C.hotel,
spent the entire evening in a 24-hour restaurant, and flew out early
thenext morning for Denver, Colorado. He has not announced his
defection until today. |
Birtukan's group elected 60 council members and 15 more
reserve members.
1 Wzt. Birtukan Mideksa - Chairwomen
2 Eng. Gizachew Shifferaw - Vice Chairman and Organizational Affairs
3 Dr. Hailu Arraya - Vice Chairman - Public Relations
4 Prof. Yacob Hailemariam - Vice Chairman , Head of Foreign Relations
5 Ato Temsgen Zewdie - Vice Chairman, Head of Finance and Administration
6 Ato Asrat Tassie - Secretary
|
Editor's Note: I wonder how much of this crisis is the failure
of the government policies in this regard! It is true that rains
have failed. But, as a nation we should stop blaming rain time
after time. We have to be honest to ourselves as well. Instead
of blaming God for not opening up the sky to pour rains, it is
high time for the EPRDF govt to be inward looking and see
its weakest links. I remember more than a decade ago when
Meles promised for the whole nation to eat "three-times-a-
day" within 10 years period. Without dancing around the
governing party must admit that it failed to keep its words
badly Let alone feeding three times a day, the country is
now on the verge of famine
Ethiopia First |
For the last four days, the resistance against the give-away
of lands continues: on Wednesday at Godebe
(Tach Armachio) the local resistance forces engaged
the Sudanese army in the border area and defeated within
few hour of battle and returned safely to the Ethiopian side
of the border.after that incident the TPLF army began
reprisal offensive against the local resistance and also
defeated miserably. In the course of the engagement a
local man and a TPLF captain Challew Alemu was killed and
buried in the townof Gondar on Friday. TPLF officials and
mercenary cadres blamed the resistance uprising as Eritrean
backed movement. The death of the captain is a big story
in the town of Gondar. |
የህዝባዊ ወያኔ ሀረነት ትግራይ ገዢ መደብ : አገሪቱን ወደ ከፋ
ችግር የመክተቱንጉዞ በፍጠነት ተያይዞታል :: በባንክ ዘራፊነት
እናአውዳሚነት የሚታውቁት የትግሬ ወያኔዎቹ : የአፍሪካን አገራት
በኤለከተሪክ ብርሀን ሊያጠልቀልቁ ቃል በገቡ በጥቂት ጊዜያት
ወስጥ የኢትዮጵያ ከተሞች ኤለከትሪክ ማጣታቸውን ሪፖርተር ይፋ
አድረጎአል ::በአዲስ አበባ ተገነቡ የተባሉ ህንጻዎችም ቆሌ
የራቃቸው ባዶ ጎሮኖ ከመሆን አልዳኑም :: ሪፖርተሩ ጨመሮም
ይወያኔው አስተዳደር ባመጣው ጦስ የተንሳ በዘር ልዩነት ምክንያት
መለስተኛ ጦርነት በጉጂ ኦርሞዎች እና በሲድማዎች መካከል
እየተካሄደ መሆኑንና : ሰዎችም እየተላልቁ መሆኑን ጽፏል ::
ይብሱንም የአስተዳደሩ ፖሊሶች ህብረተቡን በማስተላለቅ በኩል ደጋፍ
እየሰጡና ሰዉን እርስ በርስ እያጫረሱ መሆኑን ይናገራል :: |
Happy 17th Genbot 20 celebration!
Celebrate this annyversary with:
1000 birr Teff
115 birr Kibe
60 birr Siga
15 birr meser
When you make a call to:
> Teff - out of network
> Kibe - Recharge your account
> Shiro - Failed, retry
> Dabo - Line is busy
> Siga - Switched off
> Democracy - Service not available
> Water - Press 5 days to refill your bali
> Electricity - Out of the country. Please contact
The Sudan or Kenya representatives for GENERATOR!
|
|
Three killed in Addis Ababa blast |
|
Three people have been killed and nine wounded in a blast on a minibus in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, state radio reports.
The blast occurred at 1930 (1630GMT) near the Ethiopian foreign ministry. All the dead and wounded were travelling on the bus, police say. More....
|
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7411628.stm
Ethiopian millions 'risk hunger' |
|
By Martin Plaut
Africa analyst, BBC News |
Malnutrition rates among children are rising quickly |
Six million children in
Ethiopia are at risk of acute
malnutrition following the
failure of rains, the UN
children's agency, Unicef,
has warned. More than 60,000
children in two Ethiopian
regions require immediate
specialist feeding just
to survive, Unicef says. The
situation is expected
to worsen in the next few
months as crops fail.
|
Drought returns to haunt Ethiopia
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L18193021.htm
|
| Kassu Ilala losing steam in Ethiopia |
The Minister for Public Work and Urban Development, Hodam Kassu Ilala , a Gurage , could be replaced in his post by an other Hodam Haile Mariam Desalegn , a Wolayta , who is currently an advisor to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi for social affairs with the rank of Minister
Food prices in Tigray less than other regions of the country.
most of the food shipped to Tigray and stored in grain silos and food warehouses. As a result, food price in Tigray are up to 50% less than in other regions of the country.
|
|
TPLF selling Ethiopia's land and killing the people
The number of innocent people murdered by TPLF in Tigray
(with the exception of Hawzien and Wuqro), is more than those
murdered by Dergue.Since TPLF came to power in 1991,
it gave away the northern Ethiopian province of Eritrea to Isayas,
gave away Ethiopia’s main port of Assab, after the Ethiopian
patriotic forces defeated Isayas Afewerki’s army in 1998, Meles
quickly signed a treaty to secure Isayas’s ownership of Badme, and
gave our land to Sudan again this year??
|
| Ethiopian post in the hands of the TPLF |
The interim CEO of the Ethiopian Postal Service (EPS), the Amhara
Tekola Shimeles , has been replaced by the Tigrayan member of the
central committee of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front
(TPLF, hard core of the EPRDF in power in Addis Ababa), Gidey Gebre
| Caring for VIPs in Ethiopia is a dangerous business |
A doctor at the Armed Forces Hospital was manhandled and held in
prisonfor a while in Kaliti because the family of one of his patients
was not happy with his diagnosis.
|
|
|
Sudanese troops are stationed in Ethiopia on the banks of the
Shinfa River in the west of the country and are preventing local
inhabitants from going to the river or to work their fields.
____________ // ____________
Two recent meetings by American officials with Eritrean opposition
leaders supported by Ethiopia are illustrative the diplomatic line
being taken by the United States.
_______________ // _________________
The president of Addis Ababa University (AAU), Endrias Eshete , is
currently in intensive care in the United States.
|
|
Thousands protest as top Ethiopian pop singer Teddy
Afro pleads not guilty to causing a hit and run death. |
|
Ethiopia's Dire Tune won the women's marathon in Boston on Monday.
Dire Tune was neck and neck with Alevtina Biktimirova
(right) of Russia until the final 400 meters of the women's race.(Reuters)
|
Toronto - Kinijit supporters held a protest rally
outside a hall where Dr Berhanu Nega was meeting
with Ethiopians . |
TPLF'S Zenawi in New York City for UN Meeting
Meles Zenawi, prime minister of Ethiopia, listens during the Security Council
discussions on conflict resolution in Africa, at the United Nations in New
York, Wednesday April 16, 2008. (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews)
|
Teddy Afro arrested
Ethiopiawinet has conformed that Artist Teddy Afro
has been arrested today Apr. 16, 2008. Sources said
It was the previous car accident case.
|
Sun halo wows Ethiopia amid poll
Ethiopians say it last appeared in 1991 before a military regime fell.
Amharas, oromos, Gurages, Tigrians, Somales etc. togther will
get rid off TPLF hooligans. |
Apr 04, 2008
Woyanne court has handed down long-prison and death sentences
against officials and military officers of the Derg regime . Some of
those who sentenced to death are air force pilots who had
been accused of bombing civilian targets in Eretria and Tigray region. |
Anedargachew Tsige, former Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (CUDP)
member, together with a hitherto unknown writer called Bementu Zeleke,
has distributed a twenty three page paper proposing for the CUDP to follow
the path of armed struggle to overthrow the current Ethiopian government.
The proposal resulted in a strong denunciation from Birtukan Mediksa, who
is among the former CUDP majority which is collecting signatures for new
party Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ). |
Liberians lead African immigrants in Minnesota cancer deaths
Updated 3/28/2008 3:30:29 PM
Between 1992 -2008, 46 Liberians in Minnesota died from cancer,
according to a recent Minnesota Department of Health report to the
Liberian Cancer & Tobacco Prevention Initiative. Other West African
communities in Minnesota reported 28 deaths in the same period.
Between January and July 2007, seven Liberian women died from cancer.
The Liberian community has the highest rate of lead poisoning and is
second to the Ethiopian community in HIV/AIDS. It is also among African
immigrant communities affected by diabetes. |
|
