Ethiopian across the globe honoured human right activist Tamagne Beyene for his bravery, uprightness of character, personal integrity, courage, and for being a symbol of perseverance and defiance in the struggle for democracy and justice. The event was held at Hilton Mark Center, 5000 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA 22311, USA. Bookmark on Delicious Digg...
By Robert I. Rotberg NATIONS FIGHT over water, especially when access is curtailed or threatened, and there are the ingredients for a battle over the 4,100-mile long Nile River. Egypt and Sudan have counted on the abundance of the Nile’s life-giving flow. Now upstream nations want to keep more of the abundance for...
New York, (CPJ) —Ethiopia’s postal service should a conduct thorough and transparent investigation into the tampering of mail addressed to the country’s leading critical newspaper, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Awramba Times Editor-in-Chief Dawit Kebede said the paper has complained to the Ethiopian Postal Service at least three times since June 6 after finding opened...
By Alemayehu G. Mariam Note: This is my fourth commentary on the theme, "Where do we go from here?" following the rigged elections in Ethiopia last month in which the ruling dictatorship won by 99.6 percent. In this piece, I express deep anguish over the enormous problems and challenges faced by Ethiopia's youth,...
By Maimire Mennasemay, Ph.D. – The Courage to Question - The post-electoral period of 2010 exhibits the same political disarray—the compulsive character of unpreparedness, the cyclical repetition of the failure to envisage actions for the “day after” —of the post-electoral period of 2005. It demonstrates that the ideas, values, and principles that inform...
(BBC) David Cameron has agreed the terms of a judge-led inquiry into claims British agents were complicit in the torture of terror suspects, the BBC understands. The PM is understood to have agreed it could offer compensation if it shows they were tortured and UK agents knew. The Tories and Lib Dems have long...
By Jeremy Clarke NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ethiopia said a border agreement by Eritrea and Djibouti to end their two-year stand-off should be taken with scepticism because arch-foe Eritrea was out to destabilise the region. Earlier this month, Eritrea and Djibouti negotiated the deal, brokered by Qatar, which was praised by the African Union...
By Liz Monteiro, Record staff KITCHENER – Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is a repressive dictator who shouldn’t be allowed to visit Canada and participate in the G20 summit this weekend, says an Ethiopian-born Kitchener man. Semou Zinabou and about 60 local Ethiopians are taking their disdain to the streets and participating in a...
Africa is witnessing the birth of a new ocean, according to scientists at the Royal Society. Geologists working in the remote Afar region of Ethiopia say the ocean will eventually split the African continent in two, though it will take about 10 million years. Lead researcher Tim Wright who is presenting the research at...
By MG Zimeta This week, the results of the recent Ethiopian general election were confirmed. The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), the incumbent government whose leader Meles Zenawi has been prime minister for twenty years, have claimed a landslide win that is neither revolutionary nor, allegedly, entirely democratic: 90 percent of parliamentary seats have gone...
