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As an international boundary commission prepares to adjudicate the border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea, a United Nations panel has published a cautious report on its visit to both countries. Representatives from all 15 members of the Security Council said the two governments would accept the commission's decision but phrased their promises very carefully. More...
Not responsible for any chaos during Sunday's demo - opposition party
Addis Ababa, 8 February: The Ethiopian Democratic Party (EDP, opposition party) said that it would not take responsibility for any possible chaos that may arise during a mass gathering the party has summoned for next Sunday [10 February, EDP has called the mass rally to urge the UN-sponsored boundary commission to grant Ethiopia access to the sea]. More...
Ethiopians celebrate return of stolen relic
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters) -- Tens of thousands of faithful lined the streets of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa on Saturday in a colorful celebration of the return of a sacred artifact, 134 years after it was plundered by British soldiers. More...
Ethiopians await border results
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People in the war-ravaged town of Zalambessa, on the Ethiopian border with Eritrea, are growing anxious about where the boundary between the two countries will finally be drawn. A commission in The Hague is to demarcate the disputed border between Ethiopia and Eritrea - which went to war over the issue. At the end of this month, the Boundary Commission will say whether Zalambessa and two other towns - Irob and Badme - belong to Ethiopia or Eritrea. The commission was established following a December 2000 peace agreement between the two countries. The towns were devastated during the war and people fled from the homes. More...
Statement made by the Ethiopian Free Press Journalists' Association (EFJA)
The Ethiopian Free Press Journalists' Association (EFJA) was established as a free professional association on the bases of the wishes and aspirations of its members. Through the practical action it had taken in the course of the years of the bitter struggle waged in favour of the development of the free press in Ethiopia, EFJA had demonstrated that it strongly stands for the rights and interests of its members. More...
Ethiopians reaffirm faith in Ark of the Covenant
Associated Press AXUM, Ethiopia -- In Axum, there's no mystery about what's become of the lost biblical Ark of the Covenant. Like most Ethiopian Orthodox Christians, nearly everyone in this dusty, windswept town believes the ark is tucked neatly away in a stone chapel on the grounds of Axum's biggest church, safeguarding Ethiopia as it has for nearly 3,000 years. More...
SPORTS fans can look forward to one of the world's most dramatic road races ever held when Tyne Tees Television screen the Great Ethiopian Run on Monday night (10.50pm) from the running capital of the world, Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. Running at international level in Addis Ababa for the first time ever, Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia and the world's greatest-ever distance runner, showed remarkable courage, ensuring the 10 kilometres race got under way after chaos threatened at the start. More...
UK to return religious relic to Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters) -- A sacred Ethiopian artefact plundered by British troops 134 years ago will be handed back to a member of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Scotland on Sunday, the government said on Saturday. Archbishop Isaias, a member of the Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, has travelled to Britain to receive the historic wooden block at a ceremony to be held at the Episcopal Church of St John the Evangelist in Edinburgh, a government statement said. More...
East Africa summit agrees Somalia talks
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East African leaders meeting in Khartoum have agreed to hold a national reconciliation conference later this year in an attempt to bring peace to the divided nation of Somalia. Reaffirming their commitment to Somalia's territorial integrity, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) scheduled a meeting for March in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. More...
Eritrea: New opposition party established
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Jan 11, 2002 Text of "Public Announcement" by Eritrean People's Liberation Front - Democratic Party entitled "A New Political Party Is Born", published in English on Eritrea1.org web site on 10 January President Isayas Afewerki and his PFDJ [ruling People's Front for Democracy and Justice] inner circle have derailed the process of democratic transition in Eritrea. The president and his group have used the war with the weyane [Ethiopia] and its impact to frustrate the people's aspirations for democracy, economic growth and social progress. As conditions in the country went from bad to worse, some members of the Eritrean National Assembly who saw it as part of their solemn responsibility to offer the necessary solutions to the worsening situation, made an urgent appeal to correct the situation at the meeting of the National Assembly in September 2000. More...
It should come as no surprise that there's plenty of good jazz being made in Africa. After all, the style is rooted in African-American work songs and spirituals, whose elements were mainly African. And yet, even connoisseurs would be hard-pressed to come up with the names of African jazzmen, with the exceptions of pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, trumpeter Hugh Masakela, and the late bass-player Johnny Dyani, all from South Africa. But The World's Marco Werman suggests heading north to Ethiopia. More... | Audio
Ethiopia: Faction leader Aydid accuses Somali government of links with Bin-Ladin
The deputy chairman of the Somali Reconciliation and Restoration Council [SRRC] has said the SRRC would do everything it could to combat international terrorism. In a briefing he gave yesterday in Addis Ababa regarding the current situation in Somalia, Mr Husayn Farah Aydid said the SRRC would do everything to eradicate terrorists and extremists based in Somalia. Noting that Muslim extremists such as Al Ittihad al-Islamiya and Al-Wahid al-Mujman [all names phonetic] were in Somalia, Mr Husayn Farah Aydid said unless eradicated soon, these groups would be a problem to our world, particularly to neighbouring countries. More...
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Newly-crowned Cecafa champions Ethiopia received a tumultuous welcome when they returned home on Sunday. Ethiopia won the regional East African championship after a shock 2-1 victory over Kenya in the final in Kigali on Saturday night. Thousands of people lined up the streets singing and dancing in celebration of Ethiopia's first international triumph away from home. Ethiopia last won the Cecafa Cup in 1987 in Addis Ababa, where, as African football pioneers, they had lifted the African Nations Cup in 1962. More...
Ethiopia to reaffirm position with international border commission
Staff Reporter 23/12/2001
Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin has left Addis Ababa for The Hague to reaffirm his government's position with the international border commission in a dispute with Eritrea. ADDIS ABABA: Before his departure, Mesfin said he hoped the decision by the international arbitration court would not be subject to political considerations and compromises. The arbitration court opened a hearing last week, with a final decision expected in February. A border war broke out between Ethiopia and Eritrea between 1998 and 2000. The frontier between the two countries had not been clearly delineated since before Eritrean independence in 1991.
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Paper reports outbreak of war with Eritrea on western front
Tahtai Deda, northern Ethiopia, 18 November: Backed with heavy artillery and tanks, Eritrea invaded and controlled areas north of Badme [western front] yesterday, an independent newspaper reported today. The Tigrinya language newspaper Wogahta broke the news of Eritrea's invasion of sovereign Ethiopian territory today quoting a journalist in the area and Ethiopian and Eritrean eyewitnesses who were fleeing the area under invasion. More...
Over 170,000 Eritreans return to homes in UNMEE buffer zone
ADDIS ABABA, Nov 19 (AFP) - Over 170,000 Eritreans displaced by the war near the country's border with Ethiopia have returned to their homes, the United Nations mission monitoring a ceasefire between the two countries said. "The fact that most of the internally displaced people have returned to their home areas is significant," said Jean-Victor Nkolo, a spokesman for the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE). More...
Tulu grit outlasts marathon rivals
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Ethiopian Jifar Wins in Record Time
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NEW YORK – Tesfaye Jifar of Ethiopia pulled away from his lone challenger just before entering Central Park and set a record in winning the New York City Marathon dedicated to victims of Sept. 11. Jifar ran the 26.2 miles in of 2 hours, 7 minutes, 43 seconds on Sunday to become the first Ethiopian to win the race. The old NYC Marathon time record of 2:08:01 by Juma Ikangaa, Tanzania stood since 1989. As he strode along the red-white-and-blue lines painted on the asphalt to indicate the route, Jifar had built a lead of more than 20 seconds over Kenya's Japhet Kosgei, the runner-up for the second straight year. Kosgei clocked 2:09:19 unofficially. Another Kenyan, Rodgers Rop, was third, another 33 seconds back. More...
School warns man who rebuked Saudis
WASHINGTON, Oct 25, 2001 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- An Ethiopian who rebuked four Saudi students who, he said, delighted in the carnage of Sept. 11 has been admonished by his university. "Future incidents ... will result in you facing serious disciplinary sanctions," the school warned. On Sept. 22, Zewdalem Kebede, a senior majoring in political science at San Diego State University, was studying in the Reserve Book Room in Love Library, according to an Oct. 17 report in the Daily Aztec, the student newspaper. Nearby, three Saudi Arabian students sat talking in Arabic, a language Kebede speaks fluently. When the conversation turned to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Kebede was shocked to find that they were pleased with the results. "They were happy," the Aztec quoted him as saying. More...
Ministry says committee set-up to combat anthrax out break
Addis Ababa, 25 October: The Ministry of Health announced that it was prepared to pre-empt the possible contamination from Anthrax via posts parcels or related means. Briefing local reporters today, head of disease control and prevention department with the ministry, Alemayehu Seifu, said that a national committee made up of representatives of pertinent ministries has been set up to control the possible out break of anthrax in the country. More...
A PRIEST plunged 50ft to his death down a waterfall despite attempts by his wife to save him. Rev Jim Bale, 71, slipped on a waterlogged path and tumbled over the cliff edge at the Grey Mare's Tail, near Moffat, Dumfriesshire. A rescue team was called but he was declared dead at the scene . The tragedy happened last Thursday. Mr Bale, from Prestwick, Ayrshire, was assistant honorary curate at St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Prestwick, for 22 years and was previously a missionary in Ethiopia and Brazil, where he also ran his own church. More...
Ethiopia's neglected island monasteries
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Many Ethiopians said to have been lost there lives in the World Trade Center
IPC - The Hospitalist Company IPC Suffers Tragic Loss.
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So far Dr.Yeneneh Betru is the only one that we know in side the plane, but there are many Ethiopians who lost there lives in the World Trade Center. We will publish the news as we get more. More...
High Court denies bail to Briton accused of sexually abusing children
The Federal High Court has dismissed an appeal for bail by a Briton who is accused on charges of sodomy. In a trial on Wednesday [12 September], the court ruled that David Christie [name as published] defend his case while in prison after the prosecutor made it known that the accused has no permanent location in Ethiopia. The Briton has been accused of committing sodomy against 15 Ethiopian children. David Christie had appealed for bail on account of physical illnesses he is suffering. More...
US embassay extends appreciation to Ethiopians
The United States embassy in Addis Ababa extended on Thursday [13 September] its appreciation to the Ethiopian people following the boundless expressions of sympathy it received since the 11 September terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. More...
Ruling party meeting told "desired level of achievement" not reached
The sixth congress of the Tigray People's Liberation Front [TPLF - main partner of the ruling coalition] began its regular session this morning with the presentation of the Central Committee's report on the activities of the Front in the past 10 years. The four-part report of the central committee was presented by the TPLF chairman, Ato [Mr] Meles Zenawi. More...
Addis Ababa University to replace police with civilian guards
Efforts to replace the Addis Ababa University (AAU) police guard with civilian force is nearing completion, the university said. Manpower and general services department head with AAU, Mekonen Abraha, told ENA [Ethiopian News Agency] yesterday that 272 civilian guards were attending a two-month relevant training. More...
Ethiopia's president criticises PM
Ethiopian President Negasso Gidada has accused the ruling EPRDF party of effectively carrying out a "coup", by appointing an army general to head one of the four main parties in the coalition government. The president's office has confirmed that Dr Gidada wrote a letter to the Oromo Peoples Democratic Organisation (OPDO), saying that last month's appointment of General Abadula Gemeda to the helm of the party was an "illegal act". More...
43 exiled journalists escape imprisonment, fines and death
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Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s lethal policies have brought havoc upon the free press in Ethiopia. Since 1993, the Zenawi regime’s policies have resulted in the closure of more than 250 titles of the free press. They have subjected 25 journalists and publishers to excessive fines. Another 27 journalists have jail sentences ranging from three months to 36 months, and 43 have fled the country. The regime has been retaliating against independent journalists and publishers harshly, particularly since 1993. In the course of the regime’s rule (or misrule), the elaborate stipulations of press law were created to perpetuate pre- and post-publication censorship and to stop press freedom from taking root in Ethiopia and advancing the democratization process. More...
Oromo rebel group dismisses two senior officials
Addis Ababa, 25 August: Two OLF [Oromo Liberation Front] senior officials, including the front's military commander have reportedly been dismissed, with one other high-ranking member having resigned from his post. Information obtained from the OLF office revealed that the commander, Dugasa Bekako, and OLF representative to the alliance of six Oromo opposition organizations in exile, Gelasa Dilbo, have both been sacked following crisis involving the OLF leadership and the front's military wing. It did not, however, disclose the nature of the crisis or cause for the rift between the two. More...
Ethiopia welcomes sporting heroes
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More than 100,000 Ethiopians packed the streets of Addis Ababa to welcome their successful athletes from the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada. Normal services were suspended as thousands took Thursday morning off work to line the main road from Bole International Airport to the main square to give their athletes a heroes welcome. Gebreselassie plans to race in the Beijing Olympics. More...
Students Languishing in Djibouti
About seventy Ethiopian University students who went to Djibouti following the student protest in April said they are living in an environment where they are exposed to misery and the situation at their camps is worsening by the day. The students who are now in one of the UNHCR refugee camps in Djibouti, Ali Ade Camp, said the food and water provided to them is insufficient and had put their health at risk. They said they are suffering from water born diseases and there is no any laboratory. "The fact that there is no medical laboratory has lead the health officer to simply guess the disease from simple observation of the symptoms and write prescriptions for medicine, it is clear that such an act can lead a patient to a more serious condition," said the students in an e-mail to the Addis Tribune. More...
Ethiopian Politician Defects; Experts Question Motivation
A high-ranking Ethiopian official said yesterday she would seek political asylum in the United States to escape "government persecution" of her Oromo people, the country's largest ethnic group. Almaz Meko, 39, speaker of the Council of the Federation, Ethiopia's upper house of Parliament, arrived Saturday in Washington with her 8-year-old daughter. She said she has hired a lawyer and informed the State Department of her intention to apply for asylum in the next two weeks. More...
Ethiopia arrests deported British paedophile
A British paedophile exposed by the Guardian for abusing orphans of the Ethiopian famine is under arrest, after an apparent attempt to open another centre for children in Zambia. David Christie, 59, was arrested under an international warrant in Lusaka, and was in the process of being flown to the UK when he was arrested by Ethiopian authorities in Addis Ababa, who took him off a transit flight bound for London. He has been detained in connection with charges of trafficking in Ethiopian children and their sexual abuse, and will appear in court on Monday. More...
Ethnic tension sparks Ethiopian defection
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Ethiopian troops 'occupy Somali town'
There are concerns in Somalia over the breakdown of communications links with the strategic provincial town of Baidoa. A BBC correspondent in the capital, Mogadishu, says it has been impossible to make any phone or radio contact with Baidoa. More...
Looted obelisk threat to Rome food meeting
A diplomatic row over an Ethiopian obelisk looted by fascist Italy in 1937 could become a factor in the tense discussions over the fate of the World Food Summit planned for Rome in November. Awareness is growing in Italy that the 4th-century monument, 75ft (24m) high, could end up at the centre of anti-globalisation demonstrations if the summit proceeds as planned. The obelisk still stands where Benito Mussolini put it, at one one end of the Circus Maximus, just 30ft from the gates to what is now the headquarters of the Food and Agricultural Organisation, the UN body that has invited 180 heads of state to the five-day conference on world hunger. More...
War 'devastated' Ethiopian economy
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Gezahegne Abera outsprinted Simon Biwott of Kenya in the final metres to win the men's marathon and the first gold medal at the World Athletics Championships. The Ethiopian adds the world crown to the Olympic title he won at Sydney last year. Stefano Baldini of Italy finished third to win the bronze medal. The end of the race concluded the opening ceremony of the first championships held in North America, with 40,000 spectators filling the Commonwealth Stadium. More...
TPLF Conference concludes Deliberations on Threats of the Political Order
Mekele, August, 5, 2001(WIC)--- The 4th Organizational Conference of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) has concluded its deliberations on the problem that are considered a threat to the political order in the country Participants discussed the issue in separate groups since Wednesday, and yesterday participated in a joint session chaired by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. They underscored that the EPRDF will commit itself to bring about rapid economic growth in Ethiopia along the lines of a capitalist economic system, and based on the principles of Revolutionary Democracy. More...
ETHIOPIA: HEADING FOR FURTHER TURMOIL?
NAIROBI, (IPS) -- The steady stream of asylum-seeking Ethiopian soldiers and students trickling into Kenya -- where more than 120 have arrived so far -- has raised concerns that Africa's third most populous country is once again headed for turmoil. Ethiopia, with a population of about 64 million, is going through its most serious political shake-up since the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) tanks rolled into the capital Addis Ababa 10 years ago, sweeping away Mengistu Haile Mariam's hard-line regime. More..
Donors Pledge US $140 Million for Nile Basin Projects
The newly-created International Consortium for Cooperation on the Nile (ICCON) held its first meeting on 26 through 28 June in Geneva, bringing together the international donor community and NGOs in support of the Nile Basin Initiative, a cooperative programme to address poverty, environmental degradation and instability. It is also intended to serve as a forum for dialogue on the options and opportunities for management and development of the Nile Basin, according to an ICCON statement received by IRIN on Friday. More...
Ethiopian president on offensive
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government has been using state television to dishonour and discredit him.
Dr Gidada was sacked from the Oromo People's Democratic Organisation (OPDO - a member of the ruling coalition) last week after being accused of supporting dissidents opposed to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Dr Gidada said the full facts leading up to his dismissal from the central committee of his party were not transmitted to the public. "The on-going campaign to corrupt my name. More...
Ethiopians on hunger strike in Kenya
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Ethiopian president's position shaky
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The position of the Ethiopian president, Dr Negaso Gidada, is under serious threat after he was dismissed from the executive committee of his party. In a surprise announcement on Friday by the Oromo Peoples Democratic Organisation (OPDO), one of the five parties making up the ruling EPRDF coalition, Mr Gidada was accused of refusing to accept the party's reforms. More...
Animal massacre as tribes go to war in Ethiopia
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President walks out from ruling party's meeting
Addis Ababa, 22 June: A spokesperson of the EPRDF[ruling coalition-Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front] council meeting said, Dr Negaso Gidada, has walked out of the ongoing meeting of the council of the EPRDF by stating that he has withdrawn himself from the council's membership on the ground that he had come under pressure from the chair. The spokesperson said council members have however, besides confirming that Dr Negaso Gidada's claim of having been under pressure from the chair was baseless and unfounded, also affirmed that, in the event that any quarter believes there were irregularities in the process, could have the case considered at the appropriate time and agenda over the discussion of the strong and weak aspects of the renewal movement currently in progress. In this connection, it said the council members had urged Dr Negaso to continue participation in the ongoing evaluation process patiently and far-sightedly. More...
No return for Ethiopian treasure
Ethiopia has renewed its demand for the return of one of its most famous monuments - an obelisk which was taken by the army of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini more than 60 years ago. More...
Eleven men believed to be Ethiopian army officers are reported to have defected to Kenya. The group are being held by the Kenyan Military Intelligence Corps at Oda Camp in Moyale in northeastern Kenya. Kenyan military spokesman Bogita Bwongeri told the BBC they were interrogating them to establish their identity and reason for being in the country. Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper says the 11 are understood to be seeking political asylum. More...
Ethiopian activists freed on bail
Two of Ethiopia's leading human rights activists have been released from custody on bail after a fifth court appearance having spent four weeks in jail. We should never have been put in prison as we have done nothing wrong Professor Mesfin Professor Mesfin-Wolde Mariam and Berhanu Nega have been charged with inciting university students to riot and of membership to an illegal political party. More...
US delegation reportedly unhappy with visit to Ethiopia
In line with the peace agreement reached between Ethiopia and Eritrea, both countries should have continued with the exchange of POWs. However for no reason the exercise has been disrupted, and an American delegation has expressed its concern over this, sources close to the issue have reported. On Wednesday 22 Ginbot [30 May] a three-man US delegation, which held talks with leaders of the Ethiopian opposition parties, were asked a question regarding the disruption of the POW exchange process. However, the US delegation rather than answering the question directly, said they did not have enough information, but pledged that they would ask officials of the two countries. More...
Political turmoil in Ethiopia and Eritrea
In a strange quirk of fate, the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea have been plunged into political crises that almost mirror one another. The political movements that came to power in the wake of the overthrow of the Ethiopian Marxist regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991 are now deeply split over the political future of their respective countries. More...
Interview with Meles [part 1
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Ethiopia cracks down on corruption
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The Prime Minister... may just find those closest to him are stealing from right under his nose Political analyst Amongst those arrested in police raids on offices and homes are politicians who were once highly regarded and trusted by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. They are being accused of embezzling millions of dollars from state coffers. The government has warned that this was "just the first step" in its war against corruption. Top brass Two of those arrested, Seye Abraha and Bitew Belay, were until recently senior members of the Tigray People's Liberation Front, the main party in the ruling coalition government. More...
Ethiopia 10 years after Mengistu
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African Union treaty comes into force
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Treasures of Far Places and Unfamiliar Peoples
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European parliament calls for respect of human rights
The European parliament has warned that unless the increasing human rights violations evident in Ethiopia were stopped immediately they would plunge the country into lawlessness and anarchy and destroy the image of the country internationally. The statement said unless the current chaotic situation in the country was corrected, it might degenerate into an ugly situation and threaten the existence of the current government. In conclusion, the European parliament said if the government could create a conducive atmosphere for reconciliation with opposition political parties and armed opponents inside and outside the country, a solution to the peace and stability problem in the country could be found. The parliament also called on the government to accept this idea as a better alternative and implement it immediately. More...
Ethiopians Hold Demonstration in Front of US Congress
Washington, DC The Ethiopian United Action Team, an ad hoc coalition of Civic and Political Organizations, has organized a major demonstration in front of the US Congress (US Capitol) on Friday, May 25, 2001, as part of the World-Wide protest demonstrations to expose the 10 years of TPLF's brutal dictatorship. Hundreds of Ethiopians from all over the East coast, south and Midwest are also expected to attend the demonstration. Since taking power in May 1991, the Tigrean People Liberation Front (TPLF), has brought unprecedented agony and suffering upon millions of Ethiopians. Hundreds of thousands have perished in "senseless" conflicts. Over 15,000 prisoners of conscience are languishing in prisons under inhumane conditions. More...
Ethiopia urged to free academics
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Security Council will not renew arms embargo on Ethiopia and Eritrea
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Slain Ethiopia security chief buried
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Academics in Ethiopia Are Again Under Siege
Street violence follows an armed assault on the main campus of Addis Ababa U.By WACHIRA KIGOTHO Addis Ababa, Ethiopia In the aftermath of an attack by the riot police on university students here, squads of officers in open trucks patrol downtown, near the campus that was the scene of the assault. Student leaders are hiding in slums, trying to avoid arrest. Lecturers in university common rooms are reluctant to talk to strangers. Little wonder that a tense fear predominates: The police attack last month on Addis Ababa University's largest campus, which followed student boycotts, left 41 students and other protesters dead and 250 injured. About 2,500 were arrested. More...
Ethiopia intelligence chief killed...
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Ethiopia tense after security chief killing
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His assassination on Saturday morning at the hands of an army major has prompted much speculation in the capital, Addis Ababa. Sources in the city have told News Online that it could be an attempt by dissenting groups to weaken the prime minister's position. The atmosphere is tense in the city as news of the assassination spreads. Ato Kinfe had been heading Ethiopia¿s security and intelligence office for almost a decade. He was a key player in the 17-year liberation struggle to overthrow the Marxist regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam. More...
Mogadishu faction leaders reportedly receive weapons from Ethiopia
United Kingdom; May 10, 2001 Text of report in English by Somali HornAfrik Online text web site on 10 May A convoy of 12 trucks carrying ammunitions and assorted guns has arrived at 18.00 hours local time here in Mogadishu today. The weapons were reportedly donated by Ethiopia to the Mogadishu faction leaders and were escorted by more than 10 battlewagons. The Somali Transitional Government has expressed concern over the flooding of Ethiopian armaments inside Somalia and appealed to the IGAD [Inter-Governmental Authority on Development] member countries and other friendly nations oppress [as published] Ethiopia to refrain from its interference into Somalia's internal affairs and violating the UN arms embargo imposed on Somalia. More...
The decision of the court followed the demand by Police that the two academics, who allegedly instigated the Addis Ababa University students to protest, would be an obstacle in the evidence collection process if released on bail. Police also told the court that additional time is needed to complete the process. More...
Government Attacks Universities, Civil Society
(New York, May 10, 2001) Ethiopian security forces have used excessive force in dealing with student protests and are using the protests as an excuse for cracking down on all government critics, Human Rights Watch charged today. Attacks by security forces on Addis Ababa University, in Ethiopia's capital, have led to forty-one deaths, hundreds of injuries, and the detention of over two thousand students and scores of government critics since April 17. More...
Teach-In Seeks Apology for Police Killings In Ethiopia
Students and community members gathered at a campus teach-in yesterday to address the recent killings of student protesters in Ethiopia. The forum, sponsored by various local Ethiopian student groups, responded to the killing of 41 student protesters by Ethiopian police last month. The protesters were calling for freedom of speech and the right to peaceably assemble, organizers said. More...
Ethiopia Must Withdraw Its Forces From Eritrea:
Posted to the web May 8, 2001 Asmara, Commissioner Andeberhan Woldegiorgis today told Visafric that his commission is concerned about the continued presence of Ethiopia inside the Temporary Security Zone, TSZ. "The establishment of the TSZ needs that there be no military presence inside the TSZ, but as it stands now, deep inside the TSZ is the presence of Ethiopian forces", said Commissioner Andeberhan. "The presence of Ethiopia inside the TSZ is in contravention and violation of the agreement of the cessation of hostilities," he added. "Ethiopia must withdraw its forces to below the Southern boundary of the TSZ as agreed to by the leaders of the two countries. More...
Ethiopian police seize two human rights activists
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters) -- Ethiopian police arrested two prominent human rights activists on Tuesday for allegedly inciting student riots last month in which up to 41 people were killed, state radio said. Mesfin Woldemariam and Berhanu Nega, both academics at Addis Ababa University, are suspected of stoking student protests to demand academic and political freedoms that degenerated into the Ethiopian capital's worst rioting in years, the radio said. Mesfin is a founder of the Ethiopian Human Rights Organisation and a professor at Addis Ababa university. More...
Protests radicalise Ethiopia's youth
A student movement, protesting for academic
rights, has raised the political temperature in Ethiopia in recent weeks.
The protests of 10,000 Addis Ababa University students has gained the
support of students from universities and colleges throughout the country,
and has resulted in a virtual standstill of public higher learning in
Ethiopia. The general public has strong sympathies with the student's
calls for the removal of police from their campus, and their rights
for freedom of expression.
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Hijackers of Ethiopian aircraft to be tried in Sudan
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Five people who hijacked an Ethiopian military plane to Sudan will be tried in Khartoum rather than be handed over to Ethiopia, Sudan's foreign minister said Monday.
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Sudanese authorities promised the hijackers that they would not be returned to Ethiopia, despite an extradition treaty between the two neighbors, Mustafa Osman Ismael told a news conference. Ismael said they were considered to be terrorists and their crime could carry the death penalty. More...
Ethiopia informs kin of war dead
April 29, 2001 Web posted at: 11:09 AM EDT (1509 GMT) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- The young soldier was trying to convince his mother that Ethiopia's 2 1/2-year border war with Eritrea was really over and that he would be safe returning to his post. But the mother, Alemitu Belayneh, just sat and sobbed. Moments earlier, a neighbor and two officials had come to her door with the news that her older son, Kifle Ghirma, had been killed in action on the Zalembessa front, site of heavy fighting last May. More...
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Ethiopian police to leave university campus ahead of schedule
The Ethiopian Education Ministry said on Saturday that it was accelerating the process by which police would be replaced by civilian guards at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopian radio reported. The ministry said the process was due to be completed by 5 September this year. More...
KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Five Ethiopians who surrendered to the authorities in Sudan after a hijacking ended peacefully are facing extradition. The four men and one woman were taken into custody after negotiations with Sudanese government officials, U.N. and Red Cross workers on Friday morning ended with their surrender in Khartoum. The aircraft, with about 51 passengers and crew on board, was bound for the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, when the hijackers forced it to fly to Sudan late on Thursday. Yemane Kidane, the chief of staff in Ethiopia's foreign affairs ministry, said his country would ask the Sudanese government to turn over the hijackers. "The hijackers are international criminals," he told the Associated Press. More...
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plane hijacked by students
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More than 2,000 Ethiopian university students were released from police custody on Thursday. The students were arrested last week following riots that left 39 people dead and 250 injured. They were bussed in from a detention camp just outside Addis Ababa in the early hours of the morning. But the students are saying that some of their colleagues are still being detained. The Ethiopian authorities reopened the University of Addis Ababa on Tuesday after it had been closed for five days. More...
Police investigating human rights organisation
Ethiopian police are investigating a human rights organisation and opposition political parties, blaming them for widespread violence and rioting sparked by student protests. At least 31 people died in the clashes, and hundreds have been arrested in subsequent roundups. The Federal Police Commission has said it is investigating certain civic organisations and political parties for their role in the riots in Addis Ababa last week. A statement by the crime prevention and control department said on 22 April that the Ethiopian Human Rights Council (Ehrco), the All Amhara People's Organisation (AAPO), and the Ethiopian Democratic Party (EDP) "had a clear role in the violence", government-run Ethiopian radio said on 23 April. More...
University reopens after Addis riots
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Explosions Heard in Addis Ababa
Two explosions were heard at about 2100 local time in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on the night of 22 April. Through official media, the government later acknowledged the explosions, and said they had been an "accident". Security sources in Addis Ababa who heard the explosions told IRIN that it was "some type of surface-to-surface missile". The explosions went from south to north Addis Ababa, and were about 20 seconds apart, the source said. More...
Ethiopian students must admit riot role to gain readmission
ADDIS ABABA, April 24 (AFP) - Students wishing to return to Addis Ababa University, closed since April 18, said Tuesday they would only be allowed to do so if they admitted involvement in deadly riots in the Ethiopian capital. Students who turned up at the college Tuesday told AFP they would have to sign a readmission request, prepared by the education ministry, which featured admissions of guilt for the violence of April 17 and 18, when more than 30 people were killed. More...
Eleven men believed to be Ethiopian army officers are reported to have defected to Kenya. The group are being held by the Kenyan Military Intelligence Corps at Oda Camp in Moyale in northeastern Kenya. Kenyan military spokesman Bogita Bwongeri told the BBC they were interrogating them to establish their identity and reason for being in the country. Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper says the 11 are understood to be seeking political asylum. More...
Ethiopian activists freed on bail
Two of Ethiopia's leading human rights activists have been released from custody on bail after a fifth court appearance having spent four weeks in jail. We should never have been put in prison as we have done nothing wrong Professor Mesfin Professor Mesfin-Wolde Mariam and Berhanu Nega have been charged with inciting university students to riot and of membership to an illegal political party. More...
US delegation reportedly unhappy with visit to Ethiopia
In line with the peace agreement reached between Ethiopia and Eritrea, both countries should have continued with the exchange of POWs. However for no reason the exercise has been disrupted, and an American delegation has expressed its concern over this, sources close to the issue have reported. On Wednesday 22 Ginbot [30 May] a three-man US delegation, which held talks with leaders of the Ethiopian opposition parties, were asked a question regarding the disruption of the POW exchange process. However, the US delegation rather than answering the question directly, said they did not have enough information, but pledged that they would ask officials of the two countries. More...