Girma Zekeria, an Ethiopian referee was beaten in Kigali,Rwanda four days ago. Kigali — GUEST side and African Champions TP Mazembe have been expelled from the ongoing Kagame Cup tournament following their riotous behavior in a group match against local side APR yesterday at Amahoro stadium.Team captain Trésor Mabi Mputu led the TP Mazembe’s protests after Ethiopian referee Girma Zekeria ... Read More »
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Court Sentences Man To Death, Other To LIfe
Shire , May 28, 2010 (Addis Ababa) – Two persons convicted of killing five persons and inflicting heavy and minor injuries on 20 others in Adidero Town of Tigray State were sentenced to death and life. The State Roving High Court sentenced the convicts after it found them guilty of committing the crime. The convicts known by the name of ... Read More »
Ethiopia’s Meles on road to 25 years in power
By BARRY MALONE | REUTERS Published: May 21, 2010 23:34 Updated: May 21, 2010 23:37 ADDIS ABABA: Meles Zenawi, a young rebel who dropped out of medical school to go to war against east Africa’s biggest army, had contracted malaria and was close to death, hiding near a river in remote northern Ethiopia. His father, the story goes, turned up ... Read More »
Election winner may be revealed within 48 hours
By Kirubel Tadesse A provisional winner of the federal parliamentary elections could be declared as early as within 48 hours after polling stations are closed, a senior government official said.A number of parties have vowed they are going to win the election. These include the ruling EPRDF, which is running for a fourth five-year term, and a number of other ... Read More »
Ethiopia set for new power plant as tensions over the Nile basin rise
Egyptian boys play in the River Nile in Qalyoubia village north of Cairo. Ethiopia is constructing a raft of dams as it attempts to solve a debilitating power shortage as basin states wrangle over the use of the Nile’s waters. Photo/FILE By inARGAW ASHINE in Addis Ababa (email the author)Posted Friday, May 14 2010 at 15:56 IN SUMMARY Tans Beles ... Read More »
Battle at the Press Discussion
Yesterday 6/5/10 in remark of the World Press freedom day event SPONSORED by six organizations including government, We expected to a discussion on press freedom in Ethiopia and other pertaining issues However the forum was a battle field for media gurus to maintain their status and their claimed position in history. Sad and shame! No one even mentioned the systematic ... Read More »
Battle at the Press Discussion
Yesterday on 6/5/10 in remark of the World Press Freedom day, a meeting was held in Addis Abeba.It was sponsored by six organizations including the regime. Most participants stated that the meeting ended without raising any issue or discussing about the existing climate of fear and unpopular media and election reporting laws.Publishers such as Amare Aregawi and other private and ... Read More »
How Will This Impact Ethiopia?
‘Hard choices’ on U.S. aid reform The international development community this week got its most detailed glimpse yet of draft plans to overhaul U.S. foreign assistance. A leaked White House paper suggests the creation of an interagency panel to spearhead aid policy and outlines steps to refocus operations on key strategic goals. The draft, which is not final, raised more ... Read More »