*Ethiopia has 430,000 bbl/Day Proven Reserves of OilBy T, De Birhan Media Staffer 31-12-2011 A latest military power ranking information by GlobalFirepower.com (GFP) last updated on 7/5/2011 has put Ethiopia’s military power ranking 44th out of 55 nations it listed. United States ranks number one in the list followed by Russia and China respectively. According to the ranking Ethiopia’s military is powerful than many gulf countries, and European countries such as ... Read More »
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Adama University students clash
By Derese Tariku , De Birhan Media contributor Addis Abeba 30-12-2011 Adama University is under the Oromia Regional police surveillance after a dispute erupted within the University’s TV room yesterday. According to sources the cause the dispute is reportedly ‘ethnic’. Large number ... Read More »
Psychologically assorting Meles Zenawi : Megalomaniac
By T, Staffer of De Birhan Media 29 Dec. 2011 I have been wondering , pondering and masbeing on how I could identify Meles Zenawi’s psychological condition i.e. mentality. Especially, having observed some of his recent judgements, my wonder doubled. In my nine years professional work experience, I have gone through bosses that partly shared Meles’ psychological condition including the present one. It was hard finding their typical condition cause I sometimes said , no ... Read More »
The jailing of the Swedish Journalists in Ethiopia, Silent Cry and advice
* Protest organised in front of the Ethiopian consulate in Stockholm this Friday By T, Staffer of De Birhan Media 27/12/11 Today marked the news of the jailing of two Swedish journalists for 11 years in Ethiopia. Foreign journalists have for the first time experienced the brunt that Ethiopian journalists have been going through. They have been imprisoned since July 2011. They were sentenced for ‘supporting terrorism in Ethiopia and entering the country illegally.’ The judge ... Read More »
Gursha : blossoming for bottom millions
As the cost of food rises, the popularity of street gursha, selling and consuming handfuls of restaurant leftovers, is spreading around the capital. Originating in areas such as Fews Terra, Merkato, the business caters to those who not only want to save money on food but also time, the Addis based English Weekly, Addis Fortune Reports. Hungry for dinner, youngsters ... Read More »
The first gravest factual mistake of Bereket Simon’s book discovered
By T, De Birhan Media 24 Dec. 2011 A book by Bereket Simon,head of the Government Communications Affairs Office (GCAO) under a ministerial portfolio, titled “A Tale of Two Elections” was launched on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at the Sheraton Addis Hotel in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. The book launch was attended by dignitaries, artists and investors. The book discusses about the 2005 and 10 elections, it goes ... Read More »
A Dedication to Reeyot Alemu
By T, De Birhan Media Staffer 23 Dec. 2011 Reeyot Alemu, a journalist and columnist for the Addis based, Fetehe has been languishing in prison since June 2011. A news broke out today that she was requested by Hasan Shifa, deputy police Commissioner of the Federal Police, to testify on her colleagues and be freed. Defiant Reeyot has been kept in a solitary confinement for 13 days for refusing to do ... Read More »
International Journalists, Writers, Rights Activists Protest Terrorism Charge Against Ethiopian Journalist
News Release | December 23, 2011 Dec. 23, 2011 – A broad international group of journalists, writers and human rights activists today called for the Ethiopian government to unconditionally release journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega, imprisoned since Sept. 14 on terrorism charges that carry a maximum sentence of death. The petition’s signatories include Mark Hamrick, president of the 3,500-member National ... Read More »