* Iran to open Embassies in three Horn of African countries By De Birhan Media and Agencies 29-1-2012 Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, who is in the Ethiopian capital attending the African Union summit, invited Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to Tehran to attend the the 6th Iran-Ethiopia joint economic commission meeting which Iran is hosting. The Minister also stated Tehran’s preparedness to provide African ... Read More »
Monthly Archives: January 2012
News in brief
From ION and agencies * The Somali Regional State is turning a deaf ear to most recommendations coming from Ethiopia’s House of Federations. * After two decades in power, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) has still not been able to bring a lasting peace to certain of the country’s peripheral regions and establish regional administrations that are considered legitimate ... Read More »
Two plain reasons why Meles is not worth Premiership – Part I
By T, Staffer of De Birhan Media 26-1-2012 Meles Zenawi Addis Fortune gossiped last week that the current Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Hailemaraim Dessalegne could take over Meles Zenawi’s position in 2015. Of a more substantive issue, though, Meles appears to be determined ... Read More »
Addis Fortune Gossips Hailemariam could be the next PM
De Birhan Media 23-1-2012 The Addis based Business weekly, Addis Fortune in The Fine Line Corridor gossips that the current Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister might take Meles Zenawi’s position. The signs of Meles’s inevitable departure from and the arrival of Hailemariam Desalegn to Lorenzo Tiezaz Street are beginning to surface, gossip observed. The signs exist in form as much as they ... Read More »
As tension escalates, Defence Eng. staff on forced leave
By Derese Tariku , Contributor to De Birhan Media22-1-2012 Addis Abeba- As the tension between Ethiopia and Eritrea escalates following the killing of tourists on the border of the two countries, and Ethiopia has aired a one hour documentary on the State media that accuses and seeks an “action” on the Eritrean regime. Similarily, the Ethiopian Defence Engineering College has also reportedly forced its employees to take a forced leave. Sources in ... Read More »
Addis Abebans called to Kebele meetings
By Derese Tariku , Contributor to De Birhan Media21-1-2012 Addis Abeba – The Addis Abeba City Administration sent an invitation to residents of Addis Abeba to attend a meeting on “national security” in each of their Kebele (district) auditoriums tomorrow morning (22-1-2012). Sources close to the City Administration informed De Birhan Media that the meeting is called specifically to discuss about the recent incident in Afar region that took the lives ... Read More »
Hu Jintao will be in Addis Abeba to give "gift to Africa"
By De Birhan Media 20-1-2012 ” China’s gift to Africa” they call it. The new AU Conference Complex will be inaguarted by the Chinese President Hu Jintao who will be in Addis on the 28th of Jan,. 2011. The premises stands on the site of an infamous prison where former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam executed 60 top officials of the late ... Read More »
Fighting for human rights, neoliberalism? Then make Ethiopia one now
21-1-2012 http://ecadforum.com/ethiopian-news/12372/ by Tedla Desta The New Year has popped in jammed with fascinating news items. It kicked off with the joyfully astounding announcement of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) to a tragic one that took the lives of five tourists in Ethiopia’s remotest region, Afar and a car accident in the North. This tragic horror, committed by whoever ... Read More »