By T, De Birhan Staffer  30 March 2012 Chairman of All Ethiopian Unity Party, Engineer Hailu Shawel has been interviewed in one of the Party’s support Forum in the Diaspora today (30 March 2012). He spoke of various issues on the current political situation in Ethiopia. Some of the points were : Speaking of ethinicism/race within Ethiopian schools he said ... Read More »

28/3/2012 These poems were written by T, Staffer of De Birhan Media in the years 2004/5 and were published on a local newspaper in Addis Abeba. Republished here with nostaligia ——————————– But we all die Yes we all die Although created to live by Enjoy the sweet and Sours of life Reaching the big And sometimes think All our life ... Read More »

By T, Staffer of De Birhan Media   26-3-2012 Some time ago last year I read on BBC News “A private college in England aiming to rival Oxford and Cambridge is being launched by leading academics. The New College of the Humanities says it will teach “gifted” undergraduates and prepare them for degrees from the University of London. The privately-owned London-based ... Read More »

25 March 2012 Ethiopians, who have been resettled to Bench Maji Zone of Gura Farda Wereda, Southern Ethiopia 12 years ago through the government’s resettlement program from various regions of Amhara Region are now being evicted by force from their decade old settlement by the Regional Ammonisation of Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region (SNNPR).  Over 70 evictees, mainly from ... Read More »

22 March 2012 Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT)  has reported that teachers in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia have started a two day strike. The strike began today all across the city. Education has been stalled in many elementary and high schools in Addis Abeba. Witnesses describe the situation in Addis Abeba as tense. Fuelled by the current protest of the Muslim community against “illegal Mejlis” and rights issues, the teacher’s protest is feared to escalate into a ... Read More »

By T, De Birhan Staffer 19 March 2012 Professor Andreas Eshete Professor Andreas Eshete, CEO and “initiator” of Tana High Level Forum and Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Meles with the Rank of a Minister, is organising a high level security forum in Africa called Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa 14-15 April, 2012 in Bahir Dar, Kuriftu ... Read More »

By De Birhan  Staffer 17 March 2012 Getachew Reda, Director of Public Diplomacy and Communications in Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that there was no scheduled mediation between Eritrea and Ethiopia in an interview with a Pro Government Discussion Forum in the Diaspora this afternoon (March 17, 2012). Since last week various Eritrea affiliated websites have been reporting that ... Read More »

By De Brihan Media Staffer  17 March 2012 The Ethiopian Ministry of Defence is working to establish a Credit and Saving Institution for the Defence Forces sources told De Birhan. Similarly, the Defence Ministry has been busy for the past two years forming an Army Foundation in line with the Credit and Saving Institution with the aim of improving the ... Read More »