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Monthly Archives: March 2013

Press Release from Moresh Wogene Amara Organisation

ቀን: Mar. 28, 2013 / መጋቢት ፲፱፣ ፳ሺ፭ ቁጥር: MW-0049-2013 የዐማራውን ዘር የማጥፋቱ ዘመቻ በስፋት ቀጥሏል ከሞረሽ ወገኔ የዐማራ ድርጅት የተላለፈ “ለወገን እንድረስ” ጥሪ ዘረኛው የትግሬ-ወያኔ ነፃ አውጪ ድርጅት ዐማራውን ከምድረ-ገፅ ለማጥፋት የጀመረውን ተልዕኮ አሁንም ያለማሠለስ ቀጥሏል። ከዚህ ቀደም ከጎንደር በወልቃይት ፣ በጠገዴ እና በስሜን አውራጃዎች፤ እንዲሁም በወለጋ፣ በኢሉባቦር፣ በከፋ፤ በአርሲ፣በሐረርጌ፣ በባሌ እና በአፋር አካባቢዎች ሲፈፅም የቆየውን ዐማራን ከምድረ-ኢትዮጵያ የማጥፋት ... Read More »

Temesgen’s Le’ilena in danger of closure

By De Birhan29 March 2013 Journalist Temesgen Desalegn, Managing Editor of Le’ilena (Magnanimity) Amharic Weekly Newspaper,today said that his new paper is facing an imminent danger of closure. It was the newspaper’s fourth issue since his two previous papers, Feteh and Addis Times were forced to close by the Regime.  In his article entitled “The Zombies are coming”, Temesgen  said that his new ... Read More »

Post-Isaias Eritrea discussion begins

28 March 2013 The  International Crisis Group (ICG), in its report released today mapped out six possible forms an eventual transition may take in the samll East African nation, Eritrea by identifies the main risks and opportunities. The Report discussing the possible scenarios of a Post-Isaias Eritrea begins by asserting “Change is in the air in Eritrea”.  “There is an urgent need to pursue stability in ... Read More »

Ban Ki-moon appoints Tegegnework Gettu for a top UN position: Ethiopia

25 March 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Tegegnework Gettu of Ethiopia as the new Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM), it was announced today. With about 1,200 staff at United Nations Headquarters in New York and 2,200 worldwide, including the conference management staff at the UN Offices at Geneva, Vienna and Nairobi, DGACM is the largest department in ... Read More »

Ethiopians on Facebook decrease significantly

By De Birhan26 March 2013 The numbers of Ethiopians, who were on Facebook significantly decreased since January 2013.  On January 21,2013 there were 902,180 Ethiopians on Facebook, today there are 867,000. In the last two weeks alone 22 980 Ethiopians have “vanished” Facebook. Its unclear whether this decrease was due to external factors or due to many more people deactivating their accounts. The Data was collected from Social ... Read More »

Ethiopia’s World Cup dream a little more realistic

By GERALD IMRAY,  AP Sports Writer Sunday, March 24, 2013 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Ethiopia’s chances of reaching the 2014 World Cup in Brazil became a little more realistic on Sunday after beating Botswana to open a two-point gap at the top of its group in African qualifying. Ghana beat Sudan 4-0 to apply the pressure on leader Zambia in their group ... Read More »

Husband stabs wife over 20 times in Addis Abeba

23 March 2013 The Addis Abeba based Tadias Addis Entertainment Radio Program on Sheger FM reported today that a husband in Addis Abeba has stabbed his wife of six years 27 times last week. The victim known as Maria Younis Mohammed, who works at a World Bank Project in a governmental office in Addis Abeba, told the Radio host that she had been separated from ... Read More »

African literary scholar Prof Chinua Achebe dies at 82

Foremost novelist, Prof Chinua Achebe, is dead. He was 82. Reporters  learnt he died last night in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. A source close to the family said the professor had been ill for a while and was hospitalised in an undisclosed hospital in Boston. The source declined to provide further details, saying the family will issue ... Read More »