Not another war...!!!

’’The curfew imposed since last week and which the group said lasts from dusk to down aimed to control its fleeing citizens to Ethiopia in the cover of darkness.” The group added.

Quoted: According to the EPDF’s statement Eritrea has break into the buffer zone, Temporary Security Zone, (TSZ) between the Eritrea and Ethiopia forces; and heavily started massing its troop

If the bill were to become law, the US could stop military assistance to Ethiopia and impose travel restrictions on some government officials unless Addis Ababa released “political prisoners” and people detained without trial, prosecuted officials “involved in the unlawful killings of demonstrators” after elections in May 2005, and ensured the independence of the judiciary and the press.

Quoted: I had fallen in love. Ethiopia does that to people. It sneaks up on you with its lush, mountainous landscape, its delicious coffee, its beautiful people as warm and welcoming as any in the world. And before you know it, you're sitting in a restaurant in Ne

I am enraged with the government’s decision to prostitute one of our greatest historical pieces. Why the US? Wouldn’t it better for the country’s revenue to attract tourists to come out to Ethiopia to see Lucy? What happens to the revenue made from this and why is it confidential?

quoted: One of the world's treasures, the fossilized hominid known as Lucy, goes on public display in Texas on Aug. 31. But controversies are swirling around the exhibition at the Houston Museum of Natural Science — the only confirmed stop so far on what the Ethiopian government hopes will be a lucrative tour.

hey executive members of CCC, INC...this is the article I was talking about last night. enjoy!

I have always enjoyed reading Maru Gobena's essays. I agree with him in all accounts that we do need a major phenomenal intervention in re-shaping our socio-cultural norms. Although, he has not mentioned it in his essay, but it would have been conclusive if he has incorporated environmental factors, i.e. governance especially the "Red Terror" time and the dark era of spell/curse or as we call it "meTate"; which had led many to live their lives in fear. I believe secretiveness comes out of fear.

"A Case from my Bag of Childhood Memories"

Quoted: The BBC's Elizabeth Blunt visits Jijiga, the capital of a region in Ethiopia battling a long-running rebellion, which has flared up dramatically recently.

The long walk to freedom!

Quoted: Among those sentenced to life were Hailu Shawl and Bernahu Nega, two senior leaders of the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) party. The 2005 elections saw the Horn of Africa country’s opposition make its largest gains but claim it was robbed of victory by widespread government-sponsored fraud.

US-Meles Zenawi partner in crime???? Please don't disappoint them.

"This is not a punitive bill," he said. Any sanctions would kick in only if Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s government does not return to democracy and restore human rights protections.

Quoted: Jul 18, 2007 (WASHINGTON) — Both the Bush administration and Congress are growing exasperated over Ethiopia’s backsliding from democracy but are wary of applying too ...