Title: Ethioforum

New law forces journalists to reveal sources

Published on Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:26:50

(AFP) ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia’s new anti-terror law strips journalists of the right to protect the identity of their sources, a top official said in a statement carried Saturday by the national news agency ENA. read more..

ET409 and the surplus Ethiopians

Published on Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:44:18

By Yilma Bekele –It took an article on LA times to help me gather my thoughts together. I knew there was some thing missing in the story unfolding in front of me. The article by Alexandra Sandels and Borzou Daragahi of Los Angles Times brought it all in focus. read more..

Amharic news from Addis Ababa

Published on Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:53:24

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EFFORT emptied Development Bank of Ethiopia

Published on Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:51:41

Investigative reportage by Abebe Gellaw | 5 February 2010 – In mid-January, the ailing Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) declared once again that in need of rescue fund. The business weekly, Addis Fortune, reported that the bank called on the national bank to inject more capital 1 to refill its empty cash registers. read more..

Misplaced Rage

Published on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:34:36

By Fekade Shewakena – The harrowing experience of Ethiopians on the doomed Ethiopian airliner in the Mediterranean Sea last week, and the racist ways in which grieving Ethiopians who were trying to know the fate of their fellow Ethiopians on the plane were treated in Lebanon, could have been used to raise important questions and read more..

Rulling junta says opposition may incite violence

Published on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:10:59

By Jason McLure, February 10, 2010- ADDIS ABABA (Bloomberg) — Ethiopia’s ruling party said the country’s largest opposition grouping, the Forum for Democratic Dialogue (Medrek), would try to foment violence after elections scheduled for May in an effort to spur foreign governments to intervene. read more..

Ethiopian Plane was attack by Hizbullah!?

Published on Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:11:01

Beirut, 27 Jan 2010 — Hypotheses and speculations mounted about a “sabotage” action in the Ethiopian plane crash which plunged into the Mediterranean sea in stormy weather earlier this week with 90 passengers and crew on board feared dead. read more..

US envoy pledges to press Ethiopia on rights

Published on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:38:37

2 February 2010– President Barack Obama’s nominee to be the next US ambassador to Ethiopia pledged on Tuesday to press the government in Addis Ababa to improve human rights, free political prisoners and make upcoming elections fair. read more..

Ethiopia jails editor whose paper challenged Zenawi

Published on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:36:14

(Picture -Ethiopian Army soldiers beat a foreign journalist in Addis Abeba, 2006. - AFP/POOL/CPJ) New York, February 1, 2010—An Ethiopian judge sentenced a journalist to prison on Friday in connection with a January 2008 column that criticized Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s statements about religious affairs in Ethiopia, according to local journalists. read more..

Awramba Time # 100

Published on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:52:44

Click here to read Awra Amba Time # 100 read more..