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ESAT starts 24hrs online streaming service

Published on 2010-08-27 02:15:23

Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) management is pleased to announce the start of online streaming live service on the internet. According to information obtained from ESAT’s website, people will get a two-week free trial service. After two weeks, only donors or registered members will have access to ESAT on the internet. Visit ESAT website to watch [...]

The Ethiopian Economy: Big Numbers and Empty Bellies

Published on 2010-08-26 14:38:24

By Fekade Shewakena, 26 August 2010 -Poverty is Ethiopia’s persistent reality and has long been the country’s definer. The country’s mainstay, agriculture, is predominantly subsistence and is still only one drought season away from a multimillion killer famine unless we beg in time. Meles Zenawi often talks of poverty as being the number one problem [...]

Interviews: Dr. Berhanu Nega & Dr. Beyan Asoba

Published on 2010-08-25 01:42:35

Here is an interview that G7′ s Dr. Berhanu Nega and OLF’s Dr. Beyan Asoba to Netsanet Le Ethiopia regarding Meles Zenawi’s gimmicks of negotiation and reconciliation and also on the overall struggle for freedom. [Listen interview on Netsanet Le Ethiopia]. It start on 48 minutes at 12-1 program and goes on to 1-2 almost [...]

Economists on Zenawi’s double digit growth report

Published on 2010-08-24 16:59:04

Dr. Getachew Begashaw and Dr. Aklog Birara on VOA, and Prof. Seid Hassan and Prof. Minga Negash on Deutsche Welle.  Neamin Zeleke, 24 August 2010 –On its August 9, 2010 issue, the Financial Times published an article by Mr. William Willis, the newspaper’s Africa Editor. Headlined “Perfidious Donors Betray African Democrats”, Willis wrote:

Reinventing Kenya

Published on 2010-08-23 01:58:49

By Alemayehu G. Mariam* | 23 Aug. 2010 A Brand Spanking New Constitution In February 2008, following the ethnically-driven post-election violence in Kenya, I wrote an editorial commentary entitled “The Ethiopianization of Kenya”:

Awramba Times Issue # 129

Published on 2010-08-21 14:33:30

Click here to read Awramba Times Issue # 129

Ethiopia Faces Era Of One-Party Rule

Published on 2010-08-19 04:11:15

Peter Heinlein | Addis Ababa 18 August 2010 - Ethiopia’s 2010 election all but wiped out the country’s once vibrant political opposition. This means that Ethiopia faces the prospect of one-party rule for the foreseeable future. Listen to VOA:

Awramba Times’ Office Attacked

Published on 2010-08-19 03:48:09

On August 17, 2010, around 8 o’clock in the evening, an “unknown men” tried to enter into Awramba Times’s (AT) office. And in a separate incident which occurred six hours before the evening’s outrageous act, and which some witnesses that happened to be at the place have substantially speculated it as having a connection with [...]

Beware of Those Bearing Olive Branches!

Published on 2010-08-16 02:26:56

By Alemayehu G. Mariam* | 16 Aug. 2010 “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts,” goes the old saying. I say beware of those bearing fake olive branches. In many societies, “extending an olive branch” symbolizes an act of reconciliation, goodwill and peace. In ancient Greece and Rome, people gave each other olive branches as tokens of [...]

Dr. Berhanu’s reaction to killer Meles Zenawi

Published on 2010-08-15 01:16:34

By K.Bekele, [Click here to listen to Dr. Berhanu’s reaction to Zenawi’s fake negotiation offer] There are times when you are justified to be rude. Use any word you like. The worst vulgar language at your disposal. To express yourself anyway you want to. Even if it means using profanity.