Addis Abeba — A new UN special envoy and head of the UN Support Bureau for Peace in the Central African Republic (BONUCA), Sahle-Work Zewde from Ethiopia, has arrived in Bangui, AFP reported from Bangui citing a UN source on Wednesday.
Ethiopia's triple Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba, seen here in 2008, will miss Friday's Golden League meeting in Oslo after suffering a minor injury, her manager Mark Wetmore has announced. (AFP)
An Ethiopian school will have its water cistern thanks to the fundraising efforts of a group of local high school students.[...]
Ethiopia's triple Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba, seen here in 2008, will miss Friday's Golden League meeting in Oslo after suffering a minor injury, her manager Mark Wetmore has announced. (AFP)
Ethiopia's triple Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba, seen here in 2008, will miss Friday's Golden League meeting in Oslo after suffering a minor injury, her manager Mark Wetmore has announced.(AFP/Jewel Samad)
Ethiopia's triple Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba, seen here in 2008, will miss Friday's Golden League meeting in Oslo after suffering a minor injury, her manager Mark Wetmore has announced. Photo:Jewel Samad/AFP
የአውሮፓ ህብረት አባል አገራት በዙር የሚደርሳቸውን የፕሬዝዳንትነት ስልጣን ስዊድን ትናንት ከቼክ ሪፐብሊክ ተረክባለች ።
የዘመቻዉ የጊዜ ገደብ የተሻረበት እዉነተኛ ምክንያት አቶ አብረሐም እንደሚያምኑት ፖለቲካዊ ነዉ።ከኢትዮ-ኤርትራ ጦርነት በፊት የተረቀቀዉ ሕገ-መንግሥት በሥራ ላይ አልዋለም።ከጦርነቱ በሕዋላ ሕገ-መንግሥቱ ገቢር እንዲሆን የጠየቁ ባለሥልጣናትም ታስረዋል።
Beledweyn — More Ethiopian troops with armed vehicles have reached near Beledweyn town in central Somalia as Ethiopia said that it does not plan to send troops into Somalia, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Thursday.
Dolow — The Islamic organization of Hisbul Islam in Gedo region has called for the government officials in Dolow town in Ethiopia to return back to the region, officials told Shabelle radio on Thursday.
Source: Reuters ADDIS ABABA, July 2 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi wants to step down after 18 years running sub-Saharan Africa's second most populous country. [NLN889141] But Meles says he is & ...
The government uses repressive tactics against the opposition, and corruption continues to be commonplace. The highly disputed 2005 elections resulted in a highly factionalized government.
Although the government attempted to train army recruits in human rights, many human rights abuses are still committed by the military.
Impunity of the police was a serious problem with regards to human rights abuses and corruption, despite government attempts to train police recruits in human rights. Lack of professionalism among federal and regional police was also an issue.
The law requires an independent judiciary, and although civilian courts remained relatively independent, criminal courts are weak, overburdened, and subject to political intervention. There is an extreme lack of qualified staff within the judiciary.
The civil service continued to suffer from corruption and a lack of resources.
Source: Reuters * Ethiopia says Somali insurgents no danger * 15 killed in fighting in Somali capital * Somali military says captured two Pakistani fighters (Recasts with fighting, captures, Kenya arrests) ...
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia Wednesday dismissed a threat of invasion from Somalia's hardline Islamist insurgents saying the rebels posed no clear and present danger.
Ethiopia Wednesday dismissed a threat of invasion from Somalia's hardline Islamist insurgents saying the rebels posed no clear and present danger.
DESSIE, Northern Ethiopia (
Ethiomedia)- Police on Tuesday shot two people to death and injured a dozen more when members of the Christian faithful resumed building a church the government had said was opposed by Muslims in the area. The BBC said on Wednesday a third person died when the victim fell off a cliff.
The leaders of the Christian faithful - who had suspended building St. Arsema Church in Azewa Gedel - then met with their Muslim counterparts, who told them that they had no objection if the church was built."
Trouble broke out when the Christians realized that they had no problem with their Muslim kith and kin, and went ahead with rebuilding the church. Federal police forces who were lying in wait then opened fire on the crowd, killing two and wounding 12.
Meanwhile, the state-owned TV whose news reports are usually carried online via EthioTube, said two were killed and 12 others injured when individuals who had "concealed agendas" clashed with police. The government warned the society to distance itself from individuals it said had "hidden motives."
Dessie has for a long time been known as a city of religious diversity where Christians and Muslims have intermarried and lived harmoniously for generations. But the government of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has been caught on several occasions trying to spark ethnic conflicts in the country. Lately, it has resorted to igniting religious violence.
Two Ethiopian Christians are killed by police as they helped build a church on a site claimed by Muslims, officials say.
የጀርመን ህገ መንግስታዊ ፍርድ ቤት የተሻሻለው የሊዝበኑ የአውሮፓ ህብረት ውል ከጀርመን መሰረታዊ ህግ ጋር አብሮ ይሄዳል ሲል ትናንት ውሳኔ አሳልፏል ።
የሰው ዘር መገኛ የሆነችው ኢትዮጵያ፣ ጥንታ በህገ-ልቡና፣ ህገ-አበውና ህገ-ኦሪት፣ ከዚያም በክርስትና ሃይማኖት ፣
አክራሪው የሶማልያ የአል ሸባብ ቡድን በሚቆጣጠረው ራድዮ ትናንት ማታ ባስተላለፈው ዜና በኢትዮጵያ ላይ ጦርነት ማወጁን የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት የኮሚኒኬሽን ጉዳዮች ሚንስትር አቶ በረከት ስምዖን ዛሬ በጽህፈት ቤታቸው ለዓለም አቀፍ ጋዜጠኞች በሰጡት ጋዜጣዊ መግለጫ አስታወቁ።
JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israeli officials will meet with Falash Mura in Ethiopia to check their eligibility for aliyah.
Source: Reuters * Ethiopia says Somali insurgents no danger * We will defend if attacked, Ethiopia says By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA, July 1 (Reuters) - Ethiopia on Wednesday dismissed a threat of invasion ...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP)--Ethiopia Wednesday said it won't send troops to Somalia, though a hardline Islamist militia fighting to topple the Somali government recently threatened to invade the neighboring country.
Ethiopia on Wednesday said it will not send troops to Somalia, though a hardline Islamist militia fighting to topple the Somali government recently threatened to invade the neighbouring country.
Ethiopian police shot dead two people and injured six others as they blocked an attempt by Christians to build a church at a site also claimed by Muslims, a government spokesman said Wednesday.
Islamist fighters ride in the back of a cut-out SUV in Mogadishu during fierce clashes in Mogadishu. Ethiopia said it will not send troops to Somalia, though a hardline Islamist militia fighting to topple the Somali government recently threatened to invade the neighbouring country.(AFP/File/Abdirashid Abdulle)
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has said that suicide attacks in Ethiopia by Somali Islamist rebels were a threat he "didn't expect to go away any time soon".
June 30, 2009
(Nairobi) - Ethiopia's draft counterterrorism law could punish political speech and peaceful protest as terrorist acts and encourage unfair trials if enacted, Human Rights Watch said today. The government and members of parliament should amend the draft law, which may otherwise be imminently passed as-is by parliament, to meet international human rights standards, Human Rights Watch said.
Human Rights Watch's detailed analysis of the draft Anti-Terrorism Proclamation concludes that the bill violates fundamental freedoms of speech and peaceful assembly, and strips defendants of important due-process protections. As drafted, the law could provide a new and potent tool for suppressing political opposition and independent criticism of government policy, Human Rights Watch said.
"Ethiopia may well need a fair and effective law to combat terrorism, but this is not it," said Joanne Mariner, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Program director at Human Rights Watch. "As drafted, this law could encourage serious abuses against political protesters and provide legal cover for repression of free speech and due-process rights."
The measure ignores well-established standards embedded in both international law and Ethiopia's own law, Human Rights Watch said.
The draft law's overly broad definition of terrorist acts could be used to prosecute peaceful political protesters and would in some circumstances impose lengthy prison terms and even the death penalty as a punishment for damaging property or disrupting public services.
Even those who merely express support for a peaceful political protest could be deemed terrorists under the law, as well as any member of the group who engaged in the protest. The law would even eliminate protections against the use of confessions obtained after torture.
Somalia’s Islamist rebels yesterday threatened to attack Ethiopia after repeated witness reports that Ethiopian troops were back in the chaotic Horn of Africa country that they withdrew from during January.
A draft Ethiopian law could define criticism of the government as a “terrorist act” and be used to crack down on the opposition if it is passed by parliament, a rights group said yesterday.
Somalia's Islamist rebels threatened on Tuesday to attack Ethiopia after repeated witness reports that Ethiopian troops were back in the chaotic Horn of Africa country they withdrew from in January. Ethiopian troops invaded Somalia in 2006 to oust an Islamist movement from the capital in which current President Sheikh Sharif Ahmad played a role.
Nairobi — The deputy leader of the Islamist coalition ruling Kismayu, Sheikh Abdulgani Mohamed Yusuf, has declared war on Somalia's neighbours. He singled out Kenya and Ethiopia as being hostile to his movement and Somalia at large.
MANAMA — Thirty recruitment agencies have signed a petition urging the government to permit them to transfer Ethiopian maids locally. The appeal comes as a response to a ban on Ethiopian maids imposed two months back.
An anti-terrorist law currently before Ethiopia's parliament will violate human rights if passed, the watchdog body Human Rights Watch warned on Tuesday.
An anti-terrorist law currently before Ethiopia's parliament will violate human rights if passed, the watchdog body Human Rights Watch warned on Tuesday.(HRW)
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - An anti-terrorist law currently before Ethiopia's parliament will violate human rights if passed, the watchdog body Human Rights Watch warned on Tuesday.
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (R), Algeria's President (C) Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi attend The 21st summit of Heads of State and Government of member countries of New Partnership for Africas Development (NEPAD) in Sirte, about 600 km (370 miles) east of Tripoli, June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA POLITICS)
ዛሬ አዲስ አበባ ላስቻለዉ ክፍተኛ ፍርድ ቤት ቃላቸዉን የሰጡት ምስክሮች ግን ከተከሳሾቹ መካካል የተወሰኑት ቤት ሲፈተሽ በታዛቢነት የተገኙ ናቸዉ
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The head of Ethiopia's Orthodox Church on Tuesday denied reports that he is about to unveil to the world the Ark of the Covenant that Moses is said to have stored the Ten Commandments tablets in.
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The head of Ethiopia's Orthodox Church on Tuesday denied reports that he is about to unveil to the world the Ark of the Covenant that Moses is said to have stored the Ten Commandments tablets in.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP)--An anti-terrorist law currently before Ethiopia's parliament will violate human rights if passed, Human Rights Watch, or HRW, warned Tuesday.
Ahmed, 35, from Ethiopia's Somali-speaking Ogaden region, explains why he joined the area's separatists.
Nairobi — Ethiopia's draft counterterrorism law could punish political speech and peaceful protest as terrorist acts and encourage unfair trials if enacted, Human Rights Watch said today.
This paper analyses Ethiopia's draft Anti-Terrorism Proclamation (the draft Proclamation) and assesses to what extent the proposed law on its face conforms to international human rights standards.
Somalia's Islamist rebels threatened on Tuesday to attack Ethiopia after repeated witness reports that Ethiopian troops were back in the chaotic Horn of Africa country they withdrew from in January.
Source: Reuters * Law may criminalise opposition, say rights group * HRW says law needs to be rewritten before passing * Government says fully recognises right to dissent By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA, June ...
Kismayu — The Islamic administration in the port town of Kismayu 500 kilometers south of the Somali capital Mogadishu has said that they will attack Ethiopia and Kenya, official said on Tuesday.
Somalia's Islamist rebels on Tuesday threatened to attack Ethiopia after repeated witness reports that Ethiopian troops were back in the chaotic Horn of Africa country they withdrew from in January.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's Islamist rebels threatened Tuesday to attack Ethiopia after repeated witness reports that Ethiopian troops were back in the chaotic Horn of Africa country they withdrew from in January.
