Posted by Uncategorized Monday, August 31st, 2009 At least 34 people died in Ethiopia following a suspected cholera outbreak, with more than 4,000 sickened in the capital, Addis Ababa, in the past two weeks. The disease has infected as many as 1,000 people a day in the past week, Dadi Jima, deputy director of the state-owned Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, [...]
Posted by Uncategorized Monday, August 31st, 2009 By Robele Ababya I thought the following script from an unexpected quarter would pass as a mother of all quotations in the 21st century. It reads: “The highest standard measurement of morality and ethics is Justice†Premier Wen Jibao The above embodies the tenets of noble cause for which our icon Judge Birtukan Mideksa and [...]
Posted by Uncategorized Monday, August 31st, 2009 Oromo American Citizen Council (OACC) Endorses the “March to Stop Genocide and Dictatorship in Ethiopia/Africa;†Calls on all Members, Partners and Others to Participate. Press release August 25, 2009 We, the Oromo American Citizen Council, (OACC) fully endorse the upcoming “March to Stop Genocide and Dictatorship in Ethiopia/Africa in Washington D.C., scheduled for September 13, [...]
Posted by Uncategorized Monday, August 31st, 2009 Alemayehu G. Mariam Rent-a-Thug Against Democracy In a recent piece entitled “Mob Disrupts Political Meeting in Adama,†former Ethiopian President Dr. Negasso Gidada described how “an organized mob disturbed a public political meeting of the Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) in Adama, Oromia, and forced the discontinuation of the meeting.†Dr. Negasso explained: Around [...]
Posted by Uncategorized Sunday, August 30th, 2009 Cover Story that Londoners found on their paper Click here for full story (PDF) By Joseph M (PHD) Dear Ethiopians the World Over, Here is a story of our own, repeating the known tragedy! When we tell the Woyanes/Zenawi the human catastrophe that is and has been looming over the nation of Ethiopia, they label [...]
Posted by Uncategorized Sunday, August 30th, 2009 All immigrant pupils from Ethiopia will be accepted into religious schools throughout Petah Tikva in accordance to his or her place of residence, according to a compromise reached between Petah Tikva Mayor Itzik Ohayon and all the schools’ principles. According to the municipality, 30 students will learn in the school that originally refused to accept [...]
Posted by Uncategorized Sunday, August 30th, 2009 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday condemned three Jewish religious schools for what he termed their immoral refusal to admit 100 Ethiopian Jewish students. Spokesmen for Israel’s 100,000-strong Ethiopian community described the schools’ decision as discriminatory. Black Jews have long complained of prejudice in Israel. The private ultra-Orthodox institutions, which also receive money from [...]
Posted by Uncategorized Saturday, August 29th, 2009 Letter to WHO and UN. Fax from your computer free http://faxzero.com/ The outbreak of Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) in Addis Ababa is getting worst. Listen DW-Radio report Latest news about the Cholera outbreak http://ecadforum.com/blog/2009/08/31/ethiopia-suspected-cholera-outbreak/ Also read the news here http://en.afrik.com/article16082.html We highly suspected that the Ethiopian authorities are trying to hide the outbreak and the [...]
Posted by Uncategorized Friday, August 28th, 2009 The Ethiopian-Israeli community is protesting discrimination by three Orthodox schools in Petach Tikvah. The Israeli Association for Ethiopian Jews called Thursday for action against three private religious schools in the Tel Aviv suburb that have refused to admit several Ethiopian-Israeli children for the coming school year, the Jerusalem Post reported. “To our great sorrow, the [...]
Posted by Uncategorized Friday, August 28th, 2009 A fourth member of an Ethiopian exchange programme has gone missing from Hartlepool. Police have launched a missing persons inquiry following the disappearance of Konjit Assefa, 22, who was last seen in the town centre on Tuesday. Three other members of the nine-strong group, all men in their 20s, vanished while visiting London, though one [...]