Posted by ecadforum Ethiopia-news, News Monday, February 28th, 2011 By Tedla Asfaw Yesterday I was on pro TPLF Paltalk room, Civility Room, in the morning where I heard views of the people who wanted to keep TPLF/EPRDF, the majority, and those of us who wanted change, close to two hundred people attended. A woman, Ogadeni/Ethiopian, with fluent Amharic, described her feeling like some of [...]
Posted by ecadforum Ethiopia-news, News Friday, February 25th, 2011 Interview with Abune Mekarios (Makarius) during his visit in Australia. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Archbishop of Europe, Canada and Africa has called on all Ethiopians including Priests and Bishops to join the current movement engulfing Middle East and North Africa. Click here to listen
Posted by ecadforum Articles, Ethiopia-news Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011 Reuters, Africa News blog Ethiopia’s opposition UDJ party, completely wiped out at last year’s disputed election, says it is regrouping. At a recent news conference, it announced it plans to rebuild its depleted ranks with young people, analyse the mistakes of the past and ensure that it’s never again hampered by a lack of leadership. [...]
Posted by ecadforum Articles, Ethiopia-news Monday, February 21st, 2011 By Kiflu Hussain To some of us, the revolution that is spreading like a bushfire in North Africa and elsewhere in the Arab world including the Horn of Africa might have lost its appeal as a juicy news.Yet,to people who always maintain a sense of history, the uprisings that sparked off in Tunisia and got [...]
Posted by ecadforum Articles, Ethiopia-news Friday, February 18th, 2011 By Alex Thurston The Christian Science Monitor Some leaders in sub-Saharan Africa are taking swift action against protests and fear of reprisal is likely to keep potential demonstrators quiet. As protests continue across the Arab world, rumblings of political discontent have sounded in sub-Saharan Africa as well. These rumblings range from serious protests in Gabon [...]
Posted by ecadforum Ethiopia-news, News Thursday, February 17th, 2011 February 14, 2011 Ethiopian Americans from Greater Washington Metro Area held a successful pro-democracy protest outside the U.S. Department of State. The protestors assembled this morning outside the US Department of State to call for more rational and forward looking foreign policy that enables the U.S. to achieve its short- and long- term strategic goals [...]
Posted by ecadforum Ethiopia-news, News Monday, February 14th, 2011 Interview with Arbegna Meaza Getu Chairperson of Ethiopian People Patriots Front (EPPF) on the Ethiomedia’s allegation of killings of its members. As recalled, Abreha Belay, editor of ethiomedia.com accused EPPF and its leaders, including Meaza Getu, of killing 17 of its own members in collaboration with Eritrean government officials. Abreha Belay did not cite his [...]
Posted by ecadforum Articles, Ethiopia-news Sunday, February 13th, 2011 By Teodros kiros The churches of Lalibela cry at me, and ask me to restore Ethiopian greatness; the churches of Aksum beg me to put Ethiopia on the path of justice; the Greek thinkers remind me that a great nation, the giver of the Alphabets and the originator of gold coins, must have a people [...]
Posted by ecadforum Articles, Ethiopia-news Wednesday, February 9th, 2011 By Better Sinzeros The Ethiopian Sport Federation in North America (ESFNA) is having severe financial problems. As a result, it may have great difficulties organizing its 2012 tournaments unless it receives a significant capital infusion from its owner, Sheikh Mohammed Al Amoudi, and its July 2011 event in Atlanta, Georgia is highly successful. Most believe [...]
Posted by ecadforum Articles, Ethiopia-news Saturday, February 5th, 2011 The Ethiopian Sport Federation in North America (ESFNA) had $406,000 in its bank account as of October 31, 2010. However, its November 30, 2010 bank statement showed $295,000. We are wondering about why the money is withdrawn from the bank. So, we demand an immediate explanation for the missing $111,500 from the below Executive Committee [...]