Back in memory

Where are they now?   By Abeshet

They weren’t many of them around. So many were the eyes focused on them, Ethiopian celebrities of the pre and immediately post-Dergue era. That also being the era where an Artist won’t be given the time of day unless in trouble with the government, dead or in need of urgent medical assistance, the minute they moved from the public eye, they are as good as dead. This is, therefore, my attempt at “Esti Enastawsachew” to Artists who once lighted the dark screen.

Press Release from UDJ (Andenet)

• Andinet North America
• Andinet Germany

Gossip:  Dube from Sidest kilo

Yesterday I was in Arat kilo when my homie told me “ye bertukan  midekessa metaser”. 

I use to live in DC and Minnesota before I return to Ethiopia for good like “arat amet befit mallet new”.  “Zare yemishekeshekew  woyanen yehonal”. Some of my readers may say why you gossip from Ethiopia especially about woyane  “telu yehonal”. This is just because they will make the same mistake again and again.  “ya manew dedebu ye seferachu lij  beken soste yememekerew lik endesu beken sosete memeker alebachew”.

Press Release

Call for Immediate and Unconditional Release of Judge Birtukan Mediksa: Chairwoman of the main opposition party (UDJP) in Ethiopia

ANDINET NORTH AMERICA ASSOCIATION OF SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS (Press Release) / December 29, 2008

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Interview:

Somali Islamist Leader Speaks of Peace

When Transitional Federal Government (TFG) leaders met with Islamist rebels in neighboring Djibouti to sign the peace accord, it was the head of the Alliance for Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS), Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmad, who led the opposition delegation.

Opinion

The Return of a Monster

Prime Minster Meles Zenawi recently heard quoted “We need to learn a lot from china’s development” The idea is great, it is also a good idea to learn from countries who design best strategy for development especially if they make those strategies in to reality, yes china is a good example for that, yes we need to learn from china. But quoting we need to learn from china will not bring development to our country; we should also lay a base for that and convert it to reality with a genuine heart and mind.

• Poem by Kebede Mikael

Bureaucratic Corruption in Africa: The Futility of Cleanups

(Addis Neger) Recent interest in the political dimension of economic growth has had a significant impact on the study of the behavior of bureaucrats and how their activities affect macroeconomic performance. Most of the research has been devoted to the study of bureaucratic compensation (Kimenyi 1987; Mbaku 1991a; Couch, Atkinson, and Shughart 1992) and bureaucratic corruption. Little attention, however, has been given the problem of corruption cleanups.

Birtukan Midekesa’s  UDJ opposition leader faces fresh challenges

አርቲስት ቴዲ አፍሮ ለጠቅላይ ፍ/ቤት ይግባኝ አቀረበ                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

(ቅዳሜ ታህሳስ 11 ቀን 2001 ዓ.ም. December 20, 2008)፦ ከዘጠኝ ወራቶች በላይ የፍርድ ሂደቱን ሲከታተል የቆየው ቴዎድሮስ ካሳሁን ዓርብ ኅዳር 26 ቀን 2001 ዓ.ም. በዋለው የከፍተኛ ፍርድ ቤት የወንጀል ችሎት ለስድስት ዓመታት የእስርና የ18 ሺህ ብር ቅጣት ከተወሰነበት በኋላ የይግባኝ ማመልከቻውን ለጠቅላይ ፍርድ ቤት ማቅረቡ ታወቀ።

Parking employees allege discrimination

Somalias embattled president expected to resign

(Addis Neger) The embattled president of Somalia, Abdullahi Yusuf, is expected to resign after a bitter struggle for control of his countrys interim government, Western diplomats said Wednesday.