Calls for tougher Eritrea 'terror' sanctions at UN
UNITED NATIONS — Ethiopia and Djibouti are leading East African nations pressing the UN Security Council to step up sanctions on Eritrea over terror accusations, diplomats said.
Pressure for action has mounted since a UN monitoring group said last month that the Eritrean government was behind planned bomb attacks in the Ethiopian capital during an African Union summit in January.
"If the Security Council is serious about fighting terrorism, then we should expect it to discourage Eritrea from taking its dangerous positions," Ethiopia's Ambassador to the United Nations Tekeda Alemu told AFP
Susan Rice (USA) on Somalia and Syria and Eritrea - Security Council Media Stakeout
10 August 2011.
"Ethiopia's Safety Net Program for Drought Prone Regions"
A-five-day long dual event of the annual Tigray Festival and 37th anniversary of UTNA
colorfully celebrated in DC.
Tsehaye Debalkew, Washington DC, August 7, 2011-
In what could be dubbed as the most participatory and exceptionally engaging event ever, "Festival Tigray 2011", stud with multi-tailored informative, exhilarating, and fascinating activities, attracting an all time record high number of attendees climaxed by a cultural extravaganza and an extraordinary musical and dance show on Saturday night at the Double Tree Hotel in Crystal City Alexandria Virginia, wound up today.
Sources of Inflation and Economic Growth in Ethiopia:
Descriptive Analysis
Part I
By Teshome A. (PhD) August 10, 2011-
Currently the objective of any developing country is to achieve sustainable economic
development. Economic development refers to multidimensional process of reorientation and
reorganization of the entire economic system in the country. To realize economic development
the country must achieve continuous economic growth
IT IS HIGH TIME FOR THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL TO REIGN ON THE BELLICOSE AND NEFARIOUS ERITREAN REGIME
Tsehaye Debalkew, Washington DC, August 10, 2011 - One can surmise and indeed succinctly argue that today, the single most, cardinal issue that has captured unanimity in its entirety by summoning onboard Africa, and indeed the world at large, a rare commodity in the global political and diplomatic market...
Population Pressure and Regional Development Disparities in Ethiopia: Case of Southern Region Tsegaye Tegenu August 8, 2011- Regional development in Ethiopia is not uniform. There are differences in agro-ecological
factors (such as rainfall amount, soil quality, topography and altitude), demographic factors(population density, level of urbanization, reproductive behavior of the households, etc.),....
BBC News Night’s reportage: a Party Political Broadcast on behalf of HRW
Dilwenberu Nega 6th August 2011 - Two wrongs do not make a right whether you live in Birmingham England or in Birmingham Alabama, but not so in BBC-ville – supposedly home to a cut above the rest investigative journalism.Ten months ago to the day, on November 4th 2010, the BBC issued an apology to Sir Bob Geldof for insinuating that Ethiopia’s ...
BBC’s MENDACIOUS REPORT
Berhane Kahsay Aug 6, 2011 - The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has done it again. BBC 2 aired a program on Thursday, 4 August, 2011, accusing the government of Ethiopia of gross ‘human rights abuse’. Not a shred of corroborating evidence was submitted to substantiate these outlandish allegations...
PRESS STATEMENT ON NEWSNIGHT’S FILM ON ETHIOPIA
5th August 2011, LONDON-
Last night, (4th August), BBC Newsnight broadcast a 17-minute film making allegations of human rights abuses against the Ethiopian government. The timing of this report is guaranteed to inflict maximum damage on those who are suffering from the worst drought for sixty years in our region. It was difficult to respond to allegations in the few minutes given...
Press release N. 85/2011
ONE AFRICAN VOICE CALL ON THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN THE HORN OF
AFRICA
Addis Ababa, 5 August 2011 – As part of the African Union’s (AU) efforts to assist the
victims of the famine in Somalia and the Horn of Africa, the AU Commission has opened a
bank account to receive donations from African Governments, private sector and ordinary
African citizens. The bank details are as follows:
