(CNN) -- An Ethiopian-flagged vessel fought off a pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden earlier this week, the multi-national anti-piracy task force said Thursday.

Senate confirmation hearing of Ambassador Donald E Booth
Washington DC, (Aigaforum)-The US Senate held a hearing today, February 2, 2010 to examine Ambassador Donald E Booth who is Ambassador Nominee of the U.S.A to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
During the Hearing Senator Russell Feingold, Chair of the Africa Sub-Committee asked whether the upcoming election will be fair and free...


The new breadbasket of the world?The Irish Times:-
‘WHY ATTRACTIVE?” reads an Ethiopian government poster pinned to a wall at the rambling offices of the Gambella regional investment agency. Next to photographs of lush fields and a map showing huge tracts of land earmarked for investment comes the answer: “Vast, fertile, irrigable land at low rent. Abundant water resources. Cheap labour. Warmest hospitality.”

RESPONSE TO NEGATIVE REMARKS ON EMPEROR YOHANNES IV
By Mathza, January 30, 2010-Between mid and 22 January 2010 a number of Ethiopians have aired on VOA Amharic program their views regarding the project for erecting a monument for Emperor Yohannes IV. Some of them were negative. Not only did they belittle the Emperor but also...

Why do people often vote against their own interests?
Last year, in a series of "town-hall meetings" across the country, Americans got the chance to debate President Obama's proposed healthcare reforms.
What happened was an explosion of rage ...
Communication and letting the people participate is key to govern. EPRDF needs to learn from the Democrats dilemma and replicate what it has done in the rural areas in the cities as well.

'If push comes to shove, we can survive on our own'
Foreign Affairs Correspondent Mary Fitzgerald talks to Ethiopia’s prime minister in the first of a series of articles from the African country
“We have succeeded in proving that Ethiopia can grow at Asian growth rates,” says Meles, sitting in his cavernous offices in the capital Addis Ababa. “This has rekindled hope in the possibility that Ethiopia will not for long be the poster child for poverty in the world.”


The last chapter of the history of TPLF is yet to be written! However many writers have started to write about the long and bitter 17 years of struggle and the secret behind TPLF’s success and failure of the past. The following are few among many. Read, be informed and accept the torch and join the struggle to write the last chapter-defeating poverty and building a democratic Federal Ethiopia.... See Also:  More on Tsenat... ETV coverage

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