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Guardian: How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab

By John Vidal We turned off the main road to Awassa, talked our way past security guards and drove a mile across empty land before we found what will soon be Ethiopia's larg

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Ethiopia: The Slaying of Medrek MP Candidate Stirs Calls for an Inquiry

By Howard LesserThe stabbing death of an opposition candidate in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region is raising new calls for an inquiry and an easing of 2009 repressive legis

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Bob, Band Aid and how TPLF bought their arms

By Andrew Whitehead A quarter of a century ago, the BBC's Michael Buerk achieved something very rare - he not only reported the world, but changed it a little bit. His vivid

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Ethiopia : Opposition Parliamentary Candidate Stabbed to Death

By Jason McLure (Bloomberg) -- An Ethiopian opposition candidate was stabbed to death by six unidentified men in an attack described by government opponents as part of an

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Ethiopia: Keeping Them Honest - Where Does Medrek Stand on the Issues?

By Oromsis AdulaGadaa.com has a brilliant piece on Medrek's stance on a wide range of issues in the upcoming election. Using Gadaa.com's summary of the first round of televise

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Oromo: Green Revolution or Neo-Colonial Land Grab?

By Peter Heinlein, Addis AbabaThe Green Revolution that ended food shortages in parts of the world decades ago may be coming to East Africa, bringing the promise of bountiful

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Ethiopia Attacks Press : 2009 Report

Ahead of national elections scheduled for May 2010, the ruling Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) further curtailed the limited freedom of the count

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Ethiopia : Government and the Opposition Trade Allegations

By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's main opposition coalition said on Wednesday that some of its candidates were being prevented at gunpoint from regist

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Opposition Denies Ethiopia's Claim of Alliance with Eritrea

By Jason McLure Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia’s main opposition grouping disputed a government claim that political opponents of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s rulin

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Dr. Merera Gudina discusses 2010 Ethiopian Election

Dr. Merera Gudina, a leading opposition figure and chairman of Medrek and Oromo People's Congress, discusses the upcoming Ethiopian Election scheduled for May 22, 2010. He exp

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Ethiopia underperforms in many of the 10 Economic Freedoms

World Rank: 136            Regional Rank: 28 of 46Ten Economic Freedoms of Ethiopia 66.3  Business Freedom

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Ethiopian Journalist jailed for criticising Meles Zenawi

By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - An Ethiopian journalist has been jailed for one year for writing a newspaper article disagreeing with the country's prime minister, a

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Debate Over Mederk's Intention to Make Afan Oromo Official Language in Ethiopia

By Qeerransoo Biyyaa, Embracing 11 official languages is one of the major breakthroughs that South Africa has achieved after the fall of apartheid and its transition to democ

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US envoy pledges to press Ethiopia on rights

WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next US ambassador to Ethiopia pledged on Tuesday to press the government in Addis Ababa to improve human righ

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Statement of U.S. Ambassador-designate to Ethiopia

Statement of Donald E. BoothU.S. Ambassador-designate to EthiopiaBefore the Senate Committee on Foreign RelationsFebruary 2, 2009Mr. Chairman and distinguished Members of the

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The new breadbasket of the world?

As swathes of their country’s land is leased, cleared and prepared for food production by foreign companies, Ethiopians are divided over whether this constitutes ‘agro-col

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Despite Pretense of Democracy, Ethiopia Remains a Police State

By Africa Action and FPIF StaffEthiopia Meles Zenawi has been in power as prime minister of Ethiopia since August 23, 1995. He has forged very strong military ties to the Uni

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Ethiopian Airliner Crashes Near Beirut - Updated

Habte Banti Nagassa, an Oromo, is said to be the pilot of the Ethiopian Airliner that went down immediately after take off from Beirut International Airport. Habte is also ide

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Ethiopia continues to clamp down on dissent and political activity - HRW

Ethiopia is on a deteriorating human rights trajectory as parliamentary elections approach in 2010. These will be the first national elections since 2005, when post-election p

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Ethiopia: Meles Zenawi will probably win the election - The Economist

FromThe Economist print edition. Meles Zenawi will probably win the election. But that may not bring calm.WORRIES about Ethiopia’s election, due in May, are growing. Aid-gi

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Oromo News

For Immediate Release Professor Merera Gudina, the Chairman...
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Oromo : Opride and GOn March 13, the Oromo-American Cit
Ethiopia’s Pre-Ele By J. Sirak, Opride Contributo
Election Showdown inBy J. Sirak, Opride Contributor
Medrek announces AfaBy A. Dadafo, Ethiopia In Ethiopia

Ethiopian News

By John Vidal We turned off the main road to Awassa, talked ...
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Ethiopia: The SlayinBy Howard LesserThe stabbing death
Bob, Band Aid and hoBy Andrew Whitehead A quarter of a
Ethiopia : Oppositio By Jason McLure (Bloomberg) --
Ethiopia: Keeping ThBy Oromsis AdulaGadaa.com has a bri

Horn of Africa News

In recent months, thousands of Ethiopians living in Yemen, have been returned to Africa.  Memb...
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Ethiopia commits genBy Thomas C. Mountain ASMARA, Eritrea
Somali teens appear More than 200 East African immigrants tr
Horn of Africa's GroBy Peter Beaumont In Yemen, Somalia and

Articles by Oromsis

TPLF is Eroding Ethiopia’s Social Fabric

By Oromsis Adula Ethiopian elites like to emphasize the idea that Ethiopia was one of the only two African countries that escaped the curse of western colonization. Whether that h

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