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A heartfelt plea : Betty Imbaye, 11, and her mother Elsa, 29, were seized by immigration officials
A heartfelt plea from Betty, 11, to halt her deportation
Betty Temesgen and her mum Elsa
Yorkshire Evening Post
26 January 2009
By Peter Lazenby
An 11-year-old girl imprisoned in a Government detention centre has written a heart-rending letter begging for help.Betty Abate Imbaye and her mother Elsa Temesgen Imbaye, 29, were seized by immigration officials in a dawn...
Eritrea’s Teklemarian wins in San Sebastián, Spain – IAAF
Monday, 26 January 2009
Medhin and Kalovics impress over the country in San Sebastián
IAAF.org
Eritrea’s Teklemarian Medhin wins in San Sebastián, Spain (Mertxe Sueskun)
San Sebastián, Spain – Eritrea’s Teklemarian Medhin and Hungary’s Aniko Kalovics snatched unchallenged victories at the ‘54th Cross Internacional de San Sebastián’...
Obama has a unique opportunity to bring something resembling stability to Africa’s Horn – Newsweek
An Unclenched Fist
Barack Obama has a unique opportunity to bring something resembling stability to Africa’s Horn.
By Scott Johnson | NEWSWEEK
Published Jan 24, 2009
From the magazine issue dated Feb 2, 2009As a state, Somalia has racked up more failures than any other on the planet. So said Susan Rice, soon to be Barack Obama‘s United Nations ambassador, in a Brookings...
VIDEO: Tigray Fighters (TPDM) Put 294 Woyane Soldiers Out of Action
Video includes – TPDM put out of action 294 Woyanes; Asmara Timket Celebration; The Meles Family & corruption; More Woyane oppression; Ethiopians demonstrate in Europe and USA; Sheik Awey’s press conference about Woyane’s defeat in Somalia and More News…
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An explosive book by a former TPLF insider – ER
An explosive book by a former TPLF insider
EthiopianReview
January 22nd, 2009
Tesfaye Gebre-Ab, an Ethiopian journalist and former high-level official with an intimate knowledge of the ruling Tigray People Liberation Front’s inner workings, has just written an explosive book entitled "The Journalist’s Memoir" that lays bare a great deal of highly sensitive secrets, including...
Woyane Minister Reacts to U.S. Senators’ Criticism – VOA
Ethiopian Government Minister Reacts to U.S. Senators’ Criticism
VOA, By James Butty
Washington, DC
20 January 2009
A senior Ethiopian official says his government has a responsibility to maintain law and order and would not be swayed by outside criticism. The official, Bereket Simon, an advisor to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, was responding to a letter from four influential U.S. senators to...
VIDEO: Obama's Oath and Inaugural Address
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Eritrea Movie Ketali Sihbet Video (Part 3 of 3)
Eritrea Movie Ketali Sihbet Video (Part 3 of 3)
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The Meles Family & Corruption – ION
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER
19/01/2009
The Meles Family & Corruption
Now that the EPRDF has been in power for almost two decades, its leaders
have had time to accumulate wealth. We make a roundup – by no means
exhaustive – of their activity.
Azeb Mesfin, the wife of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, takes no mean
interest in the world of business...