Aayyoo Makka remembers the battle of Dhombir Home - OPride.com (OPride) – “It was a grievous experience,” said Makka Bariso somberly recounting her unspeakable ordeals under successive Ethiopian rulers starting with emperor Haile Selassie. Makka — or as she is affectionately called Akkoo meaning grandmother in ... The Conundrum of Ethiopianism – PART-2 |
Month: August 2013
Aayyoo Makka remembers the battle of Dhombir – Home – OPride.com
Aayyoo Makka remembers the battle of Dhombir Home - OPride.com (OPride) – “It was a grievous experience,” said Makka Bariso somberly recounting her unspeakable ordeals under successive Ethiopian rulers starting with emperor Haile Selassie. Makka — or as she is affectionately called Akkoo meaning grandmother in ... |
Ethiopia arrests high-profile Intelligence official over corruption – Awramba Times
Awramba Times | Ethiopia arrests high-profile Intelligence official over corruption Awramba Times Awramba Times (Addis Ababa) – Ethiopian police have arrested high-ranking intelligence official on allegations of corruption. The Federal Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission said Woldeselasie Woldemichael, senior official of the nation's spy agency was ... |
Corruption Watchdog Presses Charges Against Officials, Businessmen – Addis Fortune
Corruption Watchdog Presses Charges Against Officials, Businessmen Addis Fortune Prosecutors at the Federal Ethics & Anti-Corruption Commission (FEACC) announced in court on Thursday, August 29, that they have filed charges against 44 people in the high profile corruption case. Melaku Fenta, former director general of the Ethiopian ... |
Corruption Watchdog Presses Charges Against Officials, Businessmen – Addis Fortune
Corruption Watchdog Presses Charges Against Officials, Businessmen Addis Fortune Prosecutors at the Federal Ethics & Anti-Corruption Commission (FEACC) announced in court on Thursday, August 29, that they have filed charges against 44 people in the high profile corruption case. Melaku Fenta, former director general of the Ethiopian ... |
Oromo: Human Rights Activist Dies In Ethiopian Jail – UNPO
UNPO | Oromo: Human Rights Activist Dies In Ethiopian Jail UNPO Despite refugee status in Kenya granted by the UNHCR, Tesfahun Chemeda Gurmessa was arrested by the local authorities and handed over to his persecutors in Ethiopia. Detained in the Maikelwai center, he was held in solitary confinement, with no access ... When Would the Specter of Heinous Persecution Against Oromos End? |
Israel completes mass immigration of Ethiopian Jews – BDlive
Canadian Jewish News | Israel completes mass immigration of Ethiopian Jews BDlive TEL AVIV - Israel this week completed the organised mass immigration of Ethiopian Jews, 65 years after the Jewish state was founded. Two chartered flights with about 450 immigrants on board landed in Tel Aviv, the last of Operation Dove's Wings, which ... Canadian Jewry needs a Peter Beinart |
Adopted girl’s mother says husband had role in disciplining kids – The Seattle Times
Adopted girl's mother says husband had role in disciplining kids The Seattle Times Carri Williams, charged with her husband, Larry in the death of their adopted Ethiopian daughter Hana, testified at the couple's trial Wednesday saying she wished she could change places with her and “be in the ground instead of her.” By Gina Cole. Expert witness: Hana Williams was older than official age |
Megemeria Collection Celebrates Ethiopian Jewry – Sacramento Bee
Megemeria Collection Celebrates Ethiopian Jewry Sacramento Bee JERUSALEM, Aug. 29, 2013 -- /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Ethiopian Jews have waited for generations to live their dream; returning to Israel. This week, the last of the Falash Mura bid farewell to Ethiopia, the Jewish school in Gondar closed, and their dream of ... |
ECOWAS Ambassadors support reviewing 1991 Constitution – Awareness Times
ECOWAS Ambassadors support reviewing 1991 Constitution Awareness Times Ambassadors from the ECOWAS sub regional bloc based in Addis Ababa (Africa's diplomatic and political capital) on Tuesday 27th August 2013 unanimously pledged their unflinching support towards the laudable bold step taken by His Excellency President ... |