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Ethiopia drought may be worst since 1984 -US envoy ROME (Reuters) - [Feb. 27, 2003] Ethiopia is probably facing its worst drought since the great famine of 1984 and will need a huge mobilisation of food aid to prevent famine again this year, Tony Hall, U.S. ambassador to the U.N. food agencies, said. ETHIOPIA: Call for accountable government to avoid food crises ADDIS ABABA, - Ethiopia faces permanent food crises unless it embraces open, accountable government and radical market reforms, the head of the US government’s aid arm said on Tuesday. Ethiopian Forces Will Join US-Led Anti-Terror Mission in Horn of Africa American Newsmen to Visit East Africa And Join War On Aids The East African (February 24, 2003):Ten journalists from the US will visit East Africa next week on a fact-finding mission into the fight against HIV/Aids. The African-American journalists will tour Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda for 10 days beginning March 7 to see the work being done and what needs to be done to formulate an on the ground African-American agenda to fighting the epidemic through education. $125m Loan for Sub-Saharan Africa Ethiopia admits Somali forays BBC: February 24, 2003: Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has admitted to the BBC he has occasionally sent troops into neighbouring Somalia to attack members of a militant Islamist group, al-Ittihad. On Badme - "Mr Meles said the Boundary Commission had decided that Badme would go to the country that administered the area at the time of the war. This, he suggested, should leave it in Ethiopian hands. He warned that if the commission failed to stick to the facts, it would cause a lot of problems." Adwa, "An Africa Victory" Ethiopian Premiere To Be Featured To Local Audience  Addis Ababa, February 24, 2003 (WIC)- Mypheduh films Inc. is to feature "Adwa-an African victory" this weekend in connection with the celebration of 107th victory of the battle of Adwa.  HORN OF AFRICA: Press conference by US Major General John Sattler ADDIS ABABA, 21 Feb 2003 (IRIN) - US Major General John Sattler is commanding the US-led anti-terrorist task force based in Djibouti, known as the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF). International Concern Over Draft Press Law IRIN -(February 18, 2003): Ethiopia's controversial new draft press law could breach international standards on freedom of expression, a leading advocacy group declared on Tuesday. Ethiopia gets 240m US dollar from African Development Bank Ministry Urges Private Sector To Enter Into Computer Hardware Production, Assembly Business Addis Ababa, February 13, 2003 (WIC)- The Ministry of Infrastructure Development has urged the private sector to launch computer hardware production and assembly factories in the country to facilitate the public's access to information. Highlights- A moment of Truth No need for SA to suffer for Iraq "Perhaps the most significant remark made by anyone so far is US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's suggestion that the United Nations (UN) was in danger of having its own "Abyssinian moment" meaning that just as no one took the League of Nations seriously again after it failed to uphold its own collective security doctrine against Italian aggression in Abyssinia, so the UN could suffer if it failed to uphold its own resolutions on weapons of mass destruction against Iraq. Or, worse still, if the general assembly were to condemn the US and UK for upholding those resolutions." Ineffectiveness in Action: The Failure of the League of Nations" “It’s a torture of tens of thousands of defenseless men, women and children with bombs and poison gas...And the world looks on--and passes by on the other side.” Secondly, three of Italy’s main trading partners, the United States, Germany, and Switzerland, undermined the League efforts by continuing trade with Italy. Ethiopia: OPEC grants 9m dollars for drought efforts Journalists Say Draft Press Law Breaches Nepad Goals AllAfrica.com (February 11, 2003): A controversial new Ethiopian draft press law violates African goals of freedom of expression and good governance, Ethiopian journalists said on Tuesday. Ethiopia's PM says Eritrea could sabotage oil deliveries from Sudan CAIRO, Feb 11 (AFP) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi warned that Eritrea could try to sabotage oil deliveries by truck from Sudan to his country, in an interview published here Tuesday. Great Ethiopian Musical night - a fund raiser for the drought victims in Ethiopia Saturday, March 1, 2003: 8PM-2AM Desperate Ethiopians flee to overcrowded displacement camps AU Conference Centre Building A Symbol Of A New Beginning: Meles African Union Summit Winds Up By Adopting Important Resolutions Addis Ababa, February 4 (WIC)-The First Extra-ordinary Summit of the Assembly of the African Union wound up late yesterday evening by adopting a number of resolutions on conflict prevention, management and resolution and by endorsing amendments to the Constitutive Act of African Union. African Union summit opens BBC (Monday, 3 February, 2003): South African President Thabo Mbeki has officially opened the African Union's first extraordinary summit, in the presence of about 30 heads of state or government. Ethiopia readied to host AU extraordinary summit ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) CPJ Calls For Open Debate On Drat Press Law Addis Tribune (1/31/03): Writers Cafe Section Sports Athletics: Emperor is still highly ambitious AAA Championships: The great indoors for Gebrselassie as he tears up the records again "In nine years of high-speed endurance racing he has taken the 5,000m world record from 12min 58.39sec to 12:39.36, and the 10,000m record from 26:52.23 to 26:22.75. On Friday night he took Haylu Mekonnen's world indoor two miles record, 8:09.66, and tore it to shreds. Circling the 200m track at just over 30sec a lap, for 16 consecutive circuits, he crossed the finish line in 8:04.69. He had covered the first mile in 4:03.1, the second in 4.01.6. It was Gebrselassie's 17th world record on indoor tracks, outdoor tracks or on the roads. Two months short of his 30th birthday the man known in his homeland as "The Emperor" was back to his imperious, high-tempo metronomic running best." Artist Chachi to Open School for Street Children Addis Ababa, February 18, 2003 (WIC)- The founder of Rohete Tesfa for Ethiopian Street Children, Artist Chachi Tadesse is due to launch the construction of school for street children in Addis. Briefing Journalists today, Chachi said the School which will cost up to three million birr will be constructed in sebeta area, Oromiya State. She said the school will offer academic, vocational, as well as ethical education to the street children. Chachi said a three day fund raising event will be organized in early March this year to solicit fund for the construction of the school. Highlights Against all odds - Drought ridden Ethiopia struggles to head off a massive famine Reporter: Brian Stewart | Producer: Carmen Merrifield Camera: Brian Kelly | Editor: Sheldon Beldick February 12, 2002: It's the gravest crisis Ethiopia has ever faced. Twelve million people need food aid. But this isn't the great famine of 1984 again. As they pray for rain, Ethiopians are also mobilizing a grassroots movement to beat the famine. CBC's Brian Stewart: "So it is even worse than it was in 1984?" Old man: "Yes, it is worse than the 1984-85 (famine) because we cannot get any crop or anything. So, yes, it is very bad." MIT Conference on HIV/AIDS & Famine CRISES IN ETHIOPIA: HIV/AIDS & FAMINE A Conference Sponsored by The Experimental Studies Group (ESG) at MIT & Ethiopian Students of the Boston Area February, 22 2002 Commentaries PAY THE PRICE AND INJOY THE FREEDOM! By Tedla (02/15/03): My fellow Countrymen & women, there is no freedom and democracy achieved with out paying the ultimate price in any Country any were on the face of this planet! Commentaries Ending the cycle of famine in Ethiopia Source: International Food Policy Research Institute The situation may seem particularly puzzling, as Ethiopia has increased its food production by 70 percent since the 1980s. Last year, the country experienced its second consecutive year of bumper crop production. Yet, the current crisis looms as large as, or potentially even larger than, the 1984-85 famine. Why does it keep happening? What can be done to prevent future famines? There are four main issues underlying Ethiopia's recurring food crises: poor governance (mostly in the past), the vulnerability of its farmers, problems with the production of food, and markets that don't function. Commentaries Land Reform: A new initiative is required By Daniel Tamene After reading Ato Belay Gessese’s article, “Land Reform- Privatization” and the response from Ayele Mekuria, “Land reform -"Privatization" seen from another angle”, I thought I might as well add my two cents opinion on the subject. Technology THE FIRST AMHARIC/ETHIOPIC KEYBOARD IS ON THE MARKET San Diego (07/02/03): The first Amharic/Ethiopic keyboard/tablet that will allow the user to type Amharic and most of the other Ethiopian/African languages on the computer is now on the market. The keyboard is based on the traditional Amharic alphabetical table, "Fedel Gebeta", which means that all the characters from "Ha" to "Pe" are arranged exactly the way they appear in "Fedel Gebeta". Prof. Donald Levine Lectures at San Jose State University Feb 22 The African Union Conference and Office Complex built at a cost of 11.3 million dollars due to be inaugurated on the opening of the 1st extra ordinary session of the summit of the African Union on Monday.[Source: Addis Tribune] Commentaries Ethiopia Betrayed: Meles and Co. cede sovereign territories to Eritrea by Secret Agreements "The three agreements (1977, 1995 and 2000) are about the same boundary by the same group carried out at different periods but while the underlying criterion to all of them is the boundary shown in the colonial maps, this fact was never ...." Page 17 This paper is presented by Belai Abbai - Former Ethiopian Minister of Land Reform and later Senior Economic Advisor at the World Bank [Source: TISJD Web Site] Commentaries The tragedy of Ethiopia in the dark continent Whiff of Deep-rooted corruption and dictatorship rule taints Ethiopia's attempt to look a democratic country By Dr G. Bekele - 31 January 2003 The two most evil men on earth, according to some westerners are Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. But for us Ethiopians, it is Meles Zenawi, who intentionally drove over 100,000 Ethiopian soldiers to that nuisance war to die, slaughtered innocents, systematically auctioned his country and starved his people to death. Commentaries Ethiopia: A Failed State? By A Concerned Ethiopian "The current Ethiopian state is a failed state and cannot be expected to reinvent or transform itself into a democracy that heeds the concerns of its citizens and is accountable for its failures. I say this for the following reasons." [Source: Addis Tribune] Proclamation N0. 270/2002: A Proclamation to Provide Foreign Nationals of Ethiopian Origin with Certain Rights to be Excercised in their Country of Origin Proclamation. (Requires Adobe Acrobat  reader - Download here)

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