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Starving Ethiopians to get aid By Nita Bhalla (BBC Addis Ababa reporter) July 02, 2002 Ethiopia's emergency relief agency says that food is on its way to over a quarter of a million people who are facing serious food shortages in the north-eastern region of Afar.
Boundary Commission Rejects Ethiopian Review Request
IRIN (July 1, 2002) The Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) has said Ethiopia's request for a review of the border ruling, issued earlier this year, is "inadmissible".
American Trade and Investment Mission to Visit Ethiopia in September
The Ethio-American Trade and Investment Council said with the support of the Ethiopian Embassy in Washington, D.C., it will lead a group of U.S. Companies on a trade and investment mission to Ethiopia scheduled to take place from September 14 through September 22, 2002.
Most Ethiopians in denial about Aids - studyAddis Ababa - Almost 98 percent of Ethiopians know about Aids and HIV, but most people tend to think that their personal risk of infection is very low, the east African country's first behavioural study showed on Wednesday.
ETHIOPIA: Afar region facing critical periodADDIS ABABA, 27 Jun 2002 (IRIN) - Poor rains have hit one of the remotest parts of Ethiopia, threatening severe food shortages, according to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
SASAKAWA GLOBAL HEALTH PRIZE
The Gondar college of Medical Science
received award from WHO in Geneva Switzerland for the best
1)Training of health professionals in a team, 2)Strategic approach for chronic illnesses follow-up and 3)Dabat rural health surveillance project The Dream and the hard work of the remining doctors came true and GMS will be upgraded to full University in two years. World Bank provided $5 million dollars (41 Million Birr) for this project.
ETHIOPIA: Special report on the BoranaYABELO, 26 Jun 2002 (IRIN) - The sick often walk day and night for medical help at Yabelo Health Centre in southern Ethiopia. For many it is a wasted trip: the centre, which serves some 103,000 people, has no doctor, electricity, or running water, only a handful of medical supplies, and just four beds.
Ethiopian Rebels Step Up Offensive, Kill HundredsNAIROBI, Kenya (Reuters) - [June 26, 2002] Rebels of Ethiopia's Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) said Wednesday they had killed more than 300 government troops in the last week after stepping up their military campaign.
OMCT Condemns the Attack Perpetrated Against Peaceful DemonstratorsWorld Organization Against Torture (Geneva) PRESS RELEASE: June 25, 2002
Aids devastating Africa, UN says BBC June 25, 2002: Every part of African society from teachers to soldiers is under attack from Aids with over 30% of the adult population infected in some countries, the United Nations says in a new report.
Rotary club grants 286, 768 USDADDIS ABABA, June 25 -- (Africast.com) Kassahun Ayele Ethiopian Ambassador to the United States has thanked the Rotary Club of Columbia for securing a 286,768 USD grant from Rotary International to help fight HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia.
ETHIOPIA: Uneasy calm restored in Awasa AWASA, 25 Jun 2002 (IRIN) - Bekele Sakuma is now hoping for calm and peace. Just four weeks ago he identified the body of his 17-year-old son, shot dead during clashes with security forces in the southern Ethiopian town of Awasa. "The hardest thing a father can do is pick his son out of a line of bodies," said Bekele, a 55-year-old security guard who lives in the nearby village of Loke.
Tales of Africa's entrepreneursBBC (June 24, 2002):The world's most influential leaders are thrashing out strategies to improve the plight of the poor in Africa.
Noah Samara Says Wants to Make a Proposal to Help the Transformation of Ethiopian
EducationAddis Tribune (June 21, 2002): The founder and Chairman of WorldSpace, Noah Samara said this week that he wants to make a proposal to the Ethiopian government to help the transformation of Ethiopian education.
Bush launches Aids fund for Africa
BBC: June 19, 2002) President Bush has pledged $500m to help fight the spread of Aids
in Africa. "The global devastation of HIV-Aids staggers the imagination and shocks the
conscience," he said at the White House. He also called for other countries to help fight Aids in Africa where the
disease is the continent's number one killer.
World Bank approves $120 mln Ethiopia loanWASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - The World Bank on Tuesday said it had approved a $120 million loan for Ethiopia.
Ethiopia warns Italy of sanctions Scotsman (June 19, 2002)Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Ethiopia's parliament passed a resolution on Tuesday declaring that relations with Italy would be badly damaged if the Axum Obelisk was not promptly returned to Ethiopia and that sanctions could follow.
ETHIOPIA: Interview with leading conservationist Stuart WilliamsADDIS ABABA, 18 Jun 2002 (IRIN) - Stuart Williams is a leading British conservationist spearheading the fight to save two of Ethiopia’s rarest animals, the Ethiopian Wolf and the Grevy Zebra, both of which face imminent extinction.
Top UN peacekeeping official in Ethiopia, Eritrea for talks on border decisionUN News Centre: (17 June, 2002)
About 250,000 Ethiopian Children Living with HIV/AIDSADDIS ABABA, June 17 (Xinhuanet) -- An Ethiopian health official has disclosed that about 250,000 Ethiopian children are living with the HIV/AIDS due to mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of the virus.
World's AIDS crisis worsening, report saysDisease spreading fast in sub-Saharan Africa By John Donnelly, Globe Staff, 6/16/2002 WASHINGTON - The AIDS pandemic will rapidly worsen, with the number of cases possibly doubling in sub-Saharan Africa in five years, according to an analysis by US intelligence officials. 
Golden day for Senegal BBC: July 16, 2002Sweden 1-2 Senegal (aet)How far can Senegal go? A thrilling golden goal from Henri Camara took Senegal through at Sweden's expense and ensured Africa will be represented in the last eight.
Rotary Club Targets AIDS In EthiopiaColumbia Group Funds 3 Counseling Centers Washington Post (Thursday, June 13, 2002; Page HO03)
ETHIOPIA: UN says making poor farmers repay loans "immoral"ADDIS ABABA, 13 Jun 2002 (IRIN) - The United Nations said on Thursday that forcing farmers facing serious food shortages to pay back money borrowed to improve their land was "immoral". The UN’s Emergency Unit For Ethiopia (EUE) said the government should ease the credit burden on already overstretched farmers facing severe food shortages. It said many farmers in Sidama Zone in southern Ethiopia were already relying heavily on humanitarian help from charities and could not repay their loans. In some parts of the country, farmers who have been unable to meet the repayments on money borrowed for improved seeds and fertilisers have been jailed. Interest on loans taken out by farmers can be as high as 12.5 percent – higher than bank rates – for "agricultural extension packages" of improved seeds and fertiliser.
France Agrees to Fund Ethiopia on City Development
Xinhuanet 2002-06-13
ETHIOPIA: Teenagers speak of their experience at UN NAIROBI, 12 Jun 2002 (IRIN) - Two Ethiopian teenagers who made history at a
landmark United Nations General Assembly children's summit have told of how they
played a vital role there. Zerihun Mamo and Weinshet Asfaw, who had never
travelled outside of the country before, told IRIN on Wednesday how they spelt
out the demands of Ethiopian children.
Freed Ethiopian dissident to fight on BBC: Tuesday, 11 June, 2002Dr Taye was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for forming an illegal political party and conspiring against the state - a charge that he continues to deny. "I was tried and sentenced by a kangaroo court which was simply at the beck and call of the government of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi," he says. Secret Document
Document reveals UNMEE forcing Ethiopian Army
General to Body Searches at Mereb River
Deki-Alula (June 11, 2002)
ETHIOPIA: Use of "lethal force" criticised
 NAIROBI, 11 Jun 2002 (IRIN) - An international human rights organisation has criticised Ethiopia's use of "lethal force" against civilians.
Ethiopia tries to save wildlifeAddis Ababa - (NEWS 24) Four mammal and two bird species native to Ethiopia are facing extinction, according to the Ethiopian Institute of Biodiversity Conservation and Research (ICRB).
Ethiopian hijackers killed BBC: June 09, 2002
Fighting between Afar rebels, government
forces in northeastern Ethiopia
Deki-Alula (June 8, 2002)
Ethiopia accused of ceasefire violationBBC - June 8, 2002 The war of words between the United Nations and Ethiopia intensified on Friday after the UN accused Ethiopia of violating an international agreement between them.
52 people allegedly killed in AwassaA Special Report - The Reporter (June 5, 2002) Fifty-two civilians and two policemen were reportedly killed and more than hundred wounded in Awassa town and its environs in Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s region on May 24 as peaceful demonstrators clashed with security forces.
Ethiopia Losing More Medical ProfessionalsADDIS ABABA, June 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Ethiopia is currently ranked the first among other African countries as a nation that loses medical professionals and other intellectuals, the local media reported Thursday. |
We once again will gatherer together to remember the
innocent victims, the children, and their parents, attending the Mekelle Ayder
Elementary school, who
were massacred at the hands of the Eritrean Air Force
dropping cluster bombs on June 5, 1998.
May God grant our homeland and all of us where ever we are.Welcome – Committee Members Date June 8, 2002 Time: 5.30 PM Place : 1610 Columbia Rd NW ( 16th & Columbia Rd) Washington Family Church For more information, contact TISJD |
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ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: Border ruling ambiguous, Ethiopia says ADDIS ABABA, 3 Jun 2002 (IRIN) - Ethiopia has said the independent border ruling of 13 April is ambiguous and contains errors, and has therefore called for "interpretation, correction and consultation" regarding the decision.
Battle awaits O'Neill as he returns from trip round AfricaBy Alan Beattie (June 3, 2002) Financial Times: Paul O'Neill returns to his desk in Washington today with, by his own admission, a lot of thinking to do.
Victims of Expatriate Paedophiles speak of physical, psychological damagesAwassa, May 31, 2002 (WIC) - Reports from the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples State (SNNPS) speak of several young boys having suffered physical and psychological damages as a result of abuses by expatriate paedophiles from among the clergy of the Catholic Church, in Sidama Zone.
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What Is The Purpose Of Alemseged's Tour? Who Is The Sponsor Of His Tour?By Getachew Reda (July 02, 2002)
Let me begin to support my view with Professor Tecola W.Hagos's quotation. "There is nothing worse than to live a life in fear of another human being, I will always needle Ethiopian leaders, I will be a thorn in their side; criticizing, even insulting them whenever I see injustice, despotic behavior and anti democratic and anti people tendencies. I have tremendous faith and respect for the simple men and women of Ethiopia. I believe there will come a day when citizens of Ethiopia will live all fair right, and need my help least."
TRYING TIMES FOR THE MELES REGIMEBy Tsegay Gebriye (Julu 02, 2002)
The Meles region seems to have turned a deaf ear to the unpalatable news that its request for "interpretation, correction and consultation" to the EEBC decision of April 13, 2002 has been consigned to the dustbin. The likes of Walta Information center and Bereket Simon, the mouthpieces of the regime have not yet tried to offer their usual distorted interpretations to convince the Ethiopian people not to accept the truth.
How do you win against those who seek death?By Dr. G. Bekele
What is the question now? How do you debate with people who do not
want to argue about the quality of life for our people and our
sovereignty except insofar as it is a preparation for a glorious
death? How do you protect yourself, your nation and your country
from people who are not only prepared to die (as all fighting armies
must be), but who also actually wish to do so; who see death itself
as the ultimate goal? What kind of battle is this? This is simply
ludicrous - a form of contagious murderous insanity financed by
the "West" and driven by the "Devil." God have Mercy on Ethiopia!
Lelay - By Artist Reshan Gebre
Tigray.net would like to introduce one of the hottest Tigrigna Album by the new artist -
Reshan Gebre. At the age of sixteen, Reshan has started playing "Kirar" and sings cultural
Tigrigna songs with her incredible voice. Since then she has been performing on
different occasions in Ethiopia, Canada and later on in Washington DC.
Currently, she has released a new album called "Lelay". Her unique voice and
style fuses the traditional Tigrigna music with a variety of modern
beats.
Urgent Message from Deki-AlulaAn individual who later unfolded himself as a victim of the disastrous TPLF legacy of "destroy what others build" had tried to steal Deki-Alula. His enormous suffering was to bring back the destructive legacy of TPLF. How? By painting a rosy picture of the so-called TPLF dissidents as though our memory is gone and could not remember who were those responsible for carrying Eritrean agents for 27 years. They thought they would make angels out of the deciples of the enemies of Ethiopia! Deki-Alula - a site which strives to promote the shared ideals and values of the Ethiopian people - would temporarily stay here at our old site - until we notify our visitors about our next step.
The Editor
To all Members and Supporters of the TISJD! June 27, 2002
'Punishing' Developing countries! The hypocrisy of Western DemocraciesBy: Tseggai Mebrahtu
Western European leaders have been discussing ways best suited to stop illegal immigration from developing countries. To this end, they have come out with a proposal aiming to ‘punish’ developing countries responsible for illegal immigration. Although such a measure is reported to be dividing member countries of the European Union, the fact that it has been the subject of discussion is something which cannot leave nationals of developing countries indifferent. The interesting thing here is that the whole western attitude towards the immigration issue is full of contradictions.
Kosmbishtato Wuney Wosidato "For The World Daddy With The Blue Helmet"By Getachew Reda
Tsegay and Reda By Tsegay
You have a chance to survive in this Debate, Or else shut up! Reply to A.K.Tsegay
[By Getachew Reda]
Tsegay bashing the new trend - jump in the band wagon
By Tsegay (June 25, 2002)
Where Is Tsegaye "Debteraw" Of EPRP? Getachew Reda
The art of getting things done through peopleBy Dr. Bekele (June 24, 2002)
Mankind survives and operates through organization. Organization is needed to provide us with our motorcars, cultural amenities, our health care, education, our consumer goods and information services. For all these things we have to work together – to organize. We also are organized.
Speak Up, Expose...By Zeleke W.A. (June 24, 2002)
I have been following the recent exchange of views initiated by Dr. G. Bekele's article on Tigrai Net in relation to the distraction of Ethiopia and its people caused by the colonial-style administration of Meles and his cronies for the last eleven years.
San Francisco Bay Area Radio Ethiopia at 90.5 FM KSJS
As most of you are aware, Radio Ethiopia is about to
celebrate its 5th birthday in a couple of months.Radio Ethiopia, hereby, would like to remind you starting Sunday June 30th 2002 the hour-long programming time will be changed from 01:00-02:00pm to 05:00-06:00pm every Sunday at 90.5 FM KSJS ground zero radio.
Abebe! From Addis Abeba, Go A Head Please!
(Reply to A.G.Tsegay to that fraudulent fragrant writer) By Getachew Reda
TWO FLAGS ONE MUDDLETsegay Gebriye of London Are you in the muddle too? He Is
BY: Dr. G Bekele (20 June 2002) [word format]
He’s a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. "I have just read your second lousy comments buried in the back pages of Tigrai Net. You sound like a frustrated old man who never made a success, an eight-ulcer man on a four-ulcer job, and all four ulcers working. I have never met you, but if I do you’ll need a new nose and plenty of beefsteak and perhaps a supporter below". Would you fancy that as a starter for your last supper?
OUR LEADERS' DEEDS ARE MORE WORRYING THAN THEIR LOOKSBy Tsegay Gebriye (June 19, 2002)
I don't like to dwell on an issue that I thought had been settled. But, Mr.Getachew Reda after his "moving thought on Dr. Bekele's article" has taken the matter further in his article "As There is No limit to Praise Our Saints of The Sky, There is no Limit As Well For Bashing & cursing The Devil of Earth Either! (This Is A Respond To That Fraudulent Fragrant pen)".
"A FLAWED PHILOSOPHY"
A.G. Tsegay’s attempt to marry compassion and meritocracy, is doomed to fail. In response to A.G. Tsegay’s (16/06/02) attack on Tigrai Org. and My Article, "Beat the Evil Forces and the Future is yours"
By: Dr. G Bekele (18 June, 2002)
I have read your Article “Meles Bashing” on Tigrai Net while millions who follow the dedicated Ethiopian web sites like Tigrai Net were left rubbing their eyes in sheer disbelief. I honestly admire your “compassion”, “meritocracy” “fear” and your “Political Correctness”. But what I refuse to agree with you and fear is, if we use your methods of “wait and see” to fully materialize, the fate of our country will be death. Therefore, we will have “waited too long” and then nothing will be left in our country and in particular Tigrai but ashes, dust, dead bodies and Shaebia to again loot our country and control our affairs. You wouldn’t like these to happen to the beautiful and historical Tigrai or in general our country Ethiopia. Would you?
Wedi Dejach-Gerelasse or Wedi-Alula Aba-Nega? Divie and Rule The Mark of The Eritrean Beast
A Response to Mr. Haileselassie GirmayBy Eyrusalem Beirhu
I find it appropriate to begin my say by foot noting my heading: Dejach Gerelasse is an Adwan governer who sold Tesene to the Italyans for a riffle, folow suited by Meles Zenawi who also comes from a line of a traitor an ascari, whose sole objective is to defend the ascaries at the expense of Ethiopia. Alula Aba-Nega, in the contrary is an Ethiopian Hero who successfully fought and defeated all enemies of Ethiopia in defense of his country.
As there is no limit to Praise our Saints of the sky, There is no limit
as well for Bashing & cursing the Devil of Earth Either! (This is a respond to that Fraudulent Fragrant pen)By Getachew Reda
A formidable enemy (Banda) stands before us, and we must overthrow him. To do this, everything is recommended including BASHING and TRASHING. The top Bandas and the thick skinned Sheepish, and his shallow roots may have difficulty understanding what is taking place at this moment in Ethiopia under the Bandit government of Meles. There are cadres or confuse elements who they felt chilly & shivering, any time we trash and bash Meles.
Meles bashing "must read article"By A.G. Tsegay (June 16, 2002)
I have read the acrimonious article by Dr. G. Bekele. The level of denigration, bad language and cynicism aside, Dr Bekele's article lacks originality and amounts to nothing more than statement of grievances already aired by many Ethiopians. I understand that Dr. Bekele is entitled to express his views concerning the state of his country. What I don't understand is what criteria Tgrai.org has employed to elevate this article to a status of "must read".
A Moving thoughts on Dr. Bekele's
article - "Unite to beat the evil force and the future is yours"
must read article
Unite to beat evil forces and the future is yours!“He” either miscalculated a failure of Judgment – or – he – underestimated the Ethiopian people – a failure of Leadership.
By: Dr. G Bekele (12 June 2002)
[word format click here]
“They are accursed in heaven and on earth … a catastrophe for the human race … They are the virus of the generation … They are the plaque of the generation and the bacterium of all time … Their history was and always will be stained with treachery, treason, falseness and lying … They are a model of debasement and degradation”. “They” of course are; Meles Zenawi and his cronies whom we all routinely recognize through the excoriating language of their enemies; the Ethiopian people.
Cyberspace: The Virtual TearoomBy: Beniam!
A stone throw away from Ethiopia, across the Red Sea, lays one of the richest states in the world. Abundant in black gold [oil] with over 25% of the worlds known reserves the inhabitants of this rich nation enjoy a high standard of material life.<
The Merciless Killing of Innocent Civilians In Ethiopia Must Be
StoppedTigrian International Solidarity for Justice and Democracy (TISJD)- June 12, 2002
Call for Ethiopia to join Arab League? I beg you pardon?By Getachew Reda (San Jose, California)
"What did the Sudanese or Somalia people got out of being an Arab member? Your society is leaving in hell. Even the black Sudanese citizens in Saudi Arabia are treated like the other slaves living there. Who are you talking Dr.Hassan Meki? You are talking to Ethiopians, who knows you inside out! Stop talking crazy politics and secede yourself from the Arabs -the Arabs who never have faith in humanity or in Allah, who raped, abused, slaughter, torture, kill refugees from Africa, Philippine...
Football fever hits Senegal
BBC: Senegal entered the second round of the World Cup at about 0820 in Dakar on Monday.
But any thoughts of breakfast, let alone work, were quickly thrown to one side as fans poured out onto the streets at the final whistle thousands of miles away in South Korea.
Oh! Italy! Did you get the wireless message Call? From the God of Ethiopia through that thunderous Lightning?
By Getachew reda (San Jose, California)
ERITREA- MELES's PREDATOR
By: Atnafseged (June 8, 2002)
It seems to me most strange why Meles, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia is going to great lengths to appease Eritrea at the expense of Ethiopia in general and the Tigrean Ethiopians in particular. Does he realize that this is contrary to the best interest of Ethiopia of which he is a leader and that he is ruining his political career by acting JESUS for the Eritreans.
Seyoum Mesfin warns Legwaila that UNMEE should not rush before Ethiopia is finished off through "legal" demarcation (Text in
Amharic)Deki-Alula (June 6, 2002)
Abiy Araya: Wogatha's Senior Staff Writer: "The document (minutes) reveals Seyoum Mesfin - Zenawi's Eritrea-related political mouthpiece - arguing with Joseph Legwaila that UNMEE should not publicize Eritrea's victory before Ethiopian territories are legally finished off and handed over to Asmara. This approach, Seyoum argues, would leave no room for Ethiopians to hold the Meles Zenawi regime accountable for any act."
THE HAGUE’S BORDER DELIMITATION RULING BETWEEN ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA:A NEW ALARMING PROBLEM FOR THE IROB PEOPLE (A Statement & Appeal Addressed to the International Community)
By Rev. Tesfamariam Baraki (An Irob-Ethio-American Citizen):June, 2002
As expected, on April 13, 2002, the UN Boundary Commission in The Hague unscrupulously pronounced its binding verdict on the demarcation of disputed borders between Eritrea and Ethiopia. Although the endeavor of adjudication by the members of the Commission was commendable, the method employed in reaching and making this binding ruling was not justifiable.
Ethiopian Wars: The Battle Of Clones
[Great analysis - must read]
By Beniam (June 03, 2002)
Writing towards the end of 1987, Edmond Keller states that "Ethiopia today is characterized by dependent autonomy; the state’s ability for autonomous behavior is often circumscribed by its external dependence. Even if it was to solve the "national question," it would still be extremely dependent on external assistance…" This was said of the Derge regime during the final days of the cold war.
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