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100th anniversary of U.S. - Ethiopia relations, Saturday December 6th, and Sunday December 7th at Kresge Auditorium Stanford University
Focus The first Miss World Ethiopia  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia- The first ever Miss World Ethiopia (MWE) was chosen on october 23rd, 2003 in the final competition held at the Addis Ababa Hilton. Miss Hayat Ahmed Mohammed, age twenty-one, was chosen by a panel of nine international judges as Miss World Ethiopia 2003. Atetegeb Tesfaye and Yorrdanos Teshager respectively won second and third runner up. The first of its kind gathering was attended by well over 500 with dignitaries, international judges, cameramen and celebrities encouraging the anticipation and excitement. The spectacular lighting effects put the final touches on the mood that had twenty-five young ladies wondering who among them would have a dream come true. Press Release Tecola Hagos Launches a New Website November 18, 2003 - Washington, DC Tecola Hagos launched a new website today focusing on political commentary and issues relevant to Ethiopians at home and abroad, with articles contributed by current Ethiopian scholars. The new website will concentrate on current issues dealing with the government and political situation in Ethiopia, as well as human rights, freedom of the press and the future of Ethiopia and its people. Distinguished authors will contribute to the site. Contributions from other Ethiopian scholars and distinguished Ethiopian authors around the world will all be considered for publication on the website. Platitudes Aplenty There has never been a dearth of self-adulatory opinions on the part of the incumbent government here. In fact, what the Ethiopian people are suffering from is a plethora of an endless session of brainwashing conducted so incompetently on television by government officials. Television has, in fact, become the purveyor of so many seemingly infallible opinions expressed by the Prime Minister in particular – supplemented, of course, by what his cronies in the “distinguished” personages of his loyal ministers would like us to believe. [Source: Addis Tribune] Speaking of people ETHIOPIA: Interview with Meaza Ashenafi, head of women lawyers association 
ADDIS ABABA, 7 Nov 2003 (IRIN) - Meaza Ashenafi founded the Ethiopian Women
Lawyers Association (EWLA) in 1995, of which she is still the executive
director. After returning to Ethiopia from the US, where she received the Hunger
Project Award – known as the African Nobel Prize – for representing women in
Ethiopia, she told IRIN about the difference her organisation has made in
ensuring women’s rights, but also why Ethiopia is still an extremely difficult
country to live in as a woman.
Economy Ethiopia ranks very low in growth and business competitiveness indices Ethiopia ranked 92nd out of 102 countries in growth competitiveness index that measures the overall growth of the economy, according to the World Economic Forum competitiveness report released last week. [Source The Reporter] Ethiopia hoping for doll success 
Ethiopia's proud history and rich heritage is being kept alive by a 38cm-high
plastic doll. Senzero is the first ever doll to be manufactured in Ethiopia. His creator, Girma Zelleke, confidently predicts that the Senzero doll will take the country by storm, as he already has his own successful animated television series. Seeking Monopoly over Ambo Mineral Water Distribution? By the Management of Ambo Mineral Water Factory Reference is made to the Article entitled "The man who Aspires to Convert Ethiopian Water into American Dollars" by Fikre Tolossa published in Addis Tribune, last Friday. The Article deals with the interest of a businessman named Mr. Abetu Guale who has been trying to avail Ambo Mineral Water to the USA market through Blue Nile Enterprise. We understand from the article that the company, "Blue Nile Enterprise", is formed by Mr. Abetu Guale and his business partners. The article mentions the fact that the Ambo Mineral Water has been tested and found fit for import into USA. Professional tasters have also given the Ambo Mineral Water "raving testimony". All this is very interesting. Child's tale of Ethiopian slave prince 
The intriguing tale of how an African slave became a general under Russian
Czar Peter the Great has been turned into a children's story.Abraham Petrovic Hannibal was in charge of military engineering across Russia, helped fortify St Petersburg in the 18th century and was the great grandfather of Russian literary icon, Alexander Pushkin. 
But he was originally a slave - an Ethiopian prince, his family say. Abraham Hannibal and the Battle for the Throne was published earlier this month, while Abraham Hannibal and the Raiders of the Sands was released in April. The Man Who Aspires to Convert Ethiopian Water into American Dollars By Fikre Tolossa, Ph. D. Abetu Guale, an Ethiopian immigrant, residing in Oakland California, began his research in 2001 on a lucrative commodity of the future. The outcome of his research became none other than the seemingly inexpensive product - water! EQUITABLE UTILIZATION OF THE BLUE NILE RIVER SUB-BASIN: CONTEXT, PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS Introduction to Doctoral Dissertation Dr. Yosef Yacob** The events of the last two decades have made people throughout the world understand that water is a scarce resource on earth. The Sahelian drought, which has continued for most of three decades, for example, is responsible for famines in Ethiopia, the Sudan, and the Horn of Africa more generally and, consequently, this part of Africa has been dependent on food aid for several decades. Even the USA, has suffered from drought in the arid western regions, especially in California, and from over-utilization of its water resources. Europe, another important source of cereal exports, suffered from severe drought conditions in 1990, not only causing Greece and France to introduce water rationing but also creating severe water shortages in England, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Hungary. A river runs through it  By Ruth AlmogHaggai Erlich succeeds in shedding light on the myths surrounding the history of relations between Egypt and Ethiopia - so says a surprisingly favorable Al-Ahram Weekly review. Commentary Eritrians Back to Ethiopia- Who is Responsible? By Y. Mesfin, October19, 2003 The EEBC’s Crime of Injustice, the Complicity of the UN, and the Betrayal of the International Community against the Irob Minority in Ethiopia: A Critical Statement and an Urgent Call for Justice By the Reverend Abba Tesfamariam Baraki An Irob-Ethiopian-American Citizen Washington, DC, USA 14 October 2003
 Moblizing Ethiopians Living Abroad for the development of ETHIOPIA  In 2001, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) initiated a capacity building program for Africa entitled Migration for Development in Africa (MIDA). The MIDA program aims to establish links between African countries and their citizens living abroad, without jeopardizing their social status and benefits gained in their host country. ........ IOM would be grateful if you could complete the attached questionnaire and send it to the following electronic mailbox IOM.Belyou.Guirbo@wfp.org Or postal address of IOM, P.O.Box 25283 Code 1000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Questionnaire (Requires Adobe Acrobat reader - Download here)  |
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ADDIS ABABA, 20 Oct 2003 (IRIN) - Ethiopia has again attacked the independent
boundary commission set up to rule on the contested 1,000 km border with
Eritrea.
Staff Reporter ADDIS ABABA, 17 October 2003 :Ethiopian prime minister rejects border finding.
ADDIS ABABA:
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has
defied pressure from the United
Nations and the United States, by telling parliament that he will demand new
negotiations to solve the country's border dispute with Eritrea.