Untangling the financial web: Raising money Muslim relief groups caught in crossfireThe Guardian - United Kingdom; Sep 26, 2001 BY DAVID PALLISTER AND JAMIE WILSON Two worldwide Islamic relief organisations - Muwafaq and Mercy International - are the focus of repeated claims that some of their supporters have links with Osama bin Laden. |
|
Details of Some Terror List Groups By The Associated Press, (September 25, 2001) Calling for a ``strike on the financial foundation'' of terrorists, President Bush (news - web sites) on Monday issued an executive order freezing the assets of several groups. Here are details on some of them |
|
Ethiopian Police Ordered to Speed up Corruption Investigations ADDIS ABABA, September 25 (Xinhuanet) -- Ethiopian Federal High Court has ordered police to finalize their investigations into the cases of suspected corrupt business persons and the politicians behind them within 10 to 14 days, media here reported on Tuesday. |
|
Ethiopian farmers 'hit the big screen' BBC (Monday, 24 September, 2001, 19:30 GMT 20:30 UK) A Hollywood company is planning to take 200 Ethiopian farmers to Namibia to appear in Beyond Borders, a movie starring Angelina Jolie and Kevin Costner, according to reports. |
|
Ethiopia's neglected island monasteries BBC: Monday, 24 September, 2001, 15:16 GMT 16:16 UK As the boat's motor revved into action, and we set off from the green, fertile banks of Bahr Dar town into the great expanse of water before us, I could not help but marvel at the vastness of Ethiopia's largest Lake - Lake Tana. |
|
Finance Ministry Says Facing Audit Report Delay The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa) Addis Ababa: (September 24, 2001) Ministry of Finance (MoF) disclosed that audited finance reports, which different governmental organizations should have submitted to the Ministry, have not been completely submitted yet. |
|
U.S.: Taliban know where bin Laden is CNN) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Sunday disputed reports that Afghanistan's ruling Taliban do not know the whereabouts of suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden or members of his al Qaeda network. Latest developments... |
|
Half-marathon next for Gebrselassie BBC: Wednesday, 19 September, 2001, 14:28 GMT 15:28 UK Haile Gebrselassie will make his half-marathon debut at the event's world championships in Bristol. |
|
Al-Amoudi's Investments Go to Thailand and Egypt Addis Tribune It is a well known fact that our Chairman, Sheik Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi's current multi-sector investments include countries such as Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, France, Greece, Great Britain, United Sates, Morocco, Uganda, Djibouti , South Africa. |
|
USA/Ethiopia: Two outlets for Tigray radio broadcast BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Sep 21, 2001 Despite the new Saturday schedule of Voice of Tigrayans in North America, presumably via Russia on 12110 [kHz] between 1700 and 1800 UT [Universal Time], I've noted that they have continued their broadcast on WWCR immediately following "World of Radio" on Thursdays, though not quite immediately. Last week it was at 2101 and a half UT on 15685 [kHz]. |
|
|
Where Democracy Ends, Dictatorship BeginsAfera Gebru (September 20, 2001)
Since the Prime Minister Meles Zenawi mob rule has started, the current situation in Ethiopia continues widening the cycle of violence. The possibility of a lasting political settlement is gone in the direction of never land. The crisis is profoundly deeper than many political actors may have realized. A fundamental factor has been the Prime Minister that has eliminated or blocked the function of all institutions under his decree.
Emergency contact listEthiopia’s Millennium Spirit Rises High:
The Edmonton 2001 Case
By Asghedom G. Michael, Edmonton, Canada
Sep. 2001
"Ethiopia, one of the ancient nation states of the world, possesses glorious wealth of history and heritage of mystic proportions. Being a mother of millions of world-class heroes and heroines, her recorded history tells it all that Ethiopia humiliated her enemies who ventured to violet her sovereignty and territorial integrity. Those enemies from near and those from afar continents of Europe and other places had to suffer the same fate of humiliation in the hands of Ethiopian patriots."
"Eritrea Vs Ethiopia Or Eritrea With Ethiopia?"
Addis Tribune (Addis Ababa)OPINION by Brhane Habte-Mariam (September 7, 2001)
In the first place the "independence" of Eritrea from Ethiopian "colonialism" (or "Africanism" depending on one's perspective) or the secession of Eritrea from its Ethiopian homeland is the most unjust political settlement in the history of modern Africa. Eritrea's "independence" was a landmark among the many injustices in the history of Africa, because it was the first time a united African nation was forced to break into two states.
(Analysis from scholar point of view – Must read)
Democracy in the Context of Ethiopian PoliticsBy Dr. Ghelawdewos Araia (August 16, 2001)
..."In fact, in order for this society to enjoy democracy, the leadership [state, party or otherwise] must operate democratically within its own parameters. A leadership that is not democractic cannot possibly persue democractic processes in the larger society, and may even resort to banning some basic democractic rights such as freedom of speech and writing, freedom to demonstrate and assemble peaceably, and freedom of inclusion in the political and decision making process. If these fundamental rights are not enjoyed and practiced by the Ethiopian people, then there is no need of logical thinkering. That means, there is no democracy and that is very dangerous."...
VIEWS AND VISIONS ON THE PRESENT POLITICAL TURMOIL OF ETHIOPIA ... Where we are heading?
By Teccola
Where are we heading? Is the present regime of Ethiopia leading the people for their progress and welfare or towards their unrecoverable downfall? This cannot be left to history but it can be witnessed with multitude of evidences presently. Our cherished institutions have been eroded, our constitution reversed, developmental projects and establishments dismantled, rule of law evaded, the basic inalienable human rights are glossed over, opinion expressions are muffled systematically, reign of terror and demaguogic propagandas are every day themes of life, feelings and expressions of the ordinary citizens are desperate and gloomy, there is no way out but terror and agonies.
