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TigraiNet Persons of the Year 2006
Dogs of War for Hard Currency:
Shaebia’s Mischievous Strategic Policy
A Critical Commentary (Segid Habenom, PhD)
What circumstances forced Shaebia to sell services of its guerrilla fighters as dogs of war to enemies of Ethiopia? In an attempt to answer this fundamental question, I highlight the key personal, social, economic, constitutional, and ecosystem (natural environment) factors that characterize the current Eritrean landscape.
UN backs peace force for Somalia
Members of nations, nationalities in Tigray State express readiness to safeguard country
Bank exec in his prime
Daniel Yohannes launches a "green" bank and is tapped by city and state officials for his expertise.
For much of his career, Daniel Yohannes had to worry about one kind of green - boosting the bottom line at financial giant U.S. Bancorp.
Now Yohannes is focused on a wider palette of green - funding up-and-coming businesses in alternative energy, energy conservation, organic foods and related fields.
The Global Coffee Crisis, the Current Starbucks/Ethiopia " Patent & Trademark" Controversy and the absence of the Ethiopian Diaspora from the Discourse
Global Coffee Market and Coffee Crisis
Coffee is one of the most highly traded commodities in the world, second only to oil. The trade of coffee generates $80 billion every year in the global market, and that amount is growing. 
In 2001, coffee prices on the global market hit a 30-year low, and a humanitarian crisis ensued for the 25 million coffee farmers and families around the world, including many in Ethiopia. The fall in revenue has affected the income small farmers earned for the 'fruit of their labor" As a result, the farmer are unable to send their children to school and could not afford to pay for their basic needs.
African Millennium Celebration For Ethiopia
Overhead in Ethiopia...
When big names such as El Guerrouj, Kluft and Bekele descended on the Toyoto Great Ethiopian Run, it briefly turned Addis Ababa into the epicentre of the athletics world’s ever-moving circus
TDA-UK at Croossroads
Eleven nations feed Somali war build-up - experts
NAIROBI, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Militant groups and 11 countries are funnelling the military aid needed for a full-scale war into Somalia, widening the threat of conflict into the Horn of Africa and beyond, sources said a United Nations report will say.
Ethiopia receives $37 million in U.S. food aid
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters) -- The United States on Wednesday gave Ethiopia food aid worth $37 million to help the Horn of Africa country feed more than 5 million people in 2007, a senior U.S. official said.
Indian firms urged to tap Ethiopia's agricultural investment opportunities
Tell Starbucks to Give Ethiopian Farmers Their Fair Share
Each year, coffee companies make billions of dollars. Starbucks alone earned almost $5.8 billion in net revenues during the first three quarters of 2006. Read More
To Araya Zerihun family:
We are saddened by the loss of your loved one. We will NEVER forget Araya and what he did for his country Ethiopia, Tigrai in particular. He is a true Ethiopian hero. You are all in our thoughts and prayers. We hope that this page will be a source of comfort and encouragement for you during this difficult time.
TIGRAInet web team
Oprah Winfrey, Bono promote new clothing line and iPod to fight AIDS in Africa
CHICAGO Talk show host Oprah Winfrey and humanitarian rocker Bono went on a shopping spree in Chicago to promote a new line of clothing, accessories and gadgets, including a special-edition iPod, that will raise money to fight AIDS in Africa.
A new jihad
Ethiopia: Why are Christians always the first to know? On Monday Somali jihadists declared holy war against Horn of Africa rival Ethiopia. But at least 48 hours before the pronouncement, church leaders in southwestern Ethiopia already had discovered they were at war with radical Islamists.
European Commission delegation visits flower farm in Oromia state
Menagesha, October 01, 2006 (WIC) - A 33-man high-level European Commission delegation visited today a flower farm in Wolmera woreda of Oromia state.
The delegation visited a farm established with 3.5 million USD investment two years ago by Solomon Sebhatu.
"The Politics of Biosafety" discussed by head of Ethiopia's Ministry of the Environment
WALLA WALLA, Wash.— “The Politics of Biosafety” will be the topic of the second O’Donnell Lecture on the Whitman campus this academic year when the general manager of Ethiopia’s Environmental Protection Authority visits the college Thursday, Sept. 28.
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