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Oromo and Ogaden Communities Protest Against Zenawi at to G20

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Oromo Rally in Toronto Some of the Dictatorial Natures of Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi and His regime

As one of the worst enemies of freedom of expression in the world who has had the highest number of imprisoned journalists since 1992, Meles Zenawi has made the Ethiopian peoples voiceless by severely weakening independent press through continuous and indiscriminate crackdown, and by maintaining full control over electronic media and the Internet service, despite the provisions in the Constitution and the Press Law that allow the private ownership and investment; he has become the first head of state in the world to charge journalists with treason simply because they put pen to paper and attempted to help ordinary citizens exercise their right to freedom of expression;

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Uproar Over Meles Zenawi's presence at G20 in Canada

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Meles in Canada G20...the protesters were also expected to include groups and concerns foreign to most Canadians, whose demonstrations are to be directed against the attendance of foreign dictators such as Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi...Orangeville Citizen

CNN:'Africa's Mother Teresa' on raising Ethiopia's famine orphans

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Abebech GobenaAddis Ababa, Ethiopia (CNN) -- The sight of a baby girl suckling on the breast of her dead mother changed the course of Abebech Gobena's life forever. The year was 1980 and Ethiopia lay in the grip of what would become one of the most devastating famines in its history.

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Ethiopia's 'Hyena Men' Talk to the Animals

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Hyena manBy Heather Murdock | Harar, Ethiopia
Adam Mohamad, a butcher is not a "hyena man," but like many Hararis, he feels close to the animals and will feed them by hand if they come to his shop. The countryside surrounding Harar, an ancient walled city in eastern Ethiopia, is dense with hyenas. The people of Harar say hyenas are not dangerous scavengers; they are a regular part of society.

Africa's New Age of Authoritarianism

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Getty ImagesBy Jason McLure : June 18, 2010

Why Democracy Isn’t Working

Despite an economic renaissance, much of Africa is drifting toward a new age of authoritarianism. A government supporter of Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front at a demonstration.

To a casual observer, the tens of thousands of people who poured into the central square of Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on May 25 to peacefully celebrate the country’s elections might have been mistaken for a massive symbol of democratic progress in a poor and troubled part of the world. In fact it was quite the opposite.

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World Cup 2010 Live Streaming Websites

southafrica2010Official World Cup 2010 Live Streaming Websites

ESPN 3 is probably the safest bet for those in the US. The sports channel will be streaming all 64 games, although we’re hearing they’re “paying more than ever to carry the World Cup in the United States,” a NYT article says.

Book Review : Contending Nationalisms - Oromia vs Ethiopia

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Asafa JalataCONTENDING NATIONALISMS OF OROMIA AND ETHIOPIA:
Struggling for Statehood, Sovereignty, & Multinational Democracy, by Asafa Jalata.
(Global Academic Publishing, Binghamton University, $34.95) 229 pages.

Review by Qeerransoo Biyyaa*

If you are interested in issues of self-determination and multinational democracy, security, and development in the Eastern Africa, and have been puzzled by why decades of experimentations and foreign aid poured into the region in these areas yielded anything but desired outcomes, a new academic book by one of the foremost authorities in the region can help you understand the underlying causes.

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