President for a day: No proxy war (BBC News)

Tell us what your inaugural address to the nation would be if you were elected president of your country.

Ethiopia betrayed Africa at Copenhagen

By Lucas Liganga, This Day THE misunderstanding among Africans when it comes to making crucial decisions came to light last week during the UN Climate Change conference held in the Danish capital Copenhagen. After two weeks of intensive negotiations, the African group made a formal submission to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change on Africa’s position on dealing with climate change.

Up to 19 dead after suicide bomb attack in Somalia

By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN, Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia – A male suicide bomber dressed as a woman attacked a university graduation ceremony Thursday in a small part of the capital still under government control, killing up to 19 people, including three Cabinet ministers and three journalists. The attack was a severe blow to a country long battered by war and underscored the government’s tenuous hold on even a small area of Mogadishu

Minding The Iran Weapons Pipeline (Strategy Page)

November 11, 2009: Eritrea has a deserved reputation as an arms depot for various radical and rebel groups around the world.

Can Ethiopia’s Electoral Code Guarantee Fair Elections?

By Peter Heinlein ( VOA News , Addis Ababa) Ethiopia’s parliament is set to adopt an electoral code agreed on by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s ruling party and three of the opposition groups challenging his rule in elections next May. A coalition of eight other parties boycotted negotiations on the code, saying it fails to address their concerns that the system is rigged in the ruling party’s favor. VOA’s Peter Heinlein in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa examines the possibilities for a democratic opening in a country seen by many as a de facto one-party state.

Unite My People: Liberty, Equality, and Freedom, or DEATH

By Ziyad Kadir* By my people I mean; you, your sisters, your brothers, families, friends, clan, tribe, ethnic group and all of you – the dwellers of these vast place called mother Earth. Liberty is individuals’ right to live on earth and act according to their will. Equality is the state of being equal irrespective of age, gender, social status, color, or other markers of our uniqueness

The TPLF taking over Oromo Coffee farms and businesses

The tribal TPLF regime of Ethiopia established the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) in April 2008 to control the Ethiopian (Oromo) coffee business. The ECX Board of Directors is composed exclusively of ethnic Tigre’s and few Amharas. Despite the fact that the majority of coffee exported from the country comes from Oromia, there is no Oromo in this enterprise established to expropriate Oromo coffee farmers and business people by the Tigre regime.

Guna, Owned by Ethiopian Ruling Party, Eyes Coffee-Export Share (Bloomberg)

Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) — Guna Trading House Plc , owned by Ethiopia’s ruling party, said it plans to become one of the nation’s biggest coffee exporters, raising concern among industry observers that private industry may get crowded out.

The Killing of Oromo Man in Denver stuns family and friends across the U.S

By Kirk Mitchell The Denver Post A dozen family members living in the same east Denver apartment complex didn’t suspect that a man gunned down on a sidewalk below them Friday evening was their own cousin, Keyru Mustafa Lolo. They didn’t learn he had been shot to death until hours later, when police knocked on their doors and showed them a picture of the 24-year-old convenience-store employee who was planning to return to college.

Buzz Lagos coaches for more than kicks (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Former Thunder leader Buzz Lagos not only coaches the Higher Ground Academy soccer team, but he drives the van, does laundry and much more.

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