The View of America in the Eyes of Oromo-Americans

By Hassan Hussein & Mohammed Ademo When some 234 years ago America’s founding fathers solemnly declared “we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”, it is unthInkable that any Oromo took notice, let alone imagine that America would one day become a beacon of hope and home for his descendents.

Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: The Fire Next Time

Encore performance! It is the same two act play (farce) of May 2005. The stage is the same. The director is the same

Ethiopia : The Voodoo Economics of Meles Zenawi

‘There are lies, lies and implausible lies,’ to quote Meles Zenawi, the dictator-cum-economic spinmeister of Ethiopia.

Ethiopian Airliner Crashes Near Beirut – Updated

Habte Banti Nagassa, an Oromo, is said to be the pilot of the Ethiopian Airliner that went down immediately after take off from Beirut International Airport. Habte is also identified as a brother of the late Yigezu Banti. Twenty-four hours after the deadly crash, some 30 victims were pulled out of the frigid water

Police seek killers of three in south Minneapolis (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Two victims, cousins from Somalia, owned the store. The third, from Oromo, was a customer. Police say they have “a suspected motive.”

Information fair gives parents a gander at St. Paul School choices (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Open enrollment season starts in St. Paul this weekend when more than 100 public, private, parochial and charter schools set up booths at RiverCentre for the Parent Information Fair.

Eritrea : Border Demarcation with Ethiopia is a Rumor

An Eritrean government official has described reports that an international body will soon demarcate the border between his country and Ethiopia as rumors. Information minister Ali Abdu said Ethiopia is “illegally” occupying Eritrean land – - a charge Ethiopia denies.

Ethiopia: TPLF’s Politics of Famine, War & Elections

By Tuji Jidda Background As an Ethiopian, I feel deeply humiliated by the abject poverty our people live under and the worsening spread of unmitigated hunger and famine. When I look at the indicators and I worry that the worst is maybe yet to come. All the while, the TPLF government is doing everything to cover up this unfolding potentially devastating famine and is preparing for the world climate summit in Copenhagen.

Addis Neger, Addis Giri-giri: Killing the Press to Silence a Nation

By Jawar Siraj Mohammed In the summer of 2008, I picked up a couple of newspapers when I returned to Finfinne. Among them was the Addis Neger.

Ethiopian dictator shouldn’t represent Africa at COP15

Doug McGill, a former New York Times reporter, makes a strong case against Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi’s selection to represent all of Africa at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ioj53IBf4nM

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