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Home of Ethiopian chat rooms, Medrek discussion forum; Africa-Ethiopia news Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:15:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/08/el-salvador-finds-boat-with-eritrean-migrants/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/08/el-salvador-finds-boat-with-eritrean-migrants/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:46:47 +0000 Teddy Abera http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=3934 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/09/08/el-salvador-finds-boat-with-eritrean-migrants/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/07/29/failure-to-deliver-the-journey-of-the-oromo-liberation-front-in-the-last-two-decades-part-ii/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/07/29/failure-to-deliver-the-journey-of-the-oromo-liberation-front-in-the-last-two-decades-part-ii/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:56:54 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/07/29/failure-to-deliver-the-journey-of-the-oromo-liberation-front-in-the-last-two-decades-part-ii/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/07/29/failure-to-deliver-the-journey-of-the-oromo-liberation-front-in-the-last-two-decades-part-ii/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/07/29/failure-to-deliver-the-journey-of-the-oromo-liberation-front-in-the-last-two-decades-part-i/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/07/29/failure-to-deliver-the-journey-of-the-oromo-liberation-front-in-the-last-two-decades-part-i/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:43:45 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=3581 By writing this article, I understand that I am touching on one of the most closely guarded taboos, the untouchability of the OLF. I also understand that, because so many precious lives were sacrificed under the banner of this organization, emotions run very high at the mention of criticism. But I have the right and [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/07/29/failure-to-deliver-the-journey-of-the-oromo-liberation-front-in-the-last-two-decades-part-i/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/05/05/man-arrested-for-sisters-stabbing-in-minnesota-nazretcom/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/05/05/man-arrested-for-sisters-stabbing-in-minnesota-nazretcom/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 14:37:25 +0000 Assefa http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2983 A man was accused of stabbing his sister to death while she held her eight-month-old child. Richfield police said Guuci Beyena Mokonnen, 24, stabbed his 22-year-old sister in the parking lot of an apartment complex at 735 E. 77th St. Police were called to the area just before 10 p.m. on Saturday on a report that a [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/05/05/man-arrested-for-sisters-stabbing-in-minnesota-nazretcom/feed/ 1 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/29/east-african-immigrants-risk-lives-on-long-journey-to-us/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/29/east-african-immigrants-risk-lives-on-long-journey-to-us/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:22:32 +0000 Assefa http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2862 WASHINGTON POST-Jailed repeatedly for his political views, Ethiopian immigrant Sharew paid smugglers around $10,000 to move him through a dozen countries and leave him a year later in the grubby southern Mexican city of Tapachula. Once on Mexico’s southern border, which has grown into a major stepping-stone for hundreds of migrants fleeing conflicts in [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/29/east-african-immigrants-risk-lives-on-long-journey-to-us/feed/ 1 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/27/dick-armey-ethiopia%c2%b4s-lobbyist-orchestrates-cyber-campaign-against-president-barack-obama/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/27/dick-armey-ethiopia%c2%b4s-lobbyist-orchestrates-cyber-campaign-against-president-barack-obama/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:37:47 +0000 Teddy Abera http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=2786 President Barack Obama got a taste of what Eritreans around the world have had to deal with for the last 8 years- Astroturf campaigns-where digital media is used to generate “fake grassroots activity”. The recent campaign against President Obama was orchestrated by none other than Dick Armey, the former Republican Majority Leader who leads Freedom [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/04/27/dick-armey-ethiopia%c2%b4s-lobbyist-orchestrates-cyber-campaign-against-president-barack-obama/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/30/two-more-tortured-christians-die-in-eritrea-mnn-press-release/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/30/two-more-tortured-christians-die-in-eritrea-mnn-press-release/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:49:06 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=1379 Eritrea (MNN) ― Two more Christians have died in Eritrea’s military-styled confinement. Glenn Penner with Voice of the Martyrs Canada says that makes a total of three believers who have died in custody since October. 37-year-old Mogos Hagos Kiflom and 42-year-old Mehari Gebreneguse Asgedom both died in the northeastern Mitire Military Confinement camp earlier [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/30/two-more-tortured-christians-die-in-eritrea-mnn-press-release/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/22/ethiopia-we-are-ready-for-changes-meles-zenawi-nazretcom/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/22/ethiopia-we-are-ready-for-changes-meles-zenawi-nazretcom/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:00:22 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=1135 Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has fielded questions from journalists on a number of pressing foreign policy issues last Thursday, January 15, 2009. Though the occasion of the first National Climate Change Conference at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) also afforded the opportunity to clarify policy on environmental questions, foreign and local media [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/22/ethiopia-we-are-ready-for-changes-meles-zenawi-nazretcom/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/21/eritrea-guechaa-junior-and-secondary-school-secures-solar-energy-allafricacom/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/21/eritrea-guechaa-junior-and-secondary-school-secures-solar-energy-allafricacom/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:40:09 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=1095 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2009/01/21/eritrea-guechaa-junior-and-secondary-school-secures-solar-energy-allafricacom/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/21/breaking-news-eritrea-christians-apparently-killed-in-massive-bosnewslife/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/21/breaking-news-eritrea-christians-apparently-killed-in-massive-bosnewslife/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:00:06 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=776 ASMARA, ERITREA (BosNewsLife)– Several churches in Eritrea were without their leaders or other believers Sunday, December 21, as a government-backed campaign of mass arrests reached the capital Asmara amid fears several detainees died of mistreatment, Christians said. Over 100 men, women and children from a variety of Christian denominations were jailed in recent weeks, confirmed [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/21/breaking-news-eritrea-christians-apparently-killed-in-massive-bosnewslife/feed/ 0 http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/13/eritrea-tyrant-shaken-up-by-mounting-mutiny-eritrea-daily/ http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/13/eritrea-tyrant-shaken-up-by-mounting-mutiny-eritrea-daily/#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:30:27 +0000 Daniel Theophilus http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/?p=733 13 December 2008, Massawa, Eritrea– Shaken up and haunted by mounting and ongoing mutiny in the Army and one in the Air Force that started last week, Eritrea tyrant Afawarki summoned an extraordinary gathering of his zonal lieutenants and cabinet surrogates early yesterday, 12 Dec. 2008, in the port city of Massawa, his refuge away [...]]]> http://www.ethioplanet.com/news/2008/12/13/eritrea-tyrant-shaken-up-by-mounting-mutiny-eritrea-daily/feed/ 0