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VIDEO: Winning hearts and minds in Ethiopia (AFRICOM & the war on terror)

The USA is using a different approach in fighting terrorism in the horn of Africa. Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Adow reports on an Ethiopian school, where soldiers are using their hands to win hearts. Also read/see: U.S. Pushes Anti-Terrorism in Africa Under Long-Term Program, Pentagon to Train Soldiers of 9 Nations Say No to Africom

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Artical: Does Egypt Own The Nile? A Battle Over Precious Water

A dispute between Egypt and upstream African nations has brought to the fore a long-standing controversy over who has rights to the waters of the Nile. The outcome could have profound consequences for the ecological health of the river and for one of the world’s largest tropical wetlands. by fred pearce A simmering [...]

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You Are Being Lied to About Pirates + Europe’s fight for the right to dominate

Who imagined that in 2009, the world’s governments would be declaring a new War on Pirates? As you read this, the British Royal Navy – backed by the ships of more than two dozen nations, from the US to China – is sailing into Somalian waters to take on men we still [...]

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ARTICALs: EU monitors slam Ethiopia polls + Ethiopia’s ‘one-party democracy’ is spreading

The European Union’s chief election observer in Ethiopia has said that last weekend’s poll was conducted on an “uneven playing field” that favoured the party of the prime minister. Ethiopia’s ruling party, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) won the elections, according to preliminary results. But the EU observers said on Tuesday that while voting [...]

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VIDEO: Ethiopian polls open

Voting is underway in Ethiopia, in legislative elections that are set to be a stiff test of the country’s democracy.Menes Zelawi, the current prime minister, is expected to be returned as leader, after 19 years in power.But the opposition is already crying foul, with memories of the 2005 election that led [...]

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ARTICAL: Ethiopia rejects Egypt Nile claims + Nile War?

Ethiopia’s prime minister has rejected a threat by Egypt to prevent the building of dams and other water projects upstream on the Nile river. Meles Zenawi told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that Egypt will not be able to stop his country from building dams on the river. His comments came nearly a week after Ethiopia joined [...]

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VIDEO: Interview: Meles Zenawi

Meles Zenawi, the Ethiopian prime minister, presides over the country with the second-largest population in Africa. Zenawi has been the prime minister of Ethiopia since 1991 but he has most recently been in the headlines for his role in the country’s upcoming elections. Crtitics claim it is impossible for the opposition to win Sunday’s vote [...]

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ARTICAL: Disputed Nile agreement signed

Four African countries have signed a new treaty on the equitable sharing of the Nile waters despite strong opposition from Egypt and Sudan who have the major share of the river waters. Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania – four of nine Nile Basin countries – signed the new framework on Friday while Kenya issued a support [...]

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NGO: Plant trees. Save Lives. In Ethiopia.

Plant trees. Save Lives. In Ethiopia by recreating healthy forest systems that restore hope, alleviate suffering, empower people, and build local economies in impoverished communities.

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Annual Human Rights Report: Ethiopia

The 2010 Human Rights Watch’s annual “World Report” was released on Wednesday, January 20, 2010. The chapter on ETHIOPIA details the heightened political repression ahead of the 2010 elections, the ever-shrinking space for independent civil society activity, the severely constrained independent media, the continuation of the longstanding practice of punitively [...]

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STOP SHOOTING AFRICANS at Egypt-Israel Border – SIGN THE PETITION!!!!

Join the United African Organization (UAO) in protesting the treatment of Africans crossing the Egypt-Israel border. Help us present a united front for their human rights! Last week, Egyptian border guards shot and killed an African who was trying to get over the border and into Israel. This brings the official total to 16 migrants [...]

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VIDEO: America’s New Frontline: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Rageh Omaar travels to the US and through East and West Africa to investigate the US strategy for the continent. Can Barack Obama make a decisive break with the path set in Africa by the Bush administration?

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ARTICAL: The Real Genocide is Playing Out in Ethiopia–And the West is Funding It

Busting the myth As one of the first to write about the problems in West Sudan/Darfur, in mid 2003, and living side by side here in Asmara for three years with representatives of the Darfur, and other Sudanese resistance, my investigation has found no evidence of genocide. Of course, genocide has and is being committed by Ethiopia against [...]

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VIDEO: Abesha maids abused in arab countries (this is OLD news!!!!)

Gulf labour laws fail to halt abuse Every year thousands of women arrive in the Gulf to take up jobs as domestic workers. The majority of them leave behind their families on a huge financial gamble to try to earn enough in remittances. But behind closed doors, in the homes of their employers, some [...]

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“Mezeker Means To Remember” Mike Ellis (Def Poetry)

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