Abesha United

FILM: Motherland

[Translate] Motherland (Enat Hager) is a bold, epic journey through Africa with a authentic African voice. Fusing history, culture, politics, and contemporary issues, Motherland sweeps across Africa to tell a new story of a dynamic continent. From the glory and majesty of Africa’s past through its complex and present history. Motherland looks unflinchingly toward a positive [...]

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VIDEO: Israel accused of dooming Ethiopian baby boom

[Translate] A feminist movement has accused the Israeli government of adopting a racist policy towards the country’s Ethiopian Jews. Activists believe black women are deliberately being given a controversial contraceptive drug to bring about a drop in the population – a claim the government denies. Thousands of Ethiopians have immigrated to Israel since the 1980s, but their Jewish [...]

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

[Translate] 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

[Translate] 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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BOOK RELEASE: Beneath the Lion´s gaze by MAAZA MENGISTE

[Translate] An epic tale of a father and two sons, of betrayals and loyalties, of a family unraveling in the wake of Ethiopia’s revolution. This memorable heartbreaking story opens in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1974, on the eve of a revolution.  Yonas kneels in his mother’s prayer room, pleading to his god for an end to the [...]

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VIDEO: Sharp divisions among African nations when Meles sells-out the African standpoint

[Translate] Ethiopia: Meles Zenawi betrays Africa at Copenhagen climate change negotiations THE misunderstanding among Africans when it comes to making crucial decisions came to light last week during the  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 [...]

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RACISM: “MISERY” IN ETHIOPIA – an racist edcuated swedish doctor´s view of contemprary Ethiopia

[Translate] This post is written by an educated swedish doctor ANNA ADIELSSON. 2009 she spend atleast 8 000 Euros to cycle from Egypt all the way through Africa to South Africa. In many of her blogpost she portrays a very distrubing view of “Africa”  but it´s the way she describes her MISERY in Ethiopia where pour [...]

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

[Translate] 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!!!!)

[Translate] 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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ARTICAL: Lieberman used Africa trip to lay groundwork for arms deals

[Translate] Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman returns Friday from a visit in five African states, where in addition to discussing Africa’s internal problems, he and his entourage laid the groundwork for weapons deals. While Lieberman talked with African leaders about the hunger, water shortage, malnutrition and plagues afflicting their nations, the visit was also used to advance arms [...]

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SPORT: Bekele win his forth-in-a-row 10 000 m victory and Ethiopia´s first WC-Gold! + video interview

[Translate] Berlin 2009

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High caliber African women professionals WANTED

[Translate] Call for Submission of Curriculum Vitea (CV) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Purpose: To identify high caliber African women professionals (AWPs) who could be selected for a wide spectrum of executive positions internationally and regionally. The names of selected AWPs would be compiled in a compendium that profiles their professional competencies, academic credentials, work experiences and core values among [...]

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The Penguin Prize for African Writing

[Translate] Penguin Books is pleased to announce today a new literary award for writers from the African continent. The Penguin Prize for African Writing has two categories: one each for a previously unpublished full-length work of adult fiction and non-fiction. The prize in each category will be R50 000 and a publishing contract with Penguin Books [...]

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Working Artist / (Summer) Working Art Grant / Call for Applications

[Translate] €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ Category: Awards, Grants, Fellowships [View all] Posted by: Working Artist .Org Deadline: 08/20/09 Working Artist / (Summer) Working Art Grant / Call for Applications A small quarterly art grant to help serious artists keep working. Open to all visual artists including sculptors from all countries. Deadline for the (Summer) $500.00 Working Artist Grant is August 20, 2009. For application guidelines [...]

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4th Ethiopian Diaspora Business Forum

[Translate] ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Location: Four Point Sheraton (12th & K St. NW) Washington DC, USA June 21, 2009 Organized by: The Ethiopian American Principal Sponsors: VEGA Ethiopia AGOA+/USAID Also sponsored by: Precise Consult International PLC ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. The Forum is divided into two sessions. Session I will explore US Government support for American investors, including the Ethiopian Diaspora, in investing in Africa (USAID’s Diaspora Loan Guarantee program in Ethiopia and the African Diaspora [...]

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