Posts Tagged with "Africa"

VIDEO: 3 x Ethiopia = Africa’s Great Hope + Kicking the Aid Habit + Endless Famine

Saturday, August 7, 2010

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHl7tgN1gH0[/youtube] Africa’s Great Hope September 2005 Only a few months ago, Ethiopia was being touted as Africa’s great hope. So why was its first , marred by political assassinations, widespread fraud and intimidation? “This could potentially explode at any moment. It is a very, very dangerous situation,” warns EU Ambassador Tim Clark. Following elections dominated [...]

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

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

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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 was calm and [...]

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VIDEO: Land of tomorrow + Lucrative Investment (open for business)

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

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10-minute documentary highlighting the investment opportunities in Ethiopia today and tomorrow. Produced for the Saudi-East African Forum

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NGO: Plant trees. Save Lives. In Ethiopia.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

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

Monday, October 26, 2009

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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 [...]

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

Friday, September 11, 2009

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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 [...]

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MOVIE: Desert Flower – Liya Kebede’s Upcoming Movie

Thursday, September 3, 2009

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kirytgO1hTg[/youtube] More Pictures of Liya Movie Mysterious, proud, beautiful, as the young Somalierin Waris Dirie (Liya Kebede) in a London fast-food restaurant by star photographer Terry Donaldson (Timothy Spall) is detected, celebrating the international fashion world inspired the birth of a new top models. But behind the glamorous facade hides a deeply moving destiny. Born [...]

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BOOK: When we ruled

Monday, June 1, 2009

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When We Ruled is by far the best general work on the ancient and medieval history of Black people there has ever been. When We Ruled – Front CoverThis landmark publication, which is superbly illustrated with high quality photographs, maps and drawings, provides an extraordinary and cutting-edge synthesis of the archaeological data, the documentary evidence, [...]

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25 things that you (might) not know about Africa (out of 100)

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

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1. The human race is of African origin. The oldest known skeletal remains of anatomically modern humans (or homo sapiens) were excavated at sites in East Africa. Human remains were discovered at Omo in Ethiopia that were dated at 195,000 years old, the oldest known in the world. 2. Skeletons of pre-humans have been found [...]

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