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July | 2008 | Addismenged
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FIFA suspends Ethiopian Football Federation. In From websites and blogs. Asymp; Leave a comment. Ethiopia was suspended by FIFA on Tuesday after failing to comply with agreed steps to solve the leadership dispute within its federation following the dismissal of its president in January. EFF members who opposed current president Ashebir Woldegiorgis in January elected their own top officials in a separate assembly that was not recognized by FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Lately, the...
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Attacks on the Press in 2008: Ethiopia. In From websites and blogs. Asymp; 1 Comment. The small vanguard of independent media that emerged from a brutal 2005 crackdown struggled in the face of continuing government harassment. Although authorities issued licenses allowing a handful of independent political newspapers to operate, they continued to use imprisonment, threats, and legal and administrative restrictions to suppress coverage of sensitive issues. Political coverage proved risky, particularly whe...
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October | 2008 | Addismenged
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ONLF Rebels Claims Killing Around 20 Soldiers. In From websites and blogs. Asymp; Leave a comment. Ethiopian rebel group The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) officer on thursday claimed their fighters had killed some 20 Ethiopian soldiers in the Ogaden region over the past week where the Ethiopian forces are cracking down on insurgents, spokesman said. Abdullahi Arte also said that the rebels had also burnt 3 armed vehicles in the area of Fiiq. Ethiopia accuses arch-foe Eritrea of supporting Ogade...
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In From websites and blogs. Asymp; Leave a comment. AddisMenged has learned that Dr. Yacob Hailemariam unity party’s vice chair man has presented his resignation paper to the party. He says he will remain only as a member. Israel, piracy and the Red Sea. In From websites and blogs. Asymp; Leave a comment. 8216;We are surrounded on land… The sea is our only route of contact with the rest of the world. Developing Eilat will be a major goal towards which we will direct our steps’. 8212; Ben-Gurion, 1949.
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Attacks on the Press in 2008: Ethiopia | Addismenged
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Attacks on the Press in 2008: Ethiopia. In From websites and blogs. Asymp; 1 Comment. The small vanguard of independent media that emerged from a brutal 2005 crackdown struggled in the face of continuing government harassment. Although authorities issued licenses allowing a handful of independent political newspapers to operate, they continued to use imprisonment, threats, and legal and administrative restrictions to suppress coverage of sensitive issues. Political coverage proved risky, particularly whe...
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August | 2008 | Addismenged
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CPJ site blocked in Ethiopia. In From websites and blogs. Asymp; Leave a comment. Reliable sources in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa have informed CPJ this week that our site was inaccessible on the servers of the Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation. Web sites, particularly foreign-based independent sites and blogs discussing political reform and human rights, have been blocked on a recurring basis in Ethiopia since the government cracked down on free media. The moves are part of the Ethiopian...
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January | 2009 | Addismenged
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Attacks on the Press in 2008: Ethiopia. In From websites and blogs. Asymp; 1 Comment. The small vanguard of independent media that emerged from a brutal 2005 crackdown struggled in the face of continuing government harassment. Although authorities issued licenses allowing a handful of independent political newspapers to operate, they continued to use imprisonment, threats, and legal and administrative restrictions to suppress coverage of sensitive issues. Political coverage proved risky, particularly whe...
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Ethiopia clamps down on khat dens. In From websites and blogs. Asymp; 1 Comment. A crackdown has been launched in the Ethiopian capital on unlicensed parlours where boys and young men chew khat, a narcotic green leaf. Addis Ababa city council has ordered raids on the backrooms where people also smoke shisha pipes and gamble. Although khat is not banned, officials say boys skip school and steal to fund their pleasures in the parlours. However, exports of the drug bring in large amounts of foreign currency.
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Khat — is it more coffee or cocaine? In From websites and blogs. Asymp; 1 Comment. Reporting from Washington — In the heart of the Ethiopian community here, a group of friends gathered after work in an office to chew on dried khat leaves before going home to their wives and children. Sweet tea and sodas stood on a circular wooden table between green mounds of the plant, a mild narcotic grown in the Horn of Africa. In the last few years, San Diego, which has a large Somali population, has seen an almost e...
