gulf newsSpeaking to Gulf News during his recent visit to Saudi Arabia, Ali Abdu accused that some decision makers at the Ethiopian government are the real beneficiaries of piracy, which brought them millions of dollars.....full report
Reverend Itefa Gobena, the former President of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church, disclosed that the Elders, concerned individuals using the traditional means to resolve conflicts, were awaiting for a response from the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) in the initiative to bring OLF and the Ethiopian ruling party, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF/Woyane) to the negotiation table. The Elders have met three times in the past two years in Netherlands with the OLF faction led by Obbo Dawud Ibsa Ayana and based in Asmara, Eritrea.(Read More » » »)
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March 10, 2009 (KHARTOUM) — A planned trip by the Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir to Ethiopia today, for the annual supreme joint committee meeting has been cancelled for unknown reasons.
The pro-government Sudanese Media Center (SMC) website reported that the committee will convene on April 11th in the Ethiopian capital without referring to the meeting that was scheduled for today.
Last month Sudan official news agency (SUNA) reported that Al-Bashir will be leading the Sudanese delegation to Ethiopia on March 10th for the annual supreme joint committee meeting co-chaired by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi....read more
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Rebels in Ethiopia fighting for the independence of the Somali-speaking Ogaden region say they have captured a town in the east of the country.
The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) said it had seized Mustahil and was also fighting for the towns of Wardheer and Khalavo.
It said at least 80 Ethiopian soldiers had been killed.
An Ethiopian government spokesman told the BBC the reports were absolutely false and the ONLF was on the run.
On Saturday, the Ogaden rebels said they had killed more than 20 Ethiopian troops in recent fighting, a report also denied by the authorities in Addis Ababa.
The ONLF, founded in 1984, says the Somali-speaking population in Ethiopia's oil-rich Ogaden region has been marginalised by Addis Ababa.
Ethiopia's military launched an offensive against the ONLF after its fighters attacked a Chinese-run oil venture in Ogaden in 2007, killing dozens of people, including nine Chinese nationals.
A former Ethiopian dissident takes another view. Lencho Lata, a former Oromo Liberation Front deputy secretary general who spent more than 10 years living in Sudan when he was active in Ethiopia’s rebel movement, told the Afan Oromo service’s Nigusu that it is a necessary step for justice. He spoke from Sweden, where he now lives. “It is good news that leaders who order bloodshed in their own countries can be brought to justice.” However, he added, “It is a shame for African leaders to be unable to resolve their problems within the region.” ...read more
Bashir Arrest Warrant
