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AU summit starts in Libya to boost agriculture

July 1 2009(Xinhua) -- The African Union (AU) started its 13th summit in Sirte,
Libya on Wednesday, with investing in agriculture for economic growth and
food security high on the agenda.  
Court hears testimonials of another 16 prosecution witnesses on
suspects of terrorist plot
Addis Ababa, July 1, 2009 (Addis Ababa) - Another sixteen prosecution witnesses gave
testimonials before the Federal High Court that looks into the cases of Brigadier General
Tefera Mamo et.al, who were accused of planning terrorist act masterminded by the self
styled ‘Ginbot 7’ team.
Ethiopia to chiar UNAIDS Executive Board for one year
Addis Ababa, July 1, 2009 (Addis Ababa) - Ethiopia will be chairing the
Executive Board of the United Nations AIDS Program (UNAIDS) for one year
taking over the chair from the US, the Ministry of Health disclosed.
Ethiopia: Indian bank to open
African office in Addis
The bank wants its Eastern African branch established
in Ethiopia
Wednesday 1 July 2009 / by Desalegn Sisay
The Export and Import Bank (EXIM) of India has been negotiating with
officials of the Ethiopian government to open its East African branch in the
Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
Mehret Mandefro is a primary care physician and HIV prevention researcher.
She most recently was a Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar
at the University of Pennsylvania and a Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis
Institute of Health Economics.
FT: You seem very adept at playing off different foreign
interest groups, for example the East against the West.

MZ: I do not know what being adept at this means.
We try to get help from every quarter …This is because
we need all the assistance we can get. It would be stupid
for us to say to the Indians for example, that we prefer
Chinese assistance. It would also be stupid
Nation earns 138 mln USD from
horticulture  
Addis Ababa, June 23 (WIC)
The Ethiopian Horticulture Development Agency announced that 138
million USD was earned from flower, vegetable, fruit and herbs exported
during the past 11 months.  
Hardline Islamists have condemned four young Somali men
to a double amputation for stealing mobile phones.

They will each have a hand and a leg cut off after being
convicted by a Sharia court in the capital, Mogadishu.
Ethiopia May Invade Somalia If Islamists Take Control
June 22 (Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia may invade Somalia if Islamist rebels oust the
government and threaten its security, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said, as
his Somali counterpart declared a state of emergency amid increasing violence.
Ethiopia has refused a request by Somalia for
military support to fight insurgents, saying such an
intervention would need an international mandate.
The Somali authorities have been battling Islamist
insurgents who control much of the country.
Sat Jun 20, 1:24 pm ET
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somali lawmakers pleaded
Saturday for international military intervention within 24
hours to help fight Islamic insurgents in the lawless African
nation, where fierce fighting has resumed in the capital.
Ethiopia, IFAD ink 13.2 million loan, grant agreement  
Addis Ababa, June 20 (WIC) - Ethiopia and the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD) today signed a 13.2 million loan and grant agreement for the
Community-based Integrated Natural Resources Management Project in Ethiopia.

Farmers obtain 12m birr from sale of vegetable
Mizan, June 20, 2009 (Mizan) - Farmers engaged in vegetable development in Bench
Madji Zone of South Ethiopia People State have secured over 12 million birr income from
the sale of vegetable products, the Zonal Agriculture and Rural Development Department
said.

Dire Dawa, June 20, 2009 (DireDawa) - Indian
entrepreneurs have received licenses to 439
investment projects in different parts of Ethiopia with
an aggregate capital of 4.2 billion US dollars, Indian
Ambassador to Ethiopia disclosed.
Investors working in Afar with 3 bln birr capital

Adama June 19 (WIC) - The Afar state Pastoralist, Agriculture and Rural
Development Bureau  announced that 52 private investors have been
engaged in agriculture activities in the sate with over three billion birr
combined capital.  

Council of Ministers refers draft bill to parliament
Addis Ababa, June 19, 2009 (Addis Ababa) - The Council of Ministers
passed decisions on draft bill prepared for ‘Prevention and control of
money laundering and sponsoring terrorist acts’ and referred the bill to
the House of Peoples’ Representatives (HPR) for endorsement, Office of
the Prime Minister disclosed.

Over 874 million Birr worth investment projects licensed
Gambella, June 19, 2009 (Gambella) -Some 182 investors with over 874
million Birr combined capital have received licenses in the current Ethiopian
VOA Amharic "Eset Ageba"
VOA Amharic discussion with panelist Ato(Mr) Mekonnen Kassa and Gizaw Legesse on
the draft anti terrorism law in Ethiopia.

 Click here to listen
Town gets new TVET
Fiche, June 17, 2009 (Fiche) - Construction of the
Gebreguracha Technical and Vocational Education Training
(TVET) ...
Meles stresses need for transforming
agriculture-bio energy interaction in
Africa
Addis Ababa, June 16 (WIC) - Prime Minister
Meles Zenawi underlined the need for
transforming the interaction between agriculture
and bio-energy in Africa as the primary means of
adjusting the continent’s economy to climate
change.
Ethiopian Embassy in
Stockholm colourfully celebrated
the 18th year anversary of the date
that marked the foundation for the
birth democracy in Ethiopia with the
presence of Government officials,
parliamentarians, diplomats, business
personals and entrepreneurs, many
Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopia in
stockholm.
Ethiopians in Boston celebrate 18th
anniversary of May 28         
Tuesday, 16 June 2009   Addis Ababa, June 15 (WIC)- Ethiopians residing
in Boston and surrounding states celebrated the 18th   anniversary of the
May 28 victory last Sunday.

Independent radio station for Eritreans begins broadcasting from Paris
Radio Erena (“Our Eritrea”), a Tigrinya-language station broadcasting by
satellite to Eritrea, began operating today in Paris, five days ahead of
World Refugee Day....Eritrea has had no free press since September 2001,
when the few Asmara-based independent newspapers were closed down.

Turkish municipality donates drilling rig, accessories to
ministry
Addis Ababa, June 15, 2009 (Addis Ababa) -The Istanbul Metropolitan
Amhara building six hospitals with close to 250 mln birr
Ethiopia lost a reliable
partner in Somalia!

(Aigaforum 06/19/09):- After
recuperating from a severe blow from
the joint operation of the Ethiopian
and the
then Transitional Government of Somalia (TFG), the terrorists in Somalia seem to be
regrouping. The recent terrorist act that took the life of Omar Hashi Aden and Abdulkarim
Ibrahim Lakanyo, a former Somali ambassador to Ethiopia, is no doubt a blow to peace
in Somalia. Both men were tough on terrorists and were instrumental in building
bridges in the horn region.
Ethiopia Embassy in Stockholm, Lofbergs Lila AB sign Trademark
License Agreement (June 19, 2008)
Ethiopian Embassy in Stockholm and Lofbergs Lila AB of Sweden, sign Trademark
License Agreement in Stockholm.
By Elizabeth Blunt
BBC News, Ethiopia  
A major project is under way to restore Ethiopia's 100-year-old
imperial railway, and there are even plans to build a new national
network.
India to invest $4.2 bn in Ethiopia
22 Jun 2009
ETHIOPIA: India will invest $4.2 bn in 439 projects in Ethiopia, the Indian
Ambassador to the country said.

"Indian entrepreneurs have received licences from the Ethiopian authorities
to invest an aggregate capital of USD 4.2 billion in 439 investment projects
in the country," Gurjit Singh said on his visit to Dire Dawa recently.
Addis Ababa, June 23, 2009 (Addis Ababa) - Prime Minister, Meles
Zenawi is to attend the G8 Summit to be held in Rome, Italy
representing the African continent, a senior Ethiopian government
official disclosed.

Meles will be attending the G8 Session as per the
invitation made by his Italian counterpart, Silvio Berlusconi, the official told
journalists on Tuesday.

During the course of the session, Meles is expected to voice the cause of
Africa, especially development assistance the African countries shall get
from G8 member states in order to withstand the adverse effects of the
current global economic downturn.
Construction of manufacturing centers nearing
completion
Hawassa, June 25, 2009 (Hawassa) Construction of manufacturing
and marketing centers launched in South Ethiopia Peoples' State is
well in progress at a cost of 300 million Birr, regional micro and
small-scale enterprises development agency said.
Premier: Ethiopian economy continues to
grow by more than 10 percent  

 Meles Zenawi June 24(ENA) - Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said the
Ethiopian economy will continue to grow by more than 10 percent despite
the shortage of electric power that affects the industry and service sectors
in the nation.  
IN HIS PRESS BRIEFING TO JOURNALISTS HIS
EXCELLENCY PM MELES ZENAWI SAID THAT
ETHIOPIA WON’T INTERVENE IN SOMALIA
UNLESS THERE IS ANY THREAT TO ITS
NATIONAL INTERESTS, ADDING THAT
ETHIOPIA WILL SUPPORT SOMALIA ONLY
WITH THE RECOGNITION OF THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
Part-I Part-II Part-III (walta)
PM Meles Zenawi Press Conference
State licenses 13.3 billion birr investment projects
Bahir Dar, June 29, 2009 (Bahir Dar) - The Amhara State has licensed 1570
investment projects with an aggregate capital of 13.3 billion |Birr during
the past 11 months.

OPDO Member Students Vow To Renew Commitment In
National Dev’t  
Addis Ababa, June 28, 2009 (Addis Ababa) -
Oromo Peoples Democratic Organization (OPDO) member students at the
Addis Ababa University expressed their commitment to scale up their
participation to sustain ongoing development and democratic order in
Ethiopia.
It was with great shock and sorrow that the Government and
people of Ethiopia have learnt the untimely death of the great
Artist Michael Jackson. He will be remembered by the
Ethiopian people for his compassionate contribution in the
Live Aid campaign, which had successfully raised the
awareness of the world about the tragic famine that occurred
in Ethiopia between 1984 and 1985. His contribution was
immortalized by the song entitled “We are the World” which
was co-authored by him.
Minister calls for sustained political
leadership to tackle maternal death

Addis Ababa, June 29, 2009 (Addis Ababa) - Health
Minister Dr. Tedros Adhanom stressed the need for
sustained political leadership in the area of health
with a view to minimizing maternal death.
Somalia Moves to Forefront on AU Summit Agenda  
JUNE 29, 2009 (VOA)- Somali government's recent declaration of a state of emergency
has moved the country's security crisis to the top rank of items for consideration at this
week's African Union summit.  From AU headquarters in Addis Ababa our
correspondent reports that summit leaders will consider issuing a call for direct military
intervention.
Somali militia to target Kenya and Ethiopia
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By ABDULKADIR KHALIF, NATION Correspondent

The deputy leader of the Islamist coalition ruling Kismayu, Sheikh Abdulgani Mohamed
Yusuf, has declared war on Somalia’s neighbours
Ethiopia dismisses Somali threat, violence flares
Wed Jul 1, 2009 By Barry Malone
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia Wednesday dismissed a threat of invasion from
Somalia's hardline Islamist insurgents saying the rebels posed no clear and present
danger.
QSAE tests over 1800 samples in 1 year  
Addis Ababa, July3 (WIC) - The Quality and Standards Authority of Ethiopian
(QSAE) announced that it has conducted laboratory testing on over 1800
samples during the just ending budget year.     
  
Tigray reaps over 4.8 mln quintals through irrigation  
Mekelle, July 3 (WIC) – The Tigray state has collected more than 4.8 million
quintals of crop from 51,140 hectares of land developed through irrigation
this production season, state Agriculture Bureau announced.  
AU Assembly confirms Ethiopia's agriculture success
Addis Ababa, July 3, 2009 (Addis Ababa) - The on-going assembly of African
Union heads of state and government in Sirte, Libya has confirmed that
Ethiopia has obtained great success from the agriculture sector to which the
country paid more attention.
Africa convene to take action on behalf of women, children
worldwide
Addis Ababa, July 3, 2009 (Addis Ababa) - African Ministers of Health and
delegates from 42 countries, including 29 African nations, have endorsed a
Call to Action that will improve the health of women and children worldwide,
according to statement by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).  
President Girma discusses with Saudi Arabian medical team  

Addis Ababa, July 3, 2009 (Addis Ababa) - President Girma Woldegiorgis
here on Friday held talks with members of the Saudi Arabian medical team,
who are here to offer free medical treatment.
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EPRDF Support Forum -Canada Call
for General meeting
EPRDF SF CANADA Chapter Ontario,
will have a general meeting on
July05-2009 at 2:30 pm at 3503
Danforth av. HARARI community
centre. Please join us on this event we
will discuss all the accomplishments of
EPRDF SF Canada in 2009 and general
election of board members will be held
at this time, we will make a phone call
to every member.
Ethiopian’s paintings displayed in Sweden  
paintings of Zekiros Tekilehaimanot, an Ethiopian artist, under the African
Midsummer Art Exhibition.
Book Review by Let/
General Tsadkan (retired)

Professor Gebru Tereke’s book The
Ethiopia revolution… was reviewed by
three people at the Addis Ababa
university. The three people were a
prominent EPRDF fighter and General
in the Derg’s army and a prof. at Addis Ababa university.
The audience was large the presentation was scholarly.
(aigaForum)
One     Part Two    Last Part
Ethiopian
scientist
named
2009
Laureate
Gebisa Ejeta of Purdue
University developed
drought- and
weed-resitant sorghum,
enhancing food supply in
sub-Saharan Africa
Hebre-Zema Interview with HIS EXCELLENCY
Mr. DINA MUFTI
Ethiopian Ambassador to
Denmark, Finland, Iceland,
Norway and Sweden
Interview
Awate Interviews Prime
Minister Meles Zenawi
from 2008 Archive
.Something that goes back a while, a bad
experience in the late nineties, quite a few
Eritreans were deported from
Ethiopia…now quite a few of them support
the Eritrean regime not because they
agree with its policies but because they
feel they were wronged by your
government. What would you say to them?
.....................More
Somali
insurgent
leader says
Eritrea
supports
fight
Ethiopian Forum
for Political Civility Interview  with
Ato Berhanu Adelo
Director of the Prime Minister's
Office, Cabinet Affairs Minister
Ethiopia Allows Deported
Eritreans to Reclaim and
Invest in Ethiopia
At Last, the
Secret to a
Happy
Marriage
Revealed
Interview with Ato Haimanot Lakew
Have your Say!
Who is next to beg at the door step
of Wedi Afom
There is a strong rumor that Elias
Kifle went to Asmera to clear the
way for Ginbot 7 officials the likes of
Andargachew
visit to Asmera. As you all know Elias has been at odds with all
opposition groups except Ginbot 7.
comments....(aigaforum)
Opposition blame
game: It has not
worked before and
it won’t work now!

Zeru Hagos   05/17/09

Over the years the
dysfunctional Ethiopian
oppositions have been
blaming everything, and
Long time activist and current EPRDF supporter Adal Isaw and
Alemayoh Zemedkun, former assistance attorney general with
grudge against the government of Ethiopia discuss on the state of
the democratic process in Ethiopia. Moderator Alula Kebede.
click here
Ambassador Taye
AtskeSelassie
Consul General of Ethiopia in Los Angeles has had
an interview with Hager Fiker AM 1160 Radio in
Washington DC
(Aigaforum)
Amharic                                 Tigrigna
Part 1                                      Part  1
Hebrezema
interview  with
His Excellency
Ambassador
Kassahun
Ayele
 Ethiopia and
Norway: relations
growing stronger
Ethiopia’s
Ambassador to
the Nordic
Countries,
Chief of Mission
(Ambassador
Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary) in
GERMANY
Wednesday 6th May
2009
Interview
His Excellency
Ambassador Dina Mufti,
talks about the
Ethiopian–Norwegian
relations, trade and
other issues in this
interview.
Ethiopia responds to US State
Dept Human Right Report on
Ethiopia.
The Consulate
has prepared
Guest Books to
express your
condolences
To Dr. Tilhaun Gessesse and
Fitawrari Amede Lemma
EPRDF-SF calls on the
US to condemn
terrorist plots against
Ethiopia
EPRDF-SF categorically condemns
the recent foiled terrorist act in Addis
Ababa that had targeted the Ethiopian
people, and calls upon other peace
loving nations and organizations to
join hands with the Ethiopian
government in denouncing this
heinous act in no uncertain terms...
Dr Nigussie
Bogale, Department of
Cardiology, Stavanger University
Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
Friday 1st May 2009
Interview
Ethiopia Eternal Love - Sheikh
Mohammed H.Al-Amoudi
Part  1  2   3   4   5
6  7   8   9  10
Sources Aigaforum
The story of Emama
Etenat, a model
farmer!!!!!!

A woman farmer,
resides some 42 Km far
from Gondar in Wegera
woreda Amba Giorgies
Keble managed to
attract the attention of
the Amhara region
higher officials and Pm
Meles. The reason was
her dedication and hard
work to fight poverty.
Her motto was” let us
make poverty a history”
(Source=Aigaforum)
Is the Timing Right
for Meles Zenawi
to Go?
When this issue was
first brought up two
years ago, I was one
of the very few
people who talked
about it.
Getachew
Mequanent
Source Aigaforum
To The Vocal
Diaspora
At history they are
hopeless.
In politics they are a
mess.
In time of need they
are useless.
In current issues
they are clueless
Elizabeth Makonnen
Source Aigaforum
Why PM Meles
should stay in
office: my take!
(By Tizibt M.S.)
February 23, 2009
There has been a
shift of discourse in
the past week to
whether Prime
Minister
Does Ethiopia
Enter Somalia To
Avoid Sheik Sharif
Sheikh Ahmed?
seyefgbreal
I have heard on ETV
Ato Seye’s comment
over Ethiopian
Defense Force
accomplishment in
Somalia.
Open Letter to
Professor Al Mariam
Washera
February 25, 2009
Dear Professor Al
Mariam,
I read with interest and
amazement your article
on Ethiomedia entitled
"Seeking paths to
Ethiopian Diaspora
Dialogue and
Consultations (wu-yi-yit
and me me-ka-ker)."
RELIGIOUS
COVER-UP TO
ADVANCE A HIDDEN
AGENDA IS
OBSOLETE AND
UNACCEPTABLE IN
THIS ERA OF 21ST
CENTURY
BY Yohannes
Gebresellasie (Ph.D)
Canada 03/25/09
Source Aigaforum
Distortions of
Jonathan
Tepperman: If
there is a banana
republic in the
horn Ethiopia isn’t
one.
(Aigaforum
04/12/09):-Eritrea
has no constitution,
has held political
leaders
incommunicado ever
since the wake of
9/11
U.S. Should Deport
Dr. Berhanu Nega
Adal Isaw
adalisaw@yahoo.com
April 27, 2009.
Would the US
Immigration Grant
Asylum for
Al Qaeda or Ginbot
7?
Dag Dange 04/28/09
Aigaforum
THE STATE OF
AFFAIRS IN SOMALIA
May 14, 2009
Washera_2
So, I was invited to a panel
discussion held at George
Mason University on the
Another Chance to
Save Somalia
Anchiye Belay,  05/15/09
The threat is real and  the
threat is inevitable
The next 15 to 30 or less
days are the Critical days
for Somalia .
aigaforum
Fools rush in
where angels
fear to tread

a comedy of
errors by Elias and
Sileshi
By: Dilwenberu
Nega
ERITREA, VICTIM OF
SPECULATIVE
PHILOSOPHY

By Sisay Hishe
(Advocate for Ethiopia)
Toronto, Canada
merigetah@yahoo.ca
May 25, 2009
The end of the
seemingly
unending
Ethio-Eritrean
conflict
Adal Isaw     
adalisaw@yahoo.com
May 30, 2009
Berhanu Negas’s
rare chance of
rehabilitation
Adal Isaw
adalisaw@yahoo.com
June  2009
A Week in
the Horn
(03.07.2009)

On Somalia

Eritrea vows to further
destabilize the Horn

HRW's Views on
Counterterrorism Draft
Law: perpetuation of
inherent bias

Odds and Ends:What
does it take to get it
right about Ethiopia?  
Leader comes
and goes   but
why?
Zeru Hagos 06/24/0
(aigaForum)
Transition Prime
Minister with
Preconditions!
By Mekonnen Kassa
"If he does that, he will be
the greatest man in the
world.” King Geoge III.
(Aigaforum)
Rwanda to Honor Museveni, Zenawi, Nyerere  
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda, Prime Minister
Meles Zenawi of Federal Republic of Ethiopia and the late
Mwalimu Julius Nyerere of Tanzania will be honoured for their .....
Sources Aigaforum
 A Premature Debate
on the Future Role of
an  Extraordinary
Leader
                               
Adal Isaw
Adalisaw@yahoo.com
July 4, 2009
               
No matter how much the odds of
winning are favoring EPRDF; debating
the future role of Premier Meles
Zenawi is not that urgent an issue,
which requires our energy and time at
the expense of other pivotal issues
that we have on hand.