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 Urael - "Too young for democracy" : President of Ethiopia
It is a known fact that all the speeches of the president are written at the Crime Minister’s office and as long as he can speak and read, Girma W/Giorgis is an excellent ventriloquist doll for the current tyrants.
He is too young for the presidency as well.
As to proving to the world what is going on in Ethiopia, well, it is your choice if you do not want to hear what you hear, if you do not want to see what you see.If I were you I would be a little careful to critisize Urael.
nazret.com /blog/index.php?blog=13&title=too_young_for_democracy_president_of_eth&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1   (753 words)

  
 BBC News | AFRICA | Somali interim president visits Ethiopia
The new president of Somalia arrived in Addis Ababa last night for his first visit to Ethiopia since he was elected almost three months ago at the Arta reconciliation conference in Djibouti.
Although not formally recognised by Ethiopia, President Abdulkassim Salat Hassan and three of his ministers were invited for talks by the Ethiopian authorities.
Ethiopia has been relatively silent since August, when Mr Hassan was elected at the Arta conference, sitting on the fence and adopting a 'wait and see' policy.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/1026785.stm   (448 words)

  
 Ethiopia encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Ethiopia politics and officials, Ethiopian History. Travel to ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Amharic ኢትዮጵያ Ityopp'ya), is a country situated in the Horn of Africa.
Unique among African countries, Ethiopia maintained independence during the Scramble for Africa, and continued to do so except for a 5 year period when it was under Italian occupation.
The Book of Axum, an Ethiopian chronicle dating from the country's Christian era, states that the name is derived from "'Ityopp'is", a son (unmentioned in the Bible) of Cush, son of Ham who according to legend founded the city of Axum.
www.ethiopiaiworld.com   (331 words)

  
  Fight Against Trachoma: President Carter, Ethiopia Ministry of Health Issue Urgent Call to Action
President Carter greets an Ethiopian farmer during his visit to the Amhara Region Sept. 15, 2005.
President Carter holds a traditional horsehair staff and wears a special Ethiopian garment, both presented to him by the village of Mosebo.
Ethiopia is thought to have the highest rate of blindness in the world, with trachoma accounting for approximately one-third of all cases of permanent loss of sight and visual impairment there.
www.cartercenter.org /news/documents/doc2198.html   (1031 words)

  
  On The Recent Election of The New President of Ethiopia
I have never heard of the name of the new president before, but I would argue that his election should be regarded as positive.
Ethiopia needs more such persons that can transcend different regimes and that posses institutional memories and experiences, about the country’s political structure.
But, it is important not to always be negative or too cynical that we fail to recognize positive events when they occur, and not to give the benefit of the doubt to the current peaceful transition of the presidency in Ethiopia, even though the position is constitutionally regarded to be largely ceremonial.
www.addistribune.com /Archives/2001/10/19-10-01/On.htm   (474 words)

  
  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: President of Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s restoration to traditional and democratic government was one of the casualties of this situation, as was the Liberian civil war on Africa’s West Coast.
The Emperor is represented by the Viceroy or the President of the Imperial Crown Council, indicating that the Throne of Solomon is not vacant nor in abeyance.
In 1972, Le’ul Ras Asserate Kassa, the son of Le’ul Ras Kassa Hailu, was appointed President of the Council.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/President-of-Ethiopia   (337 words)

  
 The Crown Council of Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s restoration to traditional and democratic government was one of the casualties of this situation, as was the Liberian civil war on Africa’s West Coast.
The Emperor is represented by the Viceroy or the President of the Imperial Crown Council, indicating that the Throne of Solomon is not vacant nor in abeyance.
In 1972, Le’ul Ras Asserate Kassa, the son of Le’ul Ras Kassa Hailu, was appointed President of the Council.
www.ethiopiancrown.org /crown.htm   (4015 words)

  
 ETHIOPIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
With little hesitation, Ethiopia withdrew from territory that it has seized in a counteroffensive to expel the invading army from its territory, and to make room for the Temporary Security Zone to which UNMEE was to be deployed later.
President, that the situation in the Horn of Africa-is not hopeless.
It is Ethiopia's hope that NEPAD will be taken more seriously as a framework for expanding the co-operation between Africa and the developed countries in the interest of ensuring success in Africa's fight for prosperity and development, and for a safe, peaceful and truly globalized world.
www.un.org /webcast/ga/58/statements/ethieng031001.htm   (1681 words)

  
 Emory AITRP Countries Info: Ethiopia
Ethiopia is one of the countries more severely affected by HIV/AIDS and the number of people currently living with HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia is estimated to be 1.5 million.
The impoverished condition of Ethiopia makes it difficult for the country to cope with this huge burden of disease, while the devastation already suffered and the magnitude of the population make it unlikely that a decline in the prevalence will be seen in the near future.
Ethiopia was one of the first countries to draft an HIV/AIDS policy, but the process took nine years to complete, and the national policy was not approved until 1998.
www.sph.emory.edu /EITRP/aitrpethiopia.php   (1311 words)

  
 Ethiopia and Eritrea Sign Formal Peace Accord - Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The two leaders shook hands at the signing ceremony and Ethiopia's Zenawi, in a speech afterward, pledged his country's commitment ``to the full and scrupulous implementation of the agreement.'' ``We believe the signing of the peace agreement will lead us to our preeminent task, which is the struggle against poverty,'' he said.
The Eritrean president expressed his country's ``commitment and desire to forget the past and look for a future of peace and mutual respect.'' Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika mediated between the two sides and hosted the signing of the peace pact.
Ethiopia called Tuesday for any of its citizens, as well as international organizations, who have suffered as a result of the war to register their claims with the government.
www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/ethiopia/001212.htm   (682 words)

  
 Ethiopia - The President   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In reality, however, the office of the president in particular and the executive branch in general were the most powerful branches of government.
The president, who could be elected to an indefinite number of successive five-year terms, had to submit nominations for appointment to the Council of Ministers (his cabinet) to the National Shengo for approval.
The president, who was also commander in chief of the armed forces, was also responsible for implementing foreign and domestic policy, concluding international treaties, and establishing diplomatic missions.
www.countrystudies.us /ethiopia/112.htm   (252 words)

  
 Rotary International: Newsroom: Local and visiting Rotarians help immunize 16 million in Ethiopia
"Ethiopia was polio-free for four consecutive years because of the collaborative efforts exerted by health professionals, partners, and allies both in and outside Ethiopia," said Wolde-Giorgis.
According to Teshome, who is originally from Ethiopia, despite the reinfection of Ethiopia with poliovirus imported from Nigeria, there is much optimism in the country that the disease will soon be eliminated for a second time.
Ethiopia has reported 16 cases so far this year, after having only one case in 2004 and being polio-free in 2003 and 2002.
www.rotary.org /newsroom/polio/051104_ethiopia.html   (531 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Meles Zenawi
Girma Woldegiorgis Girma Woldegiorgis (born December 1924 in Addis Ababa) is the President of Ethiopia.
The Workers Party of Ethiopias flag The Workers Party of Ethiopia (Amharic: Ye Ityopia Seratepnotch Parti) is a communist party in Ethiopia that was, from 1984 to 1990, the only legal political party in the country.
Meles Zenawi, who represents Ethiopia at the Summit as its leader, suffered a crushing defeat in the May 2005 elections in which 90% of eligible voters of Ethiopians cast their ballots.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Meles-Zenawi   (615 words)

  
 Ethiopia enters Somalia to back government - Boston.com
But Ethiopia's incursion could also be just the provocation the militia needs to build public support for a guerrilla war.
Ethiopia sent troops into Somalia in 1993 and 1996 to quash Islamic militants attempting to establish a religious government.
In the absence of his own force, President Yusuf, a staunch secular leader who has condemned radical Islam, has apparently chosen to rely on his longtime ally, Ethiopia, for protection and to give him greater leverage at the bargaining table.
www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2006/07/20/islamic_fighters_pull_back_in_somalia?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News   (889 words)

  
 President of Ethiopia Delivers Keynote Address at ORBIS Anniversary
The President spoke of the urgent need for the international community to help developing nations intensify their efforts to alleviate a human tragedy of epidemic proportions.
From presidents to prime ministers, from the U.N. down to the grass roots level, all should be aware of the many who are suffering as a result of one of mankind’s most significant causes of poverty and economic hardship — blindness.
As the President of Ethiopia and as a citizen of this world, I call upon countries worldwide to join me on this journey — to lift every man, woman and child from the burden of preventable blindness, and to reject the unnecessary suffering.
www.orbis.org /bins/index_page.asp?cid=589-598-617-4822&lang=9   (853 words)

  
 Security Council
Ethiopia drove the Eritreans out in February, and Eritrea's first attempt to re-take it failed in late March; its second could not penetrate Ethiopian defences.
Ethiopia has 3,000 troops in Somalia's north-western Gedo region, setting up a buffer zone several hundred miles long to prevent infiltration.
In Djibouti, now Ethiopia's only supply route, Eritrea is supporting a small armed opposition movement, aiming to disrupt the flow of military, and non-military imports.
www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/ethi6.htm   (726 words)

  
 Open letter to President George Bush
President, Ethiopia’s rulers have chosen the path of repression, and unleashed violence against the civilian population unmatched in the recent annals of political savagery.
President, the great American patriot, Patrick Henry, facing similar tyranny and despotism as contemporary Ethiopians said: “It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope.” And looking over the past 15 years, Ethiopians are beginning to wonder if their aspirations for liberty are merely idle indulgencies in the illusions of hope.
President, these are also the very same ruffians who rule not by the consent of the people, but by force of arms and intimidation; and now seek to conceal their monstrous crimes against humanity in a wicked litany of anti-terror rhetoric.
www.ethiomedia.com /articles/letter_to_president_bush.html   (2347 words)

  
 Human Rights Watch World Report 2002: Africa: Ethiopia
There was a marked deterioration of civil liberties in Ethiopia during 2001 in the wake of (and partially as a result of) the war with Eritrea.
Ethiopia has permitted an independent press to operate, but in the past Prime Minister Meles Zenawi had described it as a "gutter press," and denied the reporters access to official news and briefings.
Many children continued to be subject to the adult justice system because neither a juvenile court nor a juvenile detention facility existed outside the capital; children were often exploited for child labor; and large numbers of children lived and worked in the streets without access to education, health care, or nutrition.
www.hrw.org /wr2k2/africa5.html   (3376 words)

  
 Ethiopia (03/07)
Ethiopia is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered on the north and northeast by Eritrea, on the east by Djibouti and Somalia, on the south by Kenya, and on the west and southwest by Sudan.
Ethiopia's agriculture is plagued by periodic drought, soil degradation caused by inappropriate agricultural practices and overgrazing, deforestation, high population density, undeveloped water resources, and poor transport infrastructure, making it difficult and expensive to get goods to market.
Ethiopia was a charter member of the United Nations and took part in UN operations in Korea in 1951 and the Congo in 1960.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2859.htm   (3863 words)

  
 Ethiopia - Amnesty International
In November Ethiopia accepted in principle the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission’s ruling that the border town of Badme was Eritrean territory according to colonial treaties, which it had previously rejected.
The mandate of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), administering a buffer-zone along the border, was extended.
A Commission of Inquiry headed by the President of the Supreme Court was set up by parliament in April following numerous killings of members of the Anuak ethnic group in Gambela town in December 2003.
web.amnesty.org /report2005/eth-summary-eng   (1582 words)

  
 Embassy of Ethiopia, Washington, DC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Ambassador also reiterated that Ethiopia is committed to playing a constructive role in the Horn of Africa region to ensure peace and stability for all law-abiding peoples and to combat poverty, which remains the most ominous threat to the region.
President Bush also noted that Ethiopia is committed to implementing the peace agreement signed with Eritrea in December 2002, and he reiterated America’s support for the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE).
Additionally, the Ambassador took this occasion to invite President Bush to include Ethiopia on the list of countries to be visited during his upcoming tour of Africa in the year 2003, which also marks the centenary of U.S.-Ethiopia diplomatic relations.
www.ethiopianembassy.org /pr061902.shtml   (370 words)

  
 Press section
Eritrean President Issaias Afeworki on January 5, 2005 announced officially that his government has rejected the five-point peace proposal, which is put forward by the Ethiopian Government to resolve the Ethio-Eritrea border dispute.
President Issaias said that his government rejected the proposal forwarded to prevent the two countries from going to war again and establish good neighbourliness by resolving the dispute peacefully claiming that it is an exercise of public relations work to solicit support from the international community.
Eritrean President's refusal to accept the proposal shows his unwillingness to bring the dispute to and end and ensure lasting peace, which is eagerly awaited by the international community and peoples of the two countries, according to political analysts.
www.mfa.gov.et /Press_Section/publication.php?Main_Page_Number=1446   (303 words)

  
 allAfrica.com: Uganda: Museveni Meets Ethiopia's Zenawi (Page 1 of 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
PRESIDENT Museveni and Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi met yesterday in the capital Addis Ababa largely to discuss Kampala's offer to provide the vanguard of troops for an African peacekeeping mission in Somalia after the ouster of the Islamists.
President Yusuf arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi from his Baidoa base just after 1pm and flew to Mombasa for the meeting with President Kibaki.
Ethiopia said on Tuesday its troops would remain in Somalia for another "few weeks" while the government pacifies the nation after the defeat of militant Islamists who had held most of the south for six months.
www.allafrica.com /stories/200701040860.html   (525 words)

  
 Ethiopia  Adoptions
Ethiopia does not have income guidelines nor are there any restrictions on the number of children currently in the family.
Children Available: The beautiful children of Ethiopia tend to be a mixture of African and Arabian descent.
Families will be notified after the adoption court case and U.S. visa investigation is completed At least one parent needs to travel to Ethiopia, for a two and one half day stay, to bring home their child.
www.adoptionguides.org /Ethiopia.htm   (474 words)

  
 Prime Minister Meles Holds Talks With Somali President
President Abdullahi Yousuf Ahmed on the occasion said that he would attach due emphasis on ways of ensuring peace and stability in that country with consensus among and accommodating various political powers in Somalia.
The president also indicated his readiness to carry out activities aimed at forming a strong central government with the participation of the Somali people.
Meles also told the president that Ethiopia would support the efforts of the TFG aimed at bringing about peace and stability through establishing security, defence and police force that involves all sections in Somalia.
www.hiiraan.com /news2_rss/2007/Jan/prime_minister_meles_holds_talks_with_somali_president.aspx   (342 words)

  
 ETHIOPIA - Introduction
Now there is a new role for the U.S. to play, one in which the private sector helps to bring capital, know-how and sustainable development to the country.
Ethiopia is playing a key role in the region by containing the unrest between warlords competing for power in Somalia, with which it shares a long land border.
In 2003, Ethiopia celebrates 100 years of diplomatic relations with the U.S. and it is the right time for Americans to take stock of the relationship, says Mr.
www.unitedworld-usa.com /reports/ethiopia   (683 words)

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