Mandela’s mortality is South Africa’s fear
“Everybody dies.†That’s what Nelson Mandela began telling startled associates years ago, even seeming cheerful at the prospect. He retired for the first time in 1999, when he stepped down asSouth Africa’s first post-apartheid president. Then, in 2004, he announced that he would “retire from retirement,†his sly way of signaling that this time, he […]
Read More →Dreams of an Ethiopia in peace
A South African school child kisses Mandela as he celebrates his 94th birthday on July 18, 2012 (AFP) All who love and revere President Mandela call him Madiba. He is the ultimate symbol of human love, hope, courage, charity, endurance, patience and perseverance. He is the personification of good will, tolerance, generosity, forgiveness and reconciliation. […]
Read More →Ethiopian police clash with Muslim protesters, several arrested
Ethiopian police beating Muslim protesters 07 21 2012 By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA | Sat Jul 21, 2012 9:27pm BST ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian police clashed on Saturday with scores of Muslims protesters complaining that the state is interfering in their religion, witnesses and officials said. The protesters, some wearing masks, blocked the entrance […]
Read More →Spacewatch: Curiosity’s terrifying arrival at Mars
In unusually graphic language, Nasa has described the period leading up to next month’s landing of its car-sized Curiosity rover on Mars as “seven minutes of terror”. In that time, the craft must reduce its speed from 6.1 km per second to make a gentle pin-point landing in Gale crater. To put it as close […]
Read More →Africa’s wealth is being devoured by tyrants and vultures
Citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo should be living in one of the world’s richest countries. Plunder and corruption condemns them to poverty ‘Repayment’ of loans made to the corrupt Mobuto Sese Seko has proved an important means of draining the DRC’s wealth. Photograph: Remy De La Mauviniere/AP A surprise judgment was made last […]
Read More →Aurora shootings: Holmes to appear in court as police describe ‘calculation’
Americans will get first glimpse of man alleged to have shot dead 12 people at premiere of Batman film, including victim aged six Veronica Moser-Sullivan, 6, the youngest victim of the Aurora shooting. Two days later, her mother had not yet been told of her death James Holmes, who is believed to have killed 12 […]
Read More →Americans had tried to save Meles
WASHINGTON, DC – American officials had asked a prominent Ethiopian American medical doctor to help treat Prime Minister Meles Zenawi after the premier collapsed following his return from the G-20 Summit in Mexico last June, a source informed Ethiomedia on Saturday. The source said the doctor declined the request to travel and treat Meles because […]
Read More →Syrian death toll tops 19,000, say activists
 More than 2,750 people killed this month in Syria as July set to be deadliest month since uprising began  Latest video Amateur video purports to show continued heavy fighting in Syria on Sunday Link to this videoAn activist group claims that more than 2,750 people have been killed in Syria so far this month, […]
Read More →Syrian Rebels Battle for Aleppo After Seizing Border Posts
Syrian rebels are battling government forces in the city of Aleppo after seizing some of the country’s border crossings as the escalating conflict drove thousands to escape to neighboring countries. Rebel leaders with the al-Tawhid Brigade said in a video sent to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that their military offensive to seize Aleppo […]
Read More →Ethiopian Prime Minister Takes Break to Recover From Illness
By William Davison  Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is taking a break to recover from an unspecified illness and will return to duty once he is well, Communications Minister Bereket Simon said. “He is in good health,†Bereket told reporters today inAddis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, adding that further details aren’t being announced for […]
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