Post-Meles Possible Scenarios By Messay Kebede
By Messay Kebede – The trouble with tyranny and personalized power is that institutional mechanisms of power transfer do not work. In most cases, such mechanisms exist and are enshrined in written and exalted constitutions. Nonetheless, to the extent that tyranny and the exercise of arbitrary power irreparably tarnish them, institutions do not command any […]
Read More →US to sell 60 Patriot missiles to Kuwait
WASHINGTON:- The Pentagon said Wednesday it planned to sell 60 Patriot missiles to Kuwait in a deal worth an estimated $4.2 billion, as the emirate tries to bolster its defenses against the threat from Iran. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), which is in charge of US weapon sales to foreign countries, notified the […]
Read More →Ethiopia Bans Newspaper After Stories On Meles Illness, Protests
An Ethiopian court banned distribution of a newspaper that published front-page articles about Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s health and protests by Muslims in the capital, Addis Ababa, the government said. Editors from the weekly Feteh newspaper may face criminal charges because of national security concerns, State Minister of Justice Berhanu Tsegaye said in a phone interview today. […]
Read More →John Atta Mills Dead: Ghana President Reportedly Dies
Ghana President John Atta Mills attends the Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Friday, May 18, 2012, at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ACCRA, July 24 (Reuters) – Ghana’s President John Atta Mills has died unexpectedly, a presidential statement said, and an […]
Read More →What’s up dock? Apple to shrink connector for iPhone 5
By Clare Jim and Lee Chyen Yee  TAIPEI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s (NSQ:AAPL –News) new iPhone will drop the wide dock connector used in the company’s gadgets for the best part of a decade in favour of a smaller one, a change likely to annoy the Apple faithful but which could be a boon for accessory […]
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 […]
Read More →CIA takes over as Ethiopian regime crumbles: analyst
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shakes hands with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. (file photo) Hated in his ethnic homeland of Tigray, once his power base, and hated by the Amhara elite, the ethnic minority who previously ruled Ethiopia, Meles has ceded de facto control of his ministries to technocrats from the CIA and […]
Read More →UN officials head for Tremseh to investigate reports of massacre Convoy leaves Damascus after head of UN monitoring mission said helicopters and tanks were used to attack town
An image released by Syrian activists, said to show victims of a massacre in Tremseh being buried. Photograph: AP United Nations officials have set off to the Syrian town of Tremseh to investigate reports of a massacre of civilians by Syrian troops and pro-government militia. A three-car convoy was seen leaving Damascus and heading for Tremseh […]
Read More →MELES ZENAWI IS “TERMINALLY ILL†WITH CANCER
Reporter: Durame, July 12, 2012 — Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi is secretly receiving medical treatment in Meles Zenawi is “terminally ill†with cancerBrussels this week, after the 57-year-old former gurrella fighter was diagnosed with a severe case of blood cancer. Adding creditably to reports of his deteriorating health, Meles has rescheduled all public appearances for […]
Read More →Ethiopian blogger Eskinder Nega jailed for 18 years
BBC Â Eskinder Nega was arrested after publishing a column questioning the arrests of some journalists Continue reading the main story Related Stories Ethiopia profile Donor darling: What Ethiopian poll can teach Africa ‘Why I took up arms against Ethiopia’ A prominent Ethiopian journalist and blogger has been sentenced to 18 years in jail for […]
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