Africa food price 'tsunami' fear
EU Development Commissioner Louis Michel has warned that rising world food costs could lead to a humanitarian crisis in Africa.
He said it was less visible than the threat of rising oil prices but had the potential effect of a "real economic and humanitarian tsunami in Africa".
CALL ME BY MY NAME: A commentary on a death of a fallen hero
Obo Arada Shawl alias Wolde Tewolde - April 9, 2008
What is his name?
Retta Adane was his given name. I used to call him as Rettaw just to upgrade him from his two syllabuses name. However, he has refused to do so. My idea of a third letter is to avoid Black vs. White type of conversation, in other words, avoiding them and us. We always have a third arm or leg in the Ethiopian context. Retta used to tell me that there was only two-way struggle. He was saying there is still two Ethiopia, one for the privileged class and the other for the underclass. He chose to side with the underclass. Retta recognized that he came from a privileged class but he abandoned it for the sake of the majority of Ethiopians. Nonetheless he lived in both worlds fighting tooth and nail.
WFP Executive Director in Ethiopia and Kenya to highlight impact of soaring food prices
Addis Ababa , 1 April 2008 - Amid international concern about soaring food and fuel costs, the Executive Director of the World Food Programme, Josette Sheeran, will visit Ethiopia from 1-2 April – a year after her inaugural visit in April 2007 – and Kenya from 2-3 April.
Teacher union leader Sinnott dies (BBC NEWS)
Steve Sinnott, general secretary of one the biggest teaching unions in England and Wales, has died suddenly aged 56.
The National Union of Teachers, led by Mr Sinnott since 2004, said his death on Saturday was "a tragic loss". He leaves a wife and two children.
Letter of condolences written by Dr. Taye to the The National Union of Teachers in England
APRIL 2/ 2008
EPRP--36 YEARS OF STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY
APRIL 1972--APRIL 2008
The founding congress of the EPRP was held from April 2 to April 9 in 1972 by militants determined to struggle against the autocratic regime of the time. Thirty six years later and after most of the founding delegates had paid the ultimate sacrifice the EPRP is till engaged in the noble fight to establish a democratic system in Ethiopia.
The Father of Meles Zenawi Accused Authorities in Tigray for Abusing Power. (By Getachew Reda)
IEWO (March 30)
WHERE ARE TSEGAYE GEBRE MEDHIN AND ALL OTHER EPRP PRISONERS?
A CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO SEEK THEIR RELEASE OR INFORMATION ON THEIR FATE
JUNE 1991: Tsegaye Gebre Medhin (aka Debteraw), Yishak Debretsion, Amha Bellette, Sitotaw Hussein (all four members of the Leadership committee of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP), and senior members like Teklai Gebre Sellasie, Hagos Bezabih, Desalegn Amsalu fell into the hands of the Tigrai People's Liberation Front (the ruling TPLF/EPRDF), were taken to Bahr Dar prison and then to Tigrai and "disappeared". Around the same time, the Sudan deported the refugee Azanaw Demile and he has also disappeared. Read More>>> Press Release
