Month: July 2012

  • More than 30 die in Ethnic clashes in southern Ethiopia

    A fierce ethnic clash over resources between the Borana and Garri tribes in southern Ethiopia left more than 30 people dead, including 2 police officers, and 20, 000 displaced. The Kenyan Red Cross told the BBC that the 20, 000 people have crossed into Kenya to escape the clashes and that it was providing them with” food, water and tarpaulins.”…

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  • Africa

    Israel – The gradual nightmare for African asylum seekers

    Israel is embroiled in tragic tales of black African asylum seekers. In this special report this magazine’s Middle East analyst Ran HaCohen (PhD), from Tel Aviv, Israel, looks deep into the tricky human, political and economical factors at play  The prelude took place at the end of April: four Molotov cocktails, thrown at homes and a kindergarten of African asylum…

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  • Africa

    Ethiopia says PM is doing well, needs a long ‘sick leave’

      A month long rumor ends with no definite answer     Bereket Simon, Ethiopia’s Minister for the Government Communication Affairs Office, (GCAO), says that Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has had a minor health problem but dismissed reports that he was in “critical” condition.  Bereket also said PM Meles was prescribed a long ‘sick leave’ and that he will be…

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  • Law & Justice

    The ICC and Ethiopia – Still missing from the Statute

    Kiya Tsegaye Human rights are to be respected and protected by States through all appropriate measures, so goes the rhetoric.  States must also make solutions available at domestic level to any citizen who claims his/her rights were violated. Individual victims of human rights violation also have the right to seek justice from regional or international   institutions. In some countries…

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  • Nutrition

    Dealing with the dangers of pesticides

      Feven Getachew Pesticides are chemicals used for the elimination and control of pests that damage crops and produce. These chemicals are sprayed on plants in the field and their use has made it possible to have a good selection of food crops all year round. Although pesticides are used to harm only the target pest they can also harm…

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  • Interaction of music, literature/art

    Ashenafi Zedebub It was only a few weeks before his death that Heinrich von Kleist informed Marie von Kleist, by letter, of “all sorts of ill-feelings.” The German poet went on to say: “in this case I may perhaps let the art rest for a year or more and shall occupy myself with nothing, but music.” It is as well…

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  • Travel

    Two tales of a mountain

     Dr. Henok Wendirad (DVM) When life becomes routine my friends and I often try to do something different. That was what happened last month.     Our plan was to walk all the way from Addis Ababa to Debre Zeit, the beginning of the Great Rift Valley 45 kms South of Addis, trekking through the Mt. Yerer. None of us…

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  • Art Review

    ‘Colors of the Nile’

        Preparations are underway for the first edition of ”Colors of the Nile International Film Festival” (CNIFF), aimed at celebrating African filmmaking for the first time and to give African cinema a vibrant platform and worldwide visibility. Submissions for screening and competition opened in May 2012 for all categories with a deadline for entry set on 15 of August…

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  • Art Review

    ARTerial in Ethiopia: A new and prolific Pan African forum comes to Addis Ababa

    Zela Gayle The Arterial Network started as a dynamic, continent-wide network of non-government organizations, creative industry companies, festivals and individual artists engaged in the African creative sector at a conference dubbed ‘Revitalizing Africa’s Cultural Assets’ held in Goree Island, Senegal in March 2007.     At its second biennial meeting in Johannesburg in September 2009 attended by 132 delegates from…

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  • Recipe

    Red Rice Salad with Lemon Miso Dressing Recipe

    By Joane Bruno (Courtesy – Chef Marcus Samuelson) There are three words that strike fear into the heart of every woman worldwide. They make thighs quiver, palms sweat, and goose bumps…bump. Yup, you guessed it – bathing suit season. It’s imminent and we need to take panic-attack preventative measures.   Salads are a girl’s best friend this time of year,…

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