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Dec 29 , 2013 Radio
show features bereavement news of
the Renowned Artist Tewdros Metku and
the Young and Talented Singer Mikya Behailu as well as part II interview of
ERAPA Chairperson Ato Teshale Sebro.. Click here to
listen the Sunday night Radio program.
Monday, December 30, 2013
Friday, December 27, 2013
Anti-Teddy Afro campaign catches fire on social media
7:42 AM
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Not everyone is happy with the
campaign. Several Ethiopian activists have characterized the campaign as
‘emotive’ and questioned the motives behind the campaign. The backlash against
Teddy is in part heightened by a comment the singer made in an interview with
local magazine, in which he reportedly said, Menelik’s war of conquest in
southern Ethiopia amounted to ‘a holy war.’ Others cautioned that Teddy’s
crusade gaffe was ‘unconfirmed’.
However, the organizers insist that,
while the comment might have given them a renewed impetus, Teddy’s tour would
have been boycotted even without the comment. “Teddy’s glorification of the
19th century monarch, who committed ethnic cleansing against various nations
and nationalities in southern Ethiopia, is not new,” reads their press
statement. Others worry that the campaign amplifies an already tense ethnic
relations.
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Singer Mekya Behilu has passed away!!
11:35 AM
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The prominent singer Mikya Behailu has accidentally passed
away at the age of 36. Mikya was
a teacher by profession and was working on her second degree
to advance her academic carrier. She was a
mother of one. The singer was in routine check up ,since September 2013 before her condition got worsened two weeks ago. According to
reports from Tekur Anbessa Hospital Mikya Behailu was pronounced dead at around 9 PM on Tuesday, December 24, 2013 , ( on European X-Mas Eve ) .
May God bless her soul!!
May God bless her soul!!
Here is one of her best song which she has been received African music award . The name of the song is called DElELIN!!
Click here to listen music.
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Happy European New Year!!
1:19 PM
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Ethiopian
This Week Management team, wish to all of its readers and followers on social
media a Merry X-mas , Happy and
prosperous European New Year. As we are heading to the New Year, we will be
widely open our eyes and ears to present news from every corner of the planet.
Our motto is very simple, we report, you judge the news according to its
content. Let’s Keep in touch; Share your views and insights. Though we always
agree not to disagree, your views are always respected. Love each other and
most importantly have faith of what you do and love your country above all. for our
Christian friends in this sacred
day , please focus on celebrating the
birth of Emanuel ( Jesus Christ) not yours birth day .
May all of you have u a blessed European new year !!!.
Respectfully,
ETW Editor
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Exclusive interview with ERAPA founder and Board Chairperson, Ato Teshae Sebro
4:43 PM
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(Up dated January 5, 2014)
Ato Teshale Sebro is a founder and Chairperson of the newly formed party called ERAPA. The Acronym stands for Ethiopian Raeie Party . The party has received its legitimacy from the Government body on April 17, 2001 ( EC). According to the chairperson, the party currently has three hundred thousand supporting members and manages around 12 offices around the country , Membership of the party is not restricted by Religion , Ethnicity , Race , Age or Academic background, says Ato Teshale.
Ato Teshale Sebro is a founder and Chairperson of the newly formed party called ERAPA. The Acronym stands for Ethiopian Raeie Party . The party has received its legitimacy from the Government body on April 17, 2001 ( EC). According to the chairperson, the party currently has three hundred thousand supporting members and manages around 12 offices around the country , Membership of the party is not restricted by Religion , Ethnicity , Race , Age or Academic background, says Ato Teshale.
On The land
tenure policy , the party stated that , Citizens who want to acquire land shall have
the rights to do so in all regions of Ethiopia with the full cooperation of the
people of the specific region and the state; As the state is obliged to treat
all citizens equally all final arbitration and decision powers in these matters
shall be vested in the state; On its economic policy, the party declares that
they follow liberal economy system based on
the principle of free market economy. Ato Teshale has a Master’s degree in International Law and has served his country
in the previous two governments as
well as served the EPRDF led government for
about 2 years when the latter
assumed power from the Derg Regime . Born in
the southern part of Ethiopia and as a father of two , Ato Sebro held an exclusive interview with Ethiopian This week
editor on his party dream, his vast work experience and his believe on National
consensus and forgiveness .
Click the links below to listen the complete interview.
part 1
Click the links below to listen the complete interview.
part 1
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
2013 prison census: 211 journalists jailed worldwide; seven of them are in Ethiopia
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Shortly after Eskinder's arrest, state television portrayed the journalist as a spy for "foreign forces" and accused him of having links with the banned opposition movement Ginbot 7, which the Ethiopian government designated a terrorist entity. In an interviewwith Agence France-Presse, government spokesman Shimelis Kemal accused the detainee of plotting "a series of terrorist acts that would likely wreak havoc." Eskinder consistently proclaimed his innocence, but was convicted on the basis of a video of a public town hall meeting in which he discussed the possibility of a popular uprising in Ethiopia if the ruling party did not deliver democratic reform, according to reports. Read more...
Monday, December 16, 2013
Mandela buried in Qunu, ending a journey that transformed South Africa
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With military pomp and traditional rituals, South Africa buried
Nelson Mandela on Sunday, the end of an exceptional journey for the prisoner
turned president who transformed the nation.
Mandela was laid to rest in his
childhood village of Qunu. Tribal leaders clad in animal
skins joined dignitaries in dark suits at the grave site overlooking the
rolling green hills. As pallbearers walked toward the
site after a funeral ceremony, helicopters whizzed past dangling the national
flag. Cannons fired a 21-gun salute, its echoes ringing over the quiet village.
Mandela's widow, Graca Machel,
dabbed her eyes with a handkerchief as she watched the proceedings. "Yours was truly a long walk
to freedom. Now you have achieved the ultimate freedom in the bosom of God,
your maker," an officiator at the grave site said. Military pallbearers gently
removed the South African flag that draped the coffin and handed it to
President Jacob Zuma, who gave it to Mandela's family. At the request of the family, the lowering of the casket was cloWith
military pomp and traditional rituals, South Africa buried Nelson Mandela on
Sunday, the end of an exceptional journey for the prisoner turned president who
transformed the nation. Mandela was laid to rest in his
childhood village of Qunu. Tribal leaders clad in animal
skins joined dignitaries in dark suits at the grave site overlooking the
rolling green hills. As pallbearers walked toward the
site after a funeral ceremony, helicopters whizzed past dangling the national
flag. Cannons fired a 21-gun salute, its echoes ringing over the quiet village. Mandela's widow, Graca Machel,
dabbed her eyes with a handkerchief as she watched the proceedings. "Yours was truly a long walk
to freedom. Now you have achieved the ultimate freedom in the bosom of God,
your maker," an officiator at the grave site said. Military pallbearers gently
removed the South African flag that draped the coffin and handed it to
President Jacob Zuma, who gave it to Mandela's family. At the request of the family, the lowering of the casket was cloWith
military pomp and traditional rituals, South Africa buried Nelson Mandela on
Sunday, the end of an exceptional journey for the prisoner turned president who
transformed the nation.
Mandela was laid to rest in his
childhood village of Qunu. Tribal leaders clad in animal
skins joined dignitaries in dark suits at the grave site overlooking the
rolling green hills. As pallbearers walked toward the
site after a funeral ceremony, helicopters whizzed past dangling the national flag.
Cannons fired a 21-gun salute, its echoes ringing over the quiet village. Mandela's widow, Graca Machel,
dabbed her eyes with a handkerchief as she watched the proceedings. "Yours was truly a long walk
to freedom. Now you have achieved the ultimate freedom in the bosom of God,
your maker," an officiator at the grave site said. Military pallbearers gently
removed the South African flag that draped the coffin and handed it to
President Jacob Zuma, who gave it to Mandela's family. At the request of the family, the
lowering of the casket was closed to the
media . Source ( CNN)
Thursday, December 12, 2013
A New Manager is appointed for the Ethiopian Electric Power Office
2:40 AM
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According to Reporter, Ethiopian
Electric Power Corporation that has recently been split into two offices as the
Ethiopian Electric Power office and the Ethiopian Electric Service has
appointed Engineer Azeb Asnake as the Manager of the Ethiopian Electric Power
Office’s construction branch. Engineer Azeb Asnake has been the
Manager of the Gilgel Gibe III Hydroelectric Power Plant Project. Mihret Debebe
who has served as the Manager of EEPCo starting from the 1998 E.C is appointed
as the consultant for the Prime Minister.
To run the service part of the Ethiopian
Electric Service, the Indian company, Power India has won the bid for the work
for the 20 million dollar.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Here we go again!
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Sunday, December 8, 2013
International Organization for Migration
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IOM is
appealing for USD 13.1 million to address the needs of a projected 120,000
returning Ethiopian migrants from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The numbers of
the returning migrants is increasing rapidly and there is an urgent need to
provide round the clock assistance. As of Thursday 5 December, over 100,000
migrants had been received by the Government of Ethiopia. Out of these, IOM
provided direct assistance to over 90,000 individuals. The arrivals continue at
over 7,000 migrants per day.
The funds will help to maintain
and increase the assistance that IOM is currently providing which includes:
transportation, post-arrival medical and psychosocial first aid, provision of
meals, water and high energy biscuits, temporary accommodation for migrants who
arrive at night, as well as accommodation and transportation for unaccompanied
minors. IOM is also distributing shoes and other non-food items to the
extremely vulnerable returnees. The Government of Ethiopia requested IOM’s
assistance in managing this influx, with the government taking the lead in
arranging for the returns.Since the onset of the operation, IOM has provided
support to 167 unaccompanied minors. The minors stay at the transit centre for
an average of 10 days pending family tracing. On Thursday, IOM in coordination
with UNICEF and the Ministry of Women, Children and Youth Affairs, sent home 58
children in the company of social workers from the Ministry. The re-unification
process after family tracing takes approximately six days. IOM has already received
USD 2.5 million through the Humanitarian Response Fund and Central Emergency
Response Fund, leaving the gap of USD 13.1 million. The cost per beneficiary is
estimated at USD 130. In-kind contributions from UNICEF, UNHCR, WFP, IRC, ICR,
Ethiopian Red Cross Society and other partners are being used to assist the
arriving migrants. The donations range from water and sanitation kits, dignity
kits, to ambulances, medicine, water tanks, blankets, tents, high energy
biscuits and mobile toilets among others.
Source ( IOM)
For more information contact
Sharon Dimanche
IOM Addis Ababa
Email sdimanche@iom.int
Tel: +251930098527
IOM Addis Ababa
Email sdimanche@iom.int
Tel: +251930098527
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Founder of ANC dies at the age of 95.
3:56 PM
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Nelson Mandela was born
in a small village in South Africa's eastern Cape in 1918, the youngest son of
a counselor to the chief of the Thembu clan. He is pictured in about 1950, six
years after he founded the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League with
Oliver Tambo and Walter Sisulu.
The picture in the news shows, when Mandela congratulates South Africa's rugby captain François Pienaar before handing him the William Webb trophy after his team's victory over New Zealand in the final of the Rugby World Cup at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on June 24, 1995. "It was on that day that he captured the hearts of white South Africa," said the author John Carlin, who wrote a book, later turned into an Oscar-nominated movie, about the significance of Mandela's embrace of the largely-white rugby team. Source ( World news )
The picture in the news shows, when Mandela congratulates South Africa's rugby captain François Pienaar before handing him the William Webb trophy after his team's victory over New Zealand in the final of the Rugby World Cup at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on June 24, 1995. "It was on that day that he captured the hearts of white South Africa," said the author John Carlin, who wrote a book, later turned into an Oscar-nominated movie, about the significance of Mandela's embrace of the largely-white rugby team. Source ( World news )
Monday, December 2, 2013
What is next for Returnees?
5:48 AM
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Dec 1, 2013 Ethiopian This Week , weekly Radio program features discussion with guests with the main subject "what to do next?" over Ethiopians
who recently returned from Saudi. Click the
link below,
https://ia601903.us.archive.org/23/items/Dec1P/Dec%201%20P.mp3
https://ia601903.us.archive.org/23/items/Dec1P/Dec%201%20P.mp3
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