Why 'Never Again' Is Not Enough

Hotel Rwanda was based on former Rwandan hotelier Paul Rusesabagina

"I feel bitter because the international community and mankind as a whole - we see, we look and we never learn from the past in order to plan for a better future for the next generation," he told the BBC's World Today programme.

He says what is happening in Darfur is exactly what happened in Rwanda in the years running up the 100-day massacre of some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.

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Meanwhile... The brain drain is costing poor nations millions as they continue to lose their most skilled and experienced healthcare professionals to developed nations.

STATS: Poor nations spend $500 million a year training health workers, according to a report presented at a two-day meeting to discuss the impact of the migration of Africans.

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Is the US Embassy facing heat for human right abuses in Ethiopia?

The online petition states:
We the undersigned, request that the State Department of the United States investigate and take action against human rights abuses at the US embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Amazing Hominid Haul in Ethiopia

Fossil hunters working in Ethiopia have unearthed the remains of at least nine primitive hominids that are between 4.5 million and 4.3 million years old.

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A Marshall Plan for Africa

So British finance minister Gordon Brown tour of Africa last week was something of an epiphany. After years preaching Third World aid and co-ordinated debt forgiveness, he had never set foot on the continent he now seeks to save.

Last week he met the young and the dying, putting a face to the political ideals he has been developing for years. His tour highlighted twin tragedies: Africa is getting poorer by the day and his plan will not help.

Brown arrived in Kenya last Tuesday with the wind of public opinion behind his mission: to use Britain’s presidency of the G8 to persuade nations to double development aid to $100bn and transform Africa.

Good intentions, but what good is it to dump money into Africa's lap when "democratically elected" leaders are corrupt and don't have an interest in the people?

The Chancellor, a CAP critic - should have known that his time would be better spent in Brussels, lobbying to abolish the CAP.

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Earth Shattering Find in Ethiopia

Ethiopia sits on a boundary where a tectonic plate is being split into two and over several million years a new ocean basin is forming. The movement of plates on the Earth's surface alone does not provide enough force to cause the rift seen in Ethiopia.

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Ethiopia, Djibouti Integrate Power Networks

The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) and Electricité de Djibouti (EdD) are to start their joint "Multinational Power Interconnection Project" in January 2005. The full power integration between the two neighbours is expected to be finalized by mid-2009.

As part of this project, authorities expect a large increase in electricity access in Ethiopia - from 13 percent in 2003 to 20 percent by 2012 - and in Djibouti - from 49.5 percent in 2003 to 60 percent by 2015. Power is expected to be provided at more affordable prices in the entire region as a result of the project, thus contributing to improve electricity access.

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Expedition Heading to the Erta Ale Volcano

A Canadian expedition team along with a team of Swiss volcanologists is planning a trip to the remote Erta Ale volcano. Erta Ale is a very remote and rarely visited shield volcano. It is Ethiopia's most active volcano and it has been in a state of continuous eruption since 1967.

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New Fed Laws Lead to Arrest of Ethiopian Torture Suspect

Federal agents in Atlanta on Tuesday arrested a prominent Ethiopian human rights abuse suspect and put him in deportation proceedings, for the first time using legal powers granted under a newly-signed intelligence reform law.

The new law broadened the arrest powers of the immigration service, adding that evidence that a foreign national tortured or killed someone for political reasons is grounds for deportation.

Wow!

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Concert to Celebrate Bob Marley's 60th Birthday

Bob Marley's 60th birthday will be celebrated with a month-long programme of events in Addis Ababa's Meskel Square in February.

"Brother Bob sang music gonna teach them a lesson'," commented Rita Marley, the singer's widow and president of "Africa Unite".

"We plan to teach the world about the power of love, unity and hope through this proud celebration."

Ethiopia was chosen as the venue because it was the home of the late Emperor Haile Selassie, the spiritual leader of the Rastafarian faith to which Marley subscribed.

Partners in "Africa Unite" include UNICEF, the World Bank and the Africa Union, an umbrella organization of 53 states. The itinerary was unveiled by the Bob Marley Foundation and the Rita Marley Foundation, the two charitable organizations dedicated to furthering the singer's legacy. READ what's coming up...

Will Bob Marley's remains be exhumed and reburied in Ethiopia?



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Tsunami Donations Surpass Those for the 1984 Famine in Ethiopia

Charitable donations to aid victims of the Asian tsunami disaster have surpassed those prompted by the Ethiopian famine in 1984, Oxfam Ireland claimed yesterday.

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What About Somalia?
Over 54,000 people are reported to have been displaced and hundreds of people are known to have died while numerous others are not accounted for. The impact of the tsunamis in some inaccessible areas in central and northeastern parts of Somalia is yet to be fully determined.

It is sad to note that perhaps as a result of the continuing chaotic political situation in Somalia (despite recent hopeful steps in the right direction), there is hardly any discernible move by the international community to come to Somalia’s aid at this important moment of its need.

Finally, the Center calls upon all people of conscience throughout the world to come to Somalia’s aid recognizing that it has also suffered the ill-effects of the devastating tsunamis. Funds and other resources needed by Somalia should be channeled through aid agencies and organizations such as the United Nations.
-- The Horn of Africa Peace and Development Center

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Ethiopia Urged Not to Harass Journalists
Reporters Without Borders Tuesday condemned the continuing judicial harassment of an independent publication in Ethiopia.
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UPDATE: Wosonseged Gebrekidan, former managing editor of "Ethiop", was finally released on the evening of 31 December 2004 after the bail was paid with the help of the Ethiopia Free Press Journalists' Association (EFJA) and international NGOs. "Ethiop" is both a daily newspaper and a magazine.
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Ethiopians Remember Alem Techale, a 'Gifted' Athlete
She dies while training...
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Grand Demonstration to Extend from Addis to Toronto

The grand demonstration extends from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sunday January 2, 2005 at Meskel Square and will go on in some Canadian and American cities, including Washington D.C, and Toronto, other than the greatly expected Los Angeles city concurrent with the Addis Ababa March. The committee urges all Ethiopians in Los Angeles, Washington D.C and Toronto to actively participate in the demonstration and show their concern and confirm that they will not simply sit and see when their beloved country is adversely affected.

It is to be recalled that PM Meles Zenawi's government has reconsidered its objections of the decision of the Hague on Ethio-Eritrea border and called for negotiation that is likely to give up its claim on Badme. It also promised to award the Sudan with a chunk of land cut from the Ethiopian side of Humara at the north West Ethio-Sudan border.

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Here's the deal... On January 2, more than 100,000 protesters demonstrated in Addis Ababa against PM Zenawi's current peace talks with Eritrea. Over 70,000 Ethiopians fought and died during the "Badme" border war. In November 2004, Zenawi conceded to the Hague's border decision which gives the "disputed" land to Eritrea. Who's side is PM Zenawi on?

There's an upcoming election in May 2005... Will he win?

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