Ex-Ethiopia President Negasso Gidada joins opposition
By bbc.com Ethiopia's former President Negasso Gidada has joined an opposition party, as the country builds up to an election scheduled for next May.

Yes I remember holding you hostage – come and stay
When searching for an Ethiopian rebel who kidnapped him 33 years ago, a former Sunday Times reporter had an unexpected invitation By Jon Swain I last saw Aregawi Berhe in the summer of 1976. The big news gripping Britain was the heatwave — back then, the hottest since records began — and the dramatic Israeli commando raid on Entebbe airport in Uganda to rescue 100 hostages held by pro-Palestinian hijackers .

The Dominant Executive in Ethiopia.
By Magn Nyang In the Western democracies, such as in the United States separation of powers involves the division of the legislative, executive, and judicial functions of the policy-making process among separate institutions. These three functions are assigned to the Congress, the president, and the Supreme Court. The Congress makes policy, the president implements policy, and the Court judges the fairness of the application of the general policy. The assumption is that governance functions better if individuals who administer or implement policy are separated from those who make policy. 

Britain and U.S. Urge Probe on Aid Abuse
Argaw Ashine The Nation Addis Ababa — The US and Britain have expressed concern over the alleged politicisation of humanitarian aid in Ethiopia ahead of elections and called for immediate investigation.

Ethiopia Prime Land for Sales
By Stephanie McCrummenWashington Post Foreign ServiceMonday, November 23, 2009 BAKO, ETHIOPIA -- In recent months, the Ethiopian government began marketing abroad one of the hottest commodities in an increasingly crowded and hungry world: farmland.

A U.S. Citizen Survives Political Prison in Ethiopia
By Douglas McGill Okwa Omot is sleeping safely in a warm bed at his home in Washington, D.C. this week. That is something of a miracle considering that only a week ago – and for 107 days before that – he was sleeping on freezing cold concrete floors in Ethiopian prisons, accused of treason and threatened with execution.

Stared Down by neo-Nazis, She Battled Back with Love
Nov. 11, 2009 By Doug McGill, the Mcgill Report   AUSTIN, MN – When Giselle Stern Hernández finished writing her one-woman show, “The Deportee’s Wife,” not in her wildest dreams did she imagine she’d one day perform it for neo-Nazis. 

Foreigners in Their Homeland
Susan Anyangu 14 November 2009 Nairobi — Resistance to a government scheme to upgrade housing in Nairobi's Kibera slum is enmeshed in economics, history and identity.

'We Are Bête Israel, Fuga is Derogatory Name Given to Us' -Member of the Communi
Addis Abeba — On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Kembatti Menti Gezma - Tope [Kembatta Women's Self-help Centre - Ethiopia] (KMG), a group of journalists had the opportunity to talk to members of the so called Fuga community about their relationship with other community members and recent developments in their relations and lives as well as their major grievances and what they think of Dr. Bogalech and KMG's efforts.

South Sudan President Makes First Call For Independence
By REUTERS Filed at 2:53 p.m. ET JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - South Sudan's president on Saturday urged southerners to vote for independence in a referendum if they wanted to be free, the closest he has come to calling publicly for the separation of the oil-producing region.