Three-Day U.S. Conference Spotlights Ethiopia's....
previously unmet challenges ....More
- 11 April, 2010 (Peter
Clottey) - "The organizers
believe that development in
Ethiopia, the stability and its
viability, as well as peace
and economic development
in the region are tied to
how Addis Ababa and the
previously unmet challenges ....More
At a Peace Forum,
Seeking Solutions to a Holocaust in the Horn
either with each other or in a state of civil war.
Filling the auditorium were immigrants from the Horn of Africa
including Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and Djibouti. On the
podium, the four main conference speakers – academic experts and
human rights activists — painted a picture of crisis that was not only
tragic, but practically apocalyptic.
“Can Somalis survive their own political death?” asked Ahmed Samatar,
a professor of international studies at Macalester College. “I’m not so
sure. One never gives up on others who are still alive, but I’m not
sure.” Nearly half of Somalis living today in the Horn of Africa are
malnourished, Samatar said, adding that Somalia today “is now
objectively speaking the worst country in the world.”
In Ethiopia, the government uses genocide and ethnic cleansing to stay
in power, according to Obang Metho, the executive director of the
Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia. His own tribe, the Anuak of
western Ethiopia, have been targeted for elimination by the Ethiopian
government, Metho said, and an even larger-scale massacre, of Somali-
speaking Ethiopians in the eastern Ogaden region, is also..... More
Seeking Solutions to a Holocaust in the Horn
- 10 December, 2009
(Doug Mcgill) -
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
– It was a peaceful
peace conference,
which in itself was a
kind of miracle.
It was a miracle
because the countries
represented at the
conference – the
“Africa Peace Forum”
held last Friday at the
Hubert Humphrey
either with each other or in a state of civil war.
Filling the auditorium were immigrants from the Horn of Africa
including Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and Djibouti. On the
podium, the four main conference speakers – academic experts and
human rights activists — painted a picture of crisis that was not only
tragic, but practically apocalyptic.
“Can Somalis survive their own political death?” asked Ahmed Samatar,
a professor of international studies at Macalester College. “I’m not so
sure. One never gives up on others who are still alive, but I’m not
sure.” Nearly half of Somalis living today in the Horn of Africa are
malnourished, Samatar said, adding that Somalia today “is now
objectively speaking the worst country in the world.”
In Ethiopia, the government uses genocide and ethnic cleansing to stay
in power, according to Obang Metho, the executive director of the
Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia. His own tribe, the Anuak of
western Ethiopia, have been targeted for elimination by the Ethiopian
government, Metho said, and an even larger-scale massacre, of Somali-
speaking Ethiopians in the eastern Ogaden region, is also..... More
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Open Letter to the President of
Genocide Watch
23 April, 2009 ( SMNE ) -
"The foundation for a
future case against those
involved, which implicated
those in the highest levels
of Ethiopian government,
is well established....More
Genocide Watch
23 April, 2009 ( SMNE ) -
"The foundation for a
future case against those
involved, which implicated
those in the highest levels
of Ethiopian government,
is well established....More
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Violence, fear and confusion: welcome to the Horn..
India.....More
- 10 January, 2010 (Peter
Beaumont) - "The profundity of
the region's problems has seen it
defined as one of the two anchors
of the so-called "arc of crisis" -
the locus of religious, economic
and political faultlines which
extends in a broad sweep through
India.....More
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Ethiopians, Eritreans hold friendship conference
in San Jose
26 March, 2011 (By Pete Carey) - San Jose may seem like an
out-of-the-way place for an international friendship conference. But
on Saturday, Ethiopians and Eritreans from as far away as Europe
and South Africa met to find ways to bring the two peoples
together...More
in San Jose
26 March, 2011 (By Pete Carey) - San Jose may seem like an
out-of-the-way place for an international friendship conference. But
on Saturday, Ethiopians and Eritreans from as far away as Europe
and South Africa met to find ways to bring the two peoples
together...More