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The Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity Forum (Medrek) has called for the cancellation and re-election of public observers whom will be tasked with following up and observing the May national election at all levels. The observers' election was conducted throughout the country on December 21. During a press conference delivered by Beyene Petors (Prof.), Merera Gudina (PhD) and Gebru Gebremariam, president, head of external affairs and secretary of the party, respectively, the party accused the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) for siding with the ruling party – the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). The press conference that was held yesterday at the headquarters of the party located around Sidist Kilo near the Addis Ababa University main campus focused on different issues  surrounding the upcoming election. According to the president, the major reason to demand for re-election is that the party believes that the candidates who ran for

Djibouti plays host to some of the world's most powerful militaries including China, France, Japan, Russia and the US. And aside from hosting the logistical hub for US military operations in East Africa and the Arabian Gulf, France, the former colonial power, maintains its largest military base in Africa in the East African country. Camp Lemonnier, a 500-acre base housing some 3,200 US soldiers and civilians, sits on the long sea road abutting Ambouli International Airport. Djiboutian soldiers guard the gate, and across the road ageing yellow taxis bake in the 40-degree heat. At the next junction is Djibouti's new police training academy, built with money from the US. Local police graduates now stand guard over what is the most internationalised military zone in the world. Next to the police academy is Japan's military base, then those of Italy and Germany. Further along is France's Camp Monclar. Under an international anti-piracy programme, Russia has n

Federal government plans to take over the entire corridor of 25km between Hawasa and Shashamene. Both Sidama Zone or SNNPR and Oromia have not been consulted yet. Major cities in Oromia are administered in what is termed as “special zone.” Jimma and its surrounding is special zone; Addis Ababa and its surrounding is special zone; Adama and its surrounding is special zone. Now the federal government of Ethiopia is considering to create one for Shashamane because, sources disclose, the city is becoming home for ”nations and nationalities” and economically very significant to be left for the regional government. In fact, the federal government wants to take over the entire corridor of 25km between Hawasa and Shashamene. And both Sidama Zone or SNNPR and Oromia have not been consulted yet. The plan will land on table presumably after 2015 election and EPRDF secures majority in the house that is already decided at the council of ministers in their last successive meetings. As a tr

(ኤፍ.ቢ.ሲ) የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ የልደት በአልን ስናከበር መልካም ተግባራትን በመፈጸም መሆን ይገባል አሉ የሃይማኖት አባቶች፡፡ በዓሉን በማስመልከት የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ቤተክርስትያን፣ የካቶሊክና የወንጌላውያን አብያተ ክርስቲያናት አባቶች በአሉን አስመልክተው መልዕክት አስተላልፈዋል። የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ቤተክርስቲያን ፓትርያርክ ብጹዕ ወቅዱስ አቡነ ማትያስ የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ የልደት በዓል ሲከበር መንፈሳዊ ተግባራትን በመፈጸም ሊሆን ይገባል ብለዋል። ኢትዮጵያውያንና ትውልደ ኢትዮጵያውያንም በሀገሪቱ እየተካሄደ ያለውን ሁለንተናዊ ልማትም ለመደገፍ ቃል በመግባት ማክበር ይጠበቅባቸዋልም ነው ያሉት። የኢትዮጵያ ካቶሊካዊት  ቤተክርስቲያን ሊቀ ዻዻስ ብጹዕ አቡነ ብርሀነየሱስ ደምረው በበኩላቸው የእምነቱ ተከታዮች በዓሉን ሲያከብሩ በመስጠትና አቅመ ደካሞችን በመርዳት መሆን አለበት ነው ያሉት። የክርስቶስን ልደት ስናስብ የኛን ድጋፍ የሚሹትን በማሰብና የታመሙትን በመጠየቅ ሊሆን ይገባል ያሉት ደግሞ የኢትዮጰያ ወንጌላውያን አብያተ ክርስቲያናት ህብረት ዋና ጸሀፊ ቄስ አለሙ ሼጣ ናቸው። የኢትዮጰያ ወንጌላዊት ቤተክርስቲያን መካነ ኢየሱስ ፕሬዝዳንት ቄስ ዋቅስዩም ኢዶሳም በዓሉን ስናከብር መልካም ተግባራትን በመፈጸም ሊሆን ይገባል፡፡ በክርስትና እምነት ተከታዮች ከሚከበሩት አበይት በዓላት መካከል አንዱ የሆነው የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ የልደት በዓል ነገ ይከበራል።

The official website of India TV that had published a dubious online ranking two weeks ago that it claimed to be a list of the “top 10 most educated politicians in the world” has retracted the story. Indiantvnews.com has now pulled back the “top 10” story and changed the title saying the random list was just intended to highlight the educational backgrounds of 10 leaders from around the world without any sort of ranking. In response to an email inquiry challenging the authenticity of the original list that contradicts publicly available facts, Anushrav Gulati, an editor with the website, acknowledged mistakes in the confusing ranking. “The list was not intended to be any sort of ranking of politicians on the basis of their educational qualifications, but, on the other hand, is merely intended to highlight the educational backgrounds of ten persons,” the editor explained. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn was erroneously included in the list despite the fact that