TDA Annual Meeting Held in Washington DC

FYI:Face of Live Aid appeal graduates Europe may cut off aid to Eritrea Ambassador Heikens says Europe's patience has now been exhausted. "I think it is inherent in the political system we have here in Eritrea," Ambassador Heikens said. "It is not a democracy. It is far from a democracy. You can say it's a dictatorship under the presidency of President Isaias (Afewerki)." Comment...This should do it for Aite Issayas Afeworki...the emperor is becoming more naked with every passing day, what amazes us is his meddling in neighbor countries while his own tiny country is gripped by malnourishment and unheard of dictatorship. Ethiopia attacking Ogaden rebels Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says his government has been conducting "military sweeps" against rebels in Ethiopia's Somali region. The push against Ogaden National Liberation Front rebels came after Somali elders had gone to Europe and the US to meet them,

Ethiopia! Summer 2006
A trip report of what I saw and heard and some conclusions
(Isayas A, July 31,2006):-Ethiopia in six years time has changed a lot. Last time I visited Ethiopia was six years ago, and to my astonishment a lot has changed since. The construction business is booming cement is in short supply. The service industries are seeing unprecedented growth. Hotels are booked and restaurants and small café’s are crowded all the time.
Ukraine's Yushchenko names rival as PM
KIEV, Ukraine, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Ukrainian leaders reached a coalition agreement Thursday after PresidentViktor Yushchenko nominated his archrival as prime minister...
"What happened to the Orange revolution? Couldn't deliver what it promised?"

Women Lawmakers in Ethiopia Upgrade Skills with U.S. Help
Part of the U.S. government's multimillion-dollar support for democratization in Ethiopia involves an innovative training program aimed at helping women lawmakers upgrade their legislative skills in Parliament, former U.S. Ambassador David Shinn told a recent gathering of scholars FUNDAMENTALISTS ACTS IN MOGADISHU LEAD TO UPHEAVAL and RUIN
Minister of Culture and Tourism, Ambassador Mohamoud Dirir said that the fundamentalist group, which stood against the Federal Transitional Government, that has international recognition, is engaged in expanding hatred and war

Breaking the Ice: Ethiopian Embassy in DC hosts a reception for Multiparty Party Delegate of the Ethiopian Parliament

Ambassador Samuel: The Embassy is home for Every Ethiopian Lidetu: [Like Sadat] this is done for the sake of peace. Break the Shackles of hate Politics. Mr. Temesgen: We hope to take over the Embassy in the next election. Dr Misrak: We will work hard to keep the embassy in our hand. Let have tolerance for each other ....For more report...

The politics of aid in Ethiopia

• ...The straight-speaking EU representative Tim Clarke wants to talk, but says the door is closed...'It takes two to tango. A dialogue requires trust and I can understand that on their side they were wounded
• "We are eager to engage the donor community in dialogue, but we would want to establish that dialogue on the basis of a number of principles...the first is predictability. Development assistance should not be turned on and off." [PM Meles]

  

  Somalia gov't needs own defence force-US
  KINSHASA, July 31 (Reuters) - The international community should help Somalia's interim government set up a defence force...[Jendayi Frazer ]
  see also:PM Meles on Somalia situation
  Meles said, well the transitional government has been established on the basis of the representation of all Somali clans. ...Unfortunately, it has not yet had the time and the opportunity to establish its own defence capability..[PM Meles]

Questions Raised Over Contents of Newly Arrived Cargo
Plane in Somali Capital

"We are getting highly reliable information that a vessel has unloaded 500 Eritrean fighters along the Somali coast, and they are going to join with forces in Mogadishu,"

FYI: Diaspora's Extrimism VS Ethiopia's Democratization Process Who Stands for Democracy and National Security of Ethiopia?

Diaspora Extrimists, radio personalities and singers have set foot in Shabia's Eritrea, whose leader is sending arms and Soldiers to Somalia in a bid to destabilize the horn in General and Ethiopia in particular. Diaspora CUD,whose supporters had not forgiven the PM for discribing the Ethioian Flag as a cloth and what matters is what it symbolizes, chose to stand against the National interest of Ethiopia in total disreagrd of acts of the Flag burning, Ogaden seeking, African Taliba in somalia.

A high level of Deligation form the Ethiopian Parliament, that includes prominent opposition leaders, is coming to the United States on training on the Legislative process of the United States. The deligation is the guest of the State Departmet.

Al Qaeda moves to Africa
World Defense Review,...When I testified in Congress last month about the rising threat of the Islamists in Mogadishu, one of my fellow witnesses was in utter denial about the connections of Islamists in Africa and international terrorist groups...

(TDA NC, July 2006):-As many of you know TDA International have tasked it self to build many of the ninety elementary schools... TDA Northern California branch in cooperation with the Bay Area Tigrean Community has pledge to build one elementary school in Asgde Tsimbla, in Western Tigray. On June 30, 2006 members of TDA Northern California (TDA-NC) were fortunate enough to be present at the ground breaking ceremony...

Somalia says Eritrea sending arms to militants

The plane was carrying land mines, bombs and long-range guns from Eritrea, said Salad Ali Jeeley, a spokesman for Somalia's official government, which is based 250 kilometers (155 miles) outside Mogadishu.

US Decries Meddling in Somalia, Urges Dialogue

Dozens arrested in U.S. crackdown on khat smuggling
WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors charged 62 people Wednesday with smuggling more than 25 tons of the African plant khat into the United States... Federal agents are investigating allegations that the group may have links to warlords in the Horn of Africa region

Beirut(Lebanon) Update
306 Arriving Ethiopia Source: Reporter	VOA Interview on conditions of Ethiopians In Lebanon

Bush names Courville to head new U.S. mission to AU
ADDIS ABABA, July 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush plans to nominate Cindy Lou Courville to head the new U.S. mission to the African Union (AU). For the U.S. government, Addis Ababa will become one of five capitals where it has two missions, including Brussels and Geneva, Switzerland

Islamists refuse talks, acknowledge Eritrea
Somalia's Islamists said on Tuesday they would not attend peace talks with the interim government..., and for the first time acknowledged Eritrean backing for their cause.
When will Aite Isayas Afeworki give up? He has been fighting the Eritrean Jihad movement tooth to nail in his own backyard and he must know what a Jihad movement is all about! Does he think the Somalian Jihadist is any different he is lending his support? Ethiopia should use any means necessary to deny Aite Isayas any footing on Somalian soil.