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

The Making of Gilgel Gibe III
The high profile nature of Gilgel Gibe III hydroelectric power project is not only evident from how much it will have cost when construction is completed in five years..."In the global picture where oil is getting scarce and ever more expensive, hydropower is the white oil of Ethiopia: clear and renewable,” said Mr. Lautizi, confirming the Prime Minister’s passion for mega constructions geared for power generation.

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.

Is a New Islamic War Brewing in Africa?

As war rages in the Middle East, concerns are growing about the Horn of Africa, where tensions are on the rise between Islamic fundamentalists in Somalia and their neighbors in Ethiopia

Thousands of overseas maids caught up in conflict face long struggle to get home

Comatose Ethiopian maid flown home "There is group of Cardiac Surgery team from Washington Hospital Center on their way to Black Lion Hospital If this girl from Bahrain make it until then ,Can somebody talk to Dr. Zeru and those Doctors can see her ,It may be too late but they may make difference Who knows...[Aiga reader]"

Tough Talk From Somalia's Islamic Hard-Liner

Newsweek Exclusive
Somalis have what many are calling an African version of the Taliban, bent not only on imposing a harsh, Wahhabi-style Islam on the country but allegedly also providing a safe haven, Afghan style, for international terrorists. Movies and music have been banned; open-air video parlors showing World Cup matches were shut down. Recently the group appointed a Majlis al-Shura (consultative council) as its supreme spiritual and policy-setting body, appointing as its leader Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, who is on the U.S. terrorist watch list for his connection to a Somali militant group, Al Itihad al-Islamiya

Agazi Operation will be made in to a Movie

The famous Agazi Operation, an operation that was carried by TPLF to save over a thousand political and innocent prisoners from the jaws of the derge regime during the struggle years will be made in to a movie. For those who would like to know more about the operation read the book “AGAZI “ by Berhan Abadi and Haile Ayalneh. It was truly an amazing operation. The operation was lead and mastermind by the late General Hayelom. Many of the freed prisoners chose to join TPLF and many other chose to leave the country and live as refugees in neighboring countries. Today quite a few of them are leading a comfortable life in North America and Europe. Those who can should help this project succeed. This is a once in a life time chance to see ones own history made in to a movie!

Somali PM accuses Eritrea of training jihadists

Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi accused Eritrea of arming and training fighters to wreak chaos in Somalia where a burgeoning Islamist movement is threatening the interim government's power.

Ethiopian officials tour area schools
By Nancy Kaffer

This week, Pine Belt schools played host to a group of Ethiopian delegates interested in high-tech education.

Local schools targeted by post-Hurricane Katrina grants from Cisco Systems Inc. are now home to world-class technology such as the Promethean Activeboards, a computerized "whiteboard" that allows teachers to integrate the Internet, instant student evaluation and multi-media lessons.

Ethiopia Said Poised to Militarily Assist Somalia

Federal Agency Plans High Tech Hub Near CMC
The Addis Abeba City Land Administration and Development Authority has granted a 200,000sqm plot for what federal government authorities hope will become Ethiopia’s high tech hub, much like Hyderabad or Bangalore in India...(EICTDA), a federal agency responsible for the expansion of information and communications technology in Ethiopia and managed by a Director General, Debretsion Gebremichael, will relocate to the park along with private investors, according to a EICTDA source. The park will host a number of IT investors