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Happy Ethiopian New Year

Written by CyberEthiopia

Wednesday, 09 September 2009

ለመልካም አዲስ አመት! ለወዳጅ ዘመድ ካርዶች መላክ አይርሱ:: ለዳኛ ብርቱካን ሚዴቅሳ የአዲስ አመት መልዕክት ለማድረስ እዚህ ይጫኑ ::

CyberEthiopia wishes you a Happy Ethiopian New Year.

Do not forget to send wishes in Amharic/Tigrigna to relatives and friends from our Postabet.

Please also take few minutes drop a Happy New Year message to Birtukan Mideksa, former judge and leader of the opposition Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) party who has been jailed for life since December 2008.

Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia may be the greatest distance runner of all-time

Written by The Examiner
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia has now possibly placed his name at the top of the list of the world's greatest distance runners of all-time. By winning the 5,000 meter at the World Championships in Berlin, to add with his 10,000 meter victory earlier in the week at the same Championships, Bekele has now won 5 World Track Championships, 3 Olympic Gold medals, 12 World Cross Country Championships and is the current world record holder in the 5,000 meter, 5,000 meter indoor, 10,000 meter, 2,000 meter indoor, and 2-mile indoor. Bekele has topped the accomplishments of countryman, Haile Gebrselassie, who was until now, perhaps the greatest distance runner of all-time.
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Ethiopia - Only country in sub-Saharan Africa to actively engage in political Internet filtering

Written by CyberEthiopia
Friday, 21 August 2009
In a report on Internet filtering in sub-Saharan Africa, the OpenNet Initiative (ONI), a collaborative partnership of four leading academic institutions, reveals that Ethiopia is the only country in sub-Saharan Africa to actively engage in political Internet filtering. “ONI unearthed evidence of systematic blocking of Internet content in only one country, Ethiopia, though one could imagine other countries in the region doing the same”, the report states. Opponents of the current political regime have increasingly used online media to criticize the government particularly in the aftermath of the highly contested elections in 2005.
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