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As some of our readers have noted, we haven’t had a podcast in a while. The reason being we had some technical issues we needed to remedy. But now we are back in business! You can now suggest someone you would like to have interviewed. Send your e-mails to EthiopianPolitics@yahoo.com – please be sure to include “Podcast Interview” on the subject line.
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Ethiopian immigrants shout during a demonstration outside Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office in Jerusalem September 12, 2006. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte (ISRAEL)
Ethiopian immigrants hold up pictures of their relatives still living in Ethiopia during a demonstration outside Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office in Jerusalem September 12, 2006. About 1,000 Israelis of Ethiopian decent participated in a demonstration calling for the Israeli government to grant permission for their relatives living in Ethiopia to immigrate. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte (ISRAEL)Israel's Finance Ministry is proposing substantial cuts to Ethiopian immigration
The plan, announced Tuesday as part of Israel's proposed budget for 2007, would halve the number of Ethiopian immigrants brought to Israel per month, to 150 from the current rate of 300. If adopted, the change would represent a major setback to U.S. backers of Ethiopian aliyah, who launched a $100 million campaign last year designed in part to pressure the government to increase the rate of Ethiopian immigration. Israel's Cabinet decided in March 2005 to double the rate of Ethiopian immigration to 600 people per month, but the decision was never implemented.(More...)
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Libya has launched a mediation between the Ethiopia and the Somali Islamic militia; according to a report by a ban-Arab daily the Ethiopian Prime Minister and the Chief of the Islamic Courts attended a meeting last week organised by the Libyan leader. Libyan and Somali sources told Al-Sharq al-Awsat yesterday that the Libyan authorities have jumped on the mediation bandwagon between the Islamic Courts and the Somali and Ethiopian governments. They said the aim is to arrange direct talks involving Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, the chairman of the Islamic Courts; Somali Interim President Abdullah Yusuf, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.(More...)Explosion at Jimma University
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